How to Fix Pokemon Not Evolving in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

Explore the vast open world of the Paldea region.

You can catch, train, and battle Pokemon in areas with lakes, mountain peaks, towns, and cities.

After a Pokemon reaches a certain level or is traded, it evolves.

Explore the world freely and traverse land, water, and air by riding a legendary Pokeman named Koraidon in Scarlet and Miraidon in Violet.

You can choose between 3 starter Pokemon including Sprigatito, Fuecoco or Quaxly.

Challenge Gyms in various locations and reach the Champion Ranking.

Defeat Pokemon Titan containing rare ingredients on the Path of Legends.

Use the new AutoFight feature to battle Team Star to get to their boss.

In this guide you will learn why your Pokemon is not evolving in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet and how to fix it.

Why doesn’t my Pokemon evolve in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet?

Your Pokemon doesn’t evolve in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet because you’re using auto-battle.

Pokemon will not evolve from auto battles, so you must stop using this feature.

Some Pokemon have complicated evolution, so you need to know them to level it up.

Here’s why your Pokemon doesn’t evolve:

Pokemon will not evolve or learn moves from auto battles.
Normally, you need to level up a Pokemon to a certain level before it evolves.
Some Pokemon will evolve only if you trade them in.
Some Pokemon will evolve with only a specific item (e.g. Flint, Toxic Armor).
Some Pokemon will evolve only when you walk a certain distance (e.g. 1,000 steps).
Some Pokemon will only evolve after it has learned a specific move (e.g. Dunsparce needs to learn Hyper Drill to evolve).

In Scarlet and Violet, not all Pokemon can evolve simply by leveling them up.

For example, evolving a Bisharp requires it to be equipped with the Leader Badge and defeating 3 other Bisharp equipped with the Leader Badge.

Some Pokemon can only level up if you trade it in and if it equips a specific item.

For example, Scyther will only evolve if it is equipped with a Metal Coat while you trade it with someone else.

To fix Pokemon not evolving in Scarlet and Violet, you need to stop using auto-battle.

Instead of using auto-battle, you need to fight manually.

Here are the main points:

Stop using auto-battle and fight your Pokemon manually.
Some Pokemon have complicated evolution so you need to research/look up how to evolve them.

The auto-battle feature, while useful, does not evolve your Pokemon.

Don’t know if that’s an intended feature or a bug—but for now, you’re better off fighting your Pokemon manually.

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