Upgrade

The Upgrade (Japanese: アップグレード Upgrade), formatted as Up-Grade prior to Pokémon Sword and Shield, is a type of held item introduced in Generation II. It allows Porygon to evolve into Porygon2.

If you were looking for the mechanic in Pokémon Pinball and Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire, see Ball Upgrade.

Upgrade
アップグレード
Upgrade

Pokémon Global Link artwork

Introduced in Generation II

Pocket
Generation II	Items
Generation III	Items
Generation IV	Items
Generation V	Items (Held items)
Generation VI	Items
Generation VII	Items

Fling
Power	30

In the core series games

Price

Games	Cost	Sell price
GS C RS E FRLG DP Pt HGSS BW	N/A	1050
B2W2	40000	1050
XY ORAS	N/A	1,050
SM USUM	N/A	1,000

Held item

Causes Porygon to evolve into Porygon2 when traded while holding it. This consumes the Upgrade.

Description

Games	Description
GS C	A mysterious box made by Silph Co.
RS EColo.XD	A peculiar box made by Silph Co.
FRLG	A transparent device filled with all sorts of data. It is made by Silph Co.
DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2	A transparent device filled with all sorts of data. It was produced by Silph Co.
XY ORAS SM USUM SwSh	A transparent device somehow filled with all sorts of data. It was produced by Silph Co.

Acquisition

Games	Finite methods	Repeatable methods
GS C	Silph Co.
RS E		Trade
FRLG	Rocket Warehouse	Trainer Tower (prize for defeating Single Mode)
DP Pt	Eterna City, Route 224^Pt, Team Galactic Eterna Building^Pt
HGSS	Silph Co.
PBR		9600 Poké Coupons
BW	Route 15	Route 13 (treasure hunter)
B2W2	Pinwheel Forest, Striaton City	Black City (Store 3), Join Avenue (Antique Shop)
XY		Battle Maison (32 BP)
ORAS		Battle Maison (32 BP)
PMC		Balloon Popping (Lv. 1)
SM USUM	Aether House	Battle Tree (32 BP)
SwSh		Trade
SwShIoA	Training Lowlands	Cram-o-matic (Electric: 72-80 points)

In spin-off games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

The Upgrade appears in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky.

Price

Games	Cost	Sell price
MDRB	3000	1
MDTD S	1000	1

Effect

If the player offers both a Link Cable and Upgrade at Luminous Cave or Luminous Spring, Porygon can be evolved into Porygon2. This consumes the Link Cable and Upgrade.

If thrown, it will deal 1 damage (2 if sticky). Using this item in a dungeon will consume it, with no effect.

Description

Games	Description
MDRB	It enables a certain kind of Pokémon to evolve. Give it to the Pokémon when it's ready to evolve.
MDTD S	A mysterious device filled with all sorts of data. It allows a certain kind of Pokémon to evolve.

Acquisition

Games	Finite methods	Repeatable methods
MDRB		Wish Cave (Kecleon Shop: 88F, 93F)
MDTD S		Treasure Boxes, Job requests (★3-★9) Happy Outlook (Kecleon Shop: B3F, B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F, B19F), Mt. Mistral (Kecleon Shop: 3F, 5F, 7F, 9F, 11F, 13F, 15F, 17F, 19F), Shimmer Hill (Kecleon Shop: 2F, 4F, 6F, 8F, 10F, 12F, 14F, 16F), Lost Wilderness (Kecleon Shop: B3F, B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F)

Appearance


Sprite from Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team	Sprite from Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky

Pokémon GO

Upgrade in Pokémon GO

The Upgrade was added to Pokémon GO on February 16, 2017. It is required to evolve certain Pokémon:

Porygon requires 25 and an Upgrade to evolve into Porygon2.

Description

Games	Description
GO	A transparent device that can make certain species of Pokémon evolve. It was produced by Silph Co.

Acquisition

Starting at level 10, Upgrades can be rarely obtained from

Spinning PokéStops or Gyms
Opening a Gift

While normally rare, from March 21, 2017 onward, the player is guaranteed to find an Evolution item when obtaining the bonus for spinning a Photo Disc for the seventh day in a row.

Additionally, the player receives an Upgrade when completing part 5 of the Special Research "A Ripple in Time".

In the TCG

Triumphant Porygon2

An Upgrade is featured in the artwork of the Triumphant Porygon2 card.

Trivia

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, when pluralized or prefixed with the indefinite article, this item's name is rendered with a lowercase 'g' ("Up-grades" and "an Up-grade", respectively). In Pokémon Platinum and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, both of these instances are corrected to display with a capital 'G' ("Up-Grades" and "an Up-Grade", respectively), matching how the item's name would normally be rendered.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	升級資料 Sīngkāp Jīliuh * 昇級 Sīngkāp * 等級提升箱 Dángkāp Tàihsīng Sēung *
Chinese	Mandarin	升級資料 Shēngjí Zīliào * 升级数据 Shēngjí Shùjù * 昇級 Shēngjí *
French		Améliorator* Evolutor*
German		Up-Grade
Italian		Upgrade
Korean		업그레이드 Upgrade
Brazilian Portuguese		Melhora
Spanish		Mejora
Thai		อัปเกรด Upgrade

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