In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, there are a couple of different ways that players can get an Eevee. While players can find an Eevee on their own, they can also receive one as a gift only after receiving the National Dex. Eevee is one of the most interesting Pokémon available because it has several evolutions that players can choose from, each featuring a different type of Pokémon like Ice, Grass, Fire, and more.

Eevee is one of the few Pokémon that has a couple of evolutions in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl and was originally introduced in generation four, but not available until the end game. When Pokémon Diamond and Pearl launched in 2006, Pokémon like Leafeon and Glaceon were added to the Pokédex as new entries to the National Dex, but they weren't featured in the Sinnoh Dex. Players can evolve Eevee into Leafeon in Pokémon BDSP only after they beat the Elite Four and earn the National Dex, and the same applies to evolving Eevee into Glaceon.

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After players obtain the National Dex, the first location that Eevee can be found at is in the Trophy Garden on Route 212. The Trophy Garden features more than a dozen different Pokémon and some of their evolutions, like Pichu and Pikachu, Cleffa and Clefairy, Happiny and Chansey, and more. To find Eevee in the Trophy Garden, players have to speak with Mr. Backlot, the owner of the garden. Eevee only appears in the Trophy Garden if Mr. Backlot says that the Pokémon can be found there. There are a few Pokémon that this is the case for, and a new Pokémon comes into rotation every 24 hours. Finding an Eevee, let alone every rare Trophy Garden Pokémon in BDSP, is the more difficult method to acquiring one.

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl: How To Get An Eevee

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Eevee

Fortunately, there is an easier method to finding an Eevee in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, and it doesn't require players to capture one. After receiving the National Dex, head to Hearthome City and enter the house next to the Pokémon Center. This home belongs to Bebe, the Pokémon storage designer for the Sinnoh region. She'll gift the player an Eevee after speaking with her, though she'll only give players one Eevee. Unless the Eevee players receive from Bebe is a female Eevee, they'll have to find, capture, and breed a Ditto in Pokémon BDSP in order to get another one.

Many players may not realize that, while Ditto can be used to breed nearly every Pokémon in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, female Pokémon will always have eggs of the same species. This means that a female Eevee could breed with another Pokémon in its egg group, and when the egg hatches it will always be an Eevee. Eevee is in the Field Egg Group, which allows it to breed with many Pokémon in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, like Swinub, Stunky, Absol, and more.

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Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl is available now on Nintendo Switch.