Evolution in Pokemon Go makes it certainly the most interesting and worth for grind game. For years this process of evolving has changed significantly in Pokemon, and Pokemon Go is no exception to it. It is no longer constrained to collecting candies, but you can evolve using Sinnoh stones, keeping the creature as your buddy, and completing several tasks.

Pokemon GO events like Psychic Speculator offer trainees the to catch old and new psychic types. In this yearly research chain, there is an addition of a new character a Dark dual-type, Inkay. This Pokemon was introduced in Pokemon X and Y and then replicated in Pokemon GO, in order to evolve it required specific tasks.  

How to Evolve Inkay in Pokemon Go into Malamar

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For evolving Inkay into Malamar players need to collect 50 Inkay Candies. To speed up the collection for Inkay Candy you can use Pinap Berries and make Inkay your buddy on the journey or use Rare Candy to earn more candies.

The next step might need some skills to solve the puzzle because there is a question mark beside evolve button while attempting to change Inkay into Malmar. Players who played mainline games should remember that to evolve Kalos Pokemon you had to turn your screen upside down.

This tradition of upside downing screen continues for Inkay to evolve into Malmar in Pokemon Go. This strange might seem weird but it shows the dual nature of Psychic and Dual-type Pokemon. This trick of Evolving is not event-exclusive, every time you have to follow it to evolve Inkay into Malmar. For phone players, this trick is relatively easy to console users because mobile devices can be flipped easily in comparison to console which might cause errors in getting the timing right.

How to Get Inkay in Pokemon Go

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Before a player evolves Inkay, they must have it and to get your hands on this creature you have to earn enough candies and find Kalos Pokemon. The spawn rate for Inkay is increased in the wild and using Incense will also increase the Inkay Spawn rate. While a research event is going on for Inkay, there are great chances that player get their hands on the Shinny Inkay. After gathering 50 candies, you have to follow the steps to get the evolution process running.

  • After you select the Inkay in your Pokemon roster turn your device, if it is mobile or console.
  • Check the red evolution button, it should be green now.
  • When you see the evolution button is green hit the button.
  • Lastly, take a battle with Malamar.

Here is another link to the website GAMERANT from where you can find more knowledge on how to evolve Inkay into Malamar

How to get Inkay Candies in Pokemon Go

Inkay Candies are the most important part in the evolution of Malamar, to gather them is the most difficult task because you have to search for them in various locations. Here we have discussed some ways for you to obtain Candies.

  • While you are roaming in the wild if you get your hands on Inkay, it will grant you 3x candy and if you catch Malamar it will grant you 5x candies.
  • The use of Pinap Berries is very important because when you are catching Inkay, and you have Pinap Berries it will double the amount you get.
  • If the Inkay you caught is not very powerful transfer it and it will give you one candy.
  • In the game you might have found rare candies before which you have collected for later use, you can turn them into Inkay Candy.
  • Setting Inkay as your buddy and walking for 3km with it will grant you one Candy.

Problem with the upside-down technique of Evolution

The evolution of Inkay is very fun in Pokemon Go with a lot of other things. However, there is one problem with this evolution, since you need to flip your screen upside down to evolve, that means you have to have a gyroscope in your device. The latest mobile devices have it but old consoles do not have it and it restricts the devices to complete the evolution process.

A lot of Pokemon players have reached out to Niantic and Niantic has responded to the complaints that they are looking into the issue and soon they will find an alternative to it but for the time being it does not change anything and you can’t have it if you don’t have a gyroscope in your device.

You can have more in-depth knowledge of this problem from VIDEOGAMER.

How to Evolve Inkay in Pokemon Sword & Shield

Pokemon Sword and Shield is full of weird and unique ways to evolve the Pokemon creatures and evolving Inkay is no exception.  While you are waiting for a Pokemon Scarlet and Violet release, Pokemon Sword and Sheild, with Inkay as a monster, is still the most recent series.

Evolution in Pokemon Sword will need unorthodox methods and it is unlike anything which you have seen before. Relative to Pokemon Go where you need 50 candies to evolve here you just need to hit level 30.

You can find Inkay Pokemon on Route 7 and 9 in the water and in Fishing spots, because it always lives under water. Other than these areas it can also be present in wild areas like, Hammerlocke Hills and Giant Mirror.

The Inkay Pokemon will not evolve if Switch is docked, so make sure it is out of Dock and hold it inverted position and continue the battle. After you end the battle, if your Switch is inverted the Pokemon will begin to evolve. It is a very weird method in all of the Pokemon but it’s not that difficult which you can’t achieve, it is achievable.

  • Level 30 or higher is needed before trying the method.
  • Before a dialogue ends you must turn your Nintendo Switch upside down
  • During the process of evolution do not press the button “B”

Conclusion

This method of evolution in Pokemon is most unusual, but it’s not the first that Pokemon has used, there were several other methods that are very peculiar. Before Pokemon Go, this method was used in Pokemon X and Y, and from there it was copied in Pokemon Go as well. This unique method makes the game more interesting and increases the pleasure of the whole game.

Bonus Tip

By the way, iFoneTool AnyGo is a tool that can change location without moving outside, allowing players to explore different features of the game at home However, it’s important to note that using such tools may violate the terms of service of Pokemon Go, potentially leading to penalties or bans from the game. Players should consider the risks and implications before utilizing such tools.

Is there any chance we see Shiny Inkay in Pokemon Go?

There is  no way that you can have Shiny Malamar or Shiny Inkay but about future  it can’t be predicted they might be added to the game.

Can you evolve Inkay on PC?

Inkay is a Dark/Psychic-type Pokemon and if you want to evolve it into Malamar you can’t do it on your PC.

How to evolve Inkay if you don’t have gyroscope?

If you don’t have a gyroscope on your device and you want to evolve Inkay then you need to have 50 Candy.

Is Inkay creature in Pokemon Sun?

No, this creature do not appear in normal Sun and Moon but there is a catch here, it comes out in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

Is Inkay Pokemon a rare Pokemon?

In general, those Pokemon that Spawn are not rare rather Bug, Flying or Normal type. But since Inkay is a Dark Dual type, it spawns lesser due to general rarity.