To evolve Eevee into Leafeon using the nickname trick in Pokémon GO, you need to name your Eevee “Linnea” before evolving it.

A couple of quick extra tips so you don’t waste the trick:

  • The “Linnea” nickname method is a one-time guaranteed Leafeon evolution for your account, so use it on a good IV Eevee.
  • After you’ve used the name trick once, future Leafeon evolutions are done by evolving Eevee while you’re in range of a Mossy Lure Module at a PokéStop.

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