Pokemon Go: Friends

The Friend's List in Pokemon Go.

Pokemon Go now has a Friend List that can filled with up to 200 friends.

Adding Friends

• Tap on your trainer icon in the bottom left corner of the screen within Pokemon Go.
• Either tap the top right corner of the trainer screen where you see "Friends" or swipe below your experience bar (about where the medals are).
• You are now on your friends list.
• At the very top you will see the option to "Add Friends."
• You will now be on the screen with your Trainer Number
• Just above that you will see the field to enter their 12 digit trainer number.
• You can either their trainer number in this field and then hit "Add friend."

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Trading with Friends

• Tap on your trainer icon in the bottom left corner of the screen within Pokemon Go.
• Either tap the top right corner of the trainer screen where you see "Friends" or swipe below your experience bar (about where the medals are).
• You are now on your friends list.
• Tap on the person you want to trade with.
• On the right-hand side, below the trainer and their buddy, you will see the option to trade.
• This will send a trading invite to that friend.
• Once there, you can offer a Pokemon up for trade.
• Proceed along with the prompts to send the Pokemon to your friend.

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Trading Stardust Costs

Friendship Level	Regular & Regional New	Regular & Regional Caught	Shiny & Legendary New	Shiny & Legendary Caught
Good	20,000	100	1,000,000	20,000
Great	16,000	80	800,000	16,000
Ultra	1,600	6	80,000	1,600
Best	800	4	40,000	800

Additional Trading Notes

• You need to be with a short distance of your friend to trade.
• The amount of stardust that is needed for the trade depends on what Pokemon.
• Special Event Pokemon, Legendaries will be very costly (Stardust).
• The Stardust cost will reduce based on the level of Friendship.
• Legendary, Shiny, and Pokemon not in your Pokedex count as a special trade.
• Can only complete 1 special trade per day.
• To complete a special trade, you must be Great or Best Friend (level 2-3).
• Trainers will earn a Candy bonus based on the location the Pokemon are caught.
• The farther apart their caught location (100 km), the more candy earned.
• When you trade the Pokemon, you can see the range of CP and HP it could have.
• This range will adjust upward as you improve your friendship level.

Sending Gifts

• Tap on your trainer icon in the bottom left corner of the screen within Pokemon Go.
• Either tap the top right corner of the trainer screen where you see "Friends" or swipe below your experience bar (about where the medals are).
• You are now on your friends list.
• Tap on the person you want to send the gift to.
• Below the Trainer and buddy, on the left-hand side.
• Tap the Gift icon to send a gift you have acquired to a friend.
• Remember, you can only send 1 gift to each friend at a time.
  • They must opened the previously sent gift before you can send another.

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Removing Friends

• Tap on your trainer icon in the bottom left corner of the screen within Pokemon Go.
• Either tap the top right corner of the trainer screen where you see "Friends" or swipe below your experience bar (about where the medals are).
• You are now on your friends list.
• Tap on the person you want to remove from your friends list.
• Scroll to the bottom of the Trainer page, where you will see the remove button to remove a friend.
• Tap this and then confirm the choice.

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Friendship Levels

• By doing certain activities with your friends, once a day, you can improve your friendship level.
• You can increase your friendship level by:
  • Sending and receiving Gifts.
  • Trading Pokemon
  • Raiding in the same group.

0 Hearts - Friend

• After exchanging Friend Code
• Enables basic trading, no special Pokemon (Pokemon not found in their Pokedex, Legendaries)

1 Heart - Good Friend

• Having done a Friendship Boosting activity (Raiding, sending or receiving a gift).
• Get 3,000 XP
• Gym Battle/Raid Battle Attack Boost of 3%
• All Pokemon can be traded except mythical (no Zapdos, Articuno, Mew, Mewtwo, etc)

2 Hearts - Great Friend

• Complete 7 days worth of Friendship boosting activities.

*Get 10,000 XP

• Trade Stardust Discount
• Gym Battle/Raid Battle Attack Boost of 5%
• +1 Premium Ball at end of raid

3 Hearts - Ultra Friends

• Complete 30 more days worth of Friendship boosting activities.
• Get 50,000 XP
• Improved Stardust Trade discount.
• Greater Gym Battle/Raid Battle Attack Boost of 7%.
• +2 Premium Balls at end of Raid

4 Hearts - Best Friend

• Complete 30 more days worth of Friendship boosting activities.
• Get 100,000 XP
• Lv. 3 Stardust Trade discount.
• Lv. 3 Gym Battle/Raid Battle Attack Boost of 10%.
• +4 Premium Balls at end of Raid