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    Pokemon Go Trading and Friendship | How Do I Trade In Pokemon Go

    Pokemon Go

    Pokemon GO Trading can be used for various things like completing your Pokedex or receiving a gift from another trainer. Below we will explain how to trade in pokemon go and what type of gifts you will get from Friendships with other players.

    Pokemon GO Trading

    Pokemon GO Trading

    What players can expect from Pokemon GO Trading and what requirements you will need to trade pokemon with your friends in pokemon go.

    Pokemon GO Trading

    Pokemon GO Friendship and Trading How It Works

    first, let’s understand how you can increase your Friendship Level and what other limitation is in place with this mechanic.

    • Participating in a Raid & Gym Battles with a Friend (Once Per Day Per Friend)
    • Sending a Gift from a Pokestop
    • Completing a Trade.

    Since your Friendship Level can only increase once per day per friend, you can expect the following time required when leveling up Friendship In Pokemon GO.

    • Good Friend – 1 Day
    • Great Friend  – 7 Days
    • Ultra Friend  – 30 Days
    • Best Friend – 90 Days

    Now let’s look at the different levels of Friendship in Pokemon GO, keep in mind all trading in pokemon go will require a stardust cost.

    FriendshipBonuses
    Good Friend
    1-Day
    Trade Discount: 0%
    Damage Bonuses: 3%
    One Time XP Reward: 3,000
    Great Friend
    7-Days
    Trade Discount: 20%
    Damage Bonuses: 5%
    Extra Raid Balls: +1 Ball
    One Time XP Reward: 10,000
    Ultra Friend
    30-Days
    Trade Discount: 92%
    Damage Bonuses: 7%
    Damage Bonuses: +2 Balls
    One Time XP Reward: 50,000
    Best Friend
    90-Days
    Trade Discount: 96%
    Damage Bonuses
    : 10%
    Damage Bonuses: +4 Balls
    One Time XP Reward: 100,000

    Base Trading Rate Paid By Both Players the same price regardless if one person already has the Pokemon they are receiving.

    Friendship LevelRegular and regionalShiny and Legendary
    CaughtNewCaughtNew
    Good friends
    1 day
    10020,00020,0001,000,000
    Great friends
    7 days
    8016,00016,000800,000
    Ultra friends
    30 days
    81,6001,60080,000
    Best friends
    90 days
    480080040,000

    Pokemon-GO-Trading-Costs

    Image Above credit goes to a reddit user by the name of GezimS, for putting together a quick breakdown of costs.

    Depending on the Distance of the where the pokemon was caught you will receive additional candy from trading.

    • 1 Candy => close distance
    • 2 Candy => medium distance
    • 3 Candy => 100 KM distance

    Pokemon GO good friendPokemon GO great friendPokemon GO best friend

    Other bonuses players should be aware of when leveling up your pokemon go friendship.

    • Candy Bonuses – When you start a trade you can earn bonus candy, the further apart the pokemon was caught (up to 100KM) the more Candy you will receive from the Trade.
    • CP and HP Ranges – The CP and HP ranges are affected by your friendship level, the higher your Friendship with the Trader the better the pokemon.
    • Special Trades Stardust Cost Reduction – Trading Mythical, Legendary Pokemon will cost less Stardust the higher your Friendship Level.

    Pokemon GO Trade Types

    There are two different trade types in Pokemon GO and will cost a different amount of Stardust to complete.

    Pokemon GO Friendship Trading

    • Normal Trade – Normal Pokemon
    • Special Trade – Mythical, Legendary Pokemon

    Trading Pokemon will cost Stardust and the amount will depend on a couple of factors.

    • New Pokedex Entry | 20 000 Stardust
    • Legendary Trade | 20 000 Stardust
    • Shiny Trade | 20 000 Stardust
    • Legendary + New Pokedex Entry | 1 Million Stardust
    • Shiny + New Pokedex Entry| 1 Million Stardust

    Best Pokemon To Trade In Pokemon GO

    We will go through the Best Pokemon To Trade In Pokemon GO. These will range from Shiny, Event Only and Meta Relevant Gym Attacker Pokemon. Most importantly we will list all the Regional Pokemon, which for most in Pokemon GO are the rarest pokemon you should trade to complete their Pokedex.

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    List of Pokemon You Should Trade In Pokemon GO.

    TypesPokemon You Should Trade
    Regional PokemonTauros

    Mr. Mime

    Kangaskhan

    Farfetch’d

    Heracross

    Corsola

    Zangoose

    Seviper

    Lunatone

    Solrock

    Illumise

    Volbeat

    Torkoal

    Tropius

    Relicanth

    Event PokemonEvent Hat Pikachu ( X-mas, Halloween)
    Delibird Pokemon GoDelibird
    Meta Relevant
    (Good For Gym/Raids)
    Dragonite

    Gyarados

    Tyranitar

    Blissey

    Snorlax

    LegendariesArticuno

    Zapdos

    Moltres

    Mewtwo

    Mew

    Suicune

    Raikou

    Entei

    Ho-Oh

    Lugia

    Celebi

    Groudon

    Rayquaza

    Kyogre

    Latios

    Latias

    Deoxys

    Jirachi

    Regirock

    Regice

    Registeel

    Shiny PokemonYou can view the complete list of Shiny Pokemon.
    Exclusive and Legacy Moves
    (Pokemon with Moves that are no longer available.)
    Pokemon that were caught before an update or during an event may have a Specific Move that is longer available. This is some cases can help make a pokemon more meta relevant and rare.
    UnownYou can view the complete list of Unown Pokemon

    Pokemon GO Friendship

    Pokemon GO Friendship will influence many game mechanics one of which will be Trading in Pokemon GO. Lets first discuss how to increase Friendship Levels In Pokemon GO.

    • 1x Friendship Level Per Day
    • 200x Max Friend Limit

    Pokemon GO Friendship

    When you visit Pokestops you have a chance to receive a “Gift” these cannot be opened, instead you will send these your friends. Gifts contain the following items:

    Gift ItemsAmount
    Hyper Potion2
    Max Potion2
    Revive2
    Max Revive2
    Poke Ball5
    Great Ball5
    Ultra Ball5
    Pinap Berry10
    Evolution Item1
    Alolan Pokemon 7KM Egg1

    Pokemon found within the 7KM Alolan Egg.

    Pokemon GO Trading Alolan Egg 7KM

    Some Additional Gift Giving and Pokemon GO Friendship Information are as follows:

    • Opening a gift increases Both You and Your Friends Friendship Level.
    • You will not receive the 7KM Alolan Egg if you do not have a Free Slot in your Pokemon Egg.
    • You can receive up to 20 Gifts Per Day.

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    View The Best Pokemon and see which ones gain the most CP Power Per Level!

    Pokemon Go Tier List

    Check Out The New Pokemon Go Centers?

    Pokemon Go Centers

    Based on Releases that Niantic has done in the past, we can take a guess and estimate as to when some of these future updates will be released. These are not actual release dates, these are when we think these features might become available based on Niantic past release record.

    Pokemon GO Trading release in NOW
    Trainer Battles release
    Pokemon Breeding Release
    Pokemon GO Gen 4 release

    List of Other Features Players Want In Pokemon GO

    • Trainer Battles (Player VS Player): Fighting gyms all day is fun, but sometimes you want to measure your Pokemon versus your friends. This is a feature Pokemon go players are eagerly looking forward to using.  As for the date, this will be available that is still unknown and could be for quite some time. At least till Pokemon go trading is ready since Niantic has their Pokemon Go trade system is the top priority.

     

    • Show Other Nearby Trainers: This would be an excellent way to find out who exactly is playing Pokemon go near you. It also will help players find hotspots for Pokemon activity or just places to hang as a Pokemon go player. In the future, this will allow players find each other and even Pokemon Go trade.

     

    • LeaderBoards (GYM Scoreboards): along with Pokemon Go Trading, there will be a big update to the gyms. Most notably the gyms will soon have leaders, so players can compare themselves to other and finally see who is the very best.

     

    • PokeStops (Poke Centers): Niantic Labs’ CEO John Hanke mentioned there would be some update to Pokestops. He, However, did not explicitly say as to what those types of updates will be.

     

    • Platform Expansion: This is most likely a lot further down the line then Pokemon Go trading. Niantic did mention they were interested in expanding Pokemon Go into other devices such as Microsoft’s Hololens and the apple watch.

     

    • Pokemon Centers: Niantic Labs CEO, John Hanke, confirmed that a future update will allow the players to transform their PokeStops into Pokemon Centers. The players will be able to heal their Pokemon in those Pokemon Centers and also carry out some yet-to-be-announced other actions. Some players suspect this may be a location for players to conduct Pokemon Go Trading or maybe Pokemon Breeding.

    Pokemon Go Trading Updates:

    Update 7/11/2016 – No major updates yet in regards to Pokemon Go Trading. players have raised concerns with the new trading system. Most players worry how this could unbalance Gyms in their local area. say, for example, a high-ranking player wanted to trade extremely strong Pokémon to their friends, they could find a way to dominate all of the gyms in a local town. Since there is a limit to how many gyms a player can occupy at a time, trading could be a clever way to circumvent that and keep a particular team (Valor, Instinct, or Mystic) in control.

    Update 7/25/2016 – Niantic Labs CEO, John Hanke, confirmed that a future update of Pokemon Go will allow the players to transform their PokeStops into Pokemon Centers.

    Update 8/10/2016 – Niantic Labs is currently working on their new Pokemon tracking system, after which they are expected to begin work on Pokemon GO Trading.

    Update 8/19/2016 – Code has been found in the newest app update, hinting towards the new Pokemon GO Trading System.

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