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Pokemon GO Transfer to Pokemon Let’s Go

Pokemon you caught in Pokemon GO can move to Let’s Go, but only one way. Pair the two games, send the Pokemon from your phone, then catch them again in the GO Park in Fuchsia City. Kanto Pokemon from Bulbasaur to Mewtwo, their Alolan forms, Meltan and Melmetal can make the trip.

Transfer Pokemon from Pokemon GO to Pokemon Let's Go
Pokemon leave your phone and land in the GO Park on your Switch.
GO Parks
20Up to 50 Pokemon each
Candy in GO
1 eachFor every Pokemon you send
Direction
One wayThey never go back to GO
You can send
170Species and Alolan forms

How to connect Pokemon GO and Let’s Go

You pair the games once. Start the pairing on your phone and on the Switch at the same time, then confirm the trainer.

Step 1: Connect Pokemon GO to Let’s Go

On your phone, in Pokemon GO

  1. Open the main menu with the Poke Ball button and tap Settings.
  2. Scroll down to Nintendo Switch.
  3. Tap Connect to Nintendo Switch. Your phone now looks for the Switch.

Step 2: Connect Let’s Go to Pokemon GO

On the Switch, in Let’s Go

  1. Press X to open the menu, then Y to open Options.
  2. Choose Pokemon GO settings.
  3. When the game asks to pair with Pokemon GO, choose Yes.
  4. Check that the trainer shown is your GO account and confirm. The two games are now linked.
These are the menu names from when the link launched. Newer versions of Pokemon GO may word them a little differently.

How to send Pokemon GO Pokemon to Let’s Go

With both games linked, pick the Pokemon on your phone, then take them in at the GO Park counter in Let’s Go. Once a Pokemon is sent it cannot return to Pokemon GO, so choose with care.

On your phone, in Pokemon GO

  1. Open the main menu with the Poke Ball button and tap Pokemon.
  2. Tap the Nintendo Switch icon at the top right. The list now shows only Pokemon you can send.
  3. Select the Pokemon you want to send.
  4. Tap Send to Nintendo Switch, then Yes.
  5. Your phone now waits for the Switch. Finish the transfer at the GO Park counter, below.
+1 Candy in GOOne way only

How to get the Pokemon you sent into Let’s Go

The GO Park complex stands in the north of Fuchsia City, where the Safari Zone used to be, and you can use it once you reach the city. It has 20 parks, and each holds up to 50 Pokemon, so up to 1,000 can wait for you at once.

On the Switch, in the GO Park building

  1. Talk to the person at the counter and choose Bring Pokemon.
  2. Pick the park you want them in.
  3. Choose Start Communication. The Switch and your phone look for each other.
  4. When they connect, choose Yes on the Switch to take the Pokemon, then tap OK in Pokemon GO.
  5. Walk into that park and catch them the same way you catch wild Pokemon.
GO Park complex in Fuchsia City in Pokemon Let's Go
Inside a GO Park, the Pokemon you sent walk around until you catch them.
Try again if it fleesA Pokemon can run away, but you can walk back in and try again.
Level carries overIt keeps its Pokemon GO level, rounded down to a whole number.
Play YardSend 25 of one species and the Play Yard opens: a minigame that pays out Candy.

What your Pokemon keep: IVs after the transfer

Your Pokemon are not rerolled. Each GO IV (0 to 15) is doubled and raised by 1 to give the Let’s Go IV (1 to 31). Speed has no GO stat, so it is rolled at random.

Which GO stat feeds which Let’s Go stat

  • GO StaminaHPx2 + 1
  • GO AttackAttackSp. Atkx2 + 1
  • GO DefenseDefenseSp. Defx2 + 1
  • No GO statSpeedRandom

GO IV to Let’s Go IV

  • GO IV 0becomes Let’s Go IV 1
  • GO IV 5becomes Let’s Go IV 11
  • GO IV 10becomes Let’s Go IV 21
  • GO IV 15becomes Let’s Go IV 31Perfect
  • Every step of 1 in Pokemon GO is a step of 2 in Let’s Go: 0 becomes 1, 1 becomes 3, 2 becomes 5, and so on up to 15, which becomes 31.
  • A GO Pokemon with 15 Attack, 15 Defense and 15 Stamina arrives with 31 in five stats, and only Speed left to luck. The smallest a carried-over IV can be is 1.
Read more: IVs and stats in Let’s Go.

Which Pokemon can you send

170 species and forms can make the trip: the 150 Kanto Pokemon from Bulbasaur to Mewtwo, 18 Alolan forms, and Meltan and Melmetal. Select a Pokemon to open its Let’s Go page.

Kanto Pokemon, Bulbasaur to Mewtwo (150)

Alolan forms (18)

Meltan and Melmetal

Cannot be sent

  • MewMew caught in Pokemon GO stays there. Mew comes from a new Poke Ball Plus instead.
  • Event Pokemon in costume, such as Pikachu and Raichu wearing hats or Squirtle, Wartortle and Blastoise in sunglasses.

Meltan and Melmetal

You cannot catch Meltan or Melmetal anywhere in Kanto. Pokemon GO is where you find them, and the GO Park is how they reach your Switch.

MeltanSend any Pokemon from GO to Let’s Go and Pokemon GO gives you the Mystery Box. Open it and Meltan appear around you in GO for a short time.Meltan in Let’s Go
MelmetalMeltan evolves into Melmetal only in Pokemon GO. Evolve it there, then send it across.Melmetal in Let’s Go

Poke Ball Plus and Mew

Mew caught in Pokemon GO cannot be sent to Let’s Go. Instead, a new, unredeemed Poke Ball Plus includes a one-time Mew gift. Once that Mew goes into a game, the same Poke Ball Plus cannot give another.

Pokeball Plus (Poke Ball Plus) accessory with its wrist strap
The Poke Ball Plus works as a controller for Let’s Go. A new, unredeemed one includes a one-time Mew gift.

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