After two years of inviting players to catch em all, Pokemon Go will soon offer the ability to trade em too.
Announced by Niantic, new trading and friends list features will be coming to the game over the next few weeks.The first of the two features to roll out will be the friends list, which is expected to be available within a matter of days.
Adding another trainer to your friend list will be as simple as swapping a trainer code with someone, sending them a friend request and waiting for them to accept or reject it.When trading is launched at some point in the next few weeks, youll have to be friends with another trainer to trade Pokemon with them.
Youll also both need to be above level 10 and within 100 meters of one another oh, and youll also need to be prepared to pay some Stardust.Being better friends will reduce your Stardust expenditureShare and share alikeOn top of your level as an individual trainer youll also find that you have friendship levels with those you add, and these will range from 'good' through 'great' and 'ultra' to 'best'.
Friendship levels can be increased by doing things like battling at gyms or in raids together, but building up levels will take weeks or even months of playing together; were talking Pikachu and Charizard levels of trust-earning here.The higher your friendship level with another player, the lower the amount of Stardust youll need to spend to trade with them, and youll even get attack bonuses when you fight together in gyms.Higher levels of friendship will also be required to trade shiny or legendary Pokemon, as well as if youre trading a Pokemon the other player hasnt already caught.
These will be called Special Trades, and youll only be able to perform these once a day.
This limitation makes a lot of sense, as it should hopefully prevent opportunistic players from offering to meet up with strangers to sell on their rare Pokemon.A final new feature for friends to enjoy will be sending gifts.
Gift bundles will sometimes appear when you spin a PokeStop, and youll be able to send them on.
Theyll usually include the standard in-game items like berries and PokeBalls, but theyll also sometimes have a new 7km egg, which will be the exclusive home to some forms of Alolan Pokemon.Trading is a long-awaited addition to Pokemon Go, and Niantic has said it's not the end of the new features.
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