We tell you how to add new friends in Pokémon GO and how to increase your friendship level with them to the maximum. Complete guide.
Adding other players as friends in Pokémon GO is not essential to enjoy the game, but doing so gives us access to several exclusive features that will make our lives much easier. In this Pokémon GO guide we tell you how to add new friends and how to increase the friendship level .
How to add new friends in Pokémon GO? Step by step
To add new friends in Pokémon GO , we have to follow the following steps:
- From the world map, we tap on our player avatar icon.
- We tap on “Friends”, top right.
- We tap on “Add Friends” at the top.
- We enter the Trainer Code of the friend we want to add.
- The friend we have added must accept our invitation.
It is not possible to communicate with other players within Pokémon GO, so the only way to get other people’s Trainer Codes is by talking to them through other means, such as via social networks, instant messaging applications, or in person.
Another way to add new friends is by scanning the QR code of another Pokémon GO player who is nearby and wants to share it with us. To do this, from Add Friends, in the top right corner, we will see the “QR Code” option. Tap on it and the camera on our phone will be enabled, with which we can scan a QR code.
If we want our QR code to be displayed on our mobile screen, from “Add Friends”, we tap the QR code icon that is just to the right of our Coach Code.
How do I know what my Pokémon GO Trainer Code is?
- From the world map, we tap on the icon of our player avatar.
- We played in “Friends”.
- We tap on “Add Friends”.
- Our Coach Code is visible at the top along with our nickname. It consists of twelve numbers divided into three groups of four digits.
Knowing our Coach Code is necessary if another person who wants to add us asks us for it.
How to increase the friendship level with our friends in Pokémon GO? What is it for?
Having friends in Pokémon GO is useful for many things , such as being able to obtain free items by sending gifts to each other. The friendship level is individual with each friend , and to raise it we must carry out joint actions such as sending and receiving gifts , participating in Trainer Battles, fighting in Gyms or participating in Raids together.
There are four different levels of friendship with other players , and we can only raise the level of friendship with each player by interacting in a certain way with that specific player once a day . Just below we leave you a table with the friendship levels that exist, what requirements they have to reach them, and what bonuses they give us :
All friendship levels in Pokémon GO: requirements and bonuses
These are all the friendship levels in Pokémon GO :
| Friendship level | Requirements | Bonus |
|---|---|---|
| Good friendship | 1 day of activity | We unlocked Pokémon Exchange , 3% attack bonus in Gyms and Raids and 3000 XP |
| Great friendship | 7 days of activity | 20% discount on Stardust when trading Pokémon, 5% attack bonus in Gyms and Raids, 1 more Ball to capture Pokémon in successfully completed Raids and 10,000 XP |
| Ultrafriendship | 30 days of activity | 92% discount on Stardust when trading Pokémon, 7% attack bonus in Gyms and Raids, 2 more Balls to capture Pokémon in successfully completed Raids and 50,000 XP |
| Unparalleled friendship | 90 days of activity | 96% discount on Stardust when trading Pokémon, 10% attack bonus in Gyms and Raids, 4 more Balls to capture Pokémon in successfully completed Raids and 100,000 XP |
| Friendship with luck | Random chance of getting it after interacting in any way with a friend with whom we have an unparalleled friendship | The next Pokémon trade will generate a Lucky Pokémon |
Lucky Friendship resets to Unmatched Friendship after the first Pokémon trade we make , which will cause the traded Pokémon to be a Lucky Pokémon.