In Pokémon GO, a significant new bonus is active: You can now receive more guaranteed lucky Pokémon through a lucky trade.
What’s happening in Pokémon GO: The new event “Tough Times” has begun and brings several bonuses. This includes a change in guaranteed lucky trades.
What’s new about the lucky trade? There is now a higher limit for guaranteed lucky Pokémon through trades.
- From now on, each trainer can perform 25 guaranteed lucky trades instead of 15 as before.
- A guaranteed lucky trade is now activated when you trade a Pokémon with other trainers that has been in your Pokémon storage since 2018 or earlier.
Tips: This bonus is now unlimited in time, so it’s not tied to the event. Therefore, you can also wait for the big “Community Day” on the weekend of December 16th and 17th to use the reduced trading costs of 50%.
Additionally: Use the search term “Year2018” in the Pokémon overview to display all monsters that you caught that year. They are now also eligible for the guaranteed lucky trade. You can adjust the search term depending on the year.
What counts towards the limit for lucky trades in Pokémon GO?
What you should note: The limit of 25 now applies for all trainers, and if, for example, you had only used 15 guaranteed trades before, you now have 10 additional lucky trades available. Lucky trades that were activated randomly and not during the “Guaranteed Period” currently do not count towards this limit.
Trainers in the Pokémon GO community on the subreddit “TheSilphRoad” note, however, that you might have exceeded 15 (via reddit). This would be the case if, for example, you activated 15 such trades with an “old” Pokémon yourself and then carried out further trades where the guaranteed lucky trade was triggered by “old” Pokémon from other trainers. Each “Guaranteed” lucky trade thus counts towards the limit of both trainers.
You cannot view your own status of “guaranteed” trades in the game. Therefore, you can only keep track or keep trading guaranteed lucky Pokémon until it no longer works.
What does a lucky trade bring in Pokémon GO?
This is the lucky trade: In a lucky trade, both trainers receive a Pokémon from each other that has two advantages:
- It has at least IV values of 12/12/12, meaning it has good values (The highest possible values would be 15/15/15)
- Additionally, its stardust costs for leveling up are reduced by 50%
So you get a good Pokémon that you can level up cheaper.
If you are looking for suitable monsters: Here you will find some valuable Pokémon for the lucky trade.
