In Pokémon GO a new feature is currently being tested. This is causing confusion in the community.
What is the GO Pass? The GO Pass is a type of Battle Pass that was already active during the GO Tour 2025. Since April 1st, it is now available in a free and a paid version again in the game.
On social media, some trainers report how different the details of the pass are for them. It can not only lead to different ways to level up in the pass but even to different rewards.
Tasks, Points, Rewards
Availability of the Pass: The biggest difference with the GO Pass is the availability itself. While there are some trainers and regions where the pass is not yet available, it is available in others.
On Reddit, several trainers from the US East Coast report that they do not have a GO Pass. Trainers living in Australia report varying situations. Some trainers have access to the GO Pass, while others do not.
Points for Rank Up: If you want to level up in the GO Pass, you need to collect 100 points for each rank. You earn points for catching regular and legendary monsters as well as for hatching eggs. Reports indicate that there are differences in this as well on Reddit.
The value of how many points you earn for activities varies. The following variations are known:
- Catching a legendary Pokémon: 50 points; hatching an egg: 20 points; catching a regular monster: 2 points
- Catching a legendary Pokémon: 100 points; hatching an egg: 40 points; catching a regular monster: 5 points
Similarly, the amount of points that can be collected daily can vary. There are limits of 125 points, 250 points, and 300 points. The last two limits can occur for trainers who have increased points for catching monsters and hatching eggs.
Daily and Weekly Tasks: In the GO Pass, you can have daily and weekly tasks that earn you additional points. Differences can be seen here as well. Some trainers only have weekly tasks, some only have daily tasks, and others have neither.
Rewards: There are also differences in the rewards. As seen in another post on Reddit, some trainers can receive the final reward at rank 50 while others can do so at rank 100. In the paid version, this involves the Lucky Trinket, which caused frustration for trainers in the past.
Why are there differences? As Niantic stated at the start of the feature, the feature is currently being tested in the game. This can also explain the differences among trainers.
During large rollouts of new features, it is common in Pokémon GO for the functionalities to first be made available only to a portion of the trainers. Therefore, not all trainers may have the new feature in the game.
Tests in which new features are even tested in different variants among trainers have not been conducted in the past, but it is not particularly surprising for a larger new feature.
Whether and when the GO Pass will be fully available in the game for all trainers is not yet known. The results of the current test could influence how the functionality finds its final path into the game – if the test goes well.
Regardless of whether you already have this feature in the game or not: the events in April are available for all players. There will again be various contents and bonuses that will be active in the events. When the events take place, you can see in our overview of all events in April 2025 in Pokémon GO.
