Pokémon GO items
Know what to keep, where to find it, and when to use it. Explore the items and resources behind your next catch, evolution, or battle.
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Poké Balls 7
Poké Ball
The standard ball for catching wild Pokémon. It is the basic supply you will use most often, and the ball consumed by automatic catching features.
Great Ball
A stronger everyday catching ball with a 1.5× ball modifier in the catch formula. It is a useful middle ground between a Poké Ball and an Ultra Ball.
Ultra Ball
The strongest routinely obtainable ball for wild catches. Its 2× ball modifier improves the chance of keeping a Pokémon after a successful hit.
Premier Ball
An encounter-specific ball awarded after winning raids and Team GO Rocket battles. You receive a limited allocation rather than spending your normal ball supply.
Master Ball
A very rare ball that guarantees a capture in eligible encounters. Choosing it triggers a confirmation and a special catching sequence.
Beast Ball
A special event ball particularly effective against Ultra Beasts. Participating events supply it for designated encounters, sometimes including Necrozma.
GO Safari Ball
An event ball with high catching effectiveness, introduced for Pokémon GO Wild Area and its difficult mighty Pokémon encounters.
Berries 5
Razz Berry
A basic catch-support berry that gives a 1.5× berry modifier in the capture formula.
Nanab Berry
A berry that calms a Pokémon’s movement and attacks, giving you a more predictable target. It helps with aiming rather than directly increasing the catch modifier.
Pinap Berry
A berry that doubles ordinary catch Candy when the Pokémon is caught while its effect is active. It does not directly improve catch probability.
Golden Razz Berry
A powerful catch berry with a 2.5× berry modifier. It also has a separate Gym use: a single berry fully restores a friendly defender’s motivation.
Silver Pinap Berry
A rare berry that combines a 1.8× catch modifier with extra ordinary catch Candy. A basic catch normally worth three Candy awards seven before other bonuses.
Medicine 6
Potion
Restores 20 HP to one conscious Pokémon. Healing cannot exceed that Pokémon’s maximum HP.
Super Potion
Restores 50 HP to one conscious Pokémon. Healing cannot exceed that Pokémon’s maximum HP.
Hyper Potion
Restores 200 HP to one conscious Pokémon. Healing cannot exceed that Pokémon’s maximum HP.
Max Potion
Restores all missing HP to one conscious Pokémon. Healing cannot exceed that Pokémon’s maximum HP.
Revive
Revives one fainted Pokémon and restores half of its maximum HP, allowing it to fight again. Use a Potion afterward if it needs more healing.
Max Revive
Revives one fainted Pokémon and restores its HP completely. It combines revival and full healing in a single item.
Trainer & buddy boosts 9
Incense
A personal encounter boost that normally attracts Pokémon for 60 minutes. Its spawns follow you and are visible to you rather than every nearby Trainer.
Daily Adventure Incense
A free daily Incense that normally lasts 15 minutes and produces encounters while you move. Its encounter pool includes the rare Galarian Legendary birds.
Lucky Egg
A timed boost that doubles XP earned while active. Despite its name, it is not an Egg you hatch in an Incubator.
Star Piece
A timed boost that increases Stardust earned by 50%. It normally lasts 30 minutes and affects Stardust rewards received while active.
Poffin
A buddy treat that immediately makes your buddy excited. Excitement opens additional daily heart opportunities and halves the walking distance needed for buddy Candy.
Max Mushroom
A timed item that doubles damage dealt by your Pokémon in Max Battles. It affects your own attacks rather than granting the whole group a shared boost.
Mystery Box
A reusable item that opens a 60-minute window of Meltan encounters. Unlike ordinary Incense, it is useful even when you are stationary.
Coin Bag
A reusable attraction item for Roaming Form Gimmighoul. Opening it starts a 30-minute encounter window, helping you work toward Gholdengo.
Lucky Trinket
A single-use item that turns an eligible friend into a Lucky Friend, guaranteeing Lucky Pokémon on your next trade together.
Lure Modules 6
Lure Module
A PokéStop attachment that brings additional Pokémon to a fixed location. Nearby Trainers can all benefit from it.
Glacial Lure Module
A special PokéStop lure associated with Water- and Ice-type encounters. It also enables nearby cold-themed evolutions.
Magnetic Lure Module
A special lure associated with Electric-, Steel-, and Rock-type encounters. It provides the nearby magnetic field required for several evolutions.
Mossy Lure Module
A special lure associated with Grass-, Bug-, and Poison-type encounters. It enables Leafeon’s lure evolution and can bring tappable apples to the surrounding map.
Rainy Lure Module
A special lure associated with Water-, Bug-, and Electric-type encounters. It can satisfy Sliggoo’s rainy-condition evolution requirement.
Golden Lure Module
A lure that turns a PokéStop gold for 30 minutes. Spins can award Gimmighoul Coins and extra items, and Roaming Form Gimmighoul can occasionally appear.
Evolution items 11
Sun Stone
An evolution item consumed when you evolve a compatible Pokémon. Each listed evolution needs one Sun Stone as well as the appropriate family Candy.
King’s Rock
An evolution item consumed when you evolve a compatible Pokémon. Each listed evolution needs one King’s Rock as well as the appropriate family Candy.
Metal Coat
An evolution item consumed when you evolve a compatible Pokémon. Each listed evolution needs one Metal Coat as well as the appropriate family Candy.
Dragon Scale
An evolution item consumed when you evolve a compatible Pokémon. Each listed evolution needs one Dragon Scale as well as the appropriate family Candy.
Upgrade
An evolution item consumed when you evolve a compatible Pokémon. Each listed evolution needs one Upgrade as well as the appropriate family Candy.
Sinnoh Stone
An evolution item consumed when you evolve a compatible Pokémon. Each listed evolution needs one Sinnoh Stone as well as the appropriate family Candy.
Unova Stone
An evolution item consumed when you evolve a compatible Pokémon. Each listed evolution needs one Unova Stone as well as the appropriate family Candy.
Sweet Apple
An evolution resource for Applin. Collect 20 Sweet Apples and 200 Applin Candy to evolve it into Appletun.
Tart Apple
An evolution resource for Applin. Collect 20 Tart Apples and 200 Applin Candy to evolve it into Flapple.
Syrupy Apple
An evolution resource for Applin. Collect 20 Syrupy Apples and 200 Applin Candy to evolve it into Dipplin.
Gimmighoul Coins
A special resource used to evolve eligible Roaming Form Gimmighoul into Gholdengo. This evolution requires 999 coins rather than ordinary Candy.
TMs & training 7
Meteorite
A rare item that teaches Rayquaza the Charged Attack Dragon Ascent. Rayquaza needs that attack before it can Mega Evolve.
Fast TM
Replaces a Pokémon’s Fast Attack with a randomly selected eligible alternative from its normal move pool.
Charged TM
Replaces a Pokémon’s Charged Attack with a randomly selected eligible alternative from its normal move pool.
Elite Fast TM
Lets you choose an eligible Fast Attack, including many event-exclusive attacks, to replace the Pokémon’s current move.
Elite Charged TM
Lets you choose an eligible Charged Attack, including many event-exclusive attacks, to replace the Pokémon’s current move.
Gold Bottle Cap
A rare item that starts Hyper Training for all three stats: Attack, Defense, or HP IVs. Completing the assigned tasks raises the selected IVs rather than immediately granting perfect stats.
Silver Bottle Cap
A rare item that starts Hyper Training for one chosen stat: Attack, Defense, or HP IVs. Completing the assigned tasks raises the selected IVs rather than immediately granting perfect stats.
Eggs & incubators 11
Infinite Incubator
The permanent, unlimited-use incubator you start with. It hatches one ordinary Pokémon Egg at a time without ever running out of uses.
Egg Incubator
A limited-use incubator that lets you hatch another Egg alongside the permanent incubator. It uses the Egg’s normal walking requirement.
Super Incubator
A three-use incubator that reduces an ordinary Egg’s required walking distance to two-thirds of the normal amount.
Timed Incubator
An extra incubator whose limit is an expiration date rather than a fixed number of hatches. It can hatch successive Eggs until that deadline.
Daily Adventure Incubator
A dedicated incubator for the daily 1 km Egg. It works separately from your ordinary incubators and cannot accept other Egg types.
2 km Egg
A Pokémon Egg with a normal hatch distance of 2 km. It contains a Pokémon from the pool associated with its source and collection period.
5 km Egg
A Pokémon Egg with a normal hatch distance of 5 km. It contains a Pokémon from the pool associated with its source and collection period.
7 km Egg
A Pokémon Egg with a normal hatch distance of 7 km. It contains a Pokémon from the pool associated with its source and collection period.
10 km Egg
A Pokémon Egg with a normal hatch distance of 10 km. It contains a Pokémon from the pool associated with its source and collection period.
12 km Egg
A Pokémon Egg with a normal hatch distance of 12 km. It contains a Pokémon from the pool associated with its source and collection period.
Daily Adventure Egg
A daily 1 km Egg with its own incubator and a base reward of 10,000 XP. It is separate from the ordinary 2, 5, 7, 10, and 12 km Eggs.
Passes & tickets 6
Raid Pass
The free orange pass used to enter an in-person raid. The normal daily allocation is one, with additional passes sometimes offered by events or seasonal bonuses.
Premium Battle Pass
A green pass for additional in-person raids or the premium reward track in GO Battle League. It is separate from the free daily pass and the Remote Raid Pass.
Remote Raid Pass
A pass for joining eligible battles from a distance. Ordinary remote raids use the pass; remote Max Battles additionally require Max Particles, and remote Super Mega Raids additionally require Link Charges.
GO Battle League Timed Research Pass
A pass that unlocks a seasonal Timed Research track tied to GO Battle League play. It does not pay for raid entry or select the premium battle reward track.
Event Ticket
An entitlement to a specific event, research story, or set of bonuses. The ticket’s own description defines exactly what it unlocks and when.
EX Raid Pass
A historical invitation to a scheduled EX Raid at a particular Gym. It is included here to explain older screenshots and references, rather than as a currently farmable raid pass.
Team GO Rocket 5
Mysterious Component
One of six parts used to assemble a Rocket Radar. It advances your progress from battling ordinary Grunts to finding Rocket Leaders.
Rocket Radar
A locator for Team GO Rocket Leaders Arlo, Cliff, and Sierra. Defeating a Leader consumes the radar and awards that battle’s rewards and Shadow encounter.
Super Rocket Radar
A special locator for Giovanni, the Team GO Rocket boss. It is different from the normal radar used for Rocket Leaders.
Shadow Shard
A resource collected from Rocket battles and Shadow Raids. Four shards are automatically refined into one Purified Gem.
Purified Gem
An item used to subdue an enraged boss in eligible Shadow Raids. It is a battle tool, not the item used to purify a Pokémon in your storage.
Candy & resources 10
Rare Candy
A flexible item that becomes one ordinary Candy for a Pokémon family you choose. The converted Candy can then pay that family’s development costs.
Rare Candy XL
A flexible item that becomes one Candy XL for a Pokémon family you choose. Candy XL is used for power-ups above Pokémon level 40.
Stardust
A shared resource used for power-ups, trades, second Charged Attacks, purification, and several other Pokémon upgrades or effects. Unlike Candy, it is not tied to a species family.
Candy
A family-specific resource used to evolve Pokémon, power them up, unlock attacks, and pay other development costs. Related evolution stages share their family’s Candy.
Candy XL
The family-specific resource used to power Pokémon above level 40. It is separate from ordinary Candy and is not interchangeable at a one-to-one rate.
PokéCoins
The shop currency used for many items, bundles, and permanent storage upgrades. PokéCoins are separate from Gimmighoul Coins.
Max Particles
A resource spent on Max Battles and on unlocking or upgrading Max Moves. The same balance serves both purposes, so battle plans and move upgrades compete for it.
Max Particle Pack
A consumable pack that supplies 800 Max Particles when opened. It is a stored item rather than particles already available for battle.
Link Charges
A resource for entering Mega Raids, including Super Mega Raids. Charges are stored in the Link Holder and are distinct from a Pokémon’s Mega Energy.
Zygarde Cell
A resource used to change Zygarde from 10% Forme to 50% Forme, and then to Complete Forme. Cells are kept in the Zygarde Cube.
Evolution & form energy 8
Solar Fusion Energy
The energy used to fuse Necrozma with Solgaleo into Dusk Mane Necrozma. Each fusion needs 1,000 energy, 30 Necrozma Candy, and 30 Cosmog Candy.
Lunar Fusion Energy
The energy used to fuse Necrozma with Lunala into Dawn Wings Necrozma. Each fusion needs 1,000 energy, 30 Necrozma Candy, and 30 Cosmog Candy.
Blaze Fusion Energy
The energy used to fuse Kyurem with Reshiram into White Kyurem. Each fusion needs 1,000 energy, 30 Kyurem Candy, and 30 Reshiram Candy.
Volt Fusion Energy
The energy used to fuse Kyurem with Zekrom into Black Kyurem. Each fusion needs 1,000 energy, 30 Kyurem Candy, and 30 Zekrom Candy.
Crowned Sword Energy
A form-change resource for Zacian. The first change into its Crowned Sword form costs 1,000 energy and 30 Zacian Candy.
Crowned Shield Energy
A form-change resource for Zamazenta. The first change into its Crowned Shield form costs 1,000 energy and 30 Zamazenta Candy.
Mega Energy
Species-specific energy used for Mega Evolution. A Pokémon’s first Mega Evolution needs energy; later evolutions can use a rest period or a reduced energy cost.
Primal Energy
Species-specific energy for Kyogre’s and Groudon’s Primal Reversion. Each Pokémon uses its own energy balance, rather than a shared universal pool.
Gifts & Postcards 3
Gift
A package collected to send to a friend. The recipient can receive useful supplies, Stardust, and sometimes a 7 km Egg, while the Gift carries a Postcard of its origin.
Postcard Book
A collection of Postcards saved from Gifts. It preserves the locations you and your friends have visited and supports the Postcard-based Vivillon collection loop.
Stickers
Decorative items attached to Gifts. They personalize the Postcard a friend sees but do not strengthen Pokémon or add a catch bonus.
Key items 6
Link Holder
The permanent key item that holds your Link Charges. Receiving it does not by itself unlock unlimited Mega Raid entry: each battle still requires enough charges or the applicable pass.
Camera
The reusable key item for GO Snapshot photos of your Pokémon. It supports buddy interactions, photography tasks, and eligible photobomb encounters.
Explorer Gadget
A built-in feature that attempts automatic catches and PokéStop spins while you explore with the game in the background. It uses ordinary Poké Balls.
Zygarde Cube
A permanent key item that stores Zygarde Cells found while following Routes. Its collected Cells support Zygarde’s stronger forms.
Team Medallion
A single-use item that changes your team between Instinct, Mystic, and Valor. It affects team membership rather than your Pokémon’s type or stats.
Research Breakthrough Reward
The reward package earned by collecting seven Field Research stamps. It is an earned research milestone rather than an item you activate repeatedly from your bag.
Storage upgrades 3
Item Bag Upgrade
A permanent expansion of ordinary item storage. The standard purchase adds 50 slots rather than supplying a temporary consumable.
Pokémon Storage Upgrade
A permanent expansion of Pokémon storage. The standard purchase adds 50 slots rather than supplying a temporary consumable.
Postcard Pages
A permanent expansion of Postcard storage. The standard purchase adds 50 slots rather than supplying a temporary consumable.