Link Charges

Overview

Link Charges are an alternative entry resource for eligible Mega Raids, including Super Mega Raids. When you collect your first Link Charges, a Link Holder is automatically placed in your Item Bag to store them. Link Charges are only used for raid entry and are completely separate from the species-specific Mega Energy required to Mega Evolve a Pokémon.

When entering an in-person Mega Raid, any held free daily Raid Pass is automatically used first before you are given the option to spend Link Charges or a Premium Battle Pass. Entering a remote Super Mega Raid requires both 200 Link Charges and a Remote Raid Pass.

How to get it

• Earn guaranteed Link Charges from Weekly Challenges and official Community Ambassador meetup check-ins (via Campfire, the in-game map, or a web browser), get a chance at 10 Link Charges from opening Gifts, or collect them through eligible research and GO Pass tracks.

• Shop and Web Store offers can also include charges.

How to use it

1. For eligible in-person Mega Raids, choose charges instead of a Premium Battle Pass after using a held daily Raid Pass.

2. Remote Super Mega Raids require both charges and a Remote Raid Pass. Ordinary remote Mega Raids use only the remote pass.

Worth knowing

The entry screen shows the applicable charge cost. Normal Mega and Super Mega entries have different costs.

Charges are not a substitute for a pass in every raid format; Primal raids have separate access rules.

Entry costs and ways to collect charges

Entering a standard in-person Mega Raid costs 150 Link Charges (after any held free daily Raid Pass is used), while an in-person Super Mega Raid costs 200 Link Charges. Primal Raids do not accept Link Charges and follow separate pass rules. For remote raids, a standard remote Mega Raid uses only a Remote Raid Pass, whereas a remote Super Mega Raid requires both 200 Link Charges and a Remote Raid Pass.

The Link Holder normally holds up to 600 Link Charges at a time. Completing a Weekly Challenge awards a guaranteed 250 Link Charges, and checking in to an eligible Community Ambassador meetup also provides a guaranteed reward. Opening Gifts from friends gives a chance to receive 10 Link Charges, while Timed Research, Special Research, and both free and Deluxe GO Pass tracks offer additional ways to earn them.

In the in-game shop and Web Store, standard bundles offer 200 Link Charges for 100 PokéCoins or 600 Link Charges for 250 PokéCoins. Link Charges debuted with Pokémon GO Tour: Kalos in February 2026, beginning with early access at the Tainan and Los Angeles live events, global social earning during Road to Kalos on February 23, and shop availability at the global event on February 28.

Budgeting a holder of charges

A full 600-charge Link Holder covers four standard in-person Mega Raids at 150 Link Charges each (4 × 150 = 600), or three Super Mega Raids at 200 Link Charges each (3 × 200 = 600). You can also split a full holder across two standard Mega Raids (300 Link Charges) and one Super Mega Raid (200 Link Charges) for 500 Link Charges total, leaving 100 Link Charges toward your next raid.

If you buy Link Charges from the shop at the listed price of 250 PokéCoins for 600 Link Charges, the effective cost per raid is 250 × (150 ÷ 600) = 62.5 PokéCoins for a standard 150-charge Mega Raid, or 250 × (200 ÷ 600) ≈ 83.33 PokéCoins for a 200-charge Super Mega Raid. Buying the smaller 200-charge bundle for 100 PokéCoins works out to 75 PokéCoins per 150-charge raid or 100 PokéCoins per 200-charge raid.

These figures apply only when paying entirely with purchased Link Charges; mixing in free charges from Weekly Challenges, Gifts, or check-ins lowers your PokéCoin outlay, while remote Super Mega Raids still consume a Remote Raid Pass on top of the 200 Link Charges.

Always check your Link Holder balance before claiming Link Charge rewards. Under standard rules, you can hold up to 600 Link Charges and must spend charges to free up space before claiming research or task rewards that would exceed the cap. While Pokémon GO Tour: Kalos (and select later events such as Road of Legends) temporarily allowed specific rewards or higher event caps above 600, the launch announcement explicitly ended the Road to Kalos overflow exception once that GO Pass concluded.

Do not assume an event's temporary overflow rule applies outside that event.

For eligible Community Ambassador meetups, the October 2026 update allows you to check in directly from the in-game map (under the Nearby menu) or a web browser in addition to Campfire. Look for the purple Meetup pin on the map, confirm that the event is marked as hosted by a Community Ambassador, and check in starting 15 minutes before the scheduled start time. Available rewards still depend on the specific meetup.