Overview
A Lucky Trinket is a single-use item that lets you choose an eligible friend from your Friend List and immediately become Lucky Friends. Your next trade together is then guaranteed to produce Lucky Pokémon for both Trainers. Because the item has a fixed expiration date in your Item Bag, apply it to your chosen friend before the timer runs out.
Using a Lucky Trinket only grants Lucky Friends status—it does not perform the trade itself or bypass normal trade rules, distance requirements, or Stardust trade costs.
How to get it
Earn one from a limited-time progression track such as GO Pass Deluxe, Tour Pass Deluxe, or an event GO Pass that explicitly includes it. Which tracks offer one changes by release.
How to use it
Select a friend who is at least a Great Friend and is not already Lucky with you.
Use the Lucky Trinket before its fixed expiration date; becoming Lucky Friends does not itself perform the trade, and the Lucky Friends status does not expire.
Worth knowing
Agree on the trade before using a scarce Lucky Trinket. Normal trade eligibility and Stardust trade costs still apply—trading at Great Friends costs significantly more Stardust than waiting until Best Friends or Forever Friends.
Lucky Pokémon need less Stardust to power up, but their Candy costs are not halved.
What the guaranteed Lucky trade actually buys
Lucky Pokémon receive a guaranteed IV floor of 12 in Attack, Defense, and HP, and require 50% less Stardust to power up. Candy and Candy XL power-up costs remain unchanged, and the Stardust discount does not apply to unlocking a second Charged Attack.
For example, a power-up cost of 120,000 Stardust for an ordinary Pokémon drops to 60,000 Stardust for an otherwise identical Lucky Pokémon. Because a Lucky trade still rerolls IVs uniformly across the 12–15 range in each of the three stats, there are 4 × 4 × 4 = 4³ = 64 possible IV combinations. A Lucky trade therefore gives a 1-in-64 chance (1.5625%) of a 15/15/15 appraisal rather than a guaranteed perfect result.
The Stardust discount is a long-term investment benefit, so prioritize Pokémon you actually plan to power up. Keep in mind that the trade itself still charges normal Stardust based on your Friendship level and whether both Trainers have registered the Pokémon in their Pokédex.
If you use a Lucky Trinket on a Great Friend, you can either pay the higher Great Friends Stardust rate right away or wait until you reach Ultra, Best, or Forever Friends to complete the trade at a lower Stardust cost.
Use it before expiry
Lucky Trinkets debuted during Pokémon GO Tour: Unova in February 2025 via Tour Pass Deluxe and have since appeared in monthly GO Pass Deluxe tracks and select free event passes, such as GO Pass: Road of Legends in July 2026. Each release sets a fixed expiration timestamp (typically 11:59 p.m. local time on the announced deadline) regardless of when you claim the item from the pass. An unused expired Lucky Trinket disappears from your Item Bag and converts to Stardust.
Once you apply the Lucky Trinket to a friend in time, the resulting Lucky Friends status never expires and waits until your next trade together is completed.
Eligible friends and trade distance
You can only use a Lucky Trinket on a friend who is at least a Great Friend (7 friendship points) and is not already Lucky Friends with you. Applying the Lucky Trinket grants Lucky Friends status to both Trainers simultaneously, so only one person needs to spend the item. Using it does not raise your underlying Friendship level toward Ultra, Best, or Forever Friends.
The item does not extend trade distance or grant a Remote Trade. If you and a Forever Friend already have an eligible Remote Trade available, Lucky status can apply to that trade; otherwise the usual trade requirements still apply. The next trade consumes the Lucky status, so check the Pokémon on both sides before confirming.
A friend can disable incoming Lucky Trinkets in the Friends section of General Settings. If the game says the Trainer is not accepting them, that preference must be enabled by the friend before you can use one on them.
