If you have a massive collection of Pokemon in Pokemon Go and would like to transfer some of them to Pokemon HOME. This article will show you how to quickly and easily move Pokemon from Pokemon Go on Android and iOS over to Pokemon HOME on Android and iOS. Pokemon HOME is a brilliant new feature that lets you store pokemon in the cloud for a bunch of different Pokemon games.
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Pokemon Go has been around for a long time now and it has morphed into a fantastic Pokemon game in its own right. It’s gradually becoming an important part of the Pokemon universe rather than a stand-alone mobile game. With the introduction of Pokemon HOME, it’s now possible to transfer your Pokemon from Pokemon GO to Pokemon HOME. A cloud-based storage system for storing Pokemon from a range of different games.
If you aren’t familiar with Pokemon HOME, you can download it for Android here and iOS here. Pokemon HOME allows you to link your Pokemon Go and Nintendo accounts together via the Pokemon HOME app, giving you the ability to transfer Pokemon from selected Pokemon games, including Pokemon go to a single cloud storage location. Although there are some limitations the process is relatively easy and quite an awesome addition to the Pokemon franchise.
Before you jump in and start the steps below, make sure you have installed Pokemon HOME and completed the basic setup. It only takes a few seconds. There is also a list of limitations at the end of this guide that you should check out as well.
IMPORTANT: Once you have sent a pokemon from Pokemon GO to Pokemon HOME you can’t send it back.
How do you link your Pokémon GO and Pokémon HOME accounts?
To begin, the first thing you are going to need to do is to link your Pokemon Go account to your Nintendo Account.
- First, open Pokémon GO, then click on the Poke Ball to open all the options.
- Next, click Settings in the top right-hand corner.
- Now scroll to the very bottom of the page and tap Pokemon HOME.
- Here you will see the option to Sign-in using your Nintendo account. Tap this then sign in to your account.
- Now that you have linked your accounts you will be able to start sending pokemon from Pokemon Go to Pokemon HOME.
How do you send Pokémon from Pokémon GO to Pokémon HOME?
Now that you have linked Pokemon Go with Pokemon Home, you can start sending Pokemon.
- First, open Pokémon GO, then click on the Poke Ball to open all the options.
- Next, click Settings in the top right-hand corner.
- Now scroll to the very bottom of the page and tap Pokemon HOME
- Next tap Send Pokemon and the game will open your Go Transporter if you have enough Tasladator GO Energy, click Continue.
- You will now be able to see all the Pokemon in your Pokemon GO inventory. Simply pick one then tap Next,
- If you have enough GO Transporter Energy you can tap Transport to send your Pokemon to Pokemon HOME. However, you will want to read the disclaimer first, as there is important information regarding other Pokemon games.
How do you receive a Pokémon in Pokémon HOME?
Now that you have sent a Pokemon from Pokemon Go to Pokemon HOME you’ll need to receive it.
- Once you have sent a Pokemon from Pokemon GO to Pokemon HOME open the Pokemon HOME app.
- As soon as you open the app you will see a message saying “One or more Pokémon have been transferred from Pokemon Go” Do you want to receive them? Obviously, you are going to want to tap Yes.
- Next, tap Receive > View transferred Pokemon > Receive Pokemon and the Pokemon will be added to your Pokemon HOME collection.
- To view your Pokemon just change to the Pokemon tab at the top of the Pokemon HOME app.
Rules and restrictions of Pokémon GO to Pokémon HOME transfers.
As always there are some limitations when it comes to transferring Pokémon. In order to transfer Pokémon, you must use the GO Transporter, which uses transfer Energy. Each Pokémon uses different amounts of energy, the rarer the Pokémon, the more energy it will need. This will limit how many pokemon and what Pokemon you transfer. This energy recharges automatically after a few days, but you can use PokeCoins to charge it instantly.
Some special Pokémon, such as Shadow Pokémon and Special Event Pokémon (Celebratory Attire, etc), cannot be transferred. Favourites and buddy Pokemon also can’t be transferred so you will have to unfavourite and un-buddy them to transfer them.
The Pokémon GO and Pokémon HOME account link is not permanent and you can have more than one Pokémon GO account linked to the same Pokémon HOME account. This means you can send Pokémon from two or more different Pokémon GO accounts.
