Trainer school
Level up your friend game
Short, practical and fact-checked against multiple sources — every guide connects back to the fastest way to add friends: one tap, fresh code.
Is it safe to share your Pokémon GO trainer code?
What a 12-digit trainer code can and cannot do, exactly what friends see about you, and the privacy toggles Niantic gives you. Short answer - yes, with sensible defaults.
🚀The fastest XP in Pokémon GO, ranked (2026)
Friendship level-ups pay up to 300,000 XP under a Lucky Egg - nothing else comes close. The full ranking - friendships, raids, Excellent throws, evolving - with current, verified numbers.
🧹Friend list full? How to manage the Pokémon GO friend cap (without being a jerk)
The Pokémon GO friend list caps out at 550-650 slots. Here is how to purge inactive friends the right way, the etiquette XP farmers swear by, and how to refill with active trainers.
⚡Pokémon GO friendship levels & XP explained (and how to stack Lucky Eggs)
Friendship level-ups are the biggest XP source in Pokémon GO - up to 300,000 XP with a Lucky Egg. Here are the exact levels, what counts as a daily interaction, and how to stack level-ups.
🎁Pokémon GO gifts & postcards: limits, contents and how pinning works
How gifts work in Pokémon GO - where to get them, the real daily limits (open 30, one per friend), what's inside including 7 km eggs, and how postcard pinning unlocks Vivillon.
🍀How to get Lucky Friends fast in Pokémon GO
Lucky Friends turns your next trade into two Lucky Pokémon with a lower IV floor and cheaper Stardust costs. Here is how the friendship level actually works and how to hit it faster.
🎯Remote raids with friends: invites, the 10-a-day limit and lobby tricks
How raid invites actually work in Pokémon GO - invite 5 friends at a time from anywhere, the current 10-per-day remote pass limit, and why remote damage is no longer nerfed.
🥚7 km eggs in Pokémon GO: the friend-powered egg pool
7 km eggs only come from friend gifts and usually hatch regional forms you can't catch locally. How to get them, the egg-slot trick, and where to check the current pool.
🔄Pokémon GO trading explained: Stardust costs, special trades and lucky luck
The real trading rules - 100 m range, the full Stardust cost table by friendship level, what counts as a special trade, IV re-rolls, and the new Forever Friends remote trading.
🦋Vivillon patterns: why you need friends from specific countries
Vivillon has 18 regional wing patterns in Pokémon GO, unlocked by pinning postcards from friends around the world. Here is how the mechanic works and how to find friends in the right countries.