GO Transporter

The GO Transporter in Pokémon GO

The GO Transporter (Japanese: 転送装置 Transporter) is a feature in Pokémon GO that allows the player to transfer Pokémon from Pokémon GO to Pokémon HOME. It was made available on November 10, 2020.

The GO Transporter is one-way, meaning that Pokémon sent to HOME cannot be sent back to GO. Pokémon transferred via the GO Transporter also cannot be moved to Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, but can be moved to Pokémon Sword and Shield.

Using the GO Transporter can also unlock the Mystery Box.

Connectivity

If a Pokémon GO account and a Pokémon HOME account are connected to the same Nintendo Account, and that Pokémon HOME account has been opened on a mobile device before, then the GO Transporter can be used to send Pokémon from Pokémon GO to Pokémon HOME.

The Pokémon HOME Premium Plan is not required to access the GO Transporter.

Restrictions

Up to 25 Pokémon may be sent through the GO Transporter in one transaction. Once Pokémon have been sent to Pokémon HOME via GO Transporter, they must be received in Pokémon HOME before more Pokémon can be sent.

The player cannot transfer a Pokémon that is currently set as a Favorite, is deployed into a Gym, is set as the Buddy Pokémon, or is currently Mega Evolved.

Once sent to HOME, Legendary and Mythical Pokémon (with the exception of Meltan and Melmetal) can only be moved to Pokémon Sword and Shield if they have been registered to the Pokédex or obtained at least once in that game. However, this restriction is only enforced on the HOME account that the Pokémon was originally transferred to—if it is traded to a different HOME account, it can be transferred to any Pokémon Sword or Shield game.

In addition, the following Pokémon and forms cannot be sent to HOME:

• Shadow Pokémon (but Purified Pokémon can be)
• Event Pokémon (costumed Pokémon)
• Spinda (all patterns)
• Hoopa Unbound (if changed back to Confined form, Hoopa becomes eligible)
• Hisuian Voltorb and Hisuian Electrode

GO Transporter Energy

GO Transporter Energy (Japanese: 転送エナジー Transfer Energy) is required for each Pokémon that is transferred. The GO Transporter can store a maximum of 10,000 GO Transporter Energy at one time, and it automatically recharges 60 GO Transporter Energy per hour. As such, it takes 6 days, 22 hours, and 40 minutes to fully recharge a GO Transporter from zero Energy. Players can also pay PokéCoins, at 1 for 10 Energy, to instantly and fully recharge the GO Transporter.

The amount of GO Transporter Energy required by the GO Transporter to transfer a Pokémon depends on several factors: its CP, whether it is Legendary or Mythical (or neither), and whether it is Shiny. All costs are capped at 10,000.

Costs		Normal	Legendary	Mythical
Base		10	1,000	2,000
Shiny		1,990	9,000	8,000
CP	1,001 - 2,000	100	300	500
	2,000+	300	500	700
Max cost		2,300	10,000	10,000

Modifications to transported Pokémon

Pokémon are modified in a similar way to how they are modified when transferred via the GO Park, although the conversion is not exactly the same.

Form

Forms are normally preserved by the GO Transporter. Unlike with Pokémon Bank, Furfrou will preserve its different trims when deposited in HOME via the GO Transporter.

Mega-Evolved Pokémon cannot be transported until they return to normal.

Purified Pokémon become regular Pokémon.

Pokémon in forms that they can only take in battle in the core series games, or that have special requirements that would not be met in Pokémon HOME, revert to their default form when transported to HOME. The player is warned about this form change on the confirmation screen before transporting the Pokémon. The following lists the alternate forms that will change to the base form upon transfer.

Pokémon	Base form	Alternate forms
Castform	Normal Form	Sunny Form Rainy Form Snowy Form
Cherrim	Overcast Form	Sunshine Form
Giratina	Altered Forme	Origin Forme
Genesect	Normal Form	Shock Drive Burn Drive Chill Drive Douse Drive

Origin

Pokémon transferred from Pokémon GO have Pokémon GO as their game of origin, resulting in them having the origin mark.

The Pokémon's language of origin is the language that was originally set in the mobile version of Pokémon HOME the first time that the player used it. This language value is visible on the Profile screen of the mobile version of Pokémon HOME. (The current language of Pokémon HOME and Pokémon GO have no impact on the Pokémon's language of origin.)

Level

The Pokémon's level will be the same as its Power Up level in Pokémon GO, rounded down to the nearest integer. This means that Pokémon transported from Pokémon GO can range from level 1 to level 50.

Moves

The moves that a Pokémon knew in Pokémon GO have no bearing on its moves in HOME. The Pokémon's moves are reset to moves it would know in the wild at its current level (i.e. its level-up moves at that level). The game whose learnset is used depends on the Pokémon's species:

• If the Pokémon is present in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, it uses its learnset from those games.
• Otherwise, if the Pokémon is present in Pokémon Sword and Shield (including the Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass), it uses its learnset from those games.
• Otherwise, it uses its learnset from Pokémon Sun and Moon.

Prior to November 16, 2020, Alolan and Galarian Forms of Generation I Pokémon used the learnsets of their original forms from Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! or Pokémon Sword and Shield, rather than the learnsets of their actual forms, causing the Pokémon to be able to know moves they otherwise would not. An official announcement was made regarding the issue, and it has since been fixed and the affected Pokémon's moves have been replaced.

Original Trainer and nickname

No Original Trainer information from Pokémon GO is kept. The Pokémon's Original Trainer is set to the player's name and Trainer ID in the mobile version of Pokémon HOME.

The Pokémon GO Trainer who sent the Pokémon to HOME is listed on the Pokémon's summary screen in Pokémon HOME. However, if the Pokémon is transferred to Pokémon Sword or Shield, this information is permanently lost. The Pokémon GO Trainer name is not listed for Pokémon that were transferred from GO to Let's Go, Pikachu! or Let's Go, Eevee!.

The Pokémon's nickname is removed, reverting to its species name in its language of origin.

Poké Ball

The Pokémon's Poké Ball will be the same as the Poké Ball it was caught in in Pokémon GO. Pokémon hatched from Eggs will be contained in a standard Poké Ball.

This contrasts with Pokémon that were transferred from Pokémon GO to Let's Go, Pikachu! or Let's Go, Eevee!, and then placed in Pokémon HOME—those Pokémon instead use the Poké Ball that was used to catch them in the GO Park, rather than the one that was used in Pokémon GO.

IVs

The Pokémon's IVs are calculated from its IVs in Pokémon GO. In Pokémon HOME, its IVs are equal to one more than twice their corresponding IV in GO (i.e. ${\textstyle HOME=2\times GO+1}$). As a result, the maximum possible IV for a transferred Pokémon is 31 (the maximum possible for any Pokémon) while the minimum is 1, and the IVs are all guaranteed to be odd.

The following are the corresponding GO IVs for each IV in Pokémon HOME. Speed has no corresponding IV in Pokémon GO, so it is instead randomly generated upon transfer (making it the only IV of a Pokémon transferred from GO that can be even).

Core series IV	GO IV
HP	HP
Attack	Attack
Defense	Defense
Special Attack	Attack
Special Defense	Defense
Speed	N/A

Example

If a Galarian Zigzagoon with these IVs in Pokémon GO is transferred to HOME:

	Hit Points	Attack	Defense
	8	15	4

It could have this set of IVs after transfer:

	Hit Points	Attack	Defense	Speed	Sp. Attack	Sp. Defense
	17	31	9	25	31	9

Nature

The Pokémon's Nature is randomly generated upon transfer.

Ability

The Pokémon's Ability is randomly selected from the Pokémon's standard Abilities as of Pokémon Sword and Shield.

Height and weight

The Pokémon's height and weight are reset to the species' default values. This is not the case for Pokémon that were transferred from Pokémon GO to Let's Go, Pikachu! or Let's Go, Eevee!, and then placed in Pokémon HOME.

In other languages

GO Transporter

Language Title Chinese Cantonese GO傳送裝置 Mandarin GO傳送裝置 / GO传送装置 Dutch GO Transporter French Transporteur GO German GO-Transporter Italian Trasferitore GO Korean 전송장치 Portuguese Brazil Transportador GO Portugal GO Transporter Russian Транспортёр GO Spanish Trasladador GO Thai GO Transporter

GO Transporter Energy

Language Title Chinese Cantonese GO傳送裝置能量 Mandarin GO傳送裝置能量 / GO传送装置能量 Dutch GO Transporter Energy French Énergie Transporteur GO German GO-Transporter-Energie Italian Energia trasferitore GO Korean 전송 에너지 Portuguese Brazil Energia do Transportador GO Portugal GO Transporter Energy Russian энергии Транспортёра GO Spanish Energía Trasladador GO Thai GO Transporter Energy

Inter-generational transfer
Gen I Time Capsule • Poké Transporter → Bank Gen II Gen III Dual-slot mode → Pal Park Gen IV Dual-slot mode → Pal Park • Poké Transfer • Relocator Gen V Poké Transfer • Relocator • Poké Transporter → Bank Gen VI Poké Transporter → Bank Gen VII Poké Transporter → Bank • GO Park • HOME Gen VIII Bank → HOME • GO Transporter Gen IX

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