Pokémon HOME is a cloud service for Nintendo Switch and compatible mobile devices that is designed as a place where all Pokémon can assemble. Yous can ship Pokémon from Pokémon GO to Pokémon HOME, but note that yous cannot send Pokémon from Pokémon HOME to Pokémon Get.

Linking your Pokémon Dwelling and Pokémon GO accounts

In lodge to transport Pokémon from Pokémon GO to Pokémon HOME, you must first link your Pokémon HOME account to your Pokémon Get account. To practice so, please follow these steps.

  1. Open up the Pokémon Become app.

  2. On the map, tap the Poké Brawl icon.

  3. At the top right of the screen, tap the Settings push button.

  4. Tap Pokémon Domicile.

  5. Sign in using the Nintendo Account associated with your Pokémon Abode account.

Once your accounts have been linked, your Pokémon Dwelling house account data will be displayed in the Pokémon Habitation section of the Settings menu and volition exist saved until you choose to remove it. From the Pokémon HOME section, tap Transport Pokémon to begin the procedure of sending Pokémon to your Pokémon HOME account.

Sending your Pokémon to Pokémon Dwelling

Tap Send Pokémon from the Pokémon Habitation section in the Pokémon GO Settings menu to admission the Become Transporter. The GO Transporter uses GO Transporter Energy to send Pokémon to Pokémon Home, and the corporeality of energy required depends on the Pokémon being sent. Select the Pokémon y'all'd similar to send to see how much energy will be required.

The GO Transporter will be fully charged the start fourth dimension you send a Pokémon to Pokémon HOME, and afterwards it volition automatically accumulate energy over time. You can besides accuse your Become Transporter immediately by using PokéCoins.

In one case you've selected the Pokémon you want to ship to Pokémon Domicile, tap Transport to finish the procedure. Pokémon that have been sent to Pokémon Habitation cannot render to Pokémon Become, and then make sure to double-cheque the list of Pokémon y'all're sending before confirming.

The Pokémon y'all transfer from Pokémon GO will non be automatically placed in your Pokémon Boxes in Pokémon Dwelling. Y'all'll need to receive the Pokémon in Pokémon Dwelling house earlier they appear in your Pokémon Boxes. Learn more well-nigh accepting the transfer in Pokémon HOME here.

Pokémon you can't send to Pokémon Dwelling house

Some Pokémon cannot be sent to Pokémon HOME, and thus cannot be selected on the GO Transporter screen. Such Pokémon include Spinda, favorited Pokémon, Buddy Pokémon, Pokémon defending Gyms, costumed Pokémon, Shadow Pokémon, and Mega-Evolved Pokémon.

Lucky and Purified Pokémon volition lose their Lucky and Purified statuses when sent to Pokémon Habitation, and other Pokémon may change forms altogether during the journey, such equally the below examples.

  • Origin Forme Giratina will go Altered Forme Giratina.
  • Sunshine Form Cherrim will get Overcast Form Cherrim.
  • Sunny Form, Rainy Form, and Snowy Form Castform will become Castform in its usual form.

As new Pokémon and Pokémon forms are discovered in Pokémon Go, the list of Pokémon that can't be sent to Pokémon HOME or that volition change in some way when sent to Pokémon Domicile may expand. The confirmation screen will bespeak whether the Pokémon you are sending to Pokémon HOME will alter forms forth the mode.

Obtaining the Mystery Box

If you don't already have a Mystery Box, yous will automatically receive one later on sending Pokémon to Pokémon HOME. The mystery box is a special item in Pokémon Become that temporarily causes the Pokémon Meltan to appear in the wild. Subsequently activating the Mystery Box, y'all'll demand to expect 3 days and transport another Pokémon to Pokémon Abode (or to Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! or Pokémon: Let'southward Go, Eevee!) before you tin actuate it once more. Yous can read more about the Mystery Box here.

For more than information about connecting Pokémon Habitation to other Pokémon games, please cheque the links below.


Annotation on data shared with The Pokémon Visitor: When you link your Pokémon GO business relationship with a Pokémon Dwelling house account, certain limited data, including your Trainer proper noun and Pokémon information, will be shared with The Pokémon Company during the process of sending Pokémon to Pokémon HOME. Data shared with The Pokémon Visitor is discipline to The Pokémon Company's ain privacy policy.