Candy

If you were looking for the Pokémon Musical Prop with the same name, see Prop.

Artwork of Slowpoke Candy

Candy (Japanese: アメ Candy) is a type of currency in Pokémon GO. It can be used to evolve or Power Up Pokémon.

Each evolutionary family has their own kind of Candy, named after the lowest stage of each evolutionary family, which can only be used to evolve or strengthen members of that family. For example, Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, and Venusaur are all powered up by Bulbasaur Candy, and may not use any other kind of Candy. Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan have separate Candy, as do the Nidoran♀ and Nidoran♂ evolutionary families. Each different kind of Candy has its own color scheme, based on the Pokémon it is named after.

Obtaining Candy

There are several ways to earn Candy:

Catching a Pokémon gives the player 3 of that Pokémon's Candy.
- From February 16, 2017 onward, catching an evolved Pokémon gives the player 5 of that Pokémon's Candy.
Hatching a Pokémon from an Egg gives the player some of that Pokémon's Candy. The number of Candy obtained varies between 5 and 32.
The player can permanently transfer a Pokémon to Professor Willow in exchange for 1 piece of its Candy.
Evolving a Pokémon gives the player 1 of that Pokémon's Candy.

Candy requirements

Evolution

Typically, a three-stage evolutionary line requires 25 Candies for the first evolution and another 100 Candies for the second evolution, while a two-stage evolutionary line requires 50 Candies for their evolution. However, the Rattata, Pidgey, Caterpie, Weedle, and Eevee families all require less than this, while the Magikarp family requires more.

Bulbasaur family
	Bulbasaur	25 Bulbasaur Candy →	Ivysaur	100 Bulbasaur Candy →	Venusaur
Charmander family
	Charmander	25 Charmander Candy →	Charmeleon	100 Charmander Candy →	Charizard
Squirtle family
	Squirtle	25 Squirtle Candy →	Wartortle	100 Squirtle Candy →	Blastoise
Caterpie family
	Caterpie	12 Caterpie Candy →	Metapod	50 Caterpie Candy →	Butterfree
Weedle family
	Weedle	12 Weedle Candy →	Kakuna	50 Weedle Candy →	Beedrill
Pidgey family
	Pidgey	12 Pidgey Candy →	Pidgeotto	50 Pidgey Candy →	Pidgeot
Rattata family
	Rattata	25 Rattata Candy →	Raticate
Spearow family
	Spearow	50 Spearow Candy →	Fearow
Ekans family
	Ekans	50 Ekans Candy →	Arbok
Pikachu family
	Pichu	25 Pikachu Candy →	Pikachu	50 Pikachu Candy →	Raichu
Sandshrew family
	Sandshrew	50 Sandshrew Candy →	Sandslash
Nidoran♀ family
	Nidoran♀	25 Nidoran♀ Candy →	Nidorina	100 Nidoran♀ Candy →	Nidoqueen
Nidoran♂ family
	Nidoran♂	25 Nidoran♂ Candy →	Nidorino	100 Nidoran♂ Candy →	Nidoking
Clefairy family
	Cleffa	25 Clefairy Candy →	Clefairy	50 Clefairy Candy →	Clefable
Vulpix family
	Vulpix	50 Vulpix Candy →	Ninetales
Jigglypuff family
	Igglybuff	25 Jigglypuff Candy →	Jigglypuff	50 Jigglypuff Candy →	Wigglytuff
Zubat family
	Zubat	50 Zubat Candy →	Golbat
Oddish family
	Oddish	25 Oddish Candy →	Gloom	100 Oddish Candy →	Vileplume
Paras family
	Paras	50 Paras Candy →	Parasect
Venonat family
	Venonat	50 Venonat Candy →	Venomoth
Diglett family
	Diglett	50 Diglett Candy →	Dugtrio
Meowth family
	Meowth	50 Meowth Candy →	Persian
Psyduck family
	Psyduck	50 Psyduck Candy →	Golduck
Mankey family
	Mankey	50 Mankey Candy →	Primeape
Growlithe family
	Growlithe	50 Growlithe Candy →	Arcanine
Poliwag family
	Poliwag	25 Poliwag Candy →	Poliwhirl	100 Poliwag Candy →	Poliwrath
Abra family
	Abra	25 Abra Candy →	Kadabra	100 Abra Candy →	Alakazam
Machop family
	Machop	25 Machop Candy →	Machoke	100 Machop Candy →	Machamp
Bellsprout family
	Bellsprout	25 Bellsprout Candy →	Weepinbell	100 Bellsprout Candy →	Victreebel
Tentacool family
	Tentacool	50 Tentacool Candy →	Tentacruel
Geodude family
	Geodude	25 Geodude Candy →	Graveler	100 Geodude Candy →	Golem
Ponyta family
	Ponyta	50 Ponyta Candy →	Rapidash
Slowpoke family
	Slowpoke	50 Slowpoke Candy →	Slowbro
Magnemite family
	Magnemite	50 Magnemite Candy →	Magneton
Farfetch'd family
	Farfetch'd
Doduo family
	Doduo	50 Doduo Candy →	Dodrio
Seel family
	Seel	50 Seel Candy →	Dewgong
Grimer family
	Grimer	50 Grimer Candy →	Muk
Shellder family
	Shellder	50 Shellder Candy →	Cloyster
Gastly family
	Gastly	25 Gastly Candy →	Haunter	100 Gastly Candy →	Gengar
Onix family
	Onix
Drowzee family
	Drowzee	50 Drowzee Candy →	Hypno
Krabby family
	Krabby	50 Krabby Candy →	Kingler
Voltorb family
	Voltorb	50 Voltorb Candy →	Electrode
Exeggcute family
	Exeggcute	50 Exeggcute Candy →	Exeggutor
Cubone family
	Cubone	50 Cubone Candy →	Marowak
Hitmonlee family
	Hitmonlee
Hitmonchan family
	Hitmonchan
Lickitung family
	Lickitung
Koffing family
	Koffing	50 Koffing Candy →	Weezing
Rhyhorn family
	Rhyhorn	50 Rhyhorn Candy →	Rhydon
Chansey family
	Chansey
Tangela family
	Tangela
Kangaskhan family
	Kangaskhan
Horsea family
	Horsea	50 Horsea Candy →	Seadra
Goldeen family
	Goldeen	50 Goldeen Candy →	Seaking
Staryu family
	Staryu	50 Staryu Candy →	Starmie
Mr. Mime family
	Mr. Mime
Scyther family
	Scyther
Jynx family
	Smoochum	25 Jynx Candy →	Jynx
Electabuzz family
	Elekid	25 Electabuzz Candy →	Electabuzz
Magmar family
	Magby	25 Magmar Candy →	Magmar
Pinsir family
	Pinsir
Tauros family
	Tauros
Magikarp family
	Magikarp	400 Magikarp Candy →	Gyarados
Lapras family
	Lapras
Ditto family
	Ditto
Eevee family
	Eevee	25 Eevee Candy Random or if nickname is "Rainer" →	Vaporeon
		25 Eevee Candy Random or if nickname is "Sparky" →	Jolteon
		25 Eevee Candy Random or if nickname is "Pyro" →	Flareon
Porygon family
	Porygon
Omanyte family
	Omanyte	50 Omanyte Candy →	Omastar
Kabuto family
	Kabuto	50 Kabuto Candy →	Kabutops
Aerodactyl family
	Aerodactyl
Snorlax family
	Snorlax
Articuno family
	Articuno
Zapdos family
	Zapdos
Moltres family
	Moltres
Dratini family
	Dratini	25 Dratini Candy →	Dragonair	100 Dratini Candy →	Dragonite
Mewtwo family
	Mewtwo
Mew family
	Mew
Togepi family
	Togepi	50 Togepi Candy →	Togetic

Power Up

Main article: Power Up → Costs

Powering Up Pokémon costs both Stardust and Candy. The cost varies with the Pokémon's Power Up level, which increases by 1 every time it is Powered Up, and newly caught or hatched Pokémon do not necessarily start with a Power Up level of 1.

Trivia

Evolution Shards

In pre-release screenshots, Evolution Shards (Japanese: 進化のカケラ Evolution Shards) take the role of Candy, being earned by catching multiple instances of the same Pokémon and being used to evolve Pokémon. They did not have unique names or designs for each evolutionary family.