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In Pokémon GO, the player can Power Up (Japanese: 強化 strengthen) a Pokémon using Stardust and Candy to make it stronger. This is analogous to raising a Pokémon's level in the core series games, but no explicit numeric level is ever given for Pokémon in Pokémon GO. Powering Up a Pokémon raises its stats, which is reflected on the Pokémon's summary screen in its HP and CP.

Power Up level

Each Pokémon effectively has a "Power Up level". This level dictates:

• The cost of the next Power Up, and
• A multiplier that determines the Pokémon's stats.

When a Pokémon is first caught or hatched, its Power Up level may be anywhere from 1 to a limit dictated by the player's Trainer level. This is the largest reason why two of the same Pokémon the player may encounter can have different CP and HP values, and it is likewise why the player will encounter Pokémon with higher CP and HP as their Trainer level increases. However, data uncovered from the game suggests that wild Pokémon will always consider the player to have, at most, a Trainer level of 30 for purposes of limiting their initial Power Up level, and that Eggs will always consider the player to have at most a Trainer level of 20.

A Pokémon's initial Power Up level is completely irrelevant to a Pokémon's eventual potential. Any two Pokémon can reach the same Power Up level, and the only thing that can make a difference between their stats at that point is their IVs. If two Pokémon have the same IVs, but different initial Power Up levels, the only difference between raising them will be that the lower one will require more Stardust and Candy to reach the same stats as the higher one.

The player's Trainer level limits the maximum Power Up level their Pokémon are able to reach.

max_Power_Up = min(40, Trainer_level + 2)

This limit applies both to the initial Power Up level of caught or hatched Pokémon and to Powering Up a Pokémon from their summary screen. The half-circle gauge above or behind a Pokémon on its summary screen indicates how close it is to this limit.

Costs

Powering Up a Pokémon requires both Stardust and Candy. The amount of Stardust and Candy required for the next Power Up will be shown on the Pokémon's summary screen. If the Pokémon is at the maximum Power Up level for the player's Trainer level, then the player will not be able to Power Up the Pokémon. Each time a Pokémon is Powered Up, its Power Up level increases by 0.5 and its stats are recalculated using the CP multiplier, which increases with level. Lucky Pokémon require only 50% of the listed Stardust costs to Power Up.

The following table shows the CP multiplier that corresponds to each Power Up level, along with the cost needed to Power Up. Cells that have been grayed-out denote values that cannot be attained or used, but are still coded into the game for conventional purposes.

Power Up Level	Next Power Up costs		CP multiplier
	Stardust	Candy
1	200	1	0.094
1.5	200	1	0.1351374318
2	200	1	0.16639787
2.5	200	1	0.192650919
3	400	1	0.21573247
3.5	400	1	0.2365726613
4	400	1	0.25572005
4.5	400	1	0.2735303812
5	600	1	0.29024988
5.5	600	1	0.3060573775
6	600	1	0.3210876
6.5	600	1	0.3354450362
7	800	1	0.34921268
7.5	800	1	0.3624577511
8	800	1	0.37523559
8.5	800	1	0.3875924064
9	1000	1	0.39956728
9.5	1000	1	0.4111935514
10	1000	1	0.42250001
10.5	1000	1	0.4335116883
11	1300	2	0.44310755
11.5	1300	2	0.4530599591
12	1300	2	0.46279839
12.5	1300	2	0.4723360832
13	1600	2	0.48168495
13.5	1600	2	0.4908558003
14	1600	2	0.49985844
14.5	1600	2	0.508701765
15	1900	2	0.51739395
15.5	1900	2	0.5259425113
16	1900	2	0.53435433
16.5	1900	2	0.542635767
17	2200	2	0.55079269
17.5	2200	2	0.5588305763
18	2200	2	0.56675452
18.5	2200	2	0.574569153
19	2500	2	0.58227891
19.5	2500	2	0.5898879171
20	2500	2	0.59740001
20.5	2500	2	0.6048188139
21	3000	3	0.61215729
21.5	3000	3	0.6194041117
22	3000	3	0.62656713
22.5	3000	3	0.6336491729
23	3500	3	0.64065295
23.5	3500	3	0.6475809666
24	3500	3	0.65443563
24.5	3500	3	0.6612192524
25	4000	3	0.667934
25.5	4000	3	0.6745818959
26	4000	4	0.68116492
26.5	4000	4	0.6876849236
27	4500	4	0.69414365
27.5	4500	4	0.70054287
28	4500	4	0.70688421
28.5	4500	4	0.713169119
29	5000	4	0.71939909
29.5	5000	4	0.7255756036
30	5000	4	0.7317
30.5	5000	4	0.734741036
31	6000	6	0.73776948
31.5	6000	6	0.7407855738
32	6000	6	0.74378943
32.5	6000	6	0.7467812109
33	7000	8	0.74976104
33.5	7000	8	0.7527290867
34	7000	8	0.75568551
34.5	7000	8	0.7586303783
35	8000	10	0.76156384
35.5	8000	10	0.7644860647
36	8000	10	0.76739717
36.5	8000	10	0.7702972656
37	9000	12	0.7731865
37.5	9000	12	0.7760649616
38	9000	12	0.77893275
38.5	9000	12	0.7817900548
39	10000	15	0.78463697
39.5	10000	15	0.7874735776
40	10000	15	0.79030001
40.5	10000	15	0.7931163638
41	N/A	N/A	0.79592275

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 強化 Kèuhngfa Mandarin 強化 Qiánghuà French Recharger German Stärken Italian Potenziare Korean 강화 Ganghwa Brazilian Portuguese Fortalecer Spanish Poder

External links

• Pokémon GO Help Center

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