Power up

A summary screen in Pokémon GO. The semi-circle shows how close a Pokémon is to the Power Up limit, and the cost is displayed next to the Power Up button.

In Pokémon GO, the player can Power Up (Japanese: 強化 strengthen) a Pokémon using Stardust and Candy to increase its stats. 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.

Mechanics

Powering Up a Pokémon raises its stats, which is reflected on the Pokémon's summary screen in its HP and CP. Upon pressing the Power Up button, the game will show how much the CP will be increased and ask the player to confirm. If a Pokémon gains maximum HP this way, it also gains an equal amount of remaining HP; consequently, if a fainted Pokémon is Powered Up, it will be revived with a remaining HP equal to the amount of HP it gained.

Each Pokémon effectively has a Power Up "level" that determines its CP multiplier, a value used to calculate the Pokémon's stats and catch rate. Each Power Up increases the Power Up level by 0.5, up to the player's Trainer level + 2. The cost to Power Up a Pokémon increases every two levels (or every four Power Ups). The half-circle gauge on a Pokémon's summary screen indicates how close it is to this limit. The highest possible Power Up level is 40. If a player is to be traded a Pokémon that exceeds their Power Up limit (Trainer level + 2), then both players will see a warning that the Pokémon's level will be reduced to the limit. For certain encounter types, if the Pokémon's type has a Weather Boost, its Power Up level will be 5 higher than what it was originally supposed to be, even if it exceeds the Power Up limit.

Initial Power Up level

Pokémon can only be obtained at whole-number Power Up levels, including those from trades, in which the Power Up levels are rounded down. The following shows the possible range of initial Power Up levels for each encounter type.

Encounter	Power Up level	Weather Boost
Wild spawn	[1 .. min(Trainer_level, 30)]	✔
Hatched	min(Trainer_level, 20)
Field/Special Research	15
Raid Battle	20	✔
Shadow Pokémon	8	✔
Purified Pokémon	min(Trainer level, 25)
Trade	⌊min(Trainer_level + 2, original_level)⌋

Levels

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, stats are recalculated using the CP multiplier, which increases with level.

If a Pokémon is transferred from Pokémon GO to GO Park in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, its level will be equal to its Power Up level, rounded down to the nearest whole number.

CP multiplier

The following table shows the CP multiplier that corresponds to each Power Up level, along with the costs needed to Power Up to the next level. Cumulative costs show the total amount of Stardust and Candy needed to Power Up a Pokémon from Level 1. Levels 41 to 45 are unattainable by powering up, but have been coded into the game since the launch of Buddy Adventure. The CP multiplier for Level 41 is only attainable by a Level 40 Best Buddy currently deployed as the player's Buddy Pokémon. The CP multiplier for Level 45 is only attained by team leaders while Battle Training in Master League.

Lucky Pokémon require only 50% of the listed Stardust costs to Power Up. Shadow Pokémon cost 1.2× the listed Stardust and Candy to Power Up, while Purified Pokémon only require 90% of the listed Stardust and Candy costs (rounded up). Stardust reduction bonuses for Lucky and Purified Pokémon can stack, meaning that a Pokémon that is both Lucky and Purified only costs 45% of the normal Stardust amount to Power Up.

Level	CP multiplier	Power Up cost
		Marginal		Cumulative
1	0.094	200	1	200	1
1.5	0.1351374318	200	1	400	2
2	0.16639787	200	1	600	3
2.5	0.192650919	200	1	800	4
3	0.21573247	400	1	1,200	5
3.5	0.2365726613	400	1	1,600	6
4	0.25572005	400	1	2,000	7
4.5	0.2735303812	400	1	2,400	8
5	0.29024988	600	1	3,000	9
5.5	0.3060573775	600	1	3,600	10
6	0.3210876	600	1	4,200	11
6.5	0.3354450362	600	1	4,800	12
7	0.34921268	800	1	5,600	13
7.5	0.3624577511	800	1	6,400	14
8	0.37523559	800	1	7,200	15
8.5	0.3875924064	800	1	8,000	16
9	0.39956728	1,000	1	9,000	17
9.5	0.4111935514	1,000	1	10,000	18
10	0.42250001	1,000	1	11,000	19
10.5	0.4335116883	1,000	1	12,000	20
11	0.44310755	1,300	2	13,300	22
11.5	0.4530599591	1,300	2	14,600	24
12	0.46279839	1,300	2	15,900	26
12.5	0.4723360832	1,300	2	17,200	28
13	0.48168495	1,600	2	18,800	30
13.5	0.4908558003	1,600	2	20,400	32
14	0.49985844	1,600	2	22,000	34
14.5	0.508701765	1,600	2	23,600	36
15	0.51739395	1,900	2	25,500	38
15.5	0.5259425113	1,900	2	27,400	40
16	0.53435433	1,900	2	29,300	42
16.5	0.542635767	1,900	2	31,200	44
17	0.55079269	2,200	2	33,400	46
17.5	0.5588305763	2,200	2	35,600	48
18	0.56675452	2,200	2	37,800	50
18.5	0.574569153	2,200	2	40,000	52
19	0.58227891	2,500	2	42,500	54
19.5	0.5898879171	2,500	2	45,000	56
20	0.5974	2,500	2	47,500	58
20.5	0.6048188139	2,500	2	50,000	60
21	0.61215729	3,000	3	53,000	63
21.5	0.6194041117	3,000	3	56,000	66
22	0.62656713	3,000	3	59,000	69
22.5	0.6336491729	3,000	3	62,000	72
23	0.64065295	3,500	3	65,500	75
23.5	0.6475809666	3,500	3	69,000	78
24	0.65443563	3,500	3	72,500	81
24.5	0.6612192524	3,500	3	76,000	84
25	0.667934	4,000	3	80,000	87
25.5	0.6745818959	4,000	3	84,000	90
26	0.68116492	4,000	4	88,000	94
26.5	0.6876849236	4,000	4	92,000	98
27	0.69414365	4,500	4	96,500	102
27.5	0.70054287	4,500	4	101,000	106
28	0.70688421	4,500	4	105,500	110
28.5	0.713169119	4,500	4	110,000	114
29	0.71939909	5,000	4	115,000	118
29.5	0.7255756036	5,000	4	120,000	122
30	0.7317	5,000	4	125,000	126
30.5	0.7347410093	5,000	4	130,000	130
31	0.73776948	6,000	6	136,000	136
31.5	0.7407855938	6,000	6	142,000	142
32	0.74378943	6,000	6	148,000	148
32.5	0.7467812109	6,000	6	154,000	154
33	0.74976104	7,000	8	161,000	162
33.5	0.7527290867	7,000	8	168,000	170
34	0.75568551	7,000	8	175,000	178
34.5	0.7586303683	7,000	8	182,000	186
35	0.76156384	8,000	10	190,000	196
35.5	0.7644860647	8,000	10	198,000	206
36	0.76739717	8,000	10	206,000	216
36.5	0.7702972656	8,000	10	214,000	226
37	0.7731865	9,000	12	223,000	238
37.5	0.7760649616	9,000	12	232,000	250
38	0.77893275	9,000	12	241,000	262
38.5	0.7817900548	9,000	12	250,000	274
39	0.78463697	10,000	15	260,000	289
39.5	0.7874736075	10,000	15	270,000	304
40	0.7903	N/A
41	0.7953	N/A
42	0.8003	N/A
43	0.8053	N/A
44	0.8103	N/A
45	0.8153	N/A

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 Thai พาวเวอร์อัป Power Up

External links

• Pokémon GO Help Center

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