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Trainer Token

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Trainer Tokens are a form of virtual currency available on the Pokémon.com website and in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online. They are received as rewards, with no means of purchasing them with real currency.

Once earned, Trainer Tokens may be used to purchase virtual items (typically outfits) for the user's TCGO Trainer Avatar (website). User Trainer Avatars are utilized on Pokémon.com, the Pokémon Trading Card Game forums, and the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online. In the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, Trainer Tokens may also be used to purchases virtual copies of 5-card Booster packs, Theme decks, and various Gameplay items. Trainer Tokens earned in one location are subsequently available on the other location, though both Pokémon.com and the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online have different idiosyncrasies about updating a user's Trainer Token total in the other location.

Daily Maximum

There is a daily limit to the number of Trainer Tokens that a given website user or Pokémon Trading Card Game Online player may earn in a single day, regardless of how or where they are earned in a 24 hour period. It is a high enough total value, over 100 Trainer Tokens, that it should not be an encumbrance to most users.

Pokémon.com

Pokémon Trainer Club Account

In order to earn Trainer Tokens, a website visitor must create an Pokémon Trainer Club Account. This user name and password are the same for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online. The Trainer Token total is updated the first time the user logs in each day (based on GMT) and when more Trainer Tokens are earned on the website.

Earning Trainer Tokens

Trainer Tokens are earned in one of three ways: 1.) reading news articles, 2.) earning Stamps, and 3.) successfully playing browser-based games.

  1. Daily login bonus of 12 Trainer Tokens (based on GMT).
  2. Opening news articles that are categorized as "pokemon-news" on Pokémon.com typically but not always earn a single Trainer Token per article. While not all articles on the website earn Trainer Tokens, reading the same article on other official, full website portals will earn the user separate Trainer Tokens. Currently, full website portals are only available for France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
  3. Earning a new Stamp also earns the user 6 Trainer Tokens.
  4. Successfully playing browser-based games earn 1, 3, or 5 Trainer Tokens depending on the specific game and whether the user has successfully played the game for the first time or successfully reached a higher success threshold on subsequent attempts. Each individual game defines what is a successful attempt differently, which are explained on Pokémon.com online games.

Using Trainer Tokens

Trainer Tokens may be spent on various items, typically clothing items, for a user's Pokémon.com Trainer Avatar. The cost ranges from 5 to 100 Trainer Tokens depending on the item, with 50 to 100 being the most typical range for individual items in a set.

Trainer Avatar clothing items available for purchase at Pokémon.com are typically not available for purchase in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online. Items added in one are not always available in the other. The Trainer Avatar on Pokémon.com will adopts changes made in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online the next time that user logs back in to the Pokémon.com, and visa versa.

Pokémon Trading Card Game Online

Pokémon Trainer Club Account

In order to earn Trainer Tokens, a Pokémon Trading Card Game Online player must create an Pokémon Trainer Club Account. This may be performed directly on the log-in screen within the game itself. Alternately, an account may be created on the Pokémon.com website. This user name and password are the same for both.

The Trainer Token total updates as soon as the player logs in, regardless of time of day, and as more Trainer Tokens are earned in the game.

Earning Trainer Tokens

There are a four means of earning Trainer Tokens in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online:

  1. By successfully beating computer-controlled Trainer characters using Theme decks in the Trainer Challenge (1, 3, or 10 Trainer Tokens);
  2. By successfully completing Ranked Battle matches in Versus Mode (1 or 3 Trainer Tokens);
  3. By earning a spin on the Bonus Wheel at the end of Ranked Battle and Tournament matches (1 to 50 Trainer Tokens), and
  4. By completing a Daily Challenge (typically 25 Trainer Tokens).

Using Trainer Tokens

Trainer Tokens may be used in the in-game Shop to purchase non-tradable 5-card Booster packs (95 Trainer Tokens) and Theme decks (500 Trainer Tokens) both from Standard format expansions of the game, as well as other types of card packages, Trainer Avatar items, and Gameplay items (prices vary).

Trainer Avatar clothing items available for purchase in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online are not typically available for purchase on Pokémon.com. Items added in one are not always available in the other. The Trainer Avatar in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online adopts changes made by a player on Pokémon.com the next time that player logs back in to the game, and visa versa.

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