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 visible 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. A Pokémon that is currently Mega Evolved cannot Power Up.

Each Pokémon has a Power Up level that effectively counts how many times it has been powered up. Each level corresponds to a 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 receives a Pokémon via trading 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 encounters, 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 Trainer's 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, its stats are recalculated using a new CP multiplier.

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 Lv. 1. Pokémon that have reached Lv. 40 will require Candy XL instead of Candy to power up further.

Levels above 50 are unattainable by powering up, but have been coded into the game since the level cap was increased from 40 to 50. The CP multipliers for Lv. 50.5 and Lv. 51 are only attainable by a Lv. 49.5 and Lv. 50 Best Buddy, respectively, deployed as the player's current Buddy Pokémon. The CP multiplier for Lv. 55 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	0.13513743	200	1	400	2
2	0.16639787	200	1	600	3
2.5	0.19265091	200	1	800	4
3	0.21573247	400	1	1200	5
3.5	0.23657266	400	1	1600	6
4	0.25572005	400	1	2000	7
4.5	0.27353038	400	1	2400	8
5	0.29024988	600	1	3000	9
5.5	0.30605738	600	1	3600	10
6	0.3210876	600	1	4200	11
6.5	0.33544503	600	1	4800	12
7	0.34921268	800	1	5600	13
7.5	0.36245776	800	1	6400	14
8	0.3752356	800	1	7200	15
8.5	0.38759242	800	1	8000	16
9	0.39956728	1000	1	9000	17
9.5	0.41119354	1000	1	10000	18
10	0.4225	1000	1	11000	19
10.5	0.43292641	1000	1	12000	20
11	0.44310755	1300	2	13300	22
11.5	0.45305996	1300	2	14600	24
12	0.4627984	1300	2	15900	26
12.5	0.47233608	1300	2	17200	28
13	0.48168495	1600	2	18800	30
13.5	0.49085581	1600	2	20400	32
14	0.49985844	1600	2	22000	34
14.5	0.50870176	1600	2	23600	36
15	0.51739395	1900	2	25500	38
15.5	0.5259425	1900	2	27400	40
16	0.5343543	1900	2	29300	42
16.5	0.54263575	1900	2	31200	44
17	0.5507927	2200	2	33400	46
17.5	0.55883059	2200	2	35600	48
18	0.5667545	2200	2	37800	50
18.5	0.57456913	2200	2	40000	52
19	0.5822789	2500	2	42500	54
19.5	0.5898879	2500	2	45000	56
20	0.5974	2500	2	47500	58
20.5	0.60482366	2500	2	50000	60
21	0.6121573	3000	3	53000	63
21.5	0.61940411	3000	3	56000	66
22	0.6265671	3000	3	59000	69
22.5	0.63364917	3000	3	62000	72
23	0.64065295	3500	3	65500	75
23.5	0.64758096	3500	3	69000	78
24	0.65443563	3500	3	72500	81
24.5	0.66121926	3500	3	76000	84
25	0.667934	4000	3	80000	87
25.5	0.67458189	4000	3	84000	90
26	0.6811649	4000	4	88000	94
26.5	0.68768489	4000	4	92000	98
27	0.69414365	4500	4	96500	102
27.5	0.70054289	4500	4	101000	106
28	0.7068842	4500	4	105500	110
28.5	0.7131691	4500	4	110000	114
29	0.7193991	5000	4	115000	118
29.5	0.72557562	5000	4	120000	122
30	0.7317	5000	4	125000	126
30.5	0.73474102	5000	4	130000	130
31	0.7377695	6000	6	136000	136
31.5	0.74078558	6000	6	142000	142
32	0.74378943	6000	6	148000	148
32.5	0.7467812	6000	6	154000	154
33	0.74976104	7000	8	161000	162
33.5	0.7527291	7000	8	168000	170
34	0.7556855	7000	8	175000	178
34.5	0.75863036	7000	8	182000	186
35	0.76156384	8000	10	190000	196
35.5	0.76448607	8000	10	198000	206
36	0.76739717	8000	10	206000	216
36.5	0.77029727	8000	10	214000	226
37	0.7731865	9000	12	223000	238
37.5	0.77606494	9000	12	232000	250
38	0.77893275	9000	12	241000	262
38.5	0.78179008	9000	12	250000	274
39	0.784637	10000	15	260000	289
39.5	0.78747359	10000	15	270000	304
40	0.7903	10000	10	280000	10
40.5	0.79280394	10000	10	290000	20
41	0.7953	11000	10	301000	30
41.5	0.79780392	11000	10	312000	40
42	0.8003	11000	12	323000	52
42.5	0.80280389	11000	12	334000	64
43	0.8053	12000	12	346000	76
43.5	0.80780387	12000	12	358000	88
44	0.8103	12000	15	370000	103
44.5	0.81280384	12000	15	382000	118
45	0.8153	13000	15	395000	133
45.5	0.81780382	13000	15	408000	148
46	0.8203	13000	17	421000	165
46.5	0.8228038	13000	17	434000	182
47	0.8253	14000	17	448000	199
47.5	0.82780378	14000	17	462000	216
48	0.8303	14000	20	476000	236
48.5	0.83280375	14000	20	490000	256
49	0.8353	15000	20	505000	276
49.5	0.83780373	15000	20	520000	296
50	0.8403	Maximum power up
50.5	0.84280371	Best Buddy only
51	0.8453
51.5	0.84780369	N/A
52	0.8503
52.5	0.85280366
53	0.8553
53.5	0.85780364
54	0.8603
54.5	0.86280362
55	0.8653	Master League Battle Training

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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