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How to Get Candies in Pokémon GO Download Article Reviewed by Ishrak

Last Updated: March 10, 2025

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• Catching Pokémon
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• Transferring Pokémon to the Professor
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• Hatching Eggs
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• Feeding Pokémon Berries in Gyms
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This article was reviewed by Ishrak. Ishrak is a Gaming & Video Expert specializing in sharing Pokémon and Minecraft videos. With over eight years of gaming and streaming experience, Ishrak has a follower base of over 35,000 YouTube subscribers and over 8 million views. He is also a Pokémon ROM-Hacker and some of his most popular videos highlight tips and advice for people learning how to play Pokémon games. This article has been viewed 58,647 times.

Getting candies in Pokémon GO is sometimes tedious, but candy is essential for evolving and powering up your Pokémon. Luckily, there are some quick and easy ways to get candies so that you can evolve that Magikarp or Swablu.

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Method 1 Method 1 of 4:

Catching Pokémon

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1. 1 Locate Pokémon in your area. Keep an eye on your "nearby" Pokémon tracking, and watch out for rustling grass near you.
2. 2 Catch any Pokémon you find. There is a full guide to the best capturing techniques here. It'll take some practice, but with the right technique and suitable Poké Balls, you will have a good chance of catching them.
   • Catching evolved forms of Pokémon in the wild will give you more candy than a normal catch. First evolution Pokémon give 5 candies, and second evolution Pokémon give 10 candies.
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3. 3 Reap the rewards. Each Pokémon you catch will earn you some candy.[1]
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Method 2 Method 2 of 4:

Transferring Pokémon to the Professor

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1. 1 Tap the Poké Ball icon.
2. 2 Tap on the Pokémon Box icon.
3. 3 Select the Pokémon you would like to transfer (e.g- Drowzee) and scroll down to the 'Transfer' button. Click it.
4. 4 Choose 'Yes' to transfer that Pokémon. You will get candies associated with the kind of Pokémon you gave him.[2]
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Hatching Eggs

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1. 1 Acquire an egg from a PokéStop or Gym.
2. 2 Tap on the Poké Ball icon and select the Pokémon Box icon.
3. 3 Drag your finger to the left or tap the 'Eggs' label in the top right corner to go to the Eggs menu.
4. 4 Tap on the Egg and select the 'Start Incubation' button. Select an incubator and then walk the distance it says to hatch your egg. When your egg hatches, you'll receive your Pokémon and some candies.[3]
   • Better eggs give more candies. 10km eggs (purple dots on egg shell) give the most candy.
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Feeding Pokémon Berries in Gyms

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1. 1 Tap on a friendly gym. A friendly gym is a gym that is owned by your team. You don't have to add a Pokémon to the gym to feed berries to Pokémon.
   • If you are defending a gym, you can remotely feed berries to the Pokémon in the gym. This will work the exact same as if you were actually at the gym, except that it doesn't fill the Pokémon's motivation as much.
2. 2 Tap on a Pokémon. It can be any Pokémon in the gym, as long as it is not satisfied.
   • Satisfied Pokémon have been fed 10 berries and cannot be fed any more berries for 10 minutes.
3. 3 Feed the Pokémon berries. Pokémon have a small chance of giving out candy when you do this.
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• Feeding a Pokémon a Pinap Berry will double the amount of candy given when caught. Thanks Helpful 2 Not Helpful 1
• You shouldn't feed Pokémon Golden Razz Berries while grinding for candy because Golden Razz Berries are hard to come by. Thanks Helpful 1 Not Helpful 0
• You can get candy from Pokémon in gyms even if you've never owned them before. For example, you can get Chansey candy even if you have never owned a Chansey or a Blissey. When you get one, you can use the candy that you have previously collected. Thanks Helpful 1 Not Helpful 0

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Warnings

• While playing Pokémon GO, always be aware of your surroundings. Thanks Helpful 11 Not Helpful 5
• Don't go into locations that are not safe or is marked as private property. Thanks Helpful 9 Not Helpful 5
• Never play while driving, even if you're not moving. Thanks Helpful 8 Not Helpful 6

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References

1. ↑ http://heavy.com/games/2016/07/pokemon-go-tips-guide-walkthrough-how-to-get-more-additional-candy-stardust-for-free-transfer-to-gym-hatch-eggs/
2. ↑ http://heavy.com/games/2016/07/pokemon-go-tips-guide-walkthrough-how-to-get-more-additional-candy-stardust-for-free-transfer-to-gym-hatch-eggs/
3. ↑ http://www.wired.co.uk/article/pokemon-go-egg-hatching-distance-chart

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Reviewed by: Ishrak Gaming & Video Expert This article was reviewed by Ishrak. Ishrak is a Gaming & Video Expert specializing in sharing Pokémon and Minecraft videos. With over eight years of gaming and streaming experience, Ishrak has a follower base of over 35,000 YouTube subscribers and over 8 million views. He is also a Pokémon ROM-Hacker and some of his most popular videos highlight tips and advice for people learning how to play Pokémon games. This article has been viewed 58,647 times. 17 votes - 89% Co-authors: 16 Updated: March 10, 2025 Views: 58,647 Categories: Pokemon GO

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