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This guide covers how to transfer Pokemon between HOME and BDSP, Legends: Arceus, Sword and Shield, Let's Go, and Scarlet and Violet, with additional details for each. Pokemon HOME is a cloud-based storage app with more features and capabilities. See What Is Pokemon HOME for additional details, or keep reading for how to transfer to and from it.

Jump to a specific game's section to learn about the limitations and if your Pokemon will change if transferred.

• Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl - Pokemon HOME
• Pokemon Legends: Arceus - Pokemon HOME
• Pokemon Sword and Shield - Pokemon HOME
• Pokemon Let's Go: Pikachu! and Eevee! - Pokemon HOME
• Pokemon Scarlet and Violet - Pokemon HOME

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How to Transfer Pokemon Between HOME and Nintendo Switch Games

To transfer a Pokemon between HOME and Nintendo Switch games, you need to use the Nintendo Switch version of the app and have that game card inserted into the Switch if it's a physical copy.

You will only be able to access a game's Pokemon boxes from Pokemon HOME if the save data is connected to the same Nintendo account as your Pokemon HOME account.

Basically,

• Have the copy of the target Pokemon game, and its save data, present on the Nintendo Switch.
• Have Pokemon HOME on the Nintendo Switch
• Have both Pokemon HOME and the saved data for the Pokemon game you want to transfer to or from attached to the same Nintendo account.

The next steps are fairly straightforward and the same for each game. 1. Open the Pokemon HOME app on your Nintendo Switch.

2. Select “Pokemon."

3. Select the game you want to connect to. In this case, Sword or Shield. (Note: selecting HOME just lets you organize your HOME boxes).

4. Select the Pokemon you want to move to (or from) Pokemon HOME. The Pokemon you can select will depend on the game you're transferring to. Check a Pokemon's summary to see which games it's compatible with. Generally, a Pokemon can only be transferred to a game if it is already naturally obtainable in that game.

Each icon lets you move Pokemon between boxes a bit differently.

Icon	Action
Green / Group Movement	You can select and drag the selection tool across multiple Pokemon to move multiple Pokemon at a time.
	Select one Pokemon and then select the one you want it to swap places with.
	Select and move one Pokemon at a time.

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl - Pokemon HOME

Pokemon HOME became compatible with Pokemon BDSP after the Pokemon HOME 2.0 Update. Pokemon from BDSP can be transferred freely between HOME, Legends: Arceus, and Sword and Shield, with some caveats and limitations.

• Only Pokemon available natively in BDSP can be transferred to them.
• Pokemon transferred into BDSP from other games will have its moves replaced by that species' level-equivalent moveset in BDSP. This reverts if the Pokemon is returned to its original game.
• Pokemon from Legends: Arceus will appear as inside Strange Balls. The balls revert to Poke Balls if returned to Pokemon HOME, and to the original ball if returned to Legends: Arceus.

Pokemon Legends: Arceus - Pokemon HOME

Pokemon HOME became compatible with Pokemon Legends: Arceus after the Pokemon HOME 2.0 Update. Pokemon from Legends: Arceus can be transferred freely between HOME, BDSP, and Sword and Shield, with some caveats and limitations.

• Only Pokemon available natively in Legends: Arceus can be transferred to it.
• Pokemon transferred into Legends: Arceus from other games will have its moves replaced by that species' level-equivalent moveset in Legends: Arceus. This reverts if the Pokemon is returned to its original game.
• Pokemon transferred from other games will appear as inside Strange Balls. The balls revert if returned to Pokemon HOME.
• Pokemon from Legends: Arceus transferred to Pokemon HOME all appear to be inside normal Poke Balls, but revert when returned to Legends: Arceus.
• Effort Levels are unique to Legends: Arceus and do not reflect a Pokemon's IVs in Pokemon HOME.

Pokemon Sword and Shield - Pokemon HOME

Pokemon Sword and Shield can transfer Pokemon to and from Pokemon HOME. Any Pokemon naturally obtainable in Sword and Shield can be traded to it, plus regional variations of the available Pokemon.

• Pokemon from BDSP and Legends: Arceus transferred to Sword and Shield will have their moves replaced by a moveset natural to those Pokemon in Sword and Shield. Their original movesets will return if transferred back.

Pokemon Let's Go: Pikachu! and Eevee! - Pokemon HOME

Pokemon from Let's Go can be transferred to and from Pokemon HOME, but cannot be transferred back to Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu or Eevee if they are transferred further into any other game, such as Sword and Shield, BDSP, or Legends: Arceus.

Pokemon from other games cannot be sent into Pokemon Let's Go.

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet - Pokemon HOME

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet will be become compatibile with Pokemon HOME after the 3.0 Update on May 23, 2023 at 6 PM ET. Pokemon from Scarlet/Violet can be transfered freely between Pokemon HOME and other titles with some limitations.

• Pokemon can only be moved to games that they appear in.
• The Tera Type of Pokemon moved to Pokemon Scarlet/Violet will be determined by their original type or types.
• The moves you can change for a Pokemon after bringing it from Pokemon HOME into a linked game are limited to moves that can be learned in the following games:
  • Pokemon Sword/Shield
  • Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl (some moves excluded)
  • Pokemon Legends: Arceus
  • Pokemon Scarlet/Violet

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