Pokémon Go Trading Costs, Trade Evolution List And Special Trade ...

How to Trade in Pokémon Go and Trading requirements

Before you can start trading, you need to fulfill the following requirements:

• Be Pokémon Go Friends with the person you are trading with
• Have a Trainer Level of 10 or above
• Be within close physical proximity (around 100m)

From there, go to your Friends feed, and select the Friend you want to Trade with. The option to Trade will be next to 'Send Gift', below the XP bar.

Provided you are within 100m, you can then select a Pokémon to trade, check the Pokémon you'll receive and the Stardust cost before confirming. Then, you trade, with the process taking just a few seconds.

Pokémon Go Trading gameplay Watch on YouTube

The following also needs to be taken into consideration when it comes to trading:

• Trades will give each player additional Candy, with more Candy rewarded if the two Pokémon were caught far away from another. According to Reddit, this is 1 Candy for below 30km, 2 Candy for 30-100km, 3 Candy for above 100km.
• The HP and CP of each Pokémon will vary once the Trade is completed - it could be higher or lower. The better the Friendship Level, the less variation will be. You'll be able to see this before the trade, and there will be safeguards in place to stop powerful Pokémon going to players with a much lower Trainer level.

• Pokémon cannot be traded more than once. This is due to the HP and CP changing feature, to stop players "re-rolling a Pokémon's stats through trade" over and over.
• Though HP and CP of a Pokemon when traded changes, other aspects - such as size and moves - do not.
• Mythical creatures - such as Mew - cannot be traded at all.
• Not all trades are equal, with some Pokémon classed as 'Special Trades', dictating the amount of Trades you can do and the Stardust cost - all of which is detailed below.
• It is possible both trading players can receive Lucky Pokémon, which sees a decreased Stardust cost when powering up, as well as guaranteed high stats.