Medals (2024)

Medals are in-game achievements Trainers earn for reaching certain gameplay milestones. A Trainer's medals are displayed on their profile page. When a Trainer earns a medal, an animated pop-up displays in the Map View, similar to the one when a Trainer levels up.

Each medal has four tiers: bronze, silver, gold, and platinum. Some medals award Trainers with extra bonuses when they are earned, such as an increased chance of successfully catching certain Pokémon types or unlocking wardrobe pieces for purchase.

List of medals

A Trainer's medals are split into two sections: general milestones and catching specific Pokémon types. Medals are first sorted in order of tier. Medals at the same tier are then usually sorted by the order in which the related mechanic was added to the game.

General medals

The first section displays medals for general tasks and milestones. These include catching Pokémon, battling in Gyms, challenging other Trainers or Team GO Rocket, and completing each regional Pokédex.

Most of these medals are initially hidden until the player begins progressing them towards the bronze tier. The following medals will always appear even if the player has made no progress on them: Jogger, Kanto, Collector, Scientist, Breeder, Backpacker, Battle Girl, Ace Trainer, Johto, Hoenn, Pokémon Ranger, Idol, Gentleman, Pilot, Best Buddy and Vivillon Collector.

Name	Requirement	None	Bronze	Silver	Gold	Platinum
Jogger	Kilometers walked		10	100	1,000	10,000
Kanto	Kanto Pokédex entries registered		5	50	100	151
Collector	Pokémon caught		30	500	2,000	50,000
Scientist	Pokémon evolved		3	20	200	2,000
Breeder	Pokémon Eggs hatched		10	100	500	2,500
Backpacker	PokéStops visited		100	1,000	2,000	50,000
Sightseer	Unique PokéStops visited		10	100	1,000	2,000
Fisher	Big (13.13 kg or heavier) Magikarp caught		3	50	300	1,000
Battle Girl	Gym Battles won		10	100	1,000	4,000
Ace Trainer	Team Leader Battles won		10	100	1,000	2,000
Youngster	Tiny (2.41 kg or lighter) Rattata caught		3	50	300	1,000
Pikachu Fan	Pikachu caught		3	50	300	1,000
Unown	Unique Unown caught		3	10	26	28
Johto	Johto Pokédex entries registered		5	30	70	100
Champion	Non-legendary Raid Battles won		10	100	1,000	2,000
Battle Legend	Legendary Raid Battles won (Ultra Beast counts)		10	100	1,000	2,000
Berry Master	Berries fed at Gyms		10	100	1,000	15,000
Gym Leader	Hours of defending Gyms		10	100	1,000	15,000
Hoenn	Hoenn Pokédex entries registered		5	40	90	135
Pokémon Ranger	Field Research tasks completed		10	100	1000	2,500
Idol	Become Best Friends with Trainers		1	2	3	20
Gentleman	Pokémon trades		10	100	1,000	2,500
Pilot	Earned km across the distance of all Pokémon trades		1,000	100,000	1,000,000	10,000,000
Sinnoh	Sinnoh Pokédex entries registered		5	30	80	107
Great League Veteran	Win Trainer Battles in the Great League		5	50	200	1,000
Ultra League Veteran	Win Trainer Battles in the Ultra League		5	50	200	1,000
Master League Veteran	Win Trainer Battles in the Master League		5	50	200	1,000
Cameraman	GO Snapshot photobombs		10	50	200	400
Unova	Unova Pokédex entries registered		5	50	100	156
Purifier	Shadow Pokémon purified		5	50	500	1,000
Hero	Defeat Team GO Rocket members		10	100	1,000	2,000
Ultra Hero	Defeat the Team GO Rocket Boss		1	5	20	50
Best Buddy	Have Buddy Pokémon at Best Buddy level		1	10	100	200
Wayfarer	Earn Wayfarer agreements		50	500	1000	1500
Kalos	Kalos Pokédex entries registered		5	25	50	72
Alola	Alola Pokédex entries registered		5	25	50	86
Galar	Galar Pokédex entries registered		5	25	50	89
Hisui	Hisui Pokédex entries registered		1	3	5	7
Triathlete	Complete 7-day streaks		1	10	50	100
Rising Star	Unique Raid bosses defeated		2	10	50	150
Rising Star Duo	Raids won with a friend		10	100	1,000	2,000
Picnicker	Pokémon caught by other Trainers at your PokéStop Lures		5	25	500	2,500
Successor	Mega Evolve Pokémon		1	50	500	1,000
Mega Evolution Guru	Mega Evolve unique Pokémon		1	24	36	46
Friend Finder	Refer other Trainers		1	10	20	50
Raid Expert	Earn Raid Battle Trainer Achievements		1	50	200	500
Tiny Pokémon Collector	Catch XXS (height) Pokémon		5	25	100	500
Jumbo Pokémon Collector	Catch XXL (height) Pokémon		5	25	100	500
Vivillon Collector	Unique Vivillon patterns caught (Vivillon pattern medals unlocked)		1	5	10	18
Expert Navigator	Complete Routes		10	50	200	600
Paldea	Paldea Pokédex entries registered		5	30	80	103
Showcase Star	Win contests on PokéStop Showcase		1	10	50	100

The following medals were not released, but are present in the game code:

Name	Requirement	None	Bronze	Silver	Gold	Platinum
Scanner	Scan PokéStop and Gym
Battle	Win battles
Defense Battles Won	Win defense battles
Prestige Raised	Raise Gym Prestige
Reduced Prestige	Reduce Gym Prestige
Encounters	Encounter Pokémon
Pokémon at Gyms	Assign Pokémon to Gyms

Vivillon pattern sub-medals

When tapping on the Vivillon Collector medal, a special page for Vivillon pattern sub-medals is displayed. The page shows the Vivillon Collector medal with a counter, the Vivillon Map, and a sub-medal for each Vivillon pattern. Each Vivillon sub-medal can be increased when the Trainer pins in the Postcard Book, a Postcard from the pattern's region. When a sub-medal is unlocked or leveled up, the Trainer has an encounter with a Scatterbug from the respective pattern. Each sub-medal takes 3 Postcards to be unlocked, 9 Postcards to be updated the first time, and 15 Postcards to be updated afterwards. When a Vivillon sub-medal is unlocked, it receives a golden circle and the Vivillon Collector medal is increased.

Exclusive medals

These medals are exclusive and were only obtainable during their respective event.^[1]

Main article: List of Event Exclusive Medals

Elite Collector Medal

Elite Collector medal registers how many Collection Challenges were completed by the trainer. The quantity is inscribed in the medal.

Main article: Collection Challenge

Pokémon types

The second section displays medals for catching Pokémon with different types. Each medal corresponds to a specific type. Catching a dual-type Pokémon contributes progress towards both medals of the Pokémon's two types.

These medals all share the same catch requirements:

• 10 catches for a type's bronze medal,
• 50 catches for a type's silver medal,
• 200 catches for a type's gold medal, and
• 2,500 catches for a type's platinum medal.

Earning a new tier for a type's medal increases the Trainer's capture rate for Pokémon of that type by 10%. If a Pokémon has two types, the game will average the catch bonus trainer has for those two types.

Name	Requirement	None	Bronze	Silver	Gold	Platinum
Bug Catcher	Bug-type caught
Delinquent	Dark-type caught
Dragon Tamer	Dragon-type caught
Rocker	Electric-type caught
Fairy-Tale Girl	Fairy-type caught
Black Belt	Fighting-type caught
Kindler	Fire-type caught
Bird Keeper	Flying-type caught
Hex Maniac	Ghost-type caught
Gardener	Grass-type caught
Ruin Maniac	Ground-type caught
Skier	Ice-type caught
Schoolkid	Normal-type caught
Punk Girl	Poison-type caught
Psychic	Psychic-type caught
Hiker	Rock-type caught
Rail Staff	Steel-type caught
Swimmer	Water-type caught

Rewards

For acquiring certain medals, mainly specific-type Pokémon related medals, there are some bonus rewards on each achieved level of such medal.

Catch bonus

The Pokémon type medals grant the Trainer with a catch bonus. Earning a new tier for a type's medal increases the Trainer's capture rate for Pokémon of that type by 10%. If a Pokémon has two types, the game will average the catch bonus trainer has for those two types.

Premier Balls

Tiers of Purifier and Hero medals count towards the number of bonus Premier Balls given in Shadow Pokémon rescue mission.

Avatar items

Some medals for general actions grant trainers having them with special avatar items themed for each name of medal. Achieving higher tier of each medal unlocks more purchasable clothing for trainers. Jogger and Fisher unlock only-male avatar clothes when Battle Girl unlocks only-female avatar clothes, therefore depending on which gender of avatar is currently chosen these wardrobe pieces are displayed in rewards section of medal in its detail view. Thus, if avatar is male there are no rewards for Battle Girl medal and if avatar is female there are no displayed rewards for Fisher nor Jogger medals.

Trivia

• The medals for catching a certain number of each Pokémon type were originally generic bronze, silver, and gold medals. Version 0.41.2 replaced them with new medals that showed the corresponding Pokémon type in the medal itself. The generic medals have remained unused since then.
• The Ace Trainer medal was originally obtainable by training Pokémon in team-owned Gyms. Training was removed during the Gym rework. This medal was made available again when Trainer Battles were introduced.
  • The medal was still shown in game, keeping the progress when it was unavailable.
• Before the introduction of Team GO Rocket Leaders, the Hero medal description said "Defeat Team GO Rocket Grunts".
• Most of medals are named after Trainer Classes from the main game series.
  • Fisher and Rail Staff were previously called Fisherman and Depot Agent. The names were updated in mid-January 2020 corresponding to changes in Pokémon Sword and Shield.^[2][3]
• The Ultra Beast Arrival medal is stated to be November 26, 2022, but the event is actually on a day later.

References

External links

• Pokémon GO Support – Leveling Up & Earning Medals