Connecting Home to Pokemon Games Once you link Sword and Shield to the Switch version of Home, you can deposit and retrieve Pokemon that can be obtained using those games. With Home, the Let's Go. If Home has a bunch of features that allow for more interaction with the Pokemon and not just a glorified storage unit, then yeah I think a lot of the vitriol will die down. Although I still think Gamefreak should patch the Sword and Shield games, I could live with no patch if Home has a lot of features. Pokemon HOME is free to download and use, however, some features are locked behind the Pokemon HOME Premium subscription, and other features are expanded. Look for blue boxes in this article for. Once you've racked up 30 of these Pokemon Home Points, you can turn them into BP, or Battle Points, a type of endgame currency that lets you buy high-end items in Pokemon titles including Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield.-That's the skinny on Pokemon Home Points, or rather what we know of them so far!
Pokemon Home Points can seem pretty confusing and arbitrary at first. How do you get them, and what are they even doing there?
Using them is actually pretty simple in practice. Finding them? Not so much. These Pokemon Home Points are awarded for doing various tasks in Pokemon Home, though it isn't clear exactly which tasks dole them out, due to what seems like a built-in delay.
What are Pokemon Home Points?
Pokemon Home awards you points during your time spent in the app. It isn't entirely clear how you get them, and even Nintendo's description is vague. But there are a few possibilities.
- Completing Challenges
- Fulfilling Wonder Trades, Room Trades, Friend Trades (Not GTS Trades*)
- Populating your Pokemon Home Boxes with 'mon
* = We didn't see any results when we tried this.
Once again, it seems that whenever you do anything in Pokemon Home, you have a chance to earn some Pokemon Home Points.
You may not immediately see the new points in your account for a certain action, which makes it all the more confusing to try and figure out where these points are coming from.
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That said, you'll inevitably rack up points by using Pokemon Home to store your Pokemon and trade for new ones. Most challenges are completed this way anyhow, which leaves a very small margin of error for just tripping on these things by using the app over time.
Once you've racked up 30 of these Pokemon Home Points, you can turn them into BP, or Battle Points, a type of endgame currency that lets you buy high-end items in Pokemon titles including Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield.
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That's the skinny on Pokemon Home Points, or rather what we know of them so far! If you're just starting your Pokemon adventures on Nintendo Switch, be sure to check out our comprehensive collections of tips articles on the series' latest big release, as well as the Let's Go games and the augmented reality mobile entry.
Stay tuned to GameSkinny for more Pokemon Home guides.
Pokemon Home App
Pokémon HOME is a vast expansion on the Pokémon Bank concepts and allows for a variety of different features and aspects for you to do
Pokemon Home Features Definition
National Pokédex |
| Versions: Nintendo Switch, Mobile Subscriptions: Basic, Premium Pokémon HOME contains a full Pokédex. This Pokédex will get filled as you connect with your games and share the game's Pokédex. This includes every single form including Mega Evolution and Dynamax. This can be sorted, show shiny variants, games you've found it in and lists the Pokédex entry In the mobile version, you have the ability to see a Pokémon's Abilities and moves as well. |
Pokémon Storage & Transfer |
| Versions: Nintendo Switch, Mobile Subscriptions: Basic, Premium Pokémon can be stored in these games just like in Pokémon Bank. This can be done even without a subscription. This allows for you to move Pokémon between games at will You can move Pokémon between Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's Go, Eevee! at will, but once they're added to Sword & Shield, they cannot return to Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! or Eevee!. Once a Pokémon is transferred from Pokémon Bank or Pokémon GO, it cannot be placed back in those apps. Pokémon Bank transfer requires Premium Subscription. You can transfer from Bank using both Nintendo Switch and Mobile, GO only on Mobile and Let's Go & Sword & Shield only on Switch. Storage comes at 30 Pokémon for Basic players and 6,000 Pokémon for Premium Subscriptions. |
Friend Trade |
| Versions: Mobile Subscriptions: Basic, Premium Friend Trade allows for you to trade Pokémon with other users you have become friends with in Pokémon HOME. This is done locally only and requires access to the GPS features on your device. You can only do 10 Friend Trades a day |
GTS |
| Versions: Mobile Subscriptions: Basic, Premium The GTS makes a return in the Pokémon HOME app. For no cost, you have the ability to search for and trade for any Pokémon with players that meet your criterea, even if you haven't registered them in your game's National Pokédex. Basic Players can deposit 1 Pokémon at a time while Premium players can deposit 3 at a time |
Wonder Box |
| Versions: Mobile Subscriptions: Basic, Premium The Wonder Box acts like Wonder Trade and allows for you to put Pokémon in your box and trade around the world. You will not know what you get and it'll even be tradeable without the app Basic players can deposit 3 Pokémon into Wonder Boxes at a time while Premium Players can deposit 10 Pokémon at a time. |
Room Trade |
| Versions: Mobile Subscriptions: Basic, Premium The Room Trade feature is a feature that lets you and other players come into a room in order to trade Pokémon at random. Basic players can participate in Room Trades but only Premium Subscriptions can host them All players can also enter a random Room Trade 3 times a day. |
Mystery Gift |
| Versions: Mobile Subscriptions: Basic, Premium In the mobile version, you will have the ability to receive Mystery Gifts. This can allow for you to receive gifts either Locally or by code. If it's a Pokémon gift, the Pokémon will be received directly into your box in HOME. However, you may also receive items through the app. These are displayed as a Serial Code for redeeming in the main series Pokémon games |
Judge |
| Versions: Nintendo Switch, Mobile Subscriptions: Premium If you have a Premium Version of the game, you'll be able to look at the IVs of your Pokémon with the Judge function. This allows for you to search through your Pokémon and see their IVs. This is especially useful for the Trading Features |
Your Room |
| Versions: Mobile Subscriptions: Basic, Premium The Your Room feature allows for you to check various features. You have the ability to check the news, edit your profile which includes things like your visible avatar and even complete Challenges. When you complete Challenges, you will receive stickers |
Battle Data |
| Versions: Mobile Subscriptions: Basic, Premium The Battle Data feature will allow for you to check data for Ranked Battles and Online Competitions in Sword & Shield as well as data on the rankings of Pokémon being used in them, as well as checking battle records of various trainers. |
Pokémon HOME Points |
| Versions: Nintendo Switch Subscriptions: Basic, Premium Pokémon HOME allows for you to accumulate HOME Points as you put various Pokémon in. With this, you can then transfer these HOME Points into Battle Points in the main game at a rate of 30 HOME Points for 1 BP |
