Party Play New Feature
Ready for a new way to play Pokémon GO with your friends? Party Play has got you covered. With Party Play, Trainers can play and complete challenges together—all in one shared in-game experience.
Party Play lets four total Trainers—level 15 and above—adventure as a party together. You’ll even get to see your friends’ avatars on your in-game map! Whether you’re looking to represent your team, take on new challenges, or capture memories while catching Pokémon, Party Play makes it possible.
Get the party started in Pokémon GO today!
Features
Featured Highlights
Join the Party - Dive into a shared Pokémon GO experience together.
Share Your Success - Use your Trainer profile’s new Party tab to see what’s going on with your party at any time, then share post-party highlights for all to see!
Team Up for Party Challenges - Work together to complete Party Challenges!
Embrace the Power of Party - When battling in a raid with their party, Trainers can activate a new bonus—Party Power—that doubles the damage of Charged Attacks!
How to Host a Party
- Open Pokémon GO and navigate to your Trainer profile.
- Tap the new Party tab.
- Tap Create.
- You’ll be given a numerical code or QR code that you can share with up to three nearby Trainers.
- Tap Start and let the party begin!
Join a Party
- Open Pokémon GO and navigate to your Trainer profile.
- Tap the new Party tab.
- Tap Join Party. You will be prompted to either scan the host’s QR code or manually enter a numerical code.
- Wait for the host to start the party! Once the party begins, you’ll be returned to the map.
Party Challenges
- Work to complete Party Challenges as you play together!
- After a party is formed, the party will receive a pop-up asking which Party Challenge they want to take on.
- Party Challenges can be focused on spinning PokéStops, battling in raids, catching Pokémon, and more. What other challenges await your next party?
- Completing Party Challenges get you in-game rewards!
Party Power
- When challenging a raid with your party, a new bonus will be available: Party Power. Party Power doubles the damage of your next Charged Attack and charges with every Fast Attack.
- More party members means your Party Power charges faster!
Activity Summary
- You can check your party’s progress and details via the Party tab of your Trainer profile.
- Your party’s Activity Summary has the following categories: Pokémon, Throws, Adventure, Battle, and General.
- Bookmark your favorite activities to quickly view them via the Favorite section of your Activity Summary.
Exclusive Eevee-themed T-shirts for you and your party!
In the new Special Research, Welcome Party, Trainers can get exclusive Eevee-themed T-shirts. Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Flareon—can you and your party collect all four?
Additional Information
- A Party Session is currently limited to 1 hour but you can start a new Party after it ends.
Research
Party Challenges
Here are the available Party Challenge that have been reported. Party Challenges are chosen by the Host and all Trainers can contribute progress to it. All Trainers will earn the reward for completing the Party Challenge.
- Catch 25 Pokemon POSSIBLE REWARDS×200Stardust ×200×6Poké Ball ×6×2Pinap Berry ×2
- Catch 20 different species of Pokémon POSSIBLE REWARDS×500Stardust ×500×3Ultra Ball ×3×1Max Revive ×1+1
- Catch 14 Pokémon with Weather Boost POSSIBLE REWARDS×200Stardust ×200×5Great Ball ×5×2Revive ×2+1
- Use 20 Berries to help catch Pokémon POSSIBLE REWARDS×500Stardust ×500×6Poké Ball ×6×3Razz Berry ×3+1
- Make 25 Nice Throws POSSIBLE REWARDS×200Stardust ×200×6Poké Ball ×6×3Razz Berry ×3+1
- Make 30 Great Throws POSSIBLE REWARDS×200Stardust ×200×5Great Ball ×5×2Hyper Potion ×2
- Make 20 Excellent Throws POSSIBLE REWARDS×500Stardust ×500×3Ultra Ball ×3×1Max Potion ×1+1
- Win 2 raids POSSIBLE REWARDS×10Charizard Mega Energy ×10×10Blastoise Mega Energy ×10×10Beedrill Mega Energy ×10+1
- Walk 3 km POSSIBLE REWARDS×500Stardust ×500×6Poké Ball ×6×3Razz Berry ×3+1
- Spin 20 PokéStops or Gyms REWARD×3Razz Berry ×3
Welcome Party
Event-exclusive Special Research
In the new Special Research, Welcome Party, Trainers can get exclusive Eevee-themed T-shirts. Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Flareon—can you and your party collect all four?