Items — pokemongo

In Pokémon GO, there are many Items that are related with capturing, hatching, evolving and battling Pokémon. Most of them can be obtained from Photo Discs at PokéStops and Gyms. Items can be also rewarded from leveling up, winning Raid Battles, completing Research tasks, participating in GO Battle League matches, battling Team GO Rocket members and other methods.

Item Bag page

The Item Bag refers to the page containing all currently held items. To enter to the the Item Bag:

in Map View, touch the Main Menu button
touch the Bag button

Most of the items available are contained in the Item Bag, but there are some exceptions, such as Premier Balls or purchasable storage upgrades. The Item Bag can be switched between List view and Grid view.^[1]

Item Bag capacity starts at 350 items (practically 348 – the Camera and Infinite Incubator count towards the total). The max capacity can be increased in units of 50 by purchasing the Bag Upgrade from the Shop for 200. Bag capacity can be increased up to a maximum capacity of 11,000 item slots.

After reaching the Item Bag space limit, Photo Discs at PokéStops and Gyms cannot be spun for more items. However, items received from Raid Battles, Research tasks and Trainer level rewards are still received, regardless if the maximum capacity would be exceeded.

All items except the Unlimited Incubator, Camera, free Raid Pass, Mystery Box and purchased Tickets can be permanently removed from the Item Bag.

Poké Balls

Main article: Poké Balls

Poké Balls are items that are critical to a Trainer's quest, used for catching and storing Pokémon. Poké Balls can be obtained through several different ways, such as: spinning Photo Discs at PokéStops and Gyms, leveling up, completing research tasks, opening Gifts or purchasing them in the Shop (in this case only regular ones).

There are six varieties of Poké Balls:

Poké Ball
Great Ball
Ultra Ball
Master Ball
Premier Ball
which is available only during the Bonus Challenge of Raids and while Rescuing Shadow Pokémon
Beast Ball
which is available only during Ultra Beasts encounters

Potions

Main article: Potions

Potions are items that can restore an injured Pokémon's HP. They can be acquired from leveling up, spinning Photo Disc at PokéStops or Gyms, defeating a Raid Battle, completing research tasks, or opening Gifts.

There are four types of Potions:

Revives

Main article: Revives

Revives are items that restore HP of fainted Pokémon. They can be acquired from leveling up, spinning Photo Disc at PokéStops or Gyms, defeating a Raid Battle, completing research tasks, or opening Gifts.

There are two types of Revives:

Revive
Max Revive

Berries

Main article: Berries

Berries are items that can be fed to wild Pokémon, Pokémon defending Gyms, and Buddy Pokémon to achieve a variety of effects. They can be acquired from acquired from leveling up, spinning a Photo Disc at PokéStops or Gyms, defeating a Raid Battle, completing research tasks, or opening Gifts.

There are five kinds of Berries:

Poffin

Main article: Poffin

A Poffin is an item that can be fed to a Buddy Pokémon in order to instantly promote it to its excited state. Buddy Pokémon that have been fed a Poffin will also become active on the map for 6 hours instead of the usual 1 hour.

Gifts

Due to COVID-19 pandemic:
Trainers now can open 30 Gifts per day.^[2]

Main article: Gifts

A Gift is an item that can be sent to another Trainer. The recieving Trainer can open the Gift to recieve a variety of items, some of which are unavailable from spinning a Photo Disc at PokéStops or Gyms.^[3] One Gift can be sent to each Friend per day. 20 Gifts can be opened in a single day. 20 Gifts can be carried in the Item Bag at any given time, and they do not take up any bag space.

There are currently two kinds of Gifts:

Gift
Sponsored Gift

Gifts have a Postcard from the PokéStop or Gym it was obtained at. Stickers can be added to Postcard. Postcards can be pinned to the Postcard Book.

Evolution Items

Main article: Evolution Items

Evolution Items are items used to evolve certain species of Pokémon. There is small chance that Johto Evolution Items can be obtained from spinning Photo Disc PokéStops and one is guaranteed on the seventh day spin streak. They can be also obtained as a reward from Research tasks, Gifts or Trainer Battles.

There are eleven kinds of Evolution Items:

Egg Incubators

Main article: Egg Incubators

Egg Incubators are items used to hatch Pokémon Eggs. Eggs must be placed in an Incubator before they can be hatched. The distance required to hatch an Egg is tracked via GPS when the game is open, or through Adventure Sync when the game is closed.

There are three types of Incubators:

Egg Incubator ∞
which is orange in appearance and has infinite uses
Egg Incubator
which is blue in appearance and has three uses
Super Incubator
which is purple in appearance, has three uses, and reduces the distance required to hatch Eggs by 1/3

Raid Passes

Main article: Raid Passes

Raid Passes and Battle Passes are items that can be acquired by spinning the Photo Disc at a Gym. They allow participation in Raid Battles.

There are three types of Raid/Battle Passes currently available:

Raid Pass
Premium Battle Pass
(formerly known as Premium Raid Pass)
Remote Raid Pass

There is one type of Raid/Battle Pass that is no longer obtainable:

EX Raid Pass

Premium Battle Passes can be used in both Raid Battles and the Premium Reward Track of the GO Battle League.

Max Particle Packs

Main article: Max Particle Pack

Max Particle Packs are items purchasable from the Shop. Each pack gives 800 MP when used. They cannot be purchased if a Trainer has 12 or more in their Item Bag.

Max Mushrooms

Main article: Max Mushroom

Max Mushrooms are items purchasable from the Shop. They are items that double all damage dealt by a Trainer's Pokémon in Max Battles for 30 minutes.

Technical Machines

Main article: Technical Machines

Technical Machines (TMs for short) are items that permanently teach a Pokémon a new random Fast Attack or Charged Attack. Elite Technical Machines (Elite TMs for short) can select a specific attack to teach Pokémon, including exclusive moves.

They can be only obtained as a reward from Raid Battles, Research tasks and GO Battle League rewards.

There are four types of Technical Machines:

Special Attack Items

Main article: Special Attack Items

Special Attack Items are items that permanently teach specific Pokémon specific special Attacks. They can only be obtained through special events that offer them through various means.

There is one type of Special Attack Item:

Meteorite

Lucky Egg

Main article: Lucky Egg

A Lucky Egg is an item that doubles gained XP for 30 minutes. After activating a Lucky Egg, its effect lasts whether the player is online or offline.

This item cannot be obtained from a PokéStop itself. However, it can be received by reaching certain levels, or by purchasing it from the Shop for 80. A bundle containing eight Lucky Eggs can be purchased for 500 as well. It can be also rewarded for completing research tasks.

Star Piece

Main article: Star Piece

A Star Piece is an item that awards 50% more Stardust for 30 minutes. After activating a Star Piece, its effect lasts whether the player is online or offline.

This item cannot be obtained from a PokéStop itself. However, it can be received by purchasing it from the Shop. Bundles containing eight Star Pieces can be purchased for 640 as well. It can be also rewarded for completing research tasks.

Lure Module

Main article: Lure Modules

Lure Modules are items that can be used on PokéStop to attract more wild Pokémon to appear near it. Unlike Incense, everyone can catch the attracted Pokémon. Certain advanced Lure Module types attract specific Pokémon species and can cause certain Pokémon to evolve.

There are six types of Lure Modules:

These items cannot be obtained from a PokéStop itself. All types of Lure Modules, except for Golden Lure Modules, can be purchased from the in-game Shop. Golden Lure Modules are obtained on every fifth day of sending a Postcard to Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet.

Incense

Main article: Incense

Incense is an item that makes Pokémon spawn nearby the player for 60 minutes. The spawn rate of Pokémon can be increased while walking. The Trainer and Pokémon lured by the Incense will have a pink aura circling around them. Pokémon spawns are based on the local biome the player is in, as well as any currently ongoing Events.

Daily Adventure Incense

See: Incense → Daily Adventure Incense

Daily Adventure Incense is a special type of Incense that attracts Pokémon for 15 minutes as long the Trainer is moving. Only one Daily Adventure Incense can be carried in the Item Bag at a time. One is automatically added to the Item Bag once daily at 12 a.m. local time if the Trainer does not have it.

Mystery Box

See: Incense → Mystery Box

Mystery Box is a special kind of Incense which is a mysterious old box that Trainers can receive upon transferring Pokémon to other Pokémon games.

Opening it releases a scent which attracts Meltan for 60 minutes. Once the box has been activated, the Trainer must wait 3 days to transfer Pokémon and re-unlock the box.

Coin Bag

See: Incense → Coin Bag

Coin Bag is a special kind of Incense that Trainers can receive upon sending a Postcard once per day to Pokémon Scarlet or Pokémon Violet.

Opening it attracts Roaming Form Gimmighoul for 30 minutes. Unlike the Mystery Box, Trainers must be walking to receive the full effect from the Coin Bag.

Rare Candy

Main article: Rare Candy

Rare Candy is an item that, when used on a Pokémon, turns into that Pokémon species' Candy. It can be only obtained as a reward from Raid Battle, Research tasks, and Trainer Battle.

Rare Candy XL

See: Rare Candy → Rare Candy XL

Rare Candy XL is an item that, when used on a Pokémon, turns into that Pokémon species' Candy XL.

Camera

Main article: Lucky Egg

The Camera is a key item that all Trainers obtain at the very beginning of their journey with Pokémon GO.

The Camera is an item given to player automatically. It is essentially an easier way to take screenshots on player's mobile device - and when capturing a Pokémon, you can tap the camera icon to easily take a picture within the app. The screenshots/pictures of Pokémon encounter made in-game adds player's name in the bottom corner of the picture. It cannot be removed from the item bag and it takes up one slot.

Camera item allows to access the GO Snapshot feature that allows Trainers to take photos of Pokémon from their collection at any time.

Zygarde Cube

Main article: Zygarde Cube

The Zygarde Cube is a key item used to hold Zygarde Cells needed to change the form of Zygarde.

The Zygarde Cube is earned by completing the 3^rd step of the Special Research From A to Zygarde. Once obtained, collectable Zygarde Cells start appearing while traveling on Routes. It cannot be removed from the item bag.

Explorer Gadget

Main article: Explorer Gadget

The Explorer Gadget is a key item that allows Pokémon to be automatically captured and PokéStops to automatically be spun while the Pokémon GO app is closed.

The Explorer Gadget is currently being rolled out to select accounts. It is currently unknown what causes this or when it will be available to all accounts in the future.

Link Holder

Main article: Link Charges

The Link Holder is a key item used to hold Link Charges.

The Link Holder is obtained by first earning Link Charges. It cannot be removed from the item bag.

Team Medallion

Main article: Team Medallion

A Team Medallion is available to purchase for 1,000 from the Shop. This item allows a Trainer to switch to another Team. Once used, they will not be able to change teams again for another year.^[4]

Rocket Radars

Main article: Rocket Radars

Rocket Radars are items that can be used in order to track down Team GO Rocket Leaders and Giovanni.

There are two kinds of Rocket Radars:

Rocket Radar
- used to track down hideout of Team GO Rocket Leaders. These can be acquired after combining six Mysterious Component
s that can be obtained after defeating Team GO Rocket Grunts,
Super Rocket Radar
- used to track down Giovanni's hideout. These can be acquired only from Special or Timed Research campaigns or GO Pass related to Team GO Rocket.

Purified Gem

Main article: Purified Gem

Purified Gems are items that can be used during Shadow Raid Battles to subdue and weaken enraged Shadow Pokémon Raid Bosses. They are created from four Shadow Shards that can be obtained after defeating Team GO Rocket members or as rewards from Shadow Raid Battles.

Tickets

Main article: Tickets

Tickets are items that grant a Trainer access to special features during particular in-game Events, mainly Special Research campaigns. They are available for purchase from the Shop using real-life currency, before and during the specific events. There are currently four different designs of these Tickets, although the design used for each event is arbitrary.

Lucky Trinket

Main article: Lucky Trinket

Lucky Trinket is an item that can be used to instantly promote two Trainers on a Great Friend or higher friendship level to Lucky Friends.

Bottle Cap

Bottle Caps are items that can start Hyper Training on a Pokémon.

There are two types of Bottle Caps:

Silver Bottle Cap
Gold Bottle Cap

Unused items

There are several items in the game that are either not used, not obtainable or not fully implemented. These items are:

Ordinary Incense also dubbed Honey – kind of Incense that looks like jar of honey
Bluk Berry
– an unknown kind of Berry
Wepear Berry
– an unknown kind of Berry
X Attack
X Defense
X Miracle

Trivia

Trainer only needs one open slot to spin a PokéStop or open a Gift even if it would overfill the Item Bag. Rewards from Raid Battle and Research tasks are received even if the Item Bag is already full. However, buying a Special Box requires having enough slots for every item in the offer.