Buddy Pokémon

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With the Pokémon Go Buddy System, every Trainer has the opportunity to pick a Pokémon from their collection that will appear alongside their Trainer profile picture. Each player can have one active Buddy, but can switch his or her Buddy at any given time.

This Pokémon will not only show beside the player’s Trainer avatar (visible on the bottom left of the screen) it will also help to grant new rewards and experiences.

Once a Buddy Pokémon is chosen it will become your active Buddy. During this time, Candy will be gained by walking a certain distance with that Pokémon. For example, walking 2 kilometers with Bulbasaur as your active Buddy will award you with 1 Bulbasaur Candy.

Note: The Maximum Speed while traveling straight ahead is 12.5 MPH. Anything over this speed limit will not count towards your Candy reward. 

Each Pokémon species is different when it comes to distance requirements to earn 1 Candy. The distance requirements may be 1km, 2km or 3km depending on the Pokémon species. The chart below lists the Buddy System distance requirements for every Pokémon, the distance required for Evolution and the Size of each Pokémon.

Chart Descriptions

#1. Distance Needed = Shows the distance (kilometers) required to earn 1 Candy. For example, using Caterpie as your Buddy will award 1 Caterpie Candy for each 1km traveled. Charmander requires 2km traveled to earn 1 Charmander Candy and Dratini requires 3km to earn 1 Dratini Candy. 

Note: The average person can walk 1km in 10 minutes, so you can earn 1 Candy every 10 - 30 minutes depending on your travel speed and the Buddy Pokémon you are using. 

#2. Distance Needed for Evolution = Shows the distance (kilometers) required to earn enough Candy for each species' evolution. For example, Bulbasaur requires 25 Candy to evolve into Ivysaur. Therefore, assuming you have 0 Bulbasaur Candy to start, it would take a total of 50 km traveled to earn enough Bulbasaur Candy to evolve (2km * 25 Candy required = 50km needed). 

#3. Time Required for Evolution = Calculates the time is would take for an average person using the Buddy System to collect enough Candy to evolve their Buddy Pokémon (assuming the average person takes 10 minutes to walk 1 kilometer). For example, to evolve a Squirtle, a person would need to walk 50km to gain the 25 Candy required. That 50 kilometers would take a total of 500 minutes, which equates to about 8.3 hours walked.

#4. Size = The size of each Pokémon will determine how it will show on your screen. There are four different ways you can see your Buddy. These include Medium, Big, Shoulder & Flying.

This update was announced by Niantic on September 2nd. More information to follow soon!

Feel free to comment below with any questions, comments or ideas. Thanks!

#	Pic	Pokémon	Distance Needed to Earn 1 Candy (km)	Distance Needed for Evolution (km)	Time Required for Evolution (Hours)	Size
#001		Bulbasaur	3km	75km	12.5 hr	Medium
#002		Ivysaur	3km	300km	50 hr	Big
#003		Venusaur	3km	-	-	Big
#004		Charmander	3km	75km	12.5 hr	Medium
#005		Charmeleon	3km	300km	50 hr	Medium
#006		Charizard	3km	-	-	Big
#007		Squirtle	3km	75km	12.5 hr	Medium
#008		Wartortle	3km	300km	50 hr	Medium
#009		Blastoise	3km	-	-	Big
#010		Caterpie	1km	12km	2 hr	Shoulder
#011		Metapod	1km	50km	8.3 hr	Medium
#012		Butterfree	1km	-	-	Flying
#013		Weedle	1km	12km	2 hr	Shoulder
#014		Kakuna	1km	50km	8.3 hr	Medium
#015		Beedrill	1km	-	-	Flying
#016		Pidgey	1km	12km	2 hr	Shoulder
#017		Pidgeotto	1km	50km	8.3 hr	Flying
#018		Pidgeot	1km	-	-	Flying
#019		Rattata	1km	25km	4.1 hr	Medium
#020		Raticate	1km	-	-	Medium
#021		Spearow	1km	50km	8.3 hr	Shoulder
#022		Fearow	1km	-	-	Flying
#023		Ekans	3km	150km	25 hr	Medium
#024		Arbok	3km	-	-	Big
#025		Pikachu	1km	50km	8.3 hr	Shoulder
#026		Raichu	1km	-	-	Medium
#027		Sandshrew	3km	150km	25 hr	Medium
#028		Sandslash	3km	-	-	Medium
#029		Nidoran♀	3km	75km	12.5 hr	Medium
#030		Nidorina	3km	300km	50 hr	Medium
#031		Nidoqueen	3km	-	-	Big
#032		Nidoran♂	3km	75km	12.5 hr	Medium
#033		Nidorino	3km	300km	50 hr	Medium
#034		Nidoking	3km	-	-	Big
#035		Clefairy	1km	50km	8.3 hr	Medium
#036		Clefable	1km	-	-	Big
#037		Vulpix	3km	150km	25 hr	Medium
#038		Ninetales	3km	-	-	Big
#039		Jigglypuff	1km	50km	8.3 hr	Medium
#040		Wigglytuff	1km	-	-	Big
#041		Zubat	1km	50km	8.3 hr	Flying
#042		Golbat	1km	-	-	Flying
#043		Oddish	3km	75km	12.5 hr	Medium
#044		Gloom	3km	300km	50 hr	Medium
#045		Vileplume	3km	-	-	Big
#046		Paras	3km	150km	25 hr	Medium
#047		Parasect	3km	-	-	Medium
#048		Venonat	3km	150km	25 hr	Medium
#049		Venomoth	3km	-	-	Flying
#050		Diglett	3km	150km	25 hr	Medium
#051		Dugtrio	3km	-	-	Big
#052		Meowth	3km	150km	25 hr	Medium
#053		Persian	3km	-	-	Medium
#054		Psyduck	3km	150km	25 hr	Medium
#055		Golduck	3km	-	-	Big
#056		Mankey	3km	150km	25 hr	Medium
#057		Primeape	3km	-	-	Big
#058		Growlithe	3km	150km	25 hr	Medium
#059		Arcanine	3km	-	-	Big
#060		Poliwag	3km	75km	12.5 hr	Medium
#061		Poliwhirl	3km	300km	50 hr	Big
#062		Poliwrath	3km	-	-	Big
#063		Abra	3km	75km	12.5 hr	Medium
#064		Kadabra	3km	300km	50 hr	Big
#065		Alakazam	3km	-	-	Big
#066		Machop	3km	75km	12.5 hr	Medium
#067		Machoke	3km	300km	50 hr	Big
#068		Machamp	3km	-	-	Big
#069		Bellsprout	3km	75km	12.5 hr	Medium
#070		Weepinbell	3km	300km	50 hr	Big
#071		Victreebel	3km	-	-	Big
#072		Tentacool	3km	150km	25 hr	Medium
#073		Tentacruel	3km	-	-	Big
#074		Geodude	1km	25km	4.1 hr	Medium
#075		Graveler	1km	100km	16.6 hr	Big
#076		Golem	1km	-	-	Big
#077		Ponyta	3km	150km	25 hr	Medium
#078		Rapidash	3km	-	-	Big
#079		Slowpoke	3km	150km	25 hr	Medium
#080		Slowbro	3km	-	-	Big
#081		Magnemite	3km	150km	25 hr	Flying
#082		Magneton	3km	-	-	Big
#083		Farfetch'd	3km	-	-	Medium
#084		Doduo	3km	150km	25 hr	Medium
#085		Dodrio	3km	-	-	Big
#086		Seel	3km	150km	25 hr	Medium
#087		Dewgong	3km	-	-	Medium
#088		Grimer	3km	150km	25 hr	Medium
#089		Muk	3km	-	-	Big
#090		Shellder	3km	150km	25 hr	Medium
#091		Cloyster	3km	-	-	Big
#092		Gastly	3km	75km	12.5 hr	Flying
#093		Haunter	3km	300km	50 hr	Flying
#094		Gengar	3km	-	-	Big
#095		Onix	5km	-	-	Big
#096		Drowzee	3km	150km	25 hr	Big
#097		Hypno	3km	-	-	Big
#098		Krabby	3km	150km	25 hr	Medium
#099		Kingler	3km	-	-	Big
#100		Voltorb	3km	150km	25 hr	Medium
#101		Electrode	3km	-	-	Big
#102		Exeggcute	3km	150km	25 hr	Medium
#103		Exeggutor	3km	-	-	Big
#104		Cubone	3km	150km	25 hr	Medium
#105		Marowak	3km	-	-	Medium
#106		Hitmonlee	5km	-	-	Big
#107		Hitmonchan	5km	-	-	Big
#108		Lickitung	3km	-	-	Medium
#109		Koffing	3km	150km	25 hr	Big
#110		Weezing	3km	-	-	Big
#111		Rhyhorn	3km	150km	25 hr	Big
#112		Rhydon	3km	-	-	Big
#113		Chansey	5km	-	-	Big
#114		Tangela	3km	-	-	Medium
#115		Kangaskhan	3km	-	-	Big
#116		Horsea	3km	150km	25 hr	Medium
#117		Seadra	3km	-	-	Big
#118		Goldeen	3km	150km	25 hr	Medium
#119		Seaking	3km	-	-	Big
#120		Staryu	3km	150km	25 hr	Medium
#121		Starmie	3km	-	-	Big
#122		Mr. Mime	5km	-	-	Medium
#123		Scyther	5km	-	-	Big
#124		Jynx	5km	-	-	Big
#125		Electabuzz	5km	-	-	Medium
#126		Magmar	5km	-	-	Big
#127		Pinsir	5km	-	-	Big
#128		Tauros	3km	-	-	Big
#129		Magikarp	1km	400km	66.6	Medium
#130		Gyarados	1km	-	-	Big
#131		Lapras	5km	-	-	Big
#132		Ditto	3km	-	-	Medium
#133		Eevee	5km	125km	20.8	Shoulder
#134		Vaporeon	5km	-	-	Medium
#135		Jolteon	5km	-	-	Medium
#136		Flareon	5km	-	-	Medium
#137		Porygon	3km	-	-	Big
#138		Omanyte	5km	250km	41.6 hr	Medium
#139		Omastar	5km	-	-	Big
#140		Kabuto	5km	250km	41.6 hr	Medium
#141		Kabutops	5km	-	-	Big
#142		Aerodactyl	5km	-	-	Big
#143		Snorlax	5km	-	-	Big
#144		Articuno	5km	-	-	Flying
#145		Zapdos	5km	-	-	Flying
#146		Moltres	5km	-	-	Big
#147		Dratini	5km	125km	20.8 hr	Medium
#148		Dragonair	5km	500km	83.3 hr	Big
#149		Dragonite	5km	-	-	Big
#150		Mewtwo	5km	-	-	Big
#151		Mew	5km	-	-	Medium