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	2km	50km	8.3 hrs	Medium
#002		Ivysaur	2km	200km	33.3 hrs	Big
#003		Venusaur	2km	-	-	Big
#004		Charmander	2km	50km	8.3 hrs	Medium
#005		Charmeleon	2km	200km	33.3 hrs	Medium
#006		Charizard	2km	-	-	Big
#007		Squirtle	2km	50km	8.3 hrs	Medium
#008		Wartortle	2km	200km	33.3 hrs	Medium
#009		Blastoise	2km	-	-	Big
#010		Caterpie	1km	12km	2.0 hrs	Shoulder
#011		Metapod	1km	50km	8.3 hrs	Medium
#012		Butterfree	1km	-	-	Flying
#013		Weedle	1km	12km	2.0 hrs	Shoulder
#014		Kakuna	1km	50km	8.3 hrs	Medium
#015		Beedrill	1km	-	-	Flying
#016		Pidgey	1km	12km	2.0 hrs	Shoulder
#017		Pidgeotto	1km	50km	8.3 hrs	Flying
#018		Pidgeot	1km	-	-	Flying
#019		Rattata	1km	25km	4.2 hrs	Medium
#020		Raticate	1km	-	-	Medium
#021		Spearow	1km	50km	8.3 hrs	Shoulder
#022		Fearow	1km	-	-	Flying
#023		Ekans	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Medium
#024		Arbok	2km	-	-	Big
#025		Pikachu	1km	50km	8.3 hrs	Shoulder
#026		Raichu	1km	-	-	Medium
#027		Sandshrew	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Medium
#028		Sandslash	2km	-	-	Medium
#029		Nidoran♀	2km	50km	8.3 hrs	Medium
#030		Nidorina	2km	200km	33.3 hrs	Medium
#031		Nidoqueen	2km	-	-	Big
#032		Nidoran♂	2km	50km	8.3 hrs	Medium
#033		Nidorino	2km	200km	33.3 hrs	Medium
#034		Nidoking	2km	-	-	Big
#035		Clefairy	1km	50km	8.3 hrs	Medium
#036		Clefable	1km	-	-	Big
#037		Vulpix	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Medium
#038		Ninetales	2km	-	-	Big
#039		Jigglypuff	1km	50km	8.3 hrs	Medium
#040		Wigglytuff	1km	-	-	Big
#041		Zubat	1km	50km	8.3 hrs	Flying
#042		Golbat	1km	-	-	Flying
#043		Oddish	2km	50km	8.3 hrs	Medium
#044		Gloom	2km	200km	33.3 hrs	Medium
#045		Vileplume	2km	-	-	Big
#046		Paras	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Medium
#047		Parasect	2km	-	-	Medium
#048		Venonat	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Medium
#049		Venomoth	2km	-	-	Flying
#050		Diglett	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Medium
#051		Dugtrio	2km	-	-	Big
#052		Meowth	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Medium
#053		Persian	2km	-	-	Medium
#054		Psyduck	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Medium
#055		Golduck	2km	-	-	Big
#056		Mankey	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Medium
#057		Primeape	2km	-	-	Big
#058		Growlithe	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Medium
#059		Arcanine	2km	-	-	Big
#060		Poliwag	2km	50km	8.3 hrs	Medium
#061		Poliwhirl	2km	200km	33.3 hrs	Big
#062		Poliwrath	2km	-	-	Big
#063		Abra	2km	50km	8.3 hrs	Medium
#064		Kadabra	2km	200km	33.3 hrs	Big
#065		Alakazam	2km	-	-	Big
#066		Machop	2km	50km	8.3 hrs	Medium
#067		Machoke	2km	200km	33.3 hrs	Big
#068		Machamp	2km	-	-	Big
#069		Bellsprout	2km	50km	8.3 hrs	Medium
#070		Weepinbell	2km	200km	33.3 hrs	Big
#071		Victreebel	2km	-	-	Big
#072		Tentacool	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Medium
#073		Tentacruel	2km	-	-	Big
#074		Geodude	1km	25km	4.2 hrs	Medium
#075		Graveler	1km	100km	16.7 hrs	Big
#076		Golem	1km	-	-	Big
#077		Ponyta	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Medium
#078		Rapidash	2km	-	-	Big
#079		Slowpoke	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Medium
#080		Slowbro	2km	-	-	Big
#081		Magnemite	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Flying
#082		Magneton	2km	-	-	Big
#083		Farfetch'd	2km	-	-	Medium
#084		Doduo	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Medium
#085		Dodrio	2km	-	-	Big
#086		Seel	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Medium
#087		Dewgong	2km	-	-	Medium
#088		Grimer	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Medium
#089		Muk	2km	-	-	Big
#090		Shellder	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Medium
#091		Cloyster	2km	-	-	Big
#092		Gastly	2km	50km	8.3 hrs	Flying
#093		Haunter	2km	200km	33.3 hrs	Flying
#094		Gengar	2km	-	-	Big
#095		Onix	3km	-	-	Big
#096		Drowzee	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Big
#097		Hypno	2km	-	-	Big
#098		Krabby	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Medium
#099		Kingler	2km	-	-	Big
#100		Voltorb	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Medium
#101		Electrode	2km	-	-	Big
#102		Exeggcute	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Medium
#103		Exeggutor	2km	-	-	Big
#104		Cubone	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Medium
#105		Marowak	2km	-	-	Medium
#106		Hitmonlee	3km	-	-	Big
#107		Hitmonchan	3km	-	-	Big
#108		Lickitung	2km	-	-	Medium
#109		Koffing	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Big
#110		Weezing	2km	-	-	Big
#111		Rhyhorn	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Big
#112		Rhydon	2km	-	-	Big
#113		Chansey	3km	-	-	Big
#114		Tangela	2km	-	-	Medium
#115		Kangaskhan	2km	-	-	Big
#116		Horsea	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Medium
#117		Seadra	2km	-	-	Big
#118		Goldeen	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Medium
#119		Seaking	2km	-	-	Big
#120		Staryu	2km	100km	16.7 hrs	Medium
#121		Starmie	2km	-	-	Big
#122		Mr. Mime	3km	-	-	Medium
#123		Scyther	3km	-	-	Big
#124		Jynx	3km	-	-	Big
#125		Electabuzz	3km	-	-	Medium
#126		Magmar	3km	-	-	Big
#127		Pinsir	3km	-	-	Big
#128		Tauros	2km	-	-	Big
#129		Magikarp	1km	400km	66.7 hrs	Medium
#130		Gyarados	1km	-	-	Big
#131		Lapras	3km	-	-	Big
#132		Ditto	2km	-	-	Medium
#133		Eevee	3km	75km	12.5 hrs	Shoulder
#134		Vaporeon	3km	-	-	Medium
#135		Jolteon	3km	-	-	Medium
#136		Flareon	3km	-	-	Medium
#137		Porygon	2km	-	-	Big
#138		Omanyte	3km	150km	25.0 hrs	Medium
#139		Omastar	3km	-	-	Big
#140		Kabuto	3km	150km	25.0 hrs	Medium
#141		Kabutops	3km	-	-	Big
#142		Aerodactyl	3km	-	-	Big
#143		Snorlax	3km	-	-	Big
#144		Articuno	3km	-	-	Flying
#145		Zapdos	3km	-	-	Flying
#146		Moltres	3km	-	-	Big
#147		Dratini	3km	75km	12.5 hrs	Medium
#148		Dragonair	3km	300km	50.0 hrs	Big
#149		Dragonite	3km	-	-	Big
#150		Mewtwo	3km	-	-	Big
#151		Mew	3km	-	-	Medium