Your guide to Lucky Pokémon in Pokemon Go

Pokemon Go is a special alternative reality (s) game It is loved all over the world, even after many years. In it you can do all your favorite pokemon things: trade, fight against other coaches, defeat Team Rocket and of course catch Pokemon; All at the palm.

A phenomenon is unique to Pokemon Go, however: Lucky Pokemon, A special variety of Pokémon that is usually very difficult to acquire! This guide helps you understand what these special Pokémon is and how you can get them to take your team to the next level.

Updated April 3 2025 by Christian Pellegrino: Since Lucky Pokémon and Lucky industries have been introduced in Pokemon Go, there have been some remarkable changes and updates to this feature. We have updated our complete guide below to reflect the most updated information on everything to know about Lucky Pokemon.

Why Happy Pokémon is so good

Lucky Pokemon is characterized by a shimmer effect on their summary and a small note under their name.

They are loved by coaches for two reasons: one, They are guaranteed to have excellent statistics, and two, it costs half as much stardus to push them up. As you can imagine, it makes it drastically easier to increase a Pokemon's CP, especially for legendary and mythical Pokemon.

How to get lucky pokemon

Lucky Pokemon is obtained by shopping for Pokemon with friends. Every time you do a trade there is a small chance that Pokémon you get will be lucky. Lucky industries look exactly like a regular trade and cost the same amount of Stardust; You just know that it has happened when you see the summary of the pokemon you got.

When a happy trade occurs, both players get involved happy Pokémon.

Your odds to get a happy pokemon

It is more likely that you will earn a happy Pokémon if you or the coach you trade with, trade with a Pokémon that was caught a long time ago. Niantic has not confirmed the odds, but that is what the players have observed over the years:

How to get a guaranteed happy pokemon

There is Two ways you can get a guaranteed happy Pokémon.

The first way is Through a phenomenon called Lucky Friends. When you are lucky friends with another coach, the next trade you do with them is guaranteed to give you a happy Pokémon.

To become happy friends, you must first reach the best friend's level, first. There is a chance that you become happy friends with them when they reach the best friends. If this does not happen, there is a chance that you become happy friends every time you interact with your best friend in a way that would normally increase your friendship level (ie make raid, open gifts etc.) once a day.

It is a very low chance, but it happens often enough that you get one or two. You can even become happy friends more than once with the same player.

The second method is by trading all Pokémon captured in 2019 or earlier, Usually guarantees that a happy trade will occur. That being said, there are some restrictions on this method.

There is a maximum number of guaranteed happy business that every player can do: 35. For this reason, the player who deals with the guaranteed Lucky Pokémon must have been involved in less than 35 guaranteed happy business, whether it is as the sender or the recipient.

You may have accidentally completed a guaranteed happy trade unknowingly earlier.

Make sure you keep this in mind if you approach the maximum number of guaranteed happy business you can do.

The happy ornament

The Lucky Trinket is an item recently added to Pokemon Go. When this item is used it will do it Upgrade yourself automatically and a selected friend's friendship level to Lucky, To guarantee that the next trade you are doing is lucky.

Unfortunately, Not all players currently have access to get the happy ornament. Right now, the only way to get a happy ornament through April Go Pass is a recently added feature that they are currently testing.

This new Battle Pass in the game is only tested in selected regions, which means that only specific players will have access to it. Those who have access to April Go Pass will have the opportunity to obtain a happy ornament through their rewards.