Pokemon Go: How to become lucky friends, what does it do?

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If you’ve used the friends system in Pokemon Go before, you might have a lucky friend already, but how do you get them, anyway?

It is after all entirely possible you’ve got one or two just by, well, being lucky. Though with that said if you intend to try to get more, just be aware that lucky friends aren’t the most reliable to get, so don’t expect to get one straight away, persistence is key if you really want to know how to become lucky friends in Pokemon Go.

How to get lucky friends in Pokemon Go

First of all, getting lucky friends at all is restricted to trainers you have the best friends relationship level with, so even if you have 200 friends, if they’re all below that relationship level it just won’t happen until you improve that.

If you do have best friends, then you’re set to proceed. From that relationship level and onwards, every time you interact with them in a way that improves the relationship level – meaning gifts, raids or trading for the first time each day, for example – you have a chance to become lucky friends with them. This chance is small, but fires frequently, as you can send someone a gift once a day, which means you can roll the dice on getting a lucky friend quite regularly.

And why only try one at once? You can send plenty of gifts a day, and that means plenty of lucky friends chances.

The chance to become lucky friends during each interaction is believed to be around 5%, as listed on the game wiki page.

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What does lucky friends do in Pokemon Go?

Having your relationship level set to lucky friends in Pokemon Go will mean that your next trade with that friend is certain to be a lucky trade. Lucky trades upgrade the traded Pokemon to a lucky Pokemon for both trainers. You will lose your lucky friends status after the trade, however.

A lucky Pokemon will have minimum stat values of 12 in each stat, meaning they are certain to be at least fairly strong, and much more likely to have top-tier standards than Pokemon traded without the lucky bonus in play.

Make sure to cash in on that free lucky Pokemon when you can trainers – and don’t worry about losing the lucky friends status, you can always get it back, you just need to be lucky again.

READ MORE: Pokemon Go: How many friends can you have?

Is there anything else to it?

That’s everything to answer how you can become lucky friends with other trainers in Pokemon Go, hopefully, this has helped explain a relatively obscure mechanic to you.

If you’ve got any lucky friends already, make sure to get the trades going as soon as you can, the powered-up Pokemon can give your team quite the boost – and as always, if you’d like more guides or articles about Pokemon Go, you can find them right here on The Click, while if you’d instead like to see more by me specifically, a list of my articles is available here.

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