How Much Stardust to Trade Shiny Pokemon in Pokemon GO

Trading Pokemon is one of the activities that you are able to do in Pokemon Go. To trade a Pokemon, you need Stardust and the number of Stardust that you need varies. Now, how about trading shiny Pokemon? How much stardust do we need to trade shiny pokemon in Pokemon Go? You are able to find out the explanation about it below.

Stardust Needed to Trade Shiny Pokemon in Pokemon Go

If you want to trade a shiny pokemon in Pokemon Go, you need stardust. Stardust is a valuable resource that can be used for several things such as trading, powering up pokemon and evolving pokemon. The number of stardust that is needed to trade shiny pokemon depends on the level of friendship of both trainers involved in trading. If you have a higher friendship level, the cost of Stardust in trading will decrease. Let’s take an example. If you trade a shiny pokemon and your friendship level with the person who you want to trade with is Ultra Friends, it can cost lower than when your friendship level is Good Friends.

The cost of Stardust for trading pokemon varies depending on what you are trading as well. Let’s say that you trade a Shiny Pokemon that your friend does not have yet. Then, it can cost up to 1,000,000 Stardust.

You can check the stardust needed to trade shiny pokemon in Pokemon Go below.

How to Get Stardust

There are a number of methods to get Stardusts. You can get it by catching Pokemon, battling, or hatching eggs. If you want to increase the Stardust that you earned, you can use a Star Piece where you can increase the stardust by 50%. Where can we buy a Star Piece? Cited from Polygon, a Star Piece can be bought in the shop for 100 PokeCoins or eight in a bundle for 640 Poke Coins. It is important for you to note that each Star Piece can last for 30 minutes. So, it is better for you to use them to farm Stardust during events such as a Community Day.

The Requirements of Trading Pokemon in Pokemon Go

Before trading pokemon, you have to make sure that you meet the requirements. Yes, there are some requirements that you have to meet before you are able to trade pokemon which means that if you have not met the requirements yet, you cannot trade pokemon. Here are the requirements for trading pokemon.

• You need to be friends with the player you want to trade with.
• Your Trainer Level needs to be 10 or above.
• You need to be in close physical distance where it is around 100m with the player you want to trade with.

If you have met the requirements above, then you are able to choose a Pokemon to trade. Did you know how to trade a Pokemon in Pokemon Go? First, you have to go to your Friends feed and choose the friend that you want to trade with. And then, you have to choose the Trade option that you can find beside Send Gift.

Before you confirm to trade the pokemon, you can check the pokemon that you will receive and the amount of Stardust that it costs.

Trading Shiny Pokemon Quickly

As explained earlier, the number of Stardust that you need to trade shiny pokemon will be higher if you have a low level of friendship with the person you want to trade with. So, if you want to trade shiny pokemon, but use less Stardust, you have to level up your friendship level. So, how to raise your friendship level? It can be done by doing the things below.

• You can raid together.
• You can send and open gifts.
• You are able to trade Pokemon.
• You can battle each other.
• You are able to battle in the gym together.

Note that you are only allowed to raise your friendship level once per day. You can check whether you have raised the friendship level each day by checking your friend trainer’s portrait on the friend screen. If you find a thin, light blue circle around your friend’s circle, it means that your friendship has been raised that day.

As explained earlier, there are four levels of friendship including Good Friend, Great Friend, Ultra Friend, and Best Friend.

• Good Friend

This is a level of friendship that is gained after one day of friendship.

• Great Friend

This is a level of friendship that is gained after seven days of friendship.

• Ultra Friend

This is a level of friendship that is gained after 30 days of friendship.

• Best Friend

This is a level of friendship that is gained after 90 days of friendship.

Besides leveling up your friendship level, to be able to trade shiny pokemon quickly is by getting more stardust. Getting more stardust can be done by opening gifts, completing tasks, collecting raid rewards and engaging in PvP battles.

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