Let’s Go candies and training

Awakening Values

Candy training adds Awakening Values, often shortened to AVs, to a Pokémon’s stats. Each stat can receive up to 200 of these extra points. This is separate from levelling and from the usual effort-value training system in other Pokémon games.

Six stat candy families

Regular, L and XL candies

Regular stat candy can be used from level 1 and increases a stat up to 50 AVs. L candy requires level 30 and can reach 100; XL requires level 60 and can reach 200. Higher AV totals require more candies per increase, so a single candy is not always enough for another point.

Species candy and Rare Candy

Species candy works from level 1 and adds one AV to every stat of a matching Pokémon in its compatible evolutionary family, up to the 200-point cap. Rare Candy instead raises the Pokémon by one level; it does not serve the same role as a six-stat species candy.

Collecting and spending candy

Catching Pokémon, maintaining Catch Combos and transferring surplus Pokémon to Professor Oak provide candy. GO Park’s Play Yard offers another source. Decide which Pokémon belong in your long-term party before spending a large stockpile. Focus on a few useful teammates first if you want a manageable training plan.

Partner Pokémon

Your special partner Pikachu or Eevee stays in its original form and cannot evolve. Other caught Pikachu and Eevee follow their own evolution rules. The partner can learn exclusive battle moves and the field Secret Techniques; these are different from the sixty reusable TMs. Keep the version’s partner in mind when choosing coverage for the rest of your team.