As previously announced, Pokémon GO’s Level 50 cap increase is being tested in Australia. Australian players have started reporting level up requirements, new goals for platinum medals and the ways they’ve managed to obtain XL Candy.
We’re collating the currently available information into this post, likely to be updated throughout the day. Stay tuned for our complete guide to leveling up to Pokémon GO’s Level 50.
We strongly recommend you read our Pokémon GO Beyond Update Guide for more details on Pokémon GO’s Level 50 cap increase, important update dates and the order of testing in Australia.
Level 41+ level up requirements and rewards
As we mentioned above, Niantic is testing the level cap increase in Australia right now. Folks are progressing through the levels nicely and they’re reporting new level up task requirements on reddit.
Here are the newly reported level up requirements (verified by Australian Trainers, see screenshots in the gallery below):
Level 41
- 6,000,000 XP
- Power up a Legendary Pokémon 20 times
- Win 30 raids
- Catch 200 Pokémon in a single day
- Earn 5 Gold Medals
Level 42
- 7,500,000 XP
- Evolve Eevee into each of its unique Evolutions (7, Sylveon not included… yet)
- Use items to evolve Pokémon 15 times
- Make 3 Excellent Throws
- Use 200 Berries to help catch Pokémon
Level 43
- 9,000,000 XP
- Earn 100000 Stardust
- Use 200 supereffective Charged Attacks
- Catch 5 Legendary Pokémon
Level 44
- 11,000,000 XP
- Win 30 Trainer Battles in the Great League
- Win 30 Trainer Battles in the Ultra League
- Win 30 Trainer Battles in the Master League
- Win 20 Trainer Battles in the GO Battle League
Level 45
- 13,000,000 XP
- Defeat 100 Team GO Rocket Grunts
- Purify 100 Shadow Pokémon
- Defeat a Team GO Rocket Leader 50 times
- Earn 10 Platinum Medals
Level 46
- 15,500,000 XP
- Complete 100 Field Research tasks
- Take a snapshot of a Pokémon 7 days in a row
- Make 50 Excellent Throws
- Hatch 30 Eggs
Level up rewards and XP requirements for higher levels have been data mined by PokéMiners, and we’re sharing them below. Be aware that these can change very easily and that data mined information is not endorsed by Niantic:
Additionally, ZoeTwoDots posted a video that showcases the initial testing phase in Australia:
Candy XL discoveries
In order to power-up Pokémon beyond Level 40 you will need to spend XL Candy and Stardust. The whole chart is attached below:
XL Candy news
- You need 100 regular Candy to make 1 XL Candy (source). This is quite steep and you should probably get XL Candy elsewhere.
- Powering up Purified Pokémon costs slightly less XL candy, Shadow Pokémon a lot more. Powering up Shadow Pokémon beyond Level 50 seems crazy expensive.
- Trading can reward XL Candy
- Catching Legendary bosses after raids can drop XL Candy
- Egg hatches reward XL Candy. Early reports indicate you get 16 XL for 5 km Eggs and 24 XL Candy for 10 km Eggs.
- Mystery Box can reward up to 18 XL Meltan Candy during 1 hour of activation
New Medals and new Platinum Medal Levels
A Trainer named ginji shared the full list of new medals and the new Platinum Medal levels for the previously available ones:
New medals
- Rising Star – Defeat different species of Pokemon in Raids
- Triathlete – Have a Pokemon catch or PokéStop visited streak of 7 days
- Picknicker – Catch Pokémon attracted by a lure module
- Sightseer – Visit Unique Pokéstops
Requirements:
| Medal | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Star | 2 | 10 | 50 | 150 |
| Triathlete | 1 | 10 | 50 | 100 |
| Picknicker | 5 | 25 | 500 | 2500 |
| Sightseer | 10 | 100 | 1000 | 2000 |
New Platinum Medal Levels
- Kanto – 151
- Johto – 100
- Sinnoh – 107
- Unova – 100 (Gold max currently, in theory should be 156)
- Hoenn – 135
- Breeder – 2500
- Gym Leader – 15,000
- Pokemon Ranger – 2,500
- Idol – 20 BFFS
- Jogger – 10,000km
- Collector – 50,000
- Scientist – 2,000
- Backpacker – 50,000 stops
- Battle Girl – 4,000 Gym Battles
- Pikachu Fan – 1,000 pikas
- Berry Master – 15,000
- Pilot – 10,000,000km trade distance
- Purifier – 1,000
- Fisher – 1,000
- Ace Trainer – 2,000
- Youngster – 1,000
- Champion – 2,000
- Battle Legend – 2,000
- Gentleman – 2,500
- Great League Veteran – 1,000
- Cameraman – 400
- Hero – 2,000
- Ultra Hero – 50
- Unown – 28
- Ultra League Veteran – 1,000
- Master League Veteran – 1,000
- Best Buddy – 200
- Successor – 1,000 mega evolves
- Mega Evolution Guru – 46 different species
- Wayfarer – 1,500
- Pokemon Type Encounters – 2,500 for +4 catch rate
