{"id":11083,"date":"2025-06-24T15:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T15:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/11083\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T15:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T15:44:08","slug":"pokemon-go-hyper-training-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/11083\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Go Hyper Training explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hyper Training<\/strong> lets you increase all of the IV stats &#8211; Attack, Defense, HP &#8211; for a chosen trainee Pok\u00e9mon in <strong>Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Hyper Training debuted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-go\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/a> part of the Ancients Recovered event in June 2025, so know is a good idea to learn <strong>how Hyper Training works<\/strong>. Just make sure you&#8217;ve got a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-gold-bottle-cap\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gold Bottle Cap<\/a> first or else you won&#8217;t be able to do any training at all.<\/p>\n<p>So read on to learn everything about <strong>Hyper Training in Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/strong>, including <strong>how to Hyper Train your Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>On this page:<\/p>\n<p>To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/p>\n<p>Manage cookie settings <\/p>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Go Hyper Training explained<\/p>\n<p>Hyper Training gives you the chance to increase all of the IV stats of a chosen Pok\u00e9mon. This means you can increase the Attack, Defense and HP stats of a Pok\u00e9mon &#8211; turning one with low IV stats into a perfect Pok\u00e9mon. Just be prepared to put the time in to complete this tasks (as it might take some time).<\/p>\n<p>You must meet these requirements if you want to Hyper Train a Pok\u00e9mon:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pok\u00e9mon must be a Good <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-buddy-adventure-play-excited-6002\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buddy<\/a> or higher<\/li>\n<li>A Gold Bottle Cap<\/li>\n<li>Chosen trainee is <strong>not <\/strong>a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-shadow-purified-how-to-purify-6002\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shadow Pok\u00e9mon<\/a> and does not have maxed out stats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;ve got a whole guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-gold-bottle-cap\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">how to get a Gold Bottle Cap<\/a>, so have a read if you want to learn more. It&#8217;s important to note, however, that Gold Bottle Caps are rare items in Pok\u00e9mon Go and will only be given out on special occasions in a similar manner to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/how-get-master-ball-pokemon-go-9304\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Master Balls<\/a>. Due to this, you&#8217;ll want to pick which Pok\u00e9mon you Hyper Train wisely!<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" class=\"content_image lightboxed\" src-full=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Pokemon-Go-Gold-Bottle-Cap.jpg?width=1920&amp;height=1920&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=70&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" height=\"388\" loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"690\"\/><br \/>\nImage credit: Niantic<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" class=\"content_image lightboxed\" src-full=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Pokemon-Go-Bulbasaur-Good-Friends.jpg?width=1920&amp;height=1920&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=70&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" height=\"499\" loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\"\/><br \/>\nImage credit: Eurogamer\/Niantic<\/p>\n<p>Making a Pok\u00e9mon a Good Buddy is, thankfully, incredibly easy as they only need one Heart to achieve this state. If your chosen trainee Pok\u00e9mon isn&#8217;t already at this level, all you have to do is make them your buddy before either playing with them once, taking one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-snapshot-photobomb-smeargle-6002\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">photo<\/a> or feeding them three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-berries-nanab-berry-pinap-berry-razz-berry-4819\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">berries<\/a> to get this first heart.<\/p>\n<p>Ensuring your trainee isn&#8217;t a Shadow Pok\u00e9mon is a simple as looking at the Pok\u00e9mon to see if it has the red eyes and purple shadows as Shadow Pok\u00e9mon share. If you do want to Hyper Train a Pok\u00e9mon, you will need to purify it. You can also use the &#8216;Appraise&#8217; option when looking at a Pok\u00e9mon to see whether it&#8217;s stats are already maxed out. (No point in Hyper Training maxed out Pok\u00e9mon!<\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve met both of these requirements, give your trainee Pok\u00e9mon the Gold Bottle Cap to begin Hyper Training!<\/p>\n<p>From this point onwards, <strong>Hyper Training will last 365 days (a year)<\/strong>. You can set Training Goals by selecting how much you want to increase its Attack, Defense and HP IV stats by. (Very useful if you&#8217;re planning on using it in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-battle-league-rewards-ranks-seasons-7002\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Go Battle League<\/a>!) These goals can be changed if you so wish.<\/p>\n<p>How to Hyper Train in Pok\u00e9mon Go: Training Tasks explained<\/p>\n<p>Hyper Training is divided into three types of Training Tasks, with each type based around a specific IV stat &#8211; Attack, Defense and HP.<\/p>\n<p>Each Training Task challenges you to complete a specific type of Pok\u00e9mon Go activity and completing it results in an increase for the IV stat it&#8217;s connected to. The amount of tasks and their difficulty depends on how much you want to increase an IV stat by. Increasing the Attack IV from 14 to 15, for example, is going to be a quicker process compared to increasing it from zero to 15.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look at the Training Task types and what you can expect to do for each one:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Attack &#8211; <\/strong>Battle with trainee Pok\u00e9mon while it&#8217;s your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-buddy-adventure-play-excited-6002\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">buddy<\/a>.<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Example: &#8216;Win 40 Gym Battles with your trainee in your battle party.&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Defense &#8211; <\/strong>Interact with the trainee Pok\u00e9mon as your buddy by playing with it, exploring or catching new Pok\u00e9mon.<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Example: &#8216;Catch 30 Pok\u00e9mon with your trainee as your buddy.&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>HP &#8211; <\/strong>Explore while the Pok\u00e9mon is your buddy through activities like spinning Pok\u00e9Stops and earning Buddy Candy.<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Example: &#8216;Spin 75 Pok\u00e9Stops or Gyms with your trainee as your buddy.&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Remember &#8211; you have 365 days (a year) to Hyper Train a Pok\u00e9mon from the day you give it a Gold Bottle Cap.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" class=\"content_image lightboxed\" src-full=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Pokemon-Go-Hyper-Training-Examples.jpg?width=1920&amp;height=1920&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=70&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" height=\"386\" loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"690\"\/><br \/>\nImage credit: Niantic<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, Hyper Training is focused around having your trainees as your buddy Pok\u00e9mon. The time it takes to complete Hyper Training depends on the goals you&#8217;ve set, how often you play Pok\u00e9mon Go and whether you decide to change your buddy to one other than the trainee. If you do decide to make this change for whatever reason, such as meeting an evolution requirement for Pok\u00e9mon like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/how-to-get-kingambit-pokemon-go\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kingambit<\/a>, then you must remember to change them back. If you don&#8217;t then you&#8217;ll lose valuable Hyper Training time!<\/p>\n<p>Which Pok\u00e9mon should you Hyper Train?<\/p>\n<p>Since you&#8217;re only able to Hyper Train one Pok\u00e9mon at a time in Pok\u00e9mon Go, you&#8217;re most likely wondering which Pok\u00e9mon are worth Hyper Training? While the answer is rather subjective to your needs in the game, there are some particular Pok\u00e9mon we recommend considering.<\/p>\n<p>Namely this would be the legendary and mythical Pok\u00e9mon. Many of these often rank in the top 10 for their types, sometimes even being the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-best-pokemon-5392\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">best Pok\u00e9mon<\/a>, yet gathering the candy required for maxing these Pok\u00e9mon out can be quite tricky. If you don&#8217;t fancy having them as your buddy for years, then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-legendary-pokemon-6002\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">legendary Pok\u00e9mon<\/a> involves a lot of raiding (when they&#8217;re the raid boss\u2026) and mythical Pok\u00e9mon will cost you a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-how-to-get-candy-rare-candy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rare Candy<\/a>. Hyper Training will allow you to save on both raid passes and Rare Candy!<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to which ones to focus on exactly, we recommend <strong>Diancie, Rayquaza, Origin Forme Dialga, Primal Groudon, Primal Kyogre, Dusk Mane Necrozma, Dawn Wings Necrozma, Black Kyurem<\/strong> and <strong>Kartana<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>All of these Pok\u00e9mon are incredibly powerful and are considered some of the best Pok\u00e9mon in the game. Just note that Diancie and Rayquaza are strongest in that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-mega-evolutions-mega-energy-7002\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mega Evolution<\/a> forms, so you&#8217;ll need their specific Mega Energy to max out their potential.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" class=\"content_image lightboxed\" src-full=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Pokemon-Mega-Diancie.jpg?width=1920&amp;height=1920&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=70&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" height=\"475\" loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"475\"\/><br \/>\n<img alt=\"\" class=\"content_image lightboxed\" src-full=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Pokemon-Mega-Rayquaza.jpg?width=1920&amp;height=1920&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=70&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" height=\"475\" loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"475\"\/><br \/>\nMega Diancie and Mega Rayquaza.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t fancy using Hyper Training on a legendary or mythical Pok\u00e9mon, then you <strong>could also use it on a Mega Evolution<\/strong>. These Pok\u00e9mon can also often be found at the top of the best lists for their specific type. You might want to use Hyper Training for Mega Lucario, Mega Gengar or Mega Sceptile.<\/p>\n<p>Best of luck with Hyper Training!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hyper Training lets you increase all of the IV stats &#8211; Attack, Defense, HP &#8211; for a chosen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[158,67,132,68,729,730],"class_list":{"0":"post-11083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-virtual-reality","8":"tag-technology","9":"tag-united-states","10":"tag-unitedstates","11":"tag-us","12":"tag-virtual-reality","13":"tag-vr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114739118233684357","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}