Pokémon GO allows you to add players as friends in order to receive gifts and send them gifts in return. Today, we’re going to take a look at why this feature is useful in the game.
Pokémon GO Friend Codes: How to Add Them?
Friend codes have been available in Pokémon GO for a while now and with them you can add players as friends and enjoy many benefits. However, you should know where you can enter them in order to invite other people. Your friends list is located in your profile.
- In your profile, click on “Friends”.
- Next, you need to click on your avatar icon.
- Then, you can enter the friend code you want on this screen.
Now that you know how to add a friend, here is a little tip to easily get friend requests in the game.
- Take a screenshot of your own friend code and QR Code.
- Go to Twitter.
- Write a tweet with your screenshot of your friend code adding the following hashtags: #PokemonGOfruends And #PokemonGOfriendscode.
If you don’t have Twitter, that’s okay because we have another option for you.
- Go to pokemongo.gishan.net
- Retrieve a friend code.
- Go to the add friends page.
- Enter the friend code.
Pokémon GO Friend Codes: Why Use Them?
Friends in Pokémon GO aren’t just for decoration. In fact, they’re useful for several things that we’ve listed below.
- Send and receive gifts.
- Gain experience.
- Participate in remote raids.
- Make trades.
- Collect postcards in-game.
Speaking of gaining experience, there is actually a trick to help you get some quickly. Here it is:
- When a friend adds you (or you add them) a friendship bar represented by hearts is available in the friends menu. Depending on the number of cores, you can have more or less significant PX. For each person added, The first gift received or given once opened will grant you a 3000 XP bonus. This bonus can be doubled thanks to the Lucky Egg.
Your friends can also help you obtain the different Prismillon patterns available in Pokémon GO. You are now an expert on friend codes. Take advantage of the comments section of this guide to post your codes and allow other players to add their tower to you.
