Pokémon Go Tour Pass rewards and how points work

Pokémon Go is trying something new: a battle pass-like progression system called the “Go Tour Pass.” The pass only lasts for a week, leading up and through the huge Go Tour: Unova event, but with the pass comes a ton of questions on how it works and if it’s worth buying the deluxe upgrade.

Below we explain how the Go Tour Pass works, if it’s worth upgrading to deluxe, and all the rewards you can get for completing the pass.

How does the Tour Pass work?

Functionally, this is kind of just a battle pass that many other games have. Every player gets the pass starting at Feb. 24 at 10 a.m. in your local time. You will have until March 2 at 6 p.m. in your local time to complete as much of the pass as possible.

You can earn Tour Pass points in two ways:

• By catching Pokémon (5 points each), hatching eggs (10 points each), and catching Legendary Pokémon (50 points each)
• Complete Pass Tasks (50 points per task, one per day for all users and two per day for Deluxe players)

Note that there is a cap to how many points you can earn per day. You can only earn 150 points per day using the above methods, in addition to 50 or 100 more points from completing the daily Pass Tasks that appear below the pass, depending if you have Deluxe or not.

This means that you can only earn 4-6 ranks per day until the Go Tour: Unova event. It’s likely that the cap will be expanded or even straight-up removed during the Go Tour: Unova event on March 1 and 2, where you’re supposed to amass most of the points for this pass, but this has not been confirmed by Niantic. There will be additional Pass Tasks every hour during the Go Tour event, but that’s all we know so far.

So is the Tour Pass worth upgrading to deluxe?

Maybe, but it depends on your playstyle and how you value items like fusion energy and XL candy.

The deluxe version of the Tour Pass does give a whole ton of stuff, including the following, in exchange for $15:

• Victini encounter
• Additional Poké Balls, Great Balls, Ultra Balls, Lure Modules, Incense, Lucky Eggs, and Star Pieces
• The new Lucky Trinket item
• Encounters with additional Pokémon like Servine, Pignite, Dewott, Sandile, Mienfoo, Pawniard, Vullaby, and Basculin
• Up to 200 additional Blaze Fusion Energy and Volt Fusion Energy
• XL candy for Snivy, Tepig, Oshawott, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion, Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus
• The “Kyurem Helmet” cosmetic item

$15 worth of PokéCoins is about 1,900 coins (give or take a few, since there’s no actual $15 coin bundle) if you buy them from the web store. If you total up the cost of the non-ball items you get from the pass, it’s at around 1,240 coins worth of upgrades — though this doesn’t include the Lucky Trinket, which is a new item and not purchasable in the store, and the cosmetic hat.

The value from this pass mainly comes from the idea of getting an item that allows you to be instant Lucky Friends with any trainer (the Lucky Trinket), the 200 additional Blaze and Volt Fusion Energy, and the XL candy. Obviously these things can’t be directly measured in coin value — it’s up to you if this is worth it.

The Victini encounter is also something maybe worthwhile, especially if you missed your chance to get a Victini before. Mythical Pokémon are always rarities, so if you like to collect them, this is a good opportunity to grab one.

Some folks have also datamined information that reveal that the shiny odds on the encounters are increased. The starters (Snivy, Tepig, and Oshawott) are at a 1/20 chance and everything else is at a 1/64 chance. For some reason, the extra Basculin you can catch as part of the deluxe pass are also at a 1/20 shiny rate.

Outside of that, being able to rank up quicker thanks to the additional Pass Tasks every day will get you to the Tour Pass Bonuses faster at ranks 20, 60, and 80. These reward you with buffed up catch XP, which is always useful.

If you’re unsure, you can always progress in the pass first, then upgrade to deluxe on Sunday before it disappears if you’ve felt like you’ve gotten your fill of rewards. The rewards can be claimed retroactively, so you don’t have to worry too much about it. Note that if you do buy the pass later, you will miss out on the additional daily Pass Task (and thus one rank per day), but depending on how the points work on the day of the events, this may not matter too much.

Pokémon Go Tour Pass rewards list

Below, you can see all the rewards for both the basic and deluxe tracks of the Go Tour Pass. Note that from ranks 101-500, you get the same rewards: 50 Stardust for the basic reward and 100 Stardust for the deluxe reward.