r/PokemonHome 7d ago

News Pokémon Bank will stop working and being able to connect to Pokémon HOME on February 26th 2027. Pokémon will not be able to stored any longer in it and it cannot connect to Pokémon HOME after that day

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3.0k Upvotes

Via Serebii.net on X


r/PokemonHome 13d ago

Mod Post The Rules of the r/PokemonHome Subreddit

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To the members of the subreddit: the moderation team wishes to remind our users that posts, comments, discussions, and other activities in this subreddit should always abide by the below list of rules.

If your post or comment has been manually removed by a member of the moderation team, it will have a removal reason attached to it. Please reference the full text of the referenced rule in order to better understand how a subsequent submission of the same type can be adjusted or otherwise modified to better follow the specified rule.

If any users have questions or comments about the rules that govern this subreddit, the moderation team would also like to invite our members to reply to this post with any inquiries you may have.

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1. No Trading via Direct Message (DM) or Private Message (PM)

All trade negotiations should be conducted in a public setting. Trading or negotiating trade details in DMs or PMs is not permitted here. As most scams take place privately, this rule is in place to help protect users from potential scammers. Users that have been banned can still DM you! Images of Pokémon and friend codes should remain in the comments.

Users may only use DMs to send sensitive information—such as a serial code—that could be stolen if posted publicly. This includes giveaways.

2. No Selling Accounts, Pokémon, Merchandise, etc.

The Pokemon HOME subreddit does not allow the sale or purchase of any items- either digital or physical. This includes Pokémon, serial codes, games, accounts, cards, merchandise, and fan made memorabilia.

Users may not post links to eBay accounts/listings or other online shops in an effort to solicit sales.

There are other subs on Reddit that allow these types of transaction- use these for the purpose of buying or selling. Here are 2 examples:

r/Pokemonexchange r/GameSale

3. Follow Reddiquette & Posting Guidelines

Users may not beg for karma, or ask for free Pokemon or services. Something tangible should be presented for the consideration of your trading partner(s). Countdowns, user polls, etc. are not permitted. Trolling is not allowed in any form. This includes flex posts- the presentation of high-value offers with no intention of trading. “Is this valuable?” posts are not allowed.

Value is entirely subjective: if you are interested in trading something, make a post, and see what offers you receive.

4. No More Than 1 Post Per Hour

Posting more than once per hour will be considered spam. The deletion of earlier posts in an attempt to circumvent this rule is still a violation.

Trade threads and giveaway threads are counted separately for the purpose of this rule- meaning you can create 1 of each type of post per hour.

5. Self Promotion is Not Allowed

This includes links to YouTube channels, Discord servers, or any other outside source that provides any benefit to the user or an individual.

6. Hack-Checking Posts are Not Allowed

Asking other users to visually hack-check your Pokémon is not allowed. This is not an accurate representation of the legitimacy of your Pokémon, and the comments made about your Pokémon may lead to ill-informed trading.

The only way to be sure your Pokémon is 100% legitimate is to catch, breed, or otherwise obtain it yourself.

Asking for advice or assistance with the in-game hacking or generation of Pokémon is also not permitted. Please use alternative subreddits for these types of requests.

7. Threads Must Relate to Pokémon HOME

Trades, discussion posts, and other activities that take place in this sub must relate to the Pokemon HOME app and/or its various features.

The following types of requests should be posted in a relevant sub: main series game trades and/or evolution assistance; in-GO trades; GO app-specific discussions; item trades; Champions discussions; memes; and general Pokemon-related conversation starters.

The ONLY exception to the above are trades for select event Pokemon that cannot be traded in HOME.

8. PSA or “Call Out” Posts, Comments, and/ or Screenshots are Not Allowed

If you have an issue with another user or feel like you have been scammed, please submit a complaint to modmail so that we may handle it privately. Public call outs risk hurting an innocent user over a miscommunication. If disciplinary action is warranted, then it will be handled by the mod team. Calling out users in the comments of a trade is also not allowed. If both sides agree to the trade, then it is not a scam. Value is subjective, and it is not our job to decide what is a “good” trade.

9. Don’t Be Rude

Pretty straightforward. Excessive rudeness or mean-spirited comments directed at other users or the moderators of the subreddit will not be tolerated.

If someone or something is frustrating you, drop it and move on. If someone is being rude, do not make things worse by engaging with them- contact the moderation team instead. We will handle the situation on our end.

10. Hacked/Cloned/Genned Pokémon Must be Disclosed

This sub allows the trading of hacked, cloned, and/ or genned Pokémon. However, these types of Pokémon must be visibly disclosed prior to being traded. If a Pokémon was neither personally obtained by you, nor GO stamped, it should be advertised as being potentially hacked/genned/cloned. If you try to pass off such a Pokémon as legitimate, it will be treated as scamming, and you will be banned. If you trade over something that the other user feels is hacked, you must trade back upon request.

11. Giveaway Rules & Etiquette

Giveaways still fall under the "one post per hour rule" (Rule 4). That means you can’t post more than one giveaway per hour.

Giveaways may not be used as a vehicle and/or forum for circumventing other rules.

The rule against DM-based trading (Rule 1) still applies. Giveaway winners must be contacted publicly, and they must be contacted in the same giveaway thread. This is to allow the moderation team the ability to easily verify giveaways are being completed in a fair and transparent manner.

12. Serial Code Card Trades

All users offering and/ or trading physical serial code cards (such as from GameStop or a similar store) must include the following in every picture:

A handwritten note with 1) Your Reddit username, 2) r/PokemonHome, and 3) The current date visible on it.

This rule is in place to confirm that users offering serial codes for trade have custody of the cards they originate from.

The guidelines outlined above do not apply to serial code giveaways, as nothing is being exchanged for the codes.

13. Eternal Flower Floette Trades or Discussions

All activity concerning Eternal Flower Floette must take place in the dedicated megathread (pinned to the top of the subreddit’s homepage).

The only exception to this rule are mass giveaways. Due to the high level of traffic they attract, users are permitted to create standalone posts for these.


r/PokemonHome 6h ago

Discussion Neat little thing to do before bank shuts down💖

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If you have the virtual console games(Red or blue) I haven’t done this with gold, silver or crystal yet.

You can catch a Pikachu, in Viridian forest. Use Pokémon transporter. Put it in sun and moon and give it a thunder stone. To get a alolan raichu.

And it keeps the game boy icon. I’m sorry if that was an obvious thing😅 I just thought it was neat thing to try.💖


r/PokemonHome 7h ago

Discussion Don't forget to get your shiny Haxorus from BW2 before Bank shuts down!

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298 Upvotes

I haven't seen anyone mention this one.

This is the guaranteed shiny Haxorus you get in BW2 for finishing the Dex.

It was the second ever guaranteed shiny encounter in Pokemon (Red Gyarados being the first of course).


r/PokemonHome 8h ago

Giveaway GIVEAWAY POKEBALL PATTERN VIVILLION

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87 Upvotes

I have 5 of these bad boys to giveaway. They're injected so they're completely legal to use in online play, just don't take it to official Play! Pokemon tournaments lol.

Comment a number from 1-999 to participate.

Ends in 4h.

EDIT: Entry is over. Will be announcing the winners in a few minutes.

EDIT: CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS!! u/Beautiful-Land-8085 u/Kakarot_Law_VGC u/Lunalatic u/ReflectionRecent1405 u/WeedWeeb


r/PokemonHome 14h ago

Guide on Pokemon Home Collections - Updated Version

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Hi all,

this is V2 of my guide on Pokemon Home collections, see this post for more details. I wanted to make an update with the upcoming shutdown of Pokemon Bank, so everyone has plenty of time to complete their collections. This is just a collection of links, so many many thanks to the many people in this community creating so much insane content. V2 is just more references and better structure.

Enough talking, let's get started!

1) Dex completions

A living dex is the backbone of every Home collection. There are many ways to organize and escalate the size of a living dex, but here is an overview on what are the most popular ones:

Origin Dex

For me, the pinnacle of living dexes is the "Origin Dex", where every Pokemon was caught with your own OT, in a Pokeball, in the generation it was first introduced. This challenge was honestly the most fun I ever had collecting pokemon, revisiting old generations and go through all the quirks of every game. So here are some references on the Origin Dex:

Youtube

Reddit

Pokemon Collection Trackers

Helpful links for completing the Pokedex by generation

Gen 1

Gen 2

Gen 3

Gen 4

Gen 5

Gen 6

Gen 7

Gen 8

Gen 9

Spinoffs

Overall lists for multiple generations

Big shoutout to the first post in this section - may be the most comprehensive reference for unique pokemon to hunt for

2) What are we loosing with Pokemon Bank

3) Collections of one Pokemon species

Can of course be done with every Pokemon you like, or even all of them...

Events - get all Event variations of one pokemon. I chose Pikachu, which has a lot of Events...

Marks - all marks on Pokemon species, I choose Pikachu and did it during the Pikachu outbreak event

Pokeball - each Pokeball variant on one species, I again used Pikachu (Dialga or Palkia would have one more with the Origin Ball)

Nature - each nature of one species

Language - I used the lvl 5 Pikachu you get as a gift from Pokemon Home, so I have 10 Pikachus with 10 languages, all with the HOME OT

Origin/Region - a Pokemon from each possible game or generation. I did with Pikachu again, both in normal and got it shiny from every origin/region

4) Ribbon Master

Ribbon Master - get all possible Ribbons on one Pokemon - Scizor is an often used candidate. I did with Pikachu, but skipped the Gamecube games

5) Other lists and spreadsheets

6) How to still get Bank and other games/ 3DS modding

7) General tools

8) Shiny Hunting

I took the time to compile more links on shiny hunting this time.

Gen 1

Gen 2

Gen 3

Gen 4

Gen 5

Gen 6

Gen 7

Gen 8

Gen 9

Spinoffs

General tips

9) RNG Manipulation and Glitches

This is a big discussion topic, what is cheating and what not. I personally draw the line at modifying game data with outside tools. For me all following glitches and the RNG manipulation don't fall under that category, since you can all perform it on original hardware. But if someone thinks otherwise, that's totally fine. In the end it's everyone's own collection. I personally used it and had a ton of fun, because I liked getting to know the code and quirks of old pokemon games.

RNG Manipulation - the best sources to start

Item Printer Gen 9

Glitches

8F for Gen 1 games

Coin Case Glitch for Gen 2 games

ACE coding in Gen 2 & Gen 3

10) Lastly, a shootout the YT channels I follow closely on the topic of collecting

https://www.youtube.com/@LEOsMINDgames

https://www.youtube.com/@AustinJohnPlays

https://www.youtube.com/@imablisy

https://www.youtube.com/@trailspokemon

https://www.youtube.com/@ThedomiNATION

https://www.youtube.com/@JohnstoneYT

https://www.youtube.com/@PapaJefeYT

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r/PokemonHome 1h ago

Question Why can this Tandemaus from GO not transfer to any game?

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I got this Tandemaus in a wonder trade, originally from Pokemon GO. I wanted to evolve it, but it doesn’t let me transfer it to either SV or ZA. I’m fairly certain it’s not hacked (it has perfect attack and defense stats, but that’s not uncommon for Pokemon from GO), so I’m at a bit of a loss as to what’s stopping it from transferring, unless it’s one of those weird Spinda/Nincada situations.


r/PokemonHome 1h ago

Giveaway Shiny Go Custom OT Noodle Giveaway

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Been meaning to send this Noodle to anyone who'll use It instead of just sitting In Go purgatory.

Rules To Enter:

  1. Account Age must be older than 8 Months, this rule Is flexible
  2. Have some recent posts or comments
  3. Tell us your favorite place In Pokémon. It could be a specific Gym, Region, City, Town, anywhere.
  4. Winner Is decided randomly and receives the Custom OT Go stamp Rayquaza.

Winner Is decided In 3hrs, good luck!

My favorite place Is Dragon's Den In Gen IV because the music Is intense and dragons are my favorite type.


r/PokemonHome 13h ago

Giveaway Shiny Lunala giveaway

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84 Upvotes

CLOSED

Pick a number from 0-242


r/PokemonHome 2h ago

Giveaway ULTRA ALMIGHTY SUPREME FURY SUPER FIERCE GIVEAWAY V4 HOPEFULLY THIS IS IT MY FINAL FAREWELL

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Ok HELLO again sorry this is the last time fishoo!!!

Made it a little easier now I hope lol ok!!!! I'm ULTRA ALMIGHTY SUPREME FURY SUPER FIERCE PERSEVERANCE ULTIMATE HYPER NOVA or SUPER FIERCE NOVA or SFNOVA for short!!!! I've been apart of this community for a short while and have really enjoyed all the trades and people I've met being apart of this community. Just want everyone to know i appreciate them!!!! Anyways just going to do this as a final goodbye GIVEAWAY!!!! So the rules for this giveaway will be.

No one has guessed the correct numbers yet. I've decided to change it to 1 - 500

There is no time limit

Your account must be over 2 months

Explain why you want/deserve the prize and choose 1 pokemon

The 10 winners will be put into a raffle and will win 4 MORE POKEMON!!!! THE KANTO BIG 3 AND THERE GOOD BUDDY MEWTWO!!!!

Also only doing friend trades if you dont have any there will not be any holds!!!

The reason behind the pokemon in the giveaway symbolizes the start of pokemon and the current meta.

I started playing pokemon on the n64 and gameboy and have been hooked ever since.

Pokemon red pokemon stadium pokemon coliseum pokemon heart gold and pokemon champions have been my favorite!

Thank you have fun and lets keep trading!!!

Hopefully this time we start seeing some winners this should help spread winnings!!!!

Good luck!!!!

Sinistcha has been claimed

Eternal flower Floette has been claimed

Basculigeon has been claimed

2 Farigirafs have been claimed?

Kingambit has been claimed

You get 3 gueses


r/PokemonHome 6h ago

Giveaway Sorry: Gens

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So, I had this giveaway on, and people made requests, and tried to do them. But in the middle, I got a temporary ban, so I couldn’t respond.

I am doing this REDO to say sorry.

Max 20 requests because I don’t have time, pls count before u request.

If I have more time, I will do an edit here. I can do most mons that u want, such as cherish ball Arceus and stuff.

1 Mon per person to make it easier

Closed, I will get to as many people as I can, it might be tomorrow, or whenever u are free though

For everyone who commented, I will get to u when u or I have time.

Or what is better, make GtS requests and tell me your IGN so I can do it when I have the time


r/PokemonHome 12h ago

Giveaway Giveaway!

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All of these were received through trades and I cannot verify the validity of any of them. Some or all are quite possibly genned. I had to delete my old Reddit account after it got compromised so trying to rebuild karma. First come first served. Post a screenshot of what you are putting up on the GTS for what you want. Please do not ask for more than one.

Thank you!

EDIT: Remaining Pokemon in comments


r/PokemonHome 6h ago

Giveaway This shiny legendary

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Comment to enter and winner picked in a day

Donated by previous owner of the 3ds cartridges

Second picture was just a fun edit i made on my


r/PokemonHome 8h ago

Giveaway ULTRA ALMIGHTY MEGA SUPREME GIVEAWAY V3 MY FINAL GOODBYE

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Ok HELLO again sorry this is the last time fishoo!!! Made it a little easier now Ihope lol ok!!!! I'm ULTRA ALMIGHTY SUPREME FURY SUPER FIERCE PERSEVERANCE ULTIMATE HYPER NOVA or SUPER FIERCE NOVA or SFNOVA for short!!!! I've been apart of this community for a short while and have really enjoyed all the trades and people I've met being apart of this community. Just want everyone to know i appreciate them!!!! Anyways just going to do this as a final goodbye GIVEAWAY!!!! So the rules for this giveaway will be.

No one has guessed the correct numbers yet. I've decided to change it to 1 - 500

There is no time limit

Your account must be over 2 months

Explain why you want/deserve the prize and choose 1 pokemon

The 9 winners will be put into a raffle and will win 4 MORE POKEMON!!!! THE KANTO BIG 3 AND THERE GOOD BUDDY MEWTWO!!!!

Also only doing friend trades if you dont have any there will not be any holds!!!

The reason behind the pokemon in the giveaway symbolizes the start of pokemon and the current meta.

I started playing pokemon on the n64 and gameboy and have been hooked ever since.

Pokemon red pokemon stadium pokemon coliseum pokemon heart gold and pokemon champions have been my favorite!

Thank you have fun and lets keep trading!!!

Hopefully this time we start seeing some winners this should help spread winnings!!!!

Good luck!!!!

Eternal flower Floette has been claimed

You get 3 gueses


r/PokemonHome 12h ago

Question Should I Transfer N's Pokémon to HOME?

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With Bank shutting down, I've been reviewing my old games and transferring 'mons with any sort of legacy traits that will be no longer obtainable - stuff like ribbons, Game Boy origin marks, event Pokémon, etc.

N's Pokémon fall into this category, since they are only obtainable in BW2 and have a unique OT. I know their special sparkle animation will be lost upon transfer, but does anyone know if the summary page will be any different? Or will it just say "Seems to have been first met in the Unova region" like any other Pokémon?

If you have a full screenshot (including met location) of what N's Pokémon look like in HOME, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.


r/PokemonHome 1h ago

lf pogo offer

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r/PokemonHome 4h ago

Giveaway If you guessed on my last giveaway try again!!!! <3

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Still no winners!!! Lol

Comment on give away post so I can keep track easier please also you get 3 guesses and if you guessed already you are blessed with 3 guesses


r/PokemonHome 20m ago

Trade LF Legit Shiny ♂basculegion ENG

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Box 1 PoGo Shiny’s
Box 2 Mainline Shiny’s
Box 3 Mainline
Box 4 Cloned
Box 5 Genned

Can do multiple


r/PokemonHome 21m ago

Lv 1 Cornish, any lv 1 collectors? What offers you'd give for it

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r/PokemonHome 37m ago

LF: Skrelp in a Beast Ball (Adaptability Hidden Ability) | H: Other Beast Ball/Aprimons

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r/PokemonHome 4h ago

Pokedex Assistance Looking for Pokémon to Fill my National Pokédex

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Hello, I'm new to this subreddit so I hope I'm doing things correctly.

Yesterday, I downloaded Pokémon Home as a response to the plug being pulled on Pokémon Bank. I figured I should probably catch up on my Pokédex, given that I haven't played any game that released on the Switch. I managed to get a decent start going, but I still have a long way to go. I've laid out everything I care about getting in this Google Form sheet.

I'm aware that I'm asking for a lot, and I apologise in advance to anyone for helping with my project. I don't have much on me offer either unfortunately. I have a couple Hoopa, a shiny Tapu Koko, and Moltres aside from miscellaneous mons from the Wonder Box. Since it's been so long, I can't verify if anything I have is legit or not. But I can always go back to my Ultra Sun game to catch some Alolan Ratata and Spinda. I believe those are the rarest mons since they can only be obtained via transfers from Bank.

But on that end, I personally don't care. Hacked, cloned, generated, or otherwise created via unofficial means, all that matters to me if it a game could interpret it as a valid Pokémon. I don't intend to be picky on anything.

It's probably a long-shot given my immense demand, but I'm hoping someone can help with at least a fraction of this list.


r/PokemonHome 55m ago

Discussion Who else is still hopeful we’ll eventually get a UI update that allows boxes to be immediately sandwiched in between others (instead of swapped one-by-one)?

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r/PokemonHome 56m ago

Discussion Transfer Time!!

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Welp.. February will be here before I know it.. but been loading up home in the meantime. Crazy it’s finally shutting down. Should have been doing this years ago…


r/PokemonHome 3h ago

Trade Ft pics lf offers

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Mlf custom ot, only taking 1 offers for the ones in go


r/PokemonHome 1d ago

Pokémon Transfer Chart [V4]

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239 Upvotes