What is Buddy in-game?
The mons walking alongside your avatar. Earns hearts daily, candy by km, and gifts. Tiered Good→Great→Ultra→Best.
The mons walking alongside your avatar. Earns hearts daily, candy by km, and gifts. Tiered Good→Great→Ultra→Best.
Set any mons as your buddy via the avatar tap-menu. They walk with you on the map, earn candy every X km (1 km for Pikachu, 20 km for the rarest legendaries), and collect daily hearts from feeding, playing, walking, snapshots, battles, and POI visits.
Hearts unlock buddy tiers: Good (1 heart), Great (70), Ultra (150), Best (300). Each tier gives perks like CP indicator visibility, gift souvenirs, and the famed Best Buddy +1 level.
Bonus heart streaks: if you hit all 6 daily hearts every day for 7 days, the affinity meter stays full and your hearts cap rises temporarily.
See buddy in action with the related Hundo Hunter tool.
What does Buddy mean in-game?
The mons walking alongside your avatar. Earns hearts daily, candy by km, and gifts. Tiered Good→Great→Ultra→Best.
Buddy explained in detail
Set any mons as your buddy via the avatar tap-menu. They walk with you on the map, earn candy every X km (1 km for Pikachu, 20 km for the rarest legendaries), and collect daily hearts from feeding, playing, walking, snapshots, battles, and POI visits. Hearts unlock buddy tiers: Good (1 heart), Great (70), Ultra (150), Best (300). Each tier gives perks like CP indicator visibility, gift souvenirs, and the famed Best Buddy +1 level. Bonus heart streaks: if you hit all 6 daily hearts every day for 7 days, the affinity meter stays full and your hearts cap rises temporarily.
Is Buddy the same as in the main-series mons games?
Mostly yes — but the game has unique mechanics around catching, raids, and PvP that change how Buddy works compared to the main-series games. See the full explanation above for GO-specific details.