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What is XL Candy in Pokémon GO?

Powerful candy used to power up Pokémon past level 40. Required for L41-50 power-ups.

DEFINITION

Powerful candy used to power up Pokémon past level 40. Required for L41-50 power-ups.

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01 · FULL EXPLANATION

XL Candy is the rarer cousin of regular Candy. Each level from 41 to 50 requires a growing XL Candy cost (4 per level at L40-43, scaling up to ~28 per level at L48-50). A full L40-to-L50 push costs 296 XL Candy + ~250,000 Stardust.

Sources: 1 in ~50 catches (10% chance, then a 50% conversion to XL), trades occasionally, raid bonuses (1-3 per raid), Special Research, and Community Day breakthroughs.

XL Candy is the bottleneck for Master League. Building a hundo Dialga at L50 takes months of XL grinding unless you spam Community Day events.

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What does XL Candy mean in Pokémon GO?

Powerful candy used to power up Pokémon past level 40. Required for L41-50 power-ups.

XL Candy explained in detail

XL Candy is the rarer cousin of regular Candy. Each level from 41 to 50 requires a growing XL Candy cost (4 per level at L40-43, scaling up to ~28 per level at L48-50). A full L40-to-L50 push costs 296 XL Candy + ~250,000 Stardust. Sources: 1 in ~50 catches (10% chance, then a 50% conversion to XL), trades occasionally, raid bonuses (1-3 per raid), Special Research, and Community Day breakthroughs. XL Candy is the bottleneck for Master League. Building a hundo Dialga at L50 takes months of XL grinding unless you spam Community Day events.

What are other names for XL Candy?

XL Candy is also called: xl, xl candy. All refer to the same concept in Pokémon GO.

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