Transferring Pokémon

Pokémon HOME can connect with Pokémon Scarlet & Violetin the Nintendo Switch version. Once connected, you have the ability to move Pokémon between HOME and Scarlet & Violet at will with no restrictions.

You will be able to put Pokémon from Scarlet & Violet into Pokémon Sword, Shield, Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl and Legends Arceus if they were available in the games.

Pokémon transferred in from other games will have their Tera Types decided based on their two main types

Pokémon HOME can connect with Pokémon Sword & Shield in the Nintendo Switch version. Once connected, you have the ability to move Pokémon between HOME and Sword & Shield at will with no restrictions.

When you put a Pokémon into Pokémon Sword & Shield from Legends: Arceus or Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl, its learnset will reset to the equivalent for its species in the game, so a Level 20 Pikachu will have the moveset it would if it was a Level 20 Pikachu caught in the game. It will return when you put it back into Sword & Shield. Pokémon transferred through Pokémon Bank and Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu & Let's Go Eevee are not affected by this

Pokémon HOME can connect with Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl in the Nintendo Switch version following the Version 2.0. Once connected, you have the ability to move Pokémon between HOME and Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl at will with few restrictions.

When you put a Pokémon into Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl from another game, its learnset will reset to the equivalent for its species in the game, so a Level 20 Pikachu will have the moveset it would if it was a Level 20 Pikachu caught in the game.

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl have an extra limitation where you can only put 1 of each species of Special Pokémon (Legendary, Mythical) into Pokémon HOME from each save file.

If a Pokémon from Legends: Arceus is put in the game, its Poké Ball will change into a Strange Ball, but become the standard ball when put back in Pokémon HOME.

Pokémon HOME can connect with Pokémon Legends: Arceus in the Nintendo Switch version following the Version 2.0. Once connected, you have the ability to move Pokémon between HOME and Legends: Arceus at will with few restrictions.

When you put a Pokémon into Pokémon Legends: Arceus from another game, its learnset will reset to the equivalent for its species in the game, so a Level 20 Pikachu will have the moveset it would if it was a Level 20 Pikachu caught in the game.

Pokémon from Legends: Arceus will only have their Pokédex entry added to the Pokémon HOME Pokédex when the Pokédex for that species has hit completion in your Legends: Arceus Save file.

If a Pokémon from Sword & Shield or Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl is put in the game, its Poké Ball will change into a Strange Ball, but become the standard ball when put back in Pokémon HOME.

Pokémon HOME can connect with Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's Go, Eevee! Once done, the Pokémon can be sent between Pokémon HOME and other copies of Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's Go, Eevee at will, or then transferred into Pokémon Sword & Shield. If it has been transferred into Pokémon Sword & Shield, then they cannot return into Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! or Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee!.

Pokémon HOME can connect with Pokémon Bank in either the Nintendo Switch or Mobile versions. This can be done in two different ways:

The first has you create a passcode in Pokémon HOME and then enter the code in Pokémon Bank. When you do, the games will then be linked and you can transfer a Box at a time from Pokémon Bank into Pokémon HOME.

Alternatively, if the Nintendo Network ID the Pokémon Bank is set up to is connected to the Nintendo Account used for Pokémon HOME, then you will receive the option to transfer the Pokémon entirely from Pokémon Bank to Pokémon HOME.

Once a Pokémon has been sent from Pokémon Bank into Pokémon HOME it cannot return to Pokémon Bank. Pokémon Bank transfer requires a Pokémon HOME Premium Subscription.

Pokémon HOME can also connect to Pokémon GO. This transfer is direct into Pokémon HOME when connecting your Nintendo Account to Pokémon GO.. In Pokémon GO, you can transfer Pokémon using GO Transport Energy in order to send it across. Once done, you can collect in HOME on Mobile or Switch. Click here for full details on the Pokémon GO to Pokémon HOME Transfer

When you transfer Pokémon into Pokémon HOME, the IVs are done in the same way to the Pokémon GO to Let's Go transfer. The Attack and Special Attack IVs are made up of the Attack IV multiplied by 2 and plus one. Defense and Special Defense are made up of the GO Defense IV multiplied by 2 and plus 1. HP is made up of the GO HP IV multiplied by 2 and plus 1. Speed is random

The Nature of a Pokémon is also randomly generated and the Pokémon's level and Poké Ball match the one it was caught in within Pokémon GO. Ability is also random between the two Pokémon's standard abilities

The Pokémon's OT and ID match that of your Pokémon HOME account.

The Pokémon's learnset is a slightly different scenario
If the Pokémon is from Kanto, the movepool matches the Pokémon at its level as if it was caught from Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's Go, Eevee!
If the Pokémon is available in Pokémon Sword & Shield, the movepool matches the Pokémon at its level as if it was caught from those games
If the Pokémon is not available in Sword & Shield, the movepool matches the Pokémon at its level as if it was caught from Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon.

If you wish to transfer certain Pokémon such as Legendary and Mythical from Pokémon GO that are in HOME into any target game, that Pokémon needs to already be registered in the target game's Pokédex or have already had one in that game.