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This week, Pokémon Go finally gave players the ability to trade Pokémon with each other, fulfilling a promise made back when the game launched in 2016.
The feature started rolling out on Thursday afternoon — at first, only to players at the maximum level of 40, to the consternation of many. Over the course of the evening, though, that restriction has been loosening to include players at lower levels, and will likely be available for everybody within a day or so.
That said, developer Niantic is taking a different approach with trading than you might expect – there are all sorts of rules and caveats that come with Pokémon trading, making it a little more complicated than just swapping mega-powerful monsters with strangers.
Here’s how trading in Pokémon Go works, according to Niantic:
The key to trading is your friends list, which is a new feature in the update.
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The more you interact with your friends, the stronger your friendship will get, granting you in-game rewards. At the outset, you’ll get the ability to trade anything except the most powerful Legendary Pokémon.
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At the strongest level, though, you’ll be able to trade anything. Plus, you’ll get additional bonuses when you play with your friends, like more chances to catch those same Legendary Pokémon when you complete a Raid Battle.
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See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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