Pokemon Home landed on Nintendo Switch and mobile as a way to compile all of your Pokemon from across the many games in the franchise. While Home is not technically a game, it does offer its users rewards for completing certain tasks and hitting certain milestones.
Below is a list of all of the milestone Pokemon we have discovered to be rewards so far. Some of them mark events, while others celebrate your accomplishments! Most can still be acquired, but there are a few exceptions.
Updated on June 18, 2023, by Gabrielle Huston: A number of new gift/event Pokemon have been added to Pokemon Home since this article was published. We've updated it with all the new details so that you're fully prepared to receive the gifts you undoubtedly deserve!
How To Receive Gift/Event Pokemon
On mobile, from the main menu after tapping to enter the app, click on the button with several horizontal lines on the middle-bottom of the screen. From there, select the 'Mystery Gifts' option. The Pokemon we detail below will either already be in your Gift Box or they will be part of an event, so you should tap the Local Event Check option.
You can't accept Mystery Pokemon in the Pokemon Home app on the Nintendo Switch, so you need to use the mobile app. Even if the requirements task you with doing something on the Switch, you'll need to go to the mobile app to claim your prize.
Paldea Starters: Sprigatito, Fuecoco, & Quaxly
Release Date |
May 30, 2023 |
Still Attainable? |
Yes |
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You will receive three Pokemon - Sprigatito, Fuecoco, and Quaxly - as soon as you bring any Pokemon from Pokemon Scarlet and/or Violet into Pokemon Home.
Details Of Pokemon Received
Hisui Starters: Rowlet, Cyndaquil, & Oshawott
Release Date |
May 18, 2022 |
Still Attainable? |
Yes |
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Like the Paldea region starters, you can get three new Pokemon - Rowlet, Cyndaquil, and Oshawott - just by depositing a Pokemon from Pokemon Legends: Arceus in Home.
Details Of Pokemon Received
Sinnoh Starters: Turtwig, Chimchar, & Piplup
Release Date |
May 18, 2022 |
Still Attainable? |
Yes |
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At the same time as the Legends: Arceus starters were added, so were the starters from Pokemon: Diamond and Pearl. You can get all three of them just by depositing a Pokemon from Brilliant Diamond and/or Shining Pearl into Home.
Details Of Received Pokemon
Gigantamax Bulbasaur & Squirtle
Release Date |
June 17, 2021 |
Still Attainable? |
No, lasted until June 30, 2021 |
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To celebrate the release of Version 1.4 of Pokemon Home, users got two special Pokemon as a gift: Bulbasaur and Squirtle, both with the Gigantamax Factor. That means that they can Gigantamax in Pokemon Sword and Shield, once they are evolved into their final forms.
Details Of Pokemon Received
Melmetal
Release Date |
November 10, 2020 |
Still Attainable? |
Yes |
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You will be rewarded with a Melmetal after you connect to Pokemon Go from Pokemon Home and bring a Pokemon from Go into Home for the first time.
Details Of Pokemon Received
Shiny Zeraora
Release Date |
June 30, 2020 |
Still Attainable? |
No, lasted until July 6, 2020 |
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The Shiny Zeraora was given to users of Pokemon Home as a celebration when 1 million players beat the Zeraora raids in Pokemon Sword and Shield. It was only available for seven days.
Details Of Pokemon Received
Galar Starters: Grookey, Scorbunny, Sobble
Release Date |
June 2, 2020 |
Still Attainable? |
Yes |
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The Pokemon Sword and Shield starters can be received in Pokemon Home after you deposit your first Pokemon from Sword and/or Shield into Home. The starter you receive in Home will have a Hidden Ability (an Ability that the Pokemon can't naturally acquire in the wild).
It's possible, though not guaranteed, for these to be shiny.
Details Of Pokemon Received
Original Color Magearna
Release Date |
February 14, 2020 |
Still Attainable? |
Yes |
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Magearna in its original colour is so rare that Home users weren't really sure whether to believe the first batch of people to claim they had received one. The reward is real, however, and it requires you to complete the entire National Pokedex. At the time of this writing, that's 917 Pokemon to collect. Better get started quick! Every time they release a new Pokemon game, your dream gets further and further away.
The Magearna will be available as a gift in your Gift Box for one month after you complete the National Pokedex. It will be level 50, so nothing to be sniffed at, and this rare version of the Fairy-type has never been attainable in the Pokemon series before.
Details Of Pokemon Received
Eevee
Release Date |
February 12, 2020 |
Still Attainable? |
Yes |
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One of the best features of Home is the ability to trade Pokemon with other users of the service. There are a number of ways to perform trades, one of which is the Wonder Box. Drop a Pokemon in the Wonder Box, and it might be picked up by a fellow trainer without you even needing to be online. Once that happens for the first time, you will receive a complimentary Eevee when you log back in. The Eevee will be available for a month after your first Wonder Box trade.
Details Of Pokemon Received
Rotom
Release Date |
February 12, 2020 |
Still Attainable? |
Yes |
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The only problem with trading Pokemon via Wonder Box is the element of randomness attached to it. Trainers who want more certainty from their trades need to use GTS. Not only can players pick which Pokemon they want to trade, but they can also specify which one they are looking to receive. The first time a Pokemon deposited in a trainer's GTS is taken, they will receive a Rotom as a reward. The Rotom will be available for a month after the trade is made.
Details Of Pokemon Received
Pichu
Release Date |
February 12, 2020 |
Still Attainable? |
Yes |
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Even though Home isn't technically a Pokemon game, there are still challenges for its users to complete. Most of those challenges require nothing more than trainers to deposit certain Pokemon caught in certain games. The first time a trainer completes one of those challenges, Home will reward them with a Pichu. The Pichu will be available for a month after your first complete challenge.
Challenges are not the same thing as Research Tasks.
Details Of Pokemon Received
Start-Up Starter Pokémon
Release Date |
February 12, 2020 |
Still Attainable? |
Yes |
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One of the hardest decisions we have ever had to make when we first fired up Pokemon Red and Blue was the decision of which starter Pokemon to pick. When we downloaded Home on mobile, we were faced with that decision all over again. Users are rewarded with one of the original starters for using Home on mobile.
Unlike the other starter collections detailed above, players will only receive one of these three Kanto starters.
Details Of Pokemon Received
Pikachu
Release Date |
February 12, 2020 |
Still Attainable? |
Yes |
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Last, but not least, the easiest milestone of all to complete: simply starting up Home for the first time. This milestone can be achieved on mobile or Switch and completing it will reward the user with a Pikachu. Okay, most will probably already have a Pikachu, but come on. It's something for nothing, so stop complaining.
Details Of Pokemon Received