Medals

A common part of games in general nowadays is an achievement system and Pokémon GO contains such a system. Here, as you play through the game and collect Pokémon, you will obtain a variety of medals. When you obtain the medal, you will get some experience for your player character

The medal requirements are listed, but don't initially appear until you have achieved at least one part of the requirements.

Medal List

Medal Name Medal Requirements
Bronze Requirement
Silver Requirement
Gold Requirement		 Platinum Requirement
Jogger Walk a certain distance 10km 100km 1,000km 10,000km
Kanto Register Pokémon in your Pokédex 20 50 100 151
Johto Register Pokémon in your Pokédex 5 30 70 100
Hoenn Register Pokémon in your Pokédex 5 40 90 135
Sinnoh Register Pokémon in your Pokédex 5 30 80 107
Unova Register Pokémon in your Pokédex 5 50 100 156
Kalos Register Pokémon in your Pokédex 5 50 100 156
Alola Register Pokémon in your Pokédex 5 25 50 86
Galar Register Pokémon in your Pokédex 5 25 50 89
Hisui Register Pokémon in your Pokédex 1 3 5 7
Collector Capture Pokémon 30 500 2000 50000
Scientist Evolve Pokémon 3 20 200 2,000
Breeder Hatch Eggs 10 100 1000 2500
Backpacker Visit PokéStops 100 1000 10000 50000
Battle Girl Win Gym Battles 10 100 1000 4000
Gym Leader Defend Gyms for X hours 10 100 1000 15000
Berry Master Feed Your Pokémon in a Gym 10 100 1000 15000
Champion Win Raid Battles 10 100 1000 2000
Legendary Pokémon Win Legendary Raid Battles 10 100 1000 2000
Pokémon Ranger Complete Research Tasks 10 100 1000 2500
Idol Become Best Friends with a trainer 1 2 3 20
Gentleman Trade Pokémon 10 100 1000 2500
Pilot Earn across the distance of all Pokémon trades 1,000km 100,000km 1,000,000km 10,000,000km
Fisher Capture Large Magikarp 3 50 300 1000
Ace Trainer Train 10 100 1000 2000
Youngster Capture Tiny Rattata 3 50 300 1000
Pikachu Fan Capture Pikachu 3 50 300 1000
Unown Capture Unown 3 10 26 28
Great League Veteran Win Trainer Battles in Great League 5 50 200 1000
Ultra League Veteran Win Trainer Battles in Ultra League 5 50 200 1000
Master League Veteran Win Trainer Battles in Master League 5 50 200 1000
Cameraman Have 10 surprise encounters in GO Snapshot 10 50 200 400
Hero Defeat Team GO Rocket Grunts 10 100 1000 2000
Ultra Hero Defeat Giovanni 1 5 20 50
Purifier Purify Shadow Pokémon 1 50 500 1000
Mega Evolution Guru Unique Mega Evolved Pokémon 1 24 36 46
Successor Mega Evolve Pokémon 1 50 500 1000
Rising Star Defeat different species of Pokémon in raids 2 10 50 150
Rising Star Duo Win raids with a friend 10 100 1000 2000
Triathlete Achieve a Pokémon catch streak or Pokéstop Spin Streak of Seven Days 1 10 50 100
Tiny Pokémon Collector Catch XXS Pokémon 5 25 100 500
Jumbo Pokémon Collector Catch XXL Pokémon 5 25 100 500
Picnicker Use a Lure Module to help another trainer catch Pokémon 5 25 5500 2500

The following medals give a boost to the capture chance of Pokémon of their type. The bonuses stack on multi-type Pokémon. When you hit the first milestone, you will get +1, second +2 and third +3.

Medal Name Medal Requirements
Bronze Requirement
Silver Requirement
Gold Requirement		 Platinum Requirement
SchoolKid Capture Normal-type Pokémon 10 50 200
Black Belt Capture Fighting-type Pokémon 10 50 200
Bird Keeper Capture Flying-type Pokémon 10 50 200
Punk Girl Capture Poison-type Pokémon 10 50 200
Ruin Maniac Capture Ground-type Pokémon 10 50 200
Hiker Capture Rock-type Pokémon 10 50 200
Bug Catcher Capture Bug-type Pokémon 10 50 200
Hex Maniac Capture Ghost-type Pokémon 10 50 200
Depot Agent Capture Steel-type Pokémon 10 50 200
Kindler Capture Fire-type Pokémon 10 50 200
Swimmer Capture Water-type Pokémon 10 50 200
Gardener Capture Grass-type Pokémon 10 50 200
Rocker Capture Electric-type Pokémon 10 50 200
Psychic Capture Psychic-type Pokémon 10 50 200
Skier Capture Ice-type Pokémon 10 50 200
Dragon Tamer Capture Dragon-type Pokémon 10 50 200
Delinquent Capture Dark-type Pokémon 10 50 200
Fairy Tale Girl Capture Fairy-type Pokémon 10 50 200