In Pokémon GO you can secure Vivillon with the help of your friends since December 2022. Some trainers already have their platinum medals full. We at MeinMMO will show you how to find friends so that you can also collect all the forms.
Which Pokemon is it? In December 2022, the Bug Pokémon Purmel was introduced to Pokémon GO. However, to secure the little caterpillar that can evolve into the butterfly Vivillon, you need the help of your friends.
Unlike most of the other monsters in the game, you can’t just encounter Purmel in the wild. You’ll get it instead if you save your friends’ postcards. The little butterfly has a total of 18 different forms, which differ in terms of their appearance and origin.
Now the first trainers are reporting that they have already collected all forms of the little butterfly and therefore now have the corresponding platinum medal. We have summarized below how you can do this and where you can find suitable friends.
From which regions you need friends, we show you here in the Vivillon map.
Coach proudly displays his Vivillon Medal
More than a month has passed since the release of Purmel and its further developments Puponcho and Vivillon and the first trainers have completed their collection.
So does the reddit user Dirtmonkey68, who proudly and somewhat relieved shows his platinum medal to Vivillon. He writes (via reddit.com): “Thank God I no longer have to scour the internet to find specific Vivillon forms!”
How could he find friends from the regions? As Dirtmonkey68 explains, he scoured the internet and made new friends along the way. And this is how some players are currently doing in order to finally achieve the platinum medal.
In social networks such as Twitter and reddit in particular, people are on the lookout for new friends from the right regions.
We’ll show you a few more ways to find the appropriate trainer codes.
Ways to make worldwide friends for Vivillon
If you don’t want to post your trainer code on social networks or are specifically looking for trainers from certain regions, you can alternatively use the following sites that specialize in bringing players together:
PoGO Trainer Club: On the pogotrainer.club site, trainers can register with their trainer code and player name and publish them for a certain period of time so that other players can find them.
By specifying your own region and the option of storing the respective Purmel in the ad, trainers can be specifically searched for. You do not need to register to see the codes.
PenPal: Similar to PoGO Trainer Club, LeekDuck’s Pen Pal lets you share your trainer codes or look out for other players from each region. Using the filter option for the individual Vivillon forms, you can search specifically for trainers who come from this region and quickly complete your collection.
Pokemon GO Friends Codes: On the pokemongofriendscodes.com site, you will find a list of various QR codes behind which the corresponding trainer codes are hidden. This allows you to easily scan them with your smartphone.
Unlike the other two pages, you can only filter by country here. This makes it difficult to search specifically for regions that span multiple vivillons.
Be careful when sharing your friend codes
That’s why this can be an “error”: Reddit user Matanavishai also came up with the idea of looking for new friends on social networks. Because two Vivillon were still missing, he shared his trainer code on Twitter.
In retrospect, he doesn’t think that’s a good idea, because within a very short time he could hardly save himself from friend requests, as he shows in his article. He explains (via reddit.com): “I needed two more Vivillon forms, so I shared on the official one [Pokémon GO] Twitter account my trainer code. That was a big mistake”.
And judging by the comments, Matanavishai is not alone in this experience. Because other players were also overwhelmed with requests by posting their trainer code on social networks. But that can also be a good thing, as coach Ivi-Tora thinks.
Farm XP with it. Accept 20, send them gifts, wait for them to open them, get XP and remove them again. Repeat with the first 100 on day one and the other 100 on day two. Keep those who send gifts from the places you need and get over 600,000 XP in two days just by making friends.
Ivi Torah (via reddit.com)
You should note that: With all of the sites mentioned, it can happen that you are overwhelmed with requests if you publish your own code. If you want to avoid this, you should rather send your own inquiries.
In the following article we will tell you what other possibilities there are to make new friends and what the friendships bring you in the game:
Pokémon GO: find friends worldwide 2023 – Here you will find codes
How far are you with the progress of your Vivillon collection? Have you already secured the platinum medal? And how do you find appropriate friends from the respective regions? Let us know here on MeinMMO in the comments and exchange ideas with other trainers.
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