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
Jogger Walk a certain distance 10km 100km 1,000km
Kanto Register Pokémon in your Pokédex 20 50 100
Johto Register Pokémon in your Pokédex 5 30 70
Hoenn Register Pokémon in your Pokédex 5 40 90
Sinnoh Register Pokémon in your Pokédex 5 30 80
Collector Capture Pokémon 30 500 2000
Scientist Evolve Pokémon 3 20 200
Breeder Hatch Eggs 10 100 1000
Backpacker Visit PokéStops 100 1000 1000
Battle Girl Win Gym Battles 10 100 1000
Gym Leader Defend Gyms for X hours 10 100 1000
Berry Master Feed Your Pokémon in a Gym 10 100 1000
Champion Win Raid Battles 10 100 1000
Legendary Pokémon Win Legendary Raid Battles 10 100 1000
Pokémon Ranger Complete Research Tasks 10 100 1000
Idol Become Best Friends with a trainer 1 2 3
Gentleman Trade Pokémon 10 100 1000
Pilot Earn across the distance of all Pokémon trades 1,000km 100,000km 1,000,000km
Fisherman Capture Large Magikarp 3 50 300
Ace Trainer Train at a gym you control 10 100 1000
Youngster Capture Tiny Rattata 3 50 300
Pikachu Fan Capture Pikachu 3 50 300
Unown Capture Unown 3 10 26
Great League Veteran Win Trainer Battles in Great League 5 50 200
Ultra League Veteran Win Trainer Battles in Ultra League 5 50 200
Master League Veteran Win Trainer Battles in Master League 5 50 200
Cameraman Have 10 surprise encounters in GO Snapshot 10 50 200
Hero Defeat Team GO Rocket Grunts 10 100 1000
Purifier Purify Shadow Pokémon 5 50 500

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
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