Bottle Caps are a really uncommon merchandise added to Pokémon video games in Pokémon Solar and Moon, and after many years, you possibly can seize Gold Bottle Caps in Pokémon Go.
These things are nonetheless exceedingly uncommon to search out in mainline video games, which is smart, as they’re used for growing your Pokémon’s stats. It’s no totally different in Pokémon Go. That’s proper — you possibly can flip that 80% IV Mewtwo right into a hundo with a Gold Bottle Cap.
Under we clarify how Bottle Caps work in Pokémon Go and the right way to get them.
What Bottle Caps do in Pokémon Go
Pokémon Go doesn’t appear to have common Bottle Caps but (and we don’t know if Scopely is planning on including them), nevertheless it does have Gold Bottle Caps, the premier model of the merchandise, permitting you to max out a Pokémon’s stats. Within the mainline video games, common Bottle Caps can max out one stat, however Golden Bottle Caps will max out all six (although sure, Pokémon Go solely has three stats).
These one-time use objects can be utilized on any non-shadow Pokémon that may be a Good Buddy or larger. When you apply it to them, you’ll be given a set of analysis duties known as “Hyper Coaching” to finish with this Pokémon, like successful gymnasium battles along with your goal Pokémon in your celebration or spinning PokéStops with the Pokémon set as your buddy.
The actual particulars aren’t 100% recognized but, as no person has a Gold Bottle Cap but, because it must be earned from a battle go with every day limits (extra on that beneath).
There’s additionally a time restrict for this. In the event you don’t full the Hyper Coaching analysis duties inside twelve months of beginning it, it should expire.
Find out how to get Bottle Caps in Pokémon Go
As of this writing, there’s just one solution to get a Gold Bottle Cap: purchase and full the deluxe model of the “Go Go: Ancients Recovered” battle go ($20). Yep. ☹ This cover additionally expires on Sunday, July 6, at 11:59 p.m. in your native time, so make certain to make use of it earlier than then, in case you do select to purchase it.
This battle go works the identical because the earlier Go Passes, so you possibly can rank as much as 100 after which select to purchase the deluxe model, retroactively incomes all of the premium rewards together with the cap, if you need it. Observe that from June 23-27, you possibly can solely earn 1,000 go factors per day, although this restrict shall be lifted in the course of the Go Fest World occasion on June 28 and 29. You will have to finish and declare all of the rewards from this go by June 29 at 11:59 p.m. in your native time or else they are going to vanish to the aether.
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Similar to the Fortunate Trinket, there’ll doubtless be extra alternatives to seize this very-rare merchandise, however I wouldn’t put your hopes into any of mentioned strategies being free-to-play.
Is the Gold Bottle Cap value shopping for?
Similar to the Fortunate Trinket, the merchandise doesn’t have a coin worth and its value comes from how badly you could wish to flip one in every of your loved one Pokémon right into a hundo (100% IV Pokémon).
On this particular case, the “Go Go: Ancients Recovered” battle go is fairly underwhelming — there’s no raid passes or Uncommon Sweet XL, with many of the premium rewards being issues like Fortunate Eggs and Lure Modules.
That’s to say that whereas $20 may web you round 30 Premium Battle Passes (probably extra, if there’s a great bundle), there are some Pokémon which can be uncommon sufficient that you just could wish to simply use a bottle cap on them in case you like them sufficient. The Galarian birds come to thoughts with this, or possibly even if in case you have an previous armored Mewtwo, that’s another choice. (When is armored Mewtwo coming again, Scopely? Hmm..?)
