Tools

Happiness Tracker

Track friendship for Pokémon that evolve through happiness. Estimate your current value, see how many steps or level-ups you need, and learn the fastest ways to max it out.

Select a Pokémon

How to Raise Friendship

Gains

Level up +2–5

Varies by current friendship tier

Walk 256 steps +1–1

Every 256 steps while in party

Use a vitamin +5–5

Calcium, Iron, Protein, etc.

Win a battle +1–1

Small gain while in party

Grooming / Massage +3–10

+5 base (varies by game)

Curry / Poffin / Lomi Lomi +1–20

Game dependent; can be very high

Losses — Avoid These!

Faint in battle -1

Avoid letting it faint!

Use a friendship berry (Pomeg, etc.) -10

Drops EV but lowers friendship

Use bitter medicine -5

Energy Root, Revival Herb, etc.

⚠️ Trading a Pokémon resets its friendship to base value.

Key Items

Soothe Bell

Held item. Doubles all friendship gains from walking, leveling, vitamins, and most activities.

2× all gains

Luxury Ball

Catch Pokémon in a Luxury Ball to get +1 on top of every friendship gain (stacks with Soothe Bell).

+1 to every gain

Vitamins

Carbos, Calcium, Iron, Protein, HP Up, Zinc — each gives +5 friendship.

+5 per vitamin

Friendship Berries

Pomeg, Kelpsy, Qualot, Hondew, Grepa, Tamato — each lowers an EV but gives +10 friendship.

+10 but lowers EV

Checking In-Game Friendship

Most games have an NPC who tells you your Pokémon's current friendship. Use their dialogue to update the slider above for an accurate estimate.

Gen 1 (Yellow)

Lavender Town — Pokémon Fan Club

Gen 2 / HGSS

Goldenrod City — Happiness checker

Gen 3 (FRLG)

Pallet Town — Daisy Oak

Gen 3 (RSE)

Verdanturf Town — woman inside a house

Gen 4 (DPPt)

Hearthome City — Pokémon Fan Club chairwoman

Gen 5 (BWB2W2)

Castelia / Nimbasa — Friendship Rater

Gen 6 (XY)

Laverre City — Friendship Checker app in PokéNav

Gen 7 (SM/USUM)

Festival Plaza — Happiness checker merchant

Gen 8 (SwSh)

Hammerlocke — NPC near Pokémon Center

Gen 9 (SV)

Cascarrafa — NPC near fountain

All Friendship Evolutions

Pokémon	Base Friendship	Evolves Into	Conditions
Golbat	70	Crobat	Any time
Chansey	140	Blissey	Any time
Eevee	70	Espeon	Daytime
		Umbreon	Nighttime
		Sylveon	Any time
Pichu	70	Pikachu	Any time
Cleffa	140	Clefairy	Any time
Igglybuff	70	Jigglypuff	Any time
Togepi	70	Togetic	Any time
Azurill	70	Marill	Any time
Budew	70	Roselia	Daytime
Buneary	0	Lopunny	Any time
Chingling	70	Chimecho	Nighttime
Munchlax	70	Snorlax	Any time
Riolu	70	Lucario	Daytime
Woobat	70	Swoobat	Any time
Swadloon	70	Leavanny	Any time
Type-null	0	Silvally	Any time
Snom	50	Frosmoth	Nighttime