How To Get Max Happiness (Excited) WITHOUT POFFIN in Pokémon GO! (Buddy Adventure Update)

[@limberg2005]

The only thing I like about the buddy adventure feature is watching them chase after me while being a passenger in moving vehicle. lol

[@ZumaZoom07]

"passenger" 😏

[@limberg2005]

No driving and playing. The driver should be concentrating on the road. However, a nice passenger can play with both phones and give the driver directions.

[@mudzalianieabdaziz9707]

I want my vibrava to chase meh

[@jayantsharma9654]

Specially Magikarp 🤣🤣

[@petelopez687]

Yessss same

[@FFxO]

My buddy is now excited but im exhausted

[@Kovinius]

They only expect you to do it 19 more times

[@bigman3344]

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[@yourneighbor972]

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[@gianmarcote]

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[@mrbear9116]

Your video was great help. Thanks! 403994144449

[@gianma93]

the amount of interaction required is just too much... i see why people use a poffin

[@Lb-ri5wr]

@Amir yh lets see how your patience for this is after a week, like the other comments are saying, its a cash grab, no ones grinding all day for such an disappointing reward

[@Lb-ri5wr]

@Amir yeah but to get the half walking distance, you need to max out the enjoyment and it only lasts 3hours so its useless

[@Lb-ri5wr]

@Amir you arent the only one who plays the game though are you, people do need it, people who cant grind out raids all day don't have limitless rare candies on hand to power up there legendaries. Iv been walking my mew for around a year now and its still not maxed out, they bring out a way to half the time but its the grindiest crap iv ever seen so Its useless

[@Lb-ri5wr]

@Amir damn, imagine if everyone thought the way you do, what a shit world that'd be

[@Lb-ri5wr]

@Amir that's great, but its not an argument

[@MrE_]

People casually spin 20 gym stops Me: *struggles to find one gym*

[@Joe-bb4yi]

Me: lives right next to a gym

[@ProjectRizaRiza]

Is it really rare on your town?

[@benbensen_02]

@@Joe-bb4yi Me too, but I can't reach it from my bed😅😂

[@mudangayu1729]

262,179 km² area and have only only 1 gym. That's my condition. I've been playing since 2016 and I've never joined a raid or gym battle. Ok I did battle once in a gym using fake location but now that doesn't work too. And also my locality has only 2 pokestops one is about 2.7 km another one is 8 km. I think I was born in the worst place to play Pokemon go

[@SehwazDhl]

@@mudangayu1729 me too i can't reach there that's too far dude😔

[@jamiekearns3396]

You: "Today I wanna talk about something everyone has been asking" Us: "The Hair???"

[@richelan1326]

jamie kearns so mean! 😛

[@lemmetakeurvideo]

Richel An but true 😇

[@Alex-if8gh]

LMAO IKR

[@SwainKatzuo]

i was just about to comment about this lmao

[@Shadow_And_Sparky]

my friend code is 8357 7978 6913 Add Me Please I Have No Friends ):

[@Meyhem33]

If you REALLY loved your buddy you would have gave him some potions instead of powering him up at the end of the vid....lol. Poor Sandrew chillin with 10HP.

[@ChefQuilava156]

Meyhem 👏

[@Platypus_3112]

Full health at 15:19

[@Shadow_And_Sparky]

my friend code is 8357 7978 6913 Add Me Please I Have No Friends ):

[@pigeon1923]

@@Shadow_And_Sparky okay

[@jakeberry5428]

This just isn't worth it. Far too high maintenance just to increase your buddy's level twice as quick. I'll just play as normal I think 😅

[@FrankieIpp]

And that's totally fine! But this is still good to know.

[@jakeberry5428]

@@FrankieIpp oh for sure, for the hardcore players its great info!

[@byusaranicole]

Yeah I'm with ya....

[@imhuy95]

Same as the rocket monthly quest... Sooo much work for very little reward 🤦

[@kukkajukkanen]

You can turn this buddy feature off in the settings, then it just collects candy. I think this feature is nice little bonus and easy to maintain if you play everyday

[@jwuwee]

I take back my previous comment. I'm writing this after midnight, and seeing my buddy's emotion it's at Normal state (all hearts are gone). Normal state means it has 2 emotional points. So you actually started with 2 points rather than 0 points. Since you began with 2, one would only need 30 more to reach "Excited" state, which is what you did! Note: there's actually 7 emotional states Tired state = 0 emotional point Dull state = 1 point Normal state = 2 points Happy state = 4 points Smile state = 8 points Fun state = 16 points Excited state = 32 points

[@danielchrisronan2281]

If you play while it turns midnight your buddy actually bugs out and stops turning candy distance what you need to do to fix a swap buddies and then swap buddies back even mind doing this completely removes the excited mood

[@DivinePlant]

When will your buddy be on the map/not be on the map, is the decay different when it’s Excited?

[@willemvandenelzen3656]

If you swap buddies does that remove your points for exited mood?

[@jwuwee]

@@willemvandenelzen3656 yes

[@clarkken6121]

Is too much, as soon as you finish achieving excited mood is the end of the day and you have to do it all over again after midnight.

[@sakuya9017]

Clark Ken I wish it would last a day or two

[@IIRealize]

You don't have to a battle fully to get a heart, just attack once and leave. Easy heart.🍻

[@JimsyFlimsy]

Brian Schlosser Wow that actually works as of now. Cheers!

[@royce9018]

Also you can just add your buddy into the team and fight with other pokemon when taking on gyms or the trainers

[@agengarwithanicesmile1566]

@@royce9018 that's what I do

[@l0c4lh0st1]

And, you actually don't even have to attack.

[@kimjongun2637]

*WHAT A BATTLE!*

[@kristentheologus-KTechnogal]

Word of the Day: TEDIOUS

[@billysbrother6047]

It's an actual word that everyone uses

[@veeru2005]

Word of the day.......

[@briannahanover9299]

I’ve been waiting for your video in particular because you’re the only one who makes sense of these things. Thank you so much Nick! Much love, truly hope you’re well

[@triscuitfarms]

Brianna Hanover or you could just play the game to figure it out. But you are right

[@tylerjackson8318]

16:40 this is actually vital information. I’ve been swapping my buddies a lot, but I guess I’ll just focus on one for now

[@Grifit]

I was thinking that I can make like the Easy hearts in multiple buddies (not the 20) and then focus really hard in one for the test of the day

[@danielchrisronan2281]

I get two of my buddies to excited every single day and earn all 21 hearts... they used to take me from 5 a.m. to noon. But now that I know you can do one of each battle type for an emotion point I should lose about 4 hours of that time. Or I mean my time will decrease by 4 hours

[@rachels5234]

*resists urge to buy Poffins* To my buds: sorry I annoyed you with my friendship

[@sherryhall7082]

For some reason I don't get any hearts for any of my battles with my buddy anybody have this problem

[@adr77510]

“Oh there’s a Lapras across the street.” Proceeds to do a raid

[@codingsoftware8576]

Every time he got a point I thought someone was hitting a metal pole

[@blargh559]

yeah i'm probably just gonna not care about the mood, maaaaaaaaaaybe buy a poffin if i'm gonna be playing a lot one day and can hit the next buddy level during that session. too high maintenance, my dog requires way less effort than a buddy pokemon and he's a happy camper 24/7

[@aryansinha5588]

@@Louse76 your mom does

[@pigeon1923]

@@aryansinha5588 you really should put her in a cage

[@thewhisperingwoods5069]

Everyone in Europe who's sick of mr mine "f***ing grab that Tauros"

[@kalebbryce]

We’re so sick of Tauros here! I caught a shiny the other day and was so disappointed

[@breezeberry2210]

@@kalebbryce Jeez dissatisfied by a shiny

[@arisandra]

been here since 2016, feels like coming home when watching your videos

[@fastestniggaalive]

Where’s Juan and Cassie? Lol

[@lesterdude999]

i hope spin the gym for new location stays the same.. there's not enough new stops in your area.. and not all can travel different places.

[@luxstarlonewolf2117]

Why so much work... They shouldnt reset progress because its a new day... And my buddy is riolu... Omg its animation is the best

[@thomasgonzales-johnson6298]

LuXsTaR LoNeWolF same I love mine 😍

[@tronsmith2938]

That’s my buddy to riolu 😁

[@danielchrisronan2281]

Dude that, makes no sense... You want to reset your progress so you can earn those same Hearts again! Don't you? Because if they're Filled from the previous day how would you earn them again? So they have to reset them

[@luxstarlonewolf2117]

@@danielchrisronan2281 dude you make no sense. What make the game boring?... Repetitiveness. I hate doing the same thing day in and day out. Next time raise ya hand to speak...

[@danielchrisronan2281]

@@luxstarlonewolf2117 yeah I figured you would be a jerk about it. You don't like repetitive and don't play the f****** game! This entire game is nothing but repetitiveness catching the same Pokemon over and over if you don't enjoy get the f*** out

[@sergeanthuman]

Trainer: doing all the buddy emotion increase Sandrew: I am not tired or annoyed for being over used every 30 mins

[@west3Dgaming]

My buddy is literally my Charmander I got day 1 in June 2016. Been with me the whole way waiting for this moment to shine

[@stigmurder99]

I had Pikachu as my starter and I deleted him on accident a long time ago, I went super hardcore with the game in the beginning and was one of the first couple in my city to get to level 40 years ago, I'm pissed. lol And I don't even really like Pikachu as a Pokemon. 🤣🤣🤣

[@niacherryblossom]

I had my buddy as a margıkarp since 2016 stop playing on n off etc phone died ....start playing two weeks ago check n i have 2000 candy Evo two gayrados and have plenty left over

[@akemalshahizam6245]

finally nick doing his own experiment and testing theory..watching this episode remind me on experiment on egg in execute nest

[@sleepyfairy998]

They really need to just add a "max out" option or be able to type in how many times you want to power up your pokemon.

[@royce9018]

It's a feature that will only help a few people. People already get upset about accidentally adding a second move, just image the anger of accidentally wasting 100 candy and a couple hundred thousand dust on a random Pidgey. An easier option would just be adding a Power up and a Power up x5 button to appease the masses.

[@danielchrisronan2281]

It'll be cool but what I really want is a way to delete eggs because 10km eggs completely blow right now I got 7 Mall Wiles in a row and then got Feebas like twice in a row!

[@caseyfox8816]

A year later and I'm still using this video. Shared it with my friends because wanted to know how and I thought of this video! You do great content keep it up nick!

[@diditpradibta896]

You don't need to finish the battle to earn heart for your buddy. Just enter the battle and leave. You will still get 1 heart that way, but i don't know about if it work for emotion point though

[@cliffordtownsend3463]

Nick, glad to see the content still coming out I enjoy your videos and love watching them hopefully the buddy update brings up more hype for the game for you.

[@Joeyzaproblem1]

YOUR BANGS THO 😭😭😭😭😭😥😥 that's hard core brother!

[@crown926]

WOOORD HE DONT LOOK HOMELESS WHEN HE TAKES HIS BASEBALL CAP OFF

[@luukmeijssen2515]

A “new” Pokestop doesn’t necessarily mean that it has to be a new Pokestop for you as a trainer, but it has to be a new place for the Pokemon as a buddy.

[@mohamedamin-vl3wu]

Maybe that's why the gym ''bug'' is in place at least. i really don't see how most normal players can visit a new location every single day so its nice that they have made an exception to gyms, at least i hope its intentional.

[@danielchrisronan2281]

It seems to me like as long as it has a white ring around it and you get the heart. And you get a white ring around it I think every day when there's a new Quest available don't you?

[@Jewelz4360]

I spun several gyms with my buddy yesterday and none counted as a heart.

[@ArtimusDragon]

Lol 6:30 the search for lapras continues once more.

[@saluteyourshorts2772]

Rockin the bowl cut with the middle part!.....takes me back to elementary

[@lillecathrine]

I was able to get excited mood yesterday with no poffin. One thing I think is important, is that you HAVE to interact somehow with your buddy every 30 minutes, before it's mood drops. It also needs to be fed again as soon as you can (after an hour).

[@shadycactus6146]

how long does it take for mood to drop? does it stick at its highest point for 3 hours for all moods, or just excited?

[@cameronshegonee9297]

I have had repeated success with the following method. This works as of February 2021 and takes about 1 hour. To get a best buddy in about 15 days (by getting at least 20 hearts a day) 1. Swap buddy out and then back in 2. Feed 3 times with nanab, razz or pinap berries (whatever you have the most of) or feed 1 time with golden razz or silver pinap (use these two options as last resorts since these berries are rare, unless you have a TON), rub pokemon, snapshot, battle a team leader once (make sure your buddy is on your team), battle a player once (make sure your buddy is on your team) 3. Wait 15 mins 4. Take snapshot 5. Wait 15 mins 6. Feed 1 time (with nanab, razz or pinap berries or the other rare berries), rub pokemon, snapshot, battle team leader, battle a player 7. Wait 15 mins 8. Take snapshot 9. Wait 15 mins 10. Feed 1 time (with nanab, razz, pinap berries or the other rare berries), rub pokemon, snapshot, battle team leader, battle a player 11. Done! Pokemon should be excited and you do your usual activities to get hearts. *Aim for 20 hearts a day and do your walking AFTER your buddy is excited to get the most out of walking requirements Hope this helps!

[@ForeToldFN]

Thanks!

[@daguapgetta5938]

another mechanic to grind out, niantic never wants us to close the app lol

[@vebrown1982]

I was so happy to get a notification of a new video from you. I hope you're doing better and getting better. Truly. Take care of yourself.

[@rightmerk4192]

Lol at all these people who feel like they get to determine how you have your hair. Let the man do what he wants with himself. He doesnt need his “fans” telling him what to do with his appearance.

[@nixonjones9543]

One of the perks for good buddy is adventuring buddy. I should not have to continually feed my buddy to have them on screen with me. Leave that for when you want them to carry out actions like, spin stops or help catch pokemon. When that option is unlocked then maybe it would cost less berries or no berries to preform those actions.

[@asselpasstell2965]

Yeah I'm already slightly disappointed with how high maintenance this whole thing can be. I don't mind having to work for those extra bonuses cause they sound nice, but I just wanted my buddy to be chilling out in the map with me for as long as they're my buddy.

[@TinyWolfxx]

Agreed. Why do thy have adventuring as a perk of Good Buddy level of it goes away? Too complicated

[@sharmainee.3845]

It takes a lot of effort to do it everyday. And to think I was excited about this update, too.

[@hremaddox]

Now I need to learn how to get my man excited. 😁

[@PrejsGaming]

Heather Estes if he’s not excited for you then there’s something wrong with him🤣

[@stigmurder99]

@@PrejsGaming BUUURRRRRRNNN

[@billysbrother6047]

@@stigmurder99 it's more of a flirt not a burn

[@ckhoueiri]

Step 1: touch pp

[@ConscriptConspir]

If you feed you buddy to get him on the map, then swap to another buddy and back, you can reset the heart cd but you have to feed it 3 regular tier berries again. I use it to cycle through legendaries at the end of the day when I know that I won't be walking anymore and still get 3 hearts for feeding them all. This lets me get 6 hearts a day with every Pokemon I have the berries to feed in the time it takes me to cycle through my buddy history, without moving. It's not something I'd do in the middle of the day since you lose mood and stored kms towards hearts but its a nice way to speed up progress on pokemon you otherwise would be getting 4 hearts a day with anyway for 1 feed, a play, a battle, and a snapshot. Alternatively, you could do this near a gym to get another heart, but I don't live near enough to one to want to bother when I work.

[@sarahlewis2866]

So...I didn't quite follow what you said about the cp boost. Is it like, a temporary cp boost for a best buddy, only as long as they're you're active buddy? That's what I'm gathering but I'm not 100 on it. Also, if you DO reply to this, Nick... You don't have to acknowledge this part at all but I just wanted to say that I'm really glad to see you out and about and playing. I have been sleeping 12 hours at a time and spending pretty much all day in a dark bedroom bc seasonal depression on top of a myriad of other every day mental health issues SUCKS. But it doesn't stop me worrying about the people I care about, and you're on that list. I just wanted to say that I feel you, I can commiserate. I'm glad you are getting some sunshine and fresh air and making some videos. :) feed your soul, babes.

[@ArtimusDragon]

You are correct. It can only be applied in battle if it's your current buddy. Wow. Before your post I pretty much said the same thing to him about being out and about. It's healthy you know? I hope you're able to get through your woes though. Cheers.

[@Isheian]

Seasonal depression does suck. I hate it. Working overnight doesn’t help.

[@trnrtips]

The CP boost only applies to the Pokémon that is currently your buddy, so only one Pokémon can have a CP boost at a time. And I appreciate the concern and kind words. We’ll get through this!

[@Tomil4444]

For bigger lifehack u dont need complete any of these battles just get buddy in party and leave it if u want test for urself just swap buddy go to team leader do 1 atack and leave it will count as a heart so every 30min cdr like raid gym leader rocket count as exicted point

[@bonusducks5500]

Hey Nick, you don't know me but I hope you're doing okay.

[@amberbuilds]

Quack

[@PeterDeprez]

Glad you had the motivation to make another video. Keep ik up Nick!

[@JonasKondratas]

Niantic should add a small additional progress bar under the mood indicator.

[@royce9018]

but they already gave you the faces. The only time a progress bar would be helpful is from fun to excited Note: there's actually 7 emotional states Tired state = 0 emotional point Dull state = 1 point Normal state = 2 points Happy state = 4 points Smile state = 8 points Fun state = 16 points Excited state = 32 points

[@HTCZEE]

Such a tedious and exhausting task for such little in return. But im happy to always have new things to do. Love all your vids nick, take care :)

[@33BRR]

You started at 10:12am, what time was it when you got Sandrew to excited status? Looked like about 12:22pm from your screen recording, is that accurate?

[@trnrtips]

Yep, it took a little over 2 hours.

[@danielchrisronan2281]

Yeah but he also ate lunch LOL

[@danielchrisronan2281]

Unless lunch was exactly 30 minutes that slowed him down

[@cwxgamingchannel8661]

I like this video alot because alot of details and even demonstration is done for us to see is legit real. And for those have cool downs can take a look at the time after actions is done and set a timer for the next. That will make things easier.

[@imhuy95]

Too tedious for so little reward.... Just like the rocket monthly quest... Another pass feature for me :)

[@SporeVenom]

Same lol. Super salty about the implementation of such a cool concept. I also pass of the go rocket as well. "too tedious for so little reward" perfectly said

[@kukkajukkanen]

@@SporeVenom You can just turn it off then

[@Veyiro]

Agree

[@jasonmetcalfe4695]

yep... I gave up on the team rocket stuff, and this buddy thing seems good but not really... its like a chore within a game...

[@TheLykan8]

honestly the only good part of this feature is getting to see our buddy on the overworld

[@Dominai_D]

this type of video is the reason i subscribed to this channel

[@ahteshamshaikh2828]

When you are actually done by making your buddy's mood exited.........You are exhausted as hell🤯and believe me it's gonna hurt when you reach there at 11:30 pm. LOL

[@djdubuque3369]

Its been so long since you made an informative video this good. Thanks Nick. Very very very helpful

[@lissy42nerdfighter]

Does the buddy distance thing work with adventure sync? I know he has to be on the map but can I use berries to get him out, close it, and then adventure sync the distance?

[@SakuraTokito]

It works, but either your buddy needs to be “on the map” while you are getting the adventure sync distance or it still needs to be on the map when you reopen the game and the game registers the adventure sync distance.

[@logeswaran5400]

Yes

[@jesusaldairortizrosas1386]

You made it look easier than it was for me... Played it yesterday for over 4 hours and couldn't get the excited mood. I actually dropped the ball about basic stuff that you recommend, so I may try again tomorrow. Thanks for the video man!

[@KevinSmith-vr3mg]

Episode 717 is 17:17 mins long... conspiracy corner episode maybe?!?

[@mysticknightthefam41]

OMG the hair bro the freaking hair got to love it 😂

[@ziostgamer]

Hey Nick, very helpful video... i was wondering how long took you to reach excited mood with Sandshrew from 0 to 32 points?

[@trnrtips]

About 2 hours, but I definitely could have been more efficient.

[@WaterCrane]

Thanks for the tips - they're very helpful. Understanding the underlying system gives a huge advantage! I've noticed that the buddy occasionally walks up to a wild Pokémon and hangs around it. i wonder if catching that particular Pokémon gives an emotion point.

[@pokeyjourneys3984]

I just play for fun I just walked like shiny Eevee around town it's perfect IVs so we perfect when Sylveon comes out

[@kristencampbell4064]

I have a hundo Eevee waiting to be a Sylveon also! 🤩

[@DeltaYT99]

makes sense actually that spinning a gym would be a new place since the teams take them over changing the gym to that color team.

[@fatxxpatxx419]

And we have to keep up with this.. everyday

[@joanhicks1824]

I feel about this the way you feel about eggs. Thanks for the nice update!

[@SwagTips]

Time to get Dialga E X C I T E D

[@zzeeooeezz]

I ❤️ these type of videos! Reminds me of the footsteps !

[@gywii]

Wow! It's been a while I haven't watched Trainer Tips and here I am coming back and seeing you really tired and worn out. Are you ok? Maybe you should take a break?

[@gywii]

Oh, actually you look better later Nick. Maybe you had just woken up. :P

[@oliverfahrendorff2916]

George Pivey check out one of his previous videos (couple of videos back) he talks about it there

[@gywii]

Oh man! Depression? That really sucks. :( Sure, talk about it if it helps Nick. I personaly won't always be able to listen to that stuff, cause I guess it's too depressing, heh ':D But I definitely wouldn't want to watch you repress all that and watch a fake video. I think what you call depression might just be your coping to change. Maybe you just don't have any motivation and your body is just telling you "Woah, slow down, just chill and look around for a second" until you find that next thing that is going to captivate you. I can definitely relate in a way. It seems to me however that you are reactive. You know when it's "too much" and you're like "Ok, gotta take my head out of the gutter and do something, whatever that might be". To me, that shows someone who has healthy mechanisms. If I could give just one advice, it would be "Don't judge yourself too hard. Don't interpret your actions necessarily as a flaw in yourself. Trust that you are not bad and inadequate, because you don't know why you act that way, so there is no use worrying about it too much.". Hope you'll feel better. :)

[@n8moore3]

1 year anniversary, man we’ve gone a “long way”

[@pokemoncardsopenings798]

Les go. Wait 1 day ago??? ☹️

[@TRal55]

It really bothers me that this system requires so much education just to understand. Shouldn't you be able to see that some actions have a 30 min cooldown and emotion points without having to do research ? Argh

[@ArtimusDragon]

Good to see you out of the house Nick. A little sunshine goes a long way.

[@Lb-ri5wr]

So setting my mew as my buddy for half candy distance is a complete waste since half distance only lasts 3 hours. Thats some bad game design. It should just be half distance from the third level of buddies.

[@FlyingDwarfman]

Or perhaps there marketing side of it is "too good" because with it like that, players will be inclined to put in really money.

[@Lb-ri5wr]

@@FlyingDwarfman yeah, puffins shouldnt be a thing then... Its a pretty simple fix but obviously they just want as much money as possible so they want you paying for puffins every 3 hours.

[@Looch1717]

This works well for me. Are you out walking for more than 3 hours every day? I do the tasks during my work, and then when im out of there I have my half distance during my 2-3 hours of playing time.

[@Kat-mu8wq]

@@Lb-ri5wr you can also earn coins from gym defending? A poffin is like 100 coins? 2 days of max gym defending. Not a problem.

[@Lb-ri5wr]

@@Kat-mu8wq 2 days for a single poffin, then after 3 hours its happiness goes back down, whats the point

[@lukasmihara]

A good old Trainer Tips video. Thank you for the information :)

[@aubreysuleiman8347]

What does the “total days: 0” mean in the upper left corner on the details page?

[@kapibara777X]

Aside from all new update that Pokémon Go have lately, i like how You're updating your hair LOL

[@jwuwee]

Doing some detective work, the 3 berries you fed Sandrew to earn 1 heart seemed to count, so you actually started with 3 emotion points... +1 when you petted it made it 4 points. The snapshot & battle made it 6 points before you headed out.

[@michaelburke2005]

You the man Nick!!! Love your vids. Thanks for all you do!!

[@aidanbarker8090]

Are we just going to ignore Nicks hair 😂😂

[@treborironwolfe978]

@Trainer Tips Thanks for the excellent tutorial on how to excite your buddy! I'd imagine at least a few things have changed over the last four months (it's now April 2020), but still very helpful advice and info! I'd no idea about the mood point system before watching this -- it seems to me that pogo buds need even more attention than chihuahuas.

[@kukkajukkanen]

My buddy is Riolu I love his naruto run :D I like this new feature. Also many people don't know but if you don't care about this buddy feature you can go to options and turn it off

[@t4ngo_kilo]

Always the best info & vids

[@mattyn94]

... Am I the only person who did the buddy thing once, didn't see the point, and hasn' bothered with it again?

[@alexbadtouch5920]

Yeah, you get additional help catching Pokemon (very useful at raids), extra items (including poffins), a bonus extra 5 levels past max (very useful for raids and PvP) and half walking distance for buddy candy.

[@hamishnaruk]

Thank you so much. It is very useful and easy to follow.

[@hikermichael9443]

Came back from being gone forever... he lookin like squilliam fancison

[@amandas81]

Best comment EVER

[@ArmaniV03]

Love the video, thank god for you sharing this info with us. What would we do without you Nick :) But I have a few gripes with this new buddy rework in terms of usefulness. I love the aesthetic, but to me thats where the utility ends. Sorry this is a big rant, idk if I'm alone in this, but basically: 1. If you only get the CP boost when the Pokemon is your active buddy, its way too much work for that effort. Considering only 1 mon in a raid or pvp team will ever be boosted. 2. If it would be a 5 level boost maybe it's useful for people with lower level Pokemon, but at high levels a ~3% boost is barely anything. 3. It seems really unfair that that the mood resets from excited to neutral within 19 hours of inactivity or at day end (why swap buddies ever, let alone 20 times?) 4. Based on the grind Nick did in the vid, it'd take a month or two to hit Best Buddies. Even if you look at the 1/2 buddy candy distance (reducing 20km to 10km, which imo is a huge benefit), one rare candy neutralizes that. Basically, if this Buddy feature could somehow get rare candies (at best buddy), keep the cp boost when the mon isnt your buddy, and maybe make some information that YOU mentioned more transparent, it'd be a much better and more useful system for more people.

[@milanthapa833]

Hey...so in my pokemon data it says I can evolve my Feebas into Milotic, if I make Feebas my buddy and walk 20km..is it just me or others have same...plz tell me

[@milanthapa833]

{kõigest. vares} ohh..i am new here so thank u

[@marijakovalenko101]

There are other Pokémon that require walking a certain distance to walk before evolving like Happiny and some others. Just do what the game shows you that you have to do

[@Ellelilly8666]

Good luck evolving Feebas...they are extremely rare in my area and have had him as buddy for awhile now. Feebas doesn't seem to register the distance accurately as buddy on the map either compared to other Pokemon. So I'm stuck with him for a long time yet if I want to complete that research task....sigh

[@midoriya3320]

I got 5 best buddies thnx to ur tips I appreciate it alot

[@loulaw331]

You literally spend the majority of the day getting the bonuses then have no time and/or energy to experience them. I didn't even know about this excitement system as the only mention of it in the app says 'Poffins make your buddy excited faster than regular berries'. Just another way to monetise the game I guess

[@HairyJuan]

Yeah if you don't go out and spin a pokestop it takes 4 hours to get the excited status.

[@sidbilly5220]

Thank you for the info. Was looking for information about the Exited mood.

[@forbiddensoju]

Okay let's be honest, the hairstyle commonly gets the "wtf is that hair man get that fixed ASAP" comment. But Nick pulls it off better than anyone I've seen with that hair.

[@Umbralon]

Your love for Sandrew is cute and wholesome and great and I enjoy it :3

[@victormedellin3025]

You need to do something with that hair playa lmao

[@majesticpbjcat7707]

Yeah, not sure what's going on there. :/

[@ultimatefailz1890]

it's so distracting

[@stevennguyen9939]

He looks like he's given up

[@sebschneiders3713]

He got some curtains up there

[@Ebyruchan]

maybe he lost a bet :P

[@ketchups2777]

I know this was a year ago but I'm happy to see that fringe part

[@dennismoore7929]

How does the cp boost effect the PVP entries, Say I have a buddy that will be cp 2499 or even 2500 cp if lucky enough to get one, if they get the boost would that keep them from being eligible for the Ultra League?

[@royce9018]

I believe it raises their CP, so for the lower PVP leagues it will only help some pokemon who can't max out at 1500 or 2500.

[@danielchrisronan2281]

Quick answer to your question is yes!

[@akshaykhond4033]

That is such a well explained video! Thank you so much. :)

[@ricardofernandez5039]

Sup nick diggin the haircut. I find when I want to create a change in my life and don’t know where to start, I start with my hair. I hope your enjoying the experience. So I’m wondering if we max out the mood and get full double hearts. But we let the mood cool down. Will the double hearts disappear and we would have to earn those hearts back after maxing the mood again, or will they re appear?

[@lindsy7169]

Thank you. This video was actually very, very helpful.

[@UltamiteSHunter]

Can we just boycott or not use the buddy system (besides walking for candies of course) since the excited mood is kind of a cash grab for us to buy poffins? Like why can't being best buddies with a pokemon give us half distance towards our buddies candies?? Edit: I wish Nick included what time he finally achieved "excited" on his sandshrew. It's hard to say for sure but it seems like it took most of his day to reach it.

[@Helios1234p]

You don't have to use the buddy system and you're not being forced to buy poffins… They can't just hand everything to you on a plate...

[@Lb-ri5wr]

Exactly, you don't benifit from half distance unless you have like a 2km pokemon on. I cant walk my mew 10k in 3 hours, its bs

[@Lb-ri5wr]

@@Helios1234p people like you are the reason EA still exist

[@rongortler789]

lmao you fucking ungrateful idiot. you don't lose anything because of the new system, but rather only gain from it. you can get best buddies without spending a dime. what more do you want? why would you think Niantic wouldn't want to make any money and just hand everything to you on a silver platter?

[@Helios1234p]

@@Lb-ri5wr How so? I very rarely spend money on the game, and I'm not gonna spend it now on a Poffin. It's an additional feature that's here for people to enjoy how they want. If you don't like it, don't use it and play the game like you were doing last week... What exactly were you expecting?? Sure it'd be nice if half distance candy was a thing for best buddies but it's hardly a feature that's making the game worse...

[@InsectHunter]

Finally a good guide on this good job!

[@jalomount]

Havn't watched Nicks videos in a while and my first thought was, what the heck is it with that hairstyle?

[@carlosperalta4809]

Thanks man!!! Perfect video

[@T1MB05L1C3]

I've got 3rd degree burns on my hand from petting a raw chicken too much

[@sweetxnothing13]

a well deserved max out for that lovely Sandshrew 😍