How to Get a Remote Raid Pass in Pokemon Go: Free & Paid (2024)

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Last Updated: February 7, 2024Fact Checked

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1. Rewarded by Research Breakthroughs. Earn a Research Breakthrough by completing 7 days of Field Research tasks, which you can find in the bottom right corner of your screen when you're looking at Pokemon Go on your smartphone.

   • Remote Raid Passes aren't guaranteed as they are only a possible reward.
   • If you have 3 or more Remote Raid Passes in your bag, you won't be able to get more.

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1. Buy 1 for 195 PokeCoins or buy 3 for 525 PokeCoins. There used to be bundles available in the shop, but they have disappeared and have yet to appear again since May 2022.

   • Although you can refill your supply of PokeCoins with real money, you can also earn them for free by leaving one of your Pokemon to defend a gym. Every hour they defend the gym earns you a set amount of PokeCoins. If your Pokemon stays in that gym for 8 hours and 30 minutes, you'll get 50 PokeCoins for free.
   • If you have 3 or more Remote Raid Passes in your bag, you won't be able to get more.

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1. 1

   Open Pokemon Go. Tap the app icon that looks like a PokeBall.

2. 2

   Tap the silhouette Pokemon. It's below the binoculars icon in the lower bottom right corner of your screen.

3. 3

   Select the Raid tab. You'll see it to the right of Pokemon.

4. 4

   Tap View for the raid you'd like to join. The gyms with ongoing raids are displayed on that tab with their status (like "Ongoing" if a Raid is in progress).

   • You can also skip this step and simply tap on a nearby gym from the map view. You can also use an invitation from a friend who's at the raid.^[1]
5. 5

   Tap the pink Battle using a Remote Raid Pass button. Only 5 people can be in a lobby together who are raiding remotely, so if there are already 5 remote raiders there, you'll be added to a new lobby.

   • Raid mechanics are the same for those who joined with a Remote Battle Pass and those who are physically at the Gym. However, attack power is decreased for Pokemon Trainers who join remotely versus the in-person Trainers.^[2]
   • You can only participate in a Remote Raid 5 times per day.

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