Medals



Medals are achievements Trainers earn for reaching certain milestones such as distance walked, PokéStops visited, and Pokémon caught. A Trainer's medals are shown on their profile page.

Each medal has three levels: bronze, silver, and gold. Some medals award Trainers with extra bonuses when they are earned, such as an increased chance of successfully catching certain Pokémon types or unlocking wardrobe pieces for purchase.

When the player earns a medal, an animated pop-up displays in the Map View, similar to the one when a Trainer levels up.

Most of the medals without any progress are hidden until there's any progress for achieving bronze level of such medals. Some of them are displayed as the silhouette of corresponding medal, even without any progress on them, these medals are specifically for general milestones:
 * Jogger
 * Collector
 * Scientist
 * Breeder
 * Backpacker
 * Battle Girl
 * Ace Trainer
 * Kanto
 * Johto
 * Hoenn
 * Best Buddy

After achieving gold level of each medal the statistics of required task for such medal are still kept and can be seen in medal's detail view in gold-level medal tab.

Medals levels
Medals have three different levels that in order to be achieved, require various values for a main task of certain medal.



''Medal images used above are original graphics used for medals for catching Pokémon of specific-type. After game update to version 0.41.2, they were changed to have icons of corresponding type, therefore these images became unused in the game.''

List of medals
Medals have to kinds the ones for the various general tasks and milestones in gameplay and the others for catching specific-type Pokémon.

General medals
First section with medals on Trainer profile page shows all the currently owned medals for various milestones of general actions in the game. They can be also related to combat, number of each region Pokédex entries and catching specific Pokémon.

Specific-type Pokémon medals
Besides the general medals for certain milestones, there are also medals for catching specific-type Pokémon. These medals share same task and value of achieving next level of medal:
 * for acquiring bronze-level medal Trainer is required to catch at least 10 specific-type Pokémon,
 * for acquiring silver-level medal Trainer is required to catch at least 50 specific-type Pokémon
 * and finally, for acquiring gold-level medal Trainer is required to catch at least 200 specific-type Pokémon.

Bronze, Silver and Gold specific-type Pokémon medals increase 10%, 20% and 30% the capture rate of Pokémon from that Specific-type, respectively.

Exclusive medals
These medals are exclusive and were only obtainable during their event.

Rewards
For acquiring certain medals, mainly specific-type Pokémon related medals, there are some bonus rewards on each achieved level of such medal.

Catch bonus
Medals for catching specific-type Pokémon grant trainers having them with special catch bonus that highers capture rate of all Pokémon of respective type when it is being captured in wild.
 * +1 catch bonus for Bronze Medal.png bronze-level medal,
 * +1 catch bonus for Silver Medal.png silver-level medal that gives in total +2 catch bonus
 * and +1 catch bonus for Gold Medal.png gold-level medal that finally gives in total +3 catch bonus.

This counts only for capturing Pokémon with type corresponding to the medal. (for instance the Dragon Tamer medal grants a bonus for catching  Dragon-type Pokémon ). If a Pokémon has two types, the game will average the catch bonus trainer has for those two types.

Avatar items
Five medals for general actions grant trainers having them with special avatar items themed for each name of medal. These medals are Jogger, Battle Girl, Fisher, Gym Leader and Pikachu Fan. Achieving higher level of each medal unlocks more purchasable clothing for trainers.

The Jogger medal unlocks following pieces of a male trainer wardrobe:
 * Glasses Jogger.png Jogger Sunglasses, Gloves Jogger.png Jogger Watch and Hat Jogger.png Jogger Visor for achieving Jogger Bronze.png bronze-level medal,
 * Pants Jogger.png Jogger Shorts and Shoes Jogger.png Jogger Shoes for achieving Jogger Silver.png silver-level medal
 * and Shirt Jogger.png Jogger Tank Top for achieving Jogger Gold.png gold-level medal.

The Battle Girl medal unlocks following pieces of a female trainer wardrobe:
 * Gloves Battle Girl.png Battle Girl Gloves for achieving BattleGirl Bronze.png bronze-level medal,
 * Pants Battle Girl.png Battle Girl Shorts and Shoes Battle Girl.png Battle Girl Shoes for achieving BattleGirl Silver.png silver-level medal
 * and Shirt Battle Girl.png Battle Girl Tank Top for achieving BattleGirl Gold.png gold-level medal

The Fisher medal unlocks following pieces of a male trainer wardrobe:
 * Hat Fisher.png Fisher Cap for achieving Fisherman Bronze.png bronze-level medal,
 * Pants Fisher.png Fisher Shorts and Shoes Fisher.png Fisher Shoes for achieving Fisherman Silver.png silver-level medal
 * and Shirt Fisher.png Fisher Tank Top for achieving Fisherman Gold.png gold-level medal.

The Gym Leader medal unlocks following pieces of both male and female trainer wardrobe:
 * for male avatar:
 * Gloves Gym Leader.png Gym Leader Gloves for achieving GymLeader Bronze.png bronze-level medal,
 * Pants Gym Leader.png Gym Leader Shorts and Shoes Gym Leader.png Gym Leader Shoes for achieving GymLeader Silver.png silver-level medal
 * and Shirt Gym Leader.png Gym Leader Shirt for achieving GymLeader Gold.png gold-level medal.
 * for female avatar:
 * Gloves Gym Leader female.png Gym Leader Gloves for achieving GymLeader Bronze.png bronze-level medal,
 * Pants Gym Leader female.png Gym Leader Shorts and Shoes Gym Leader female.png Gym Leader Shoes for achieving GymLeader Silver.png silver-level medal
 * and Shirt Gym Leader female.png Gym Leader Shirt for achieving GymLeader Gold.png gold-level medal.

The Pikachu Fan medal unlocks following wardrobe pieces for both male and female trainers:
 * for male avatar:
 * Hat Pikachu Fan.png Pikachu Fan Headband for achieving PikachuFan Bronze.png bronze-level medal,
 * Pants Pikachu Fan.png Pikachu Fan Shorts and Shoes Pikachu Fan.png Pikachu Fan Shoes for achieving PikachuFan Silver.png silver-level medal
 * and Shirt Pikachu Fan.png Pikachu Fan Shirt for achieving PikachuFan Gold.png gold-level medal.
 * for female avatar:
 * Hat Pikachu Fan female.png Pikachu Fan Headband for achieving PikachuFan Bronze.png bronze-level medal,
 * Pants Pikachu Fan female.png Pikachu Fan Shorts and Shoes Pikachu Fan female.png Pikachu Fan Shoes for achieving PikachuFan Silver.png silver-level medal
 * and Shirt Pikachu Fan female.png Pikachu Fan Shirt for achieving PikachuFan Gold.png gold-level medal.

The Ace Trainer medal unlocks following wardrobe pieces for both male and female trainers:
 * for male avatar:
 * Pants Ace Trainer BW.png Ace Pants for achieving AceTrainer Bronze.png bronze-level medal,
 * Shoes Ace Trainer BW.png Ace Boots for achieving AceTrainer Silver.png silver-level medal
 * and Shirt Ace Trainer BW.png Ace Vest for achieving AceTrainer Gold.png gold-level medal.
 * for female avatar:
 * Pants Ace Trainer BW female.png Ace Skirt for achieving AceTrainer Bronze.png bronze-level medal,
 * Shoes Ace Trainer BW female.png Ace Boots for achieving AceTrainer Silver.png silver-level medal
 * and Shirt Ace Trainer BW female.png Ace Vest for achieving AceTrainer Gold.png gold-level medal.

The Great League Veteran medal unlocks following wardrobe pieces for both male and female trainers:
 * for male avatar:
 * Gloves Ace Trainer SM.png Ace Gloves and Hat Ace Trainer SM.png Ace Earbud for achieving GreatLeague Silver.png silver-level medal
 * and Pants Veteran Trainer XY.png Veteran Pants for achieving GreatLeague Gold.png gold-level medal.
 * for female avatar:
 * Gloves Ace Trainer SM female.png Ace Gloves and Hat Ace Trainer SM female.png Ace Visor for achieving GreatLeague Silver.png silver-level medal
 * and Pants Veteran Trainer XY female.png Veteran Leggings for achieving GreatLeague Gold.png gold-level medal.

The Ultra League Veteran medal unlocks following wardrobe pieces for both male and female trainers:
 * for male avatar:
 * Shirt Ace Trainer SM.png Ace Top for achieving UltraLeague Silver.png silver-level medal
 * and Shirt Veteran Trainer XY.png Veteran Jacket for achieving UltraLeague Gold.png gold-level medal.
 * for female avatar:
 * Shirt Ace Trainer SM female.png Ace Long Top for achieving UltraLeague Silver.png silver-level medal
 * and Shirt Veteran Trainer XY female.png Veteran Coat for achieving UltraLeague Gold.png gold-level medal.

The Master League Veteran medal unlocks following wardrobe pieces for both male and female trainers:
 * for male avatar:
 * Pants Ace Trainer SM.png Ace Shorts and Shoes Ace Trainer SM.png Ace Shoes for achieving MasterLeague Silver.png silver-level medal
 * and Shoes Veteran Trainer XY.png Veteran Boots for achieving MasterLeague Gold.png gold-level medal.
 * for female avatar:
 * Shoes Ace Trainer SM female.png Ace Shoes for achieving MasterLeague Silver.png silver-level medal
 * and Shoes Veteran Trainer XY female.png Veteran Boots for achieving MasterLeague Gold.png gold-level medal.

Jogger and Fisher unlock only-male trainer clothes when Battle Girl unlocks only-female trainer clothes, therefore depending on which gender of avatar is currently chosen these wardrobe pieces are displayed in rewards section of medal in its detail view. That means if trainer is male there are no rewards for Battle Girl medal and if trainer is female there are no displayed rewards for Fisher nor Jogger medals.

Trivia

 * The Ace Trainer medal was originally obtainable by training Pokémon in team-owned Gyms. Training was removed during the Gym rework. This medal was made available again when Trainer Battles were introduced.
 * The medal was still shown in game, keeping the progress when it was unavailable.
 * Before the introduction of Team GO Rocket Leaders, the Hero medal description said "Defeat Team GO Rocket Grunts".
 * Fisher and Rail Staff were previously called Fisherman and Depot Agent. The names were updated in mid-January 2020 corresponding to changes in Pokémon Sword and Shield.