How to get Primal Energy for Primal Reversion in Pokémon Go

Pokémon Go introduced Primal Reversion as part of Go Tour Hoenn in Feb. 2023, allowing two powerful legendaries — Kyogre and Groudon — to become even stronger.

This is similar to Mega Evolutions. It’s a temporary transform and you need Primal Energy. It’ll also give you party a boost while active — making them useful for Community Day and other events.

How to get Primal Energy in Pokémon Go

Similar to Mega Evolutions, you’ll have to collect Primal Energy for that specific Pokémon.

You can find them hereThere are three methods to achieve Primal Energy Pokémon Go:

• Primal Kyogre/Primal Groudon can be defeated in raids (80 to 100 Primal Energy).
• After transforming at minimum once, you can walk as your buddy (100 Primal Energies per 20km).
• Complete Chasing Legends Research (one-time 200 Primal Energy reward).

The best method for earning Primal Kyogre or Primal Groudon energy is in raids — by taking them on and earning Primal Energy for that specific Pokémon. The faster you beat them, the more Primal Energy you’ll be rewarded.

It will take multiple raids of the same Pokémon before you’ll have enough energy to initiate Primal Reversion. This is what you need 400 Primal Energy to either Groudon or Kyogre Primal Reversion is activated for the first-time in Pokémon Go.

Like Mega Raids, it’s likely Primal Kyogre and Primal Groudon will not be available year-round and will rotate infrequently through events, starting with Go Tour Hoenn, so make sure to stock up on any Primal Energy you want before these Pokémon leave.

Chasing Legends can give you some extra motivation. This is research that can be started during the Go Tour Hoenn event hours, and doesn’t have a deadline. Completing this research will grant you an additional 200 Primal Energy for either Kyogre or Groudon, depending on your choice during “Primal Rumblings” Special Research.

At the time of writing, it’s unknown over time whether you will also earn Primal Energy from other methods beyond the above — such as completing research tasks — as you can with Mega Energy.

How Primal Reversion works in Pokémon Go

You can temporarily transform Kyogre and Groudon with 400 Primal Energy once you have enough.

If they’re not reverted, then they won’t For eight hours, you can remain thereThe more they go through transformations, the lower their Primal Energy requirements.

You will get more CP and power as a Primal Form, along with additional perks. The more Primal forms you use, the higher your power and CP will be. This is possible with three different levels of improvements: Max Level, High Level, or Base Level.

Primal Reversion bonuses

These perks will be available to Kyogre or Groudon when they are in Primal Form. The exact improvements across all three levels — Base Level, High Level, and Max Level — have yet to be confirmed.

Primal Kyogre bonuses

• If you are at your party: Water-, Electric- and Bug-type attack boosted for your Pokémon
• Your friend:You can get bonus XP or Candy for catching water-, electric-, and bug-type fish

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Prime Groudon Bonuses

• If you are at your party: Fire-, Grass, and Ground-type attack boosts for your Pokémon
• Your friend: You can get bonus XP or Candy for catching Ground, Fire, and Grass types.

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What Primal Pokémon are available in Pokémon Go?

Only Primal Reversion can be done to Groudon and Kyogre in Pokémon Go.

In fact, that’s also all the Primal forms currently available in the main series. Primal Reversion was a concept first introduced in 2014’s Omega RubyAnd Alpha Sapphire, and to date, only those two Pokémon can undergo the transformation.

Mega Evolutions is a different game because Mega Forms can be found in the main games. Pokémon GoYet to be seen. Though it’s possible Pokémon GoThis is possible, but it’s unlikely that Primal forms will be introduced in the main series.

How can we learn more about Primal Reversion

While Primal Reversion mirrors Mega Evolutions closely, there are some similar observations and differences that you should be aware.

• Based on the debut of Primal raids during Go Tour Hoenn Las Vegas, it’s possible to boost the average 60-90 Primal Energy reward to 100 if you manage to complete the encounter 30 seconds. With a high CP of over 90,000, you’ll need close to the max Raid lobby to pull this off.

• As with Mega Raids, you will only catch the pre-evolved version of the Pokémon during the catch phase. The Raid encounters can be shiny. If you use a shiny Groudon, or Kyogre, during Primal Remenition, the Pokemon will change their color scheme.

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• You cannot have a Mega Evolution and a Primal Reversion active at the same time, and using one will disable the other if it’s currently active (thanks ThunderDragon356 on reddit for confirming).
• To underline the similarity between the two features, Mega Evolutions and Primal Reversion share the same filter in the in-game Pokédex.

Latios/Latias can be seen during Go Tour Hoenn, as well as regionals Tropius (Torkoal), and Relicanth.