How to transfer Pokémon between Scarlet and Violet and Home

Pokémon Home Get it Scarlet The following are some examples of how to get started: Violet compatibility update, as of version 3.0.0, allowing you to transfer your Pokémon to and from the cloud storage app.

Remember, you can only store up to 30 Pokémon on the free version of the app. Upgrading to the premium version costs $15.99 per year (or $2.99 a month or $4.99 for three months), and allows you to store up to 6,000 Pokémon. You do not need Nintendo Switch Online to use Pokémon Home.

Now that’s been situated, let’s get started.

How to move Pokémon between Scarlet and Violet to Home

Download the Pokémon Home app to your Nintendo Switch.
Sign in with your Nintendo Account.
From the main menu, select “Pokémon.”
Choose Pokémon ScarletYou can also find out more about Violet (depending on which game you’re moving Pokémon from). On the left, you should see all of your saved data.
Once you connect to the game, just move Pokémon between your Home boxes (on the left)The following are some examples of how to get started: your Scarlet and VioletTo transfer the boxes, click on them (on your right).
When you’re done, press the plus buttonThe following are some examples of how to get started: save the changes.

Two Pokémon boxes side-by-side in Pokémon Home. The left shows the National Pokédex’s 1-30, and the right shows the Paldean Pokédex’s 1-30. — Yes, I keep a living Pokédex of critters mainly caught in Pokémon Go.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and Home transfer limitations

Note that you can only transfer certain Pokémon between Home and Scarlet and Violet. The app will stop you, as the Pokémon indicated with the red crossed circle (see above) can’t be moved to Paldea.

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All the Pokémon from ScarletThe following are some examples of how to get started: VioletMoves can only be made to another game, not Home. Obviously, new Paldean Pokémon, like Smoliv or Quaxly, cannot go to older games like Sword The following are some examples of how to get started: Shield.

Some Pokémon games also only allow for a one-way transfer to Home, like Pokémon Go. You can take a peek at this complicated diagram provided by The Pokémon Company for further explanation:

A round disc of Pokémon games showing what you can and cannot move between Pokémon Home and its plethora of games

Now you can finally show of all those surplus shinies you caught in Pokémon Go in Scarlet and Violet. You might want to move your original Typhlosion. Pokémon HeartGold? You can also do it. (Though bear in mind it’s going to be a long process.)

Serebii.net has a handy list of transfer-only Pokémon, though note that some of these Pokémon have been added to the game via Tera Raid events, like Charizard and Decidueye.

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