Oh thank Jesus, should start saving some low cost shadows now though
Thermald
walking 900km lol
Adventurous-Sport-45
They really have done almost nothing but stretch out the levels and call it a day. Many levels even retain some of the same tasks as their 41 to 50 equivalents, like 50 lucky trades at 79 and 999 excellent throws at 80.
Williukea
Prepare a Meltan box for level 71 in advance
JackedAF
So those of us that are lvl 50, we’ll have to do all these? I really do not want to redo the rocket leader battles again 💀
EDIT: 50 lucky trades again too…fml
ZeNfAProductions
7 days in a row for routes is a pain in butt
Jorg2123
50 plat medals tho….
krispyboiz
Well that was quick lol. I much prefer catching X Pokemon in a day over catching things on unique days.
These are overall a lot better. I do still detest the purification requirement
F1rstTry
the real deal braker is 50 plats medals too lol, 18 type medals so still 32 lefts ( im at 23 more plats ) but the other 9 will sure take some time lol
900km total for sure its something too (3000km in 2 years too, so not to aswell ) but 999 again hell nooooo 🙁
Williukea
What is the maximum number of medals I could earn at the moment?
TMHMonroe
I already did most of these tasks to get to 50. I have no desire to repeat it.
GlitteringWind154
The platinum medals seems to be the problem at levels 75+.
maniacal_monk
The platinums are gonna be the sticking point for basically all of these
ExtraThiccPam
They better add remote trading soon for the level 77 requirement 🔪
Extreme_Hat1089
Putting the grunt and the leader on 2 different level is diabolical 😭😭😭
MAQMASTER
Bro, literally the same thing man like why even change it level 50 was still really good… you know what I know why because they want to make money
Liminal-Lagomorph
The people who thought they were onto something by never doing the pvp requirements for 43 right now:
👁️ 👄 👁️
MothaFcknZargon
I bet people will complain most about the routes lol
VS0P
Hell no I just finished 999 excellents last month
emaddy2109
I guess since they’re still using platinum medals that means no medal tier increase.
klasdhd
Oh, goodie…. pvp tasks are back… my faaaavorite…….
TheThumpsBump
I already did the 40 to 50 requirements so I am just going to slow walk (especially the 50 lucky trades) or just not care about them as much this time. I’ll get there when I get there. I’m sitting at 310 mil, so I know I’m level 80 even if I don’t have the rank in the game. Frankly I think if you’ve done the 40 to 50 challenges you should be exempt, but it is what it is.
Also win 80 battles in GBL? Nah, I’m good. Not my thing.
One_Commercial7070
I just pushed a few pokemon to 50 yesterday after the trade day. Here we go again.
Endgame2000
7days in a row is frustrating , I wish it was just 7 different days .
DISTRUCTION50
i JUST finished that awful shadow purify
djf881
50 platinum medals is actually insane. Old 50 only required 35.
* 71 – Can be achieved in a day, limiting factor is nice throws (**Minimum 1 day**)
* 72 – Route time limit of 7 days (**Minimum 7 days)**
* 73 – Raids are a limiting factor here as long as you stock Pokemon to purify and max out you should be fine (**1-30 days**)
* 74 – 200km seems the most likely limiting factor here, will estimate 10km a day as feasible (**Average** **20+ days**)
* 75 – Can only get 100 gifts a day (**Minimum 5 days**)
* 76 – 300km, 10km a day (**Average 30+ days**)
* 77 – Hopefully remote trading will be out by then. As long as you have some Pokemon and Stardust to max them out, the limiting factor here is max battles. At 6 or so a day free-to-play (**Average 17 days**)
* 78 – 400km, 10km a day (**Average 40+ days**)
* 79 – Defeating 30 Team Go Rocket Leaders is time consuming depending on if you have a Rocket Event, Lucky Trades being RNG may slow some players also.
* 80 – Final task is limited primarily by raids and excellents and your willingness to battle in the go battle league.
**Majority of Level 50’s currently should be able to reach Level 72 by 22nd/23rd October 2025.**
Given the above I’d lean to this being around 150 days for average free-to-play players – which puts them around Late February/Early March 2026. **Level 80 around Go Tour 2026.**
Hardcore paying players trying to speedrun it can probably grind this down to around 50 days – mostly via whaling on max power and raids and walking further distances. **Level 80 by Late November/Early December 2025.**
If they are going to ask for Max battles a Max battle medal would be nice, on the same topic some new medals overall would be nice, give us some more options which platinum’s to grind
cyberelvis
Finished 999 excellent throws last month. Now I gotta do it all again…
*Ben Affleck smoking cigarette.jpg*
jay_altair
Boring af. Already did most of these to get to level 50.
sm-junkie
Time to
– Not level up at least 10 mons beyond Level 49 (until Level 73/77)
– Not level up any max moves until I reach Level 74
– Save coins to buy Rocket Leader Radars (If I ever defeat those 100 Grunts or get enough Platinum medals)
Overall….. all the things that are frustrating and made me not want to reach level 50.
Cometstarlight
Obtain 50 lucky pokemon in trades
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, I thought we were PAST this. Don’t make me do it again!
TimmyTAR
Thinking about how we literally cannot platinum medal the Sinnoh and the Hisui pokedexes because they won’t release more mons 🙂
lillian_e1985
While some of these gets a groan out of me, I’m going to play how I played when lvl 50 was released. Play normally and incorporate some of the level requirements into my gameplay just for those levels without rushing. I eventually reached lvl 50 just fine.
Brock_Hard_Canuck
Also, I like how the post just says the level updates goes live on Oct 15th… but doesn’t mention a specific time or time zone
So, pretty much sometime between midnight NZ time on Oct 15th (in like 14 hours), if it’s local time based, or something like “10 AM Niantic time” (which is like 44 hours away), if they set level 80 to release to be a global time for everyone
So helpful, Niantic LOL
dude_1818
I don’t want to do these again 😭
hanleymation
Umm, does anyone else think the number of platinum medals is daunting? I have 27 right now, close to a few others, but having to get 20 more? 💀
TheDeepSays
Purifying 100 shadow pokemans at level 73 to only have to beat another 100 grunts at level 76 is diabolical
Difficult-Potato-684
I’m so happy I don’t have to evolve Eevee 8 different ways again.
Hummer77x
Sweet I’ll be sitting on level 72 forever
182plus44
This seems incredibly lazy for how long they had to come up with new tasks
chipotledog
XP aside, I wish the tasks were less repetitive. Let’s have something that actually requires learning the game and maybe some skill. Like the previous “Defeat a rocket leader with Pokemon 1500CP or less”. They had some raid tasks with limited CP Pokemon, but of course that could be obtained just by raiding with others who carried you. Stuff like “Win a solo 3* (or 4*) raid”, or more “Beat a Rocket with limited CP Pokemon” tasks. The only one like that at all is the GBL wins for level 80.
monkifan
Not sure why this was posted as a jpeg…
Plain text version is:
Level 71
* Earn 15 platinum medals
* Power up Legendary or Mythical
* Pokémon 20 times
* Make 999 Nice Throws
* Catch 100 Pokémon in a single day
Level 72
* Earn 20 platinum medals Complete a Route 7 days in a row
* Use 200 supereffective Charged
* Attacks
* Earn 1,000,000 Stardust
Level 73
* Earn 25 platinum medals
* Purity 100 Shadow Pokémon
* Power up 3 Pokémon to their max CP
* Win 30 Raids
Level 74
* Earn 30 platinum medals
* Level up a Max Move 20 times
* Explore 200 km
* Complete 250 Field Research tasks
Level 75
* Earn 34 platinum medals
* Make 999 Great Throws
* Hatch 75 Eggs
* Send 500 Gifts to friends
Level 76
* Earn 38 platinum medals
* Defeat 100 Team GO Rocket Grunts
* Explore 300 km
* Catch 200 Pokémon in a single day
Level 77
* Earn 41 platinum medals
* Win 100 Max Battles
* Power up 7 Pokémon to their max CP Make 10 trades with Pokémon caught
* at least 300 km apart
Level 78
* Earn 44 platinum medals
* Earn 400 hearts with your buddy
* Explore 400 km
* Complete 500 Field Research tasks
Level 79
* Earn 47 platinum medals Defeat a Team GO Rocket Leader 30
* times
* Obtain 50 Lucky Pokémon in trades
* Hatch 100 Eggs
Level 80
* Earn 50 platinum medals
* Win 80 Trainer Battles in the GO
* Battle League
* Make 999 Excellent Throws
* Win 80 Raids
auroraslights_
I had just completed the 50 rocket leaders prior to the level change announcement and now I gotta do it again 😭
44 Comments
Oh thank Jesus, should start saving some low cost shadows now though
walking 900km lol
They really have done almost nothing but stretch out the levels and call it a day. Many levels even retain some of the same tasks as their 41 to 50 equivalents, like 50 lucky trades at 79 and 999 excellent throws at 80.
Prepare a Meltan box for level 71 in advance
So those of us that are lvl 50, we’ll have to do all these? I really do not want to redo the rocket leader battles again 💀
EDIT: 50 lucky trades again too…fml
7 days in a row for routes is a pain in butt
50 plat medals tho….
Well that was quick lol. I much prefer catching X Pokemon in a day over catching things on unique days.
These are overall a lot better. I do still detest the purification requirement
the real deal braker is 50 plats medals too lol, 18 type medals so still 32 lefts ( im at 23 more plats ) but the other 9 will sure take some time lol
900km total for sure its something too (3000km in 2 years too, so not to aswell ) but 999 again hell nooooo 🙁
What is the maximum number of medals I could earn at the moment?
I already did most of these tasks to get to 50. I have no desire to repeat it.
The platinum medals seems to be the problem at levels 75+.
The platinums are gonna be the sticking point for basically all of these
They better add remote trading soon for the level 77 requirement 🔪
Putting the grunt and the leader on 2 different level is diabolical 😭😭😭
Bro, literally the same thing man like why even change it level 50 was still really good… you know what I know why because they want to make money
The people who thought they were onto something by never doing the pvp requirements for 43 right now:
👁️ 👄 👁️
I bet people will complain most about the routes lol
Hell no I just finished 999 excellents last month
I guess since they’re still using platinum medals that means no medal tier increase.
Oh, goodie…. pvp tasks are back… my faaaavorite…….
I already did the 40 to 50 requirements so I am just going to slow walk (especially the 50 lucky trades) or just not care about them as much this time. I’ll get there when I get there. I’m sitting at 310 mil, so I know I’m level 80 even if I don’t have the rank in the game. Frankly I think if you’ve done the 40 to 50 challenges you should be exempt, but it is what it is.
Also win 80 battles in GBL? Nah, I’m good. Not my thing.
I just pushed a few pokemon to 50 yesterday after the trade day. Here we go again.
7days in a row is frustrating , I wish it was just 7 different days .
i JUST finished that awful shadow purify
50 platinum medals is actually insane. Old 50 only required 35.
The previous one [was not achievable anytime soon](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/1o5t2t5/comment/njbtkeq/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button), this is much better, let’s break it down:
* 71 – Can be achieved in a day, limiting factor is nice throws (**Minimum 1 day**)
* 72 – Route time limit of 7 days (**Minimum 7 days)**
* 73 – Raids are a limiting factor here as long as you stock Pokemon to purify and max out you should be fine (**1-30 days**)
* 74 – 200km seems the most likely limiting factor here, will estimate 10km a day as feasible (**Average** **20+ days**)
* 75 – Can only get 100 gifts a day (**Minimum 5 days**)
* 76 – 300km, 10km a day (**Average 30+ days**)
* 77 – Hopefully remote trading will be out by then. As long as you have some Pokemon and Stardust to max them out, the limiting factor here is max battles. At 6 or so a day free-to-play (**Average 17 days**)
* 78 – 400km, 10km a day (**Average 40+ days**)
* 79 – Defeating 30 Team Go Rocket Leaders is time consuming depending on if you have a Rocket Event, Lucky Trades being RNG may slow some players also.
* 80 – Final task is limited primarily by raids and excellents and your willingness to battle in the go battle league.
**Majority of Level 50’s currently should be able to reach Level 72 by 22nd/23rd October 2025.**
Given the above I’d lean to this being around 150 days for average free-to-play players – which puts them around Late February/Early March 2026. **Level 80 around Go Tour 2026.**
Hardcore paying players trying to speedrun it can probably grind this down to around 50 days – mostly via whaling on max power and raids and walking further distances. **Level 80 by Late November/Early December 2025.**
Edit: [Around the 28th November is the earliest it can be done legitimately, if you walk an unhealthy insane amount, spend a lot and have good RNG.](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/1o5tu5q/comment/njci6mm/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
If they are going to ask for Max battles a Max battle medal would be nice, on the same topic some new medals overall would be nice, give us some more options which platinum’s to grind
Finished 999 excellent throws last month. Now I gotta do it all again…
*Ben Affleck smoking cigarette.jpg*
Boring af. Already did most of these to get to level 50.
Time to
– Not level up at least 10 mons beyond Level 49 (until Level 73/77)
– Not level up any max moves until I reach Level 74
– Save coins to buy Rocket Leader Radars (If I ever defeat those 100 Grunts or get enough Platinum medals)
Overall….. all the things that are frustrating and made me not want to reach level 50.
Obtain 50 lucky pokemon in trades
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, I thought we were PAST this. Don’t make me do it again!
Thinking about how we literally cannot platinum medal the Sinnoh and the Hisui pokedexes because they won’t release more mons 🙂
While some of these gets a groan out of me, I’m going to play how I played when lvl 50 was released. Play normally and incorporate some of the level requirements into my gameplay just for those levels without rushing. I eventually reached lvl 50 just fine.
Also, I like how the post just says the level updates goes live on Oct 15th… but doesn’t mention a specific time or time zone
So, pretty much sometime between midnight NZ time on Oct 15th (in like 14 hours), if it’s local time based, or something like “10 AM Niantic time” (which is like 44 hours away), if they set level 80 to release to be a global time for everyone
So helpful, Niantic LOL
I don’t want to do these again 😭
Umm, does anyone else think the number of platinum medals is daunting? I have 27 right now, close to a few others, but having to get 20 more? 💀
Purifying 100 shadow pokemans at level 73 to only have to beat another 100 grunts at level 76 is diabolical
I’m so happy I don’t have to evolve Eevee 8 different ways again.
Sweet I’ll be sitting on level 72 forever
This seems incredibly lazy for how long they had to come up with new tasks
XP aside, I wish the tasks were less repetitive. Let’s have something that actually requires learning the game and maybe some skill. Like the previous “Defeat a rocket leader with Pokemon 1500CP or less”. They had some raid tasks with limited CP Pokemon, but of course that could be obtained just by raiding with others who carried you. Stuff like “Win a solo 3* (or 4*) raid”, or more “Beat a Rocket with limited CP Pokemon” tasks. The only one like that at all is the GBL wins for level 80.
Not sure why this was posted as a jpeg…
Plain text version is:
Level 71
* Earn 15 platinum medals
* Power up Legendary or Mythical
* Pokémon 20 times
* Make 999 Nice Throws
* Catch 100 Pokémon in a single day
Level 72
* Earn 20 platinum medals Complete a Route 7 days in a row
* Use 200 supereffective Charged
* Attacks
* Earn 1,000,000 Stardust
Level 73
* Earn 25 platinum medals
* Purity 100 Shadow Pokémon
* Power up 3 Pokémon to their max CP
* Win 30 Raids
Level 74
* Earn 30 platinum medals
* Level up a Max Move 20 times
* Explore 200 km
* Complete 250 Field Research tasks
Level 75
* Earn 34 platinum medals
* Make 999 Great Throws
* Hatch 75 Eggs
* Send 500 Gifts to friends
Level 76
* Earn 38 platinum medals
* Defeat 100 Team GO Rocket Grunts
* Explore 300 km
* Catch 200 Pokémon in a single day
Level 77
* Earn 41 platinum medals
* Win 100 Max Battles
* Power up 7 Pokémon to their max CP Make 10 trades with Pokémon caught
* at least 300 km apart
Level 78
* Earn 44 platinum medals
* Earn 400 hearts with your buddy
* Explore 400 km
* Complete 500 Field Research tasks
Level 79
* Earn 47 platinum medals Defeat a Team GO Rocket Leader 30
* times
* Obtain 50 Lucky Pokémon in trades
* Hatch 100 Eggs
Level 80
* Earn 50 platinum medals
* Win 80 Trainer Battles in the GO
* Battle League
* Make 999 Excellent Throws
* Win 80 Raids
I had just completed the 50 rocket leaders prior to the level change announcement and now I gotta do it again 😭