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Pokemon Go Buddy Update: Dratini needs to walk 5km to earn Candy; Ditto 3km, Eevee 5km, What about other Pokemon?

| Sep 13, 2016 07:00 AM EDT

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Given below is the distance needed for Pokemon that players are walking as buddies.

The official numbers have not been released by Niantic Labs on how far players will require to walk their Pokemon to get candy.

Pokemon     Kilometers for Candy and Size
Exeggcute     3     Medium
Electabuzz     5     Medium
Ekans            3     Medium
Eevee            5     Shoulder
Dugtrio           3     Big
Drowzee         3     Big
Dratini            5     Medium
Dragonite       5     Big
Dragonair       5     Big
Doduo            3     Medium
Dodrio            3     Big
Ditto               3     Medium
Diglett            3     Medium
Dewgong       3     Medium
Cubone         3     Medium
Cloyster         3     Big
Clefairy          1     Medium
Clefable         1     Big
Charmeleon   3     Medium
Charmander   3     Medium
Charizard        3     Big
Chansey         5     Big
Caterpie         1     Shoulder
Butterfree       1     Flying
Bulbasaur       3     Medium
Blastoise        3     Big
Bellsprout       3     Medium
Beedrill           1     Flying
Articuno          5     Flying
Arcanine         3     Big
Arbok              3     Big
Alakazam         3     Big
Aerodactyl       5     Big
Abra                 3     Medium
Electrode          3     Big
Hypno               3     Big
Horsea              3     Medium
Hitmonlee          5     Big
Hitmonchan       5     Big
Haunter             3     Flying
Gyarados          1     Big
Growlithe           3     Medium
Grimer               3     Medium
Graveler            1     Big
Golem                1     Big
Golduck              3     Big
Goldeen              3     Medium
Golbat                 1     Flying
Gloom                  3     Medium
Geodude              1     Medium
Gengar                 3     Big
Gastly                   3     Flying
Flareon                 5     Medium
Fearow                  1     Flying
Farfetchd               3     Medium

According to some players, it seems that the buddy distances are correlated to egg hatching distances. A creature that hatches from a 2 kilometer egg will need 1 kilometer of walking to get a candy, a 5k egg Pokemon needs 3k walking and 10k egg Pokemon needs 5k walking.

Also, there may be some creatures who need 10 kilometers of walking; however, this has not been confirmed yet. According to reports, the distances will be reserved for legendary creatures.

Meanwhile, in addition to the bug fixes, the Buddy feature and the Pokemon Go Plus support that the newest update introduces, there is a new security measure in place.

Niantic Labs said that they continue to concentrate on removing bots and scrapers from the game. Jailbroken or rooted devices are not supported by the game. 

The feature detects whether a phone is rooted or not and blocks out players if it is, XDA Developers reported.

It is important to note that Pokemon Go should be downloaded from the iTunes App Store or Google Play Store only, according to Pokemon Go developers.

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