Australian Level 50 Test Report: Level 41+ Requirements, Platinum Medals, XL Candy

As previously announced, Pokémon GO’s level 50 cap increase is currently being tested in Australia. Australian players have started reporting higher level requirements, new goals for platinum medals, and how they managed to get XL Candy.

We are bringing together the information currently available in this article, which may be updated throughout the day. Stay tuned for our complete guide to leveling Pokémon GO level 50.

We highly recommend that you read our Pokémon GO Beyond Update Guide for more details on Pokémon GO’s level 50 limit increase, important update dates, and the order of testing in Australia.

Level 41+ top level requirements and rewards

As we mentioned above, Niantic is currently testing increasing the level cap in Australia. People are progressing well through the levels and reporting new higher level task requirements on reddit.

Here are the new leveling requirements (verified by Australian trainers, see screenshots in gallery below):

Level 41

• 6,000,000 XP
• Level up a Legendary Pokémon 20 times
• Win 30 raids
• Catch 200 Pokémon in a single day
• Win 5 gold medals

Level 42

• 7,500,000 XP
• Evolve Eevee in each of its unique evolutions (7, Sylveon not included … for the moment)
• Use items to evolve Pokémon 15 times
• Make 3 great throws
• Use 200 berries to catch Pokémon

Level 43

• 9,000,000 XP
• Earn 100,000 Stardust
• Use 200 super-effective charged attacks
• Catch 5 Legendary Pokémon

The higher level rewards and XP requirements for higher levels have been mined by PokéMiners, and we share them below. Be aware that these can change very easily and the information extracted from the data is not approved by Niantic:

Additionally, ZoeTwoDots posted a video that shows the initial testing phase in Australia:

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Candy XL Discoveries

To power Pokémon beyond level 40, you will need to spend XL Candy and Stardust. The full table is attached below:

XL Candy News

• You need 100 regular candies to make 1 XL candy (source). It’s pretty steep and you should probably buy XL Candy elsewhere.
• Powering up a Purified Pokémon costs a little less XL Candy, a Shadow Pokémon a lot more. Powering up Shadow Pokémon beyond level 50 seems extremely expensive.
• Trading can reward XL Candy

• Catching legendary bosses after raids can drop XL Candy
• Egg hatches reward XL Candy. The first reports say that you get 16 XL eggs for 5 km of eggs and 24 XL candies for 10 km of eggs.

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New medals and new platinum medal levels

A trainer named ginji shared the full list of new medals and new platinum medal levels for previous ones:

New medals

• Rising star – Defeat different species of Pokémon in raids
• Triathlete – Have a 7-day Pokemon catch or PokéStop visited sequence
• Picnickers – Catch Pokémon attracted by a decoy module
• Tourist – Visit unique Pokéstops

Requirements:

New Platinum Medal Levels

• Song – 151
• Management – 100
• Sinnoh – 107
• Unova – 100 (Gold max currently, in theory should be 156)
• Hoenn – 135
• Breeder – 2500
• Gym leader – 15000
• Pokémon Ranger – 2500
• Idol – 20 BFFS
• Jogger – 10,000 km
• Collector – 50,000
• Scientist – 2000
• Backpacker – 50,000 stops
• Battle Girl – 4000 Gym Battles
• Pikachu fan – 1000 pikas
• Berry Master – 15,000
• Pilot – commercial distance of 10,000,000 km
• Purifier – 1000
• Fisher – 1,000
• Ace Trainer – 2000
• Young – 1000
• Champion – 2000
• Battle legend – 2000
• Gentleman – 2500
• Great League Veteran – 1000
• Cameraman – 400
• Heroes – 2000
• Ultra hero – 50
• Unown – 28
• Ultra League Veteran – 1000
• Masters League Veteran – 1000
• Best Friend – 200
• Successor – 1000 mega evolve
• Mega Evolution Guru – 46 different species
• Traveler – 1,500
• Pokémon-type Encounters – 2,500 for a +4 catch rate