The latest revealing of the Buddy System has made the players excited about having a Buddy Pokemon walking with you that unlocks new rewards in the form of candies.

Edit: The new app update is now publicly available as a new version – 0.37.0 for Android and 1.7.0 for iOS. More about the app update here.

With the help of this chart, you can know plan a pre-strategy of which Pokemon you can have as a Buddy for short walks, while which to have for comparatively longer walks, and get the perfect number of candies you require. One of the biggest advantages of this Buddy System is, you’ll no longer have to carelessly toss your starter Pokemon even if they’re rare just to get its candy.

As you know, the Buddy System has 4 sizes of Pokemon – Medium, Big, Shoulder and Flying, which decides the position of Pokemon besides you.

The Distance in the Chart below refers to the Distance you need to walk to obtain 1 candy of a Pokemon.

Buddy System Pokemon Walking Distance and Size

No. Name Distance (km) Size 1 Bulbasaur 3 Medium 2 Ivysaur 3 Big 3 Venusaur 3 Big 4 Charmander 3 Medium 5 Charmeleon 3 Medium 6 Charizard 3 Big 7 Squirtle 3 Medium 8 Wartortle 3 Medium 9 Blastoise 3 Big 10 Caterpie 1 Shoulder 11 Metapod 1 Medium 12 Butterfree 1 Flying 13 Weedle 1 Shoulder 14 Kakuna 1 Medium 15 Beedrill 1 Flying 16 Pidgey 1 Shoulder 17 Pidgeotto 1 Flying 18 Pidgeot 1 Flying 19 Rattata 1 Medium 20 Raticate 1 Medium 21 Spearow 1 Shoulder 22 Fearow 1 Flying 23 Ekans 3 Medium 24 Arbok 3 Big 25 Pikachu 1 Shoulder 26 Raichu 1 Medium 27 Sandshrew 3 Medium 28 Sandslash 3 Medium 29 NidoranFemale 3 Medium 30 Nidorina 3 Medium 31 Nidoqueen 3 Big 32 NidoranMale 3 Medium 33 Nidorino 3 Medium 34 Nidoking 3 Big 35 Clefairy 1 Medium 36 Clefable 1 Big 37 Vulpix 3 Medium 38 Ninetales 3 Big 39 Jigglypuff 1 Medium 40 Wigglytuff 1 Big 41 Zubat 1 Flying 42 Golbat 1 Flying 43 Oddish 3 Medium 44 Gloom 3 Medium 45 Vileplume 3 Big 46 Paras 3 Medium 47 Parasect 3 Medium 48 Venonat 3 Medium 49 Venomoth 3 Flying 50 Diglett 3 Medium 51 Dugtrio 3 Big 52 Meowth 3 Medium 53 Persian 3 Medium 54 Psyduck 3 Medium 55 Golduck 3 Big 56 Mankey 3 Medium 57 Primeape 3 Big 58 Growlithe 3 Medium 59 Arcanine 3 Big 60 Poliwag 3 Medium 61 Poliwhirl 3 Big 62 Poliwrath 3 Big 63 Abra 3 Medium 64 Kadabra 3 Big 65 Alakazam 3 Big 66 Machop 3 Medium 67 Machoke 3 Big 68 Machamp 3 Big 69 Bellsprout 3 Medium 70 Weepinbell 3 Big 71 Victreebel 3 Big 72 Tentacool 3 Medium 73 Tentacruel 3 Big 74 Geodude 1 Medium 75 Graveler 1 Big 76 Golem 1 Big 77 Ponyta 3 Medium 78 Rapidash 3 Big 79 Slowpoke 3 Medium 80 Slowbro 3 Big 81 Magnemite 3 Flying 82 Magneton 3 Big 83 Farfetchd 3 Medium 84 Doduo 3 Medium 85 Dodrio 3 Big 86 Seel 3 Medium 87 Dewgong 3 Medium 88 Grimer 3 Medium 89 Muk 3 Big 90 Shellder 3 Medium 91 Cloyster 3 Big 92 Gastly 3 Flying 93 Haunter 3 Flying 94 Gengar 3 Big 95 Onix 5 Big 96 Drowzee 3 Big 97 Hypno 3 Big 98 Krabby 3 Medium 99 Kingler 3 Big 100 Voltorb 3 Medium 101 Electrode 3 Big 102 Exeggcute 3 Medium 103 Exeggutor 3 Big 104 Cubone 3 Medium 105 Marowak 3 Medium 106 Hitmonlee 5 Big 107 Hitmonchan 5 Big 108 Lickitung 3 Medium 109 Koffing 3 Big 110 Weezing 3 Big 111 Rhyhorn 3 Big 112 Rhydon 3 Big 113 Chansey 5 Big 114 Tangela 3 Medium 115 Kangaskhan 3 Big 116 Horsea 3 Medium 117 Seadra 3 Big 118 Goldeen 3 Medium 119 Seaking 3 Big 120 Staryu 3 Medium 121 Starmie 3 Big 122 Mr. Mime 5 Medium 123 Scyther 5 Big 124 Jynx 5 Big 125 Electabuzz 5 Medium 126 Magmar 5 Big 127 Pinsir 5 Big 128 Tauros 3 Big 129 Magikarp 1 Medium 130 Gyarados 1 Big 131 Lapras 5 Big 132 Ditto 3 Medium 133 Eevee 5 Shoulder 134 Vaporeon 5 Medium 135 Jolteon 5 Medium 136 Flareon 5 Medium 137 Porygon 3 Big 138 Omanyte 5 Medium 139 Omastar 5 Big 140 Kabuto 5 Medium 141 Kabutops 5 Big 142 Aerodactyl 5 Big 143 Snorlax 5 Big 144 Articuno 5 Flying 145 Zapdos 5 Flying 146 Moltres 5 Big 147 Dratini 5 Medium 148 Dragonair 5 Big 149 Dragonite 5 Big 150 Mewtwo 5 Big 151 Mew 5 Medium

Correlation between the Candy Distance in Buddy System and Egg Hatching Distance

There’s a very close correlation between the Distance you need to walk to obtain a Candy in the Buddy System and the distance you need to walk to hatch an Egg.

Here’s its conclusive correlation in a short table:

Walking distance Pokemon 1 km Hatching from 2 km eggs except starters 3 km Hatching from 5 km eggs + starters + Ditto 5 km Hatching from 10 km eggs + Legendary Pokemon

Legendary Pokemon can also become your buddies!

After mining the game data of the new update – 0.37.0, the GAME_MASTER file contains the distance requirements for Ditto, Legendary Pokemon, Mew and Mewtwo. This gives a hint that these Pokemon can also become our buddies if we catch them sometime in the future!

In your opinion, which is the best Pokemon to keep as a buddy? Let us know in the comments below.