Raid Invites now live in Pokémon Go

August 2022 · 2 minute read

After a small delay, Raid Invites are live in Pokémon Go. But the rollout for the new feature is going to be coming along slowly. 

As of Niantic pushing the feature live today, only Level 40 players have access to it. But just like with basically every other addition to the game, the gates will open for lower-level players once the developers are sure there aren’t any major errors. 

The ability to invite friends to raids is now live in Pokémon GO for Level 40 Trainers! Stay tuned as we continue to gradually roll out this feature to more Trainers. pic.twitter.com/Tu9dYEAHAx

— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) July 15, 2020

Raid Invites allow players who are in-game friends to invite each other to Raid Battles, regardless of where either player is located. It’s still unclear if regions factor into this mechanic, but with the feature now live, we should know all of the specifics soon. 

Initially, Niantic listed that only players who were present in-person at a raid site would be able to invite friends. But because of the global health crisis, that limitation has been removed for now. Once it’s safe for players to resume in-person interaction for Pokémon Go, that limit will be added again. 

The inviting player can send invites to up to five friends as long as they have a Remote Raid Pass to use for the raid. Raid invitations will appear on a player’s Nearby screen and in their push notification bar.

Any trainer who’s invited to a Raid Battle and whites out can rejoin that same lobby by tapping on the Raid Invite on the Nearby menu again once the overworld loads in. 

Trainers, if you're invited to a Raid Battle and your team faints, you will appear back on the map and not in the raid lobby. You can return by tapping on raid invite again from the nearby menu.

— Niantic Support (@NianticHelp) July 15, 2020

Only Level 40 players have access to the Raid Invite feature at launch, but those players can invite anyone to participate in raids with them. This feature will slowly roll out to all eligible players soon.

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