

We don't recommend this method unless you're really desperate. Second, you could w alk around with the Legendary Pokemon as your buddy. However, it is undoubtedly effective once you've caught the Legendary Pokemon once, you don't need to worry so much about missing it, so you can use Pinap Berries or Silver Pinap Berries to increase the number of Candies you receive once it's caught. This is difficult, because they're Legendary, and by definition challenging to find and beat. First, you could catch more of the Legendary Pokemon. You can get Candy for a Legendary Pokemon through one of three methods.

Other than trainer battles, fighting Team Go Rocket Grunts or their Leaders and participating in Raids will also award significant Stardust rewards. If you need help getting started, we have an in-depth guide about how to build a team. You can play quite a lot of these battles in a day and earn Stardust based on which league you participate in (with the Master League rewarding between 500-1,000 Stardust). The first (and arguably most popular) way is to battle other trainers in the Go Battle League. There are tons of different ways to get Stardust, which we describe in-depth in our guide on the subject, but there are a few methods you should use if you need a lot really quickly. First, to power up a Legendary Pokemon 20 times, you're going to need a lot of these two things: the Legendary Pokemon's Candy, and Stardust.
