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Movement Speed

Your Speed shows on the trainer card, right below the XP bar. Hover it to see how long each step takes. Every point of Speed counts: the ground never changes your pace and there are no tiers — each extra point is a slightly shorter step.

On foot​

Trainer levelWalking speedTime per step
1101248 ms
10110238 ms
30130218 ms
50150202 ms
100200172 ms
155 (cap)254150 ms
Mastery: Walking speed+25 / +50per rank

Every level adds +1 Speed. On foot nobody goes below 150 ms per step (Speed 254), with or without Mastery.

  • Every level raises your Speed by 1 — without bonuses it is 100 + your level. Early on that shaves about 1 ms off each step, and a little less as you get faster. Each level the game tells you "+1 Speed".
  • Your Pokémon keeps your pace. A companion never walks at its own species' Speed — otherwise a fast Pokémon would leave its trainer behind and PokeView would become a free scout. The species' Speed still counts for its melee attack rate, for wild Pokémon chasing you and for mounts.
  • Wild Pokémon also get faster with level: each one's Speed grows with its own level, starting from the species' base Speed.

Mounts​

Riding Rapidash on Route 1
Riding Rapidash on Route 1
Surfing on Lapras south of Pallet
Surfing on Lapras south of Pallet
Flying on Charizard over Pallet
Flying on Charizard over Pallet

Surf, Ride and Fly add part of the Speed of the Pokémon carrying you to your Speed — the same number shown in its Stats window, which grows with the Pokémon's level. A fast, well-trained Pokémon takes you along faster. Hover the Surf, Ride or Fly button to see how much that Pokémon adds.

MountShare of the Pokémon's SpeedMinimum bonusMastery
Surf25%—Surf speed: +25 / +50
Ride40%+25Ride speed: +25 / +50
Fly60%+50Fly speed: +25 / +50

No mount goes below 100 ms per step.

  • A mount is never slower than walking: it adds to your walking Speed, so anything you invested in walking faster still pays off when you ride.
  • Mastery has one node for walking and one for each mount, and the Float Stone Held Item makes the Pokémon holding it add +25 Speed when you ride it.

Each Pokémon's bonus​

Surf

PokémonBase SpeedBonus at level 20Bonus at level 50Bonus at level 100
Starmie280+78+91+112
Tentacruel239+67+77+95
Golduck204+57+66+81
Seadra204+57+66+81
Staryu203+57+66+81
Poliwag176+49+57+70
Poliwhirl176+49+57+70
Tentacool161+45+52+64
Gyarados156+44+51+62
Kabutops156+44+51+62
Kingler143+40+46+57
Horsea135+38+44+54
Poliwrath133+37+43+53
Blastoise130+36+42+52
Dewgong130+36+42+52
Cloyster130+36+42+52
Goldeen130+36+42+52
Seaking128+36+42+51
Psyduck122+34+40+49
Vaporeon121+34+39+48
Lapras110+31+36+44
Wartortle105+29+34+42
Kabuto103+29+33+41
Omastar100+28+32+40
Krabby97+27+32+39
Seel76+21+25+30
Squirtle71+20+23+28
Slowpoke70+20+23+28
Slowbro70+20+23+28
Shellder70+20+23+28
Omanyte70+20+23+28

Ride

PokémonBase SpeedBonus at level 20Bonus at level 50Bonus at level 100
Dodrio278+124+144+177
Rapidash263+117+136+168
Ninetales239+106+124+152
Ponyta218+97+113+139
Tauros188+84+97+120
Arcanine187+83+97+119
Doduo169+75+88+108

Fly

PokémonBase SpeedBonus at level 20Bonus at level 50Bonus at level 100
Aerodactyl280+187+217+268
Charizard248+166+193+237
Fearow248+166+193+237
Zapdos248+166+193+237
Pidgeot217+145+169+208
Moltres217+145+169+208
Butterfree178+119+138+170
Articuno166+111+129+159
Dragonite156+104+121+149