What is Pokémon Stardust?
Stardust is an item you can earn in Pokémon Go, the free app from Nintendo, that can be used to power up your captured Pokémon's to higher levels.So why would you power up your Pokémon? basicly to prepare them for battle in a gym. The stronger they are the more likely they will win battles and this is where you can earn Pokécoins to buy items like Lures in the in App Store.
So How Can you Earn Stardust in Pokémon Go?
1- Capture a Pokémon
First you have to catch a Pokémon with a Pokéball, a captured Pokemon Earn's you 100 Stardust Points!Stardust cannot be purchased in the in-app store it must be earned by capturing Pokémon. See below I captured Zubat then earned 100 Stardust and 3 candies.
Stardust can be used to power up any Pokémon that you have captured. Candy however can only be used for evolving that specific Pokémon.
Catch a Pokémon here Get 100 Stardust
2- Hatch an Egg
Each time you hatch an egg your earn stardust some eggs earn more than others the faster they hatch the more you get.
3- Defending a Gym
When you reach level 5 you can join a gym and then train, defend the gym by placing your Pokémon in it. This will also earn you Stardust as well as Pokécoins every 21 hours.
Claim the bonus by going to the store in the app and in clicking the Sheild icon in the upper right corner.
You cannot earn Stardust from visiting Pokéstops and spinning the circle, there are other goodies there but no Stardust.
