{"id":1078201,"date":"2026-01-23T04:27:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T04:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=502475"},"modified":"2026-01-23T04:27:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T04:27:03","slug":"pokemon-go-backpacks-get-bigger-to-hold-more-of-your-mons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pokemon-go-backpacks-get-bigger-to-hold-more-of-your-mons\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Go backpacks get bigger to hold more of your \u2018mons"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pokemon-go-backpacks-get-bigger-to-hold-more-of-your-mons.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">If there\u2019s a point to the Pok\u00e9mon games, it\u2019s that you\u2019ve gotta catch \u2018em all. In <em>Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em>, the player is consistently incentivized to catch critters \u2014 even if they have a Pikachu in their Pok\u00e9dex, there are reasons to capture more of them. The app\u2019s developer, Niantic, <a href=\"https:\/\/pokemongolive.com\/post\/december-2024-storage-increase?hl=en\">has announced that players will have more space to carry both items and Pok\u00e9mon<\/a>. Players can get these inventory upgrades with Pok\u00e9Coins, or premium currency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Both Pok\u00e9mon and item storage have been raised by 500, putting the new Pok\u00e9mon storage cap at 9,300. The Item bag, once upgraded, can now hold 8,300 items. Each inventory upgrade costs 200 Pok\u00e9Coins, which can be earned by capturing Gyms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">If you\u2019re a dedicated player who\u2019s regularly spinning stops and catching Pok\u00e9mon around your neighborhood, this is a helpful boost that means you can toss less stuff into the trash. Research Tasks often have the player catching Pok\u00e9mon, so it\u2019s difficult to simply stop collecting if you want to advance. Some new activities added over the years, like Routes, also provide rewards that can quickly eat up inventory space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">This has been a long-requested addition by fans, who have been feeling inventory limits as they continue to play the augmented reality game. Not only has Niantic added new Pok\u00e9mon and encounters to the game over the years, but they\u2019ve also added new costumes for Pok\u00e9mon already on the roster. (Alas, some fan requests, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/pokemon-go\/24184969\/pokemon-go-cowboy-hat-caterpie\">Caterpie wearing a cowboy hat<\/a>, have yet to be fulfilled.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/gaming\/502475\/pokemon-go-storage-pokemon-space-increase\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If there\u2019s a point to the Pok\u00e9mon games, it\u2019s that you\u2019ve gotta catch \u2018em all. In Pok\u00e9mon Go, the player is consistently incentivized to catch critters \u2014 even if they have a Pikachu in their Pok\u00e9dex, there are reasons to capture more of them. The app\u2019s developer, Niantic, has announced that players will have more space to carry both items and Pok\u00e9mon. Players can get these inventory upgrades with Pok\u00e9Coins, or premium currency. Both Pok\u00e9mon and item storage have been raised by 500, putting the new Pok\u00e9mon storage cap at 9,300. The Item bag, once upgraded, can now hold 8,300 items. Each inventory upgrade costs 200 Pok\u00e9Coins, which can be earned by capturing Gyms.\u00a0 If you\u2019re a dedicated player who\u2019s regularly spinning stops and catching&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pokemon-go-backpacks-get-bigger-to-hold-more-of-your-mons\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1078202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1078201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pok\u00e9mon Go backpacks get bigger to hold more of your \u2018mons | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If there\u2019s a point to the Pok\u00e9mon games, it\u2019s that you\u2019ve gotta catch \u2018em all. 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