How much does friendship raise exactly with TM method

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I read on the internet that alternating two TMs on a pokemon should raise friendship pretty fast and should give maximum friendship in 5 to 10 minutes. Well, I think I'm over 15 minutes and my Munchlax still doesn't evolve after leveling up. I must say that I don't have Soothe Bell or Luxury Ball on him though.

Are there some hard numbers of with what value the friendship is raised after each new move learned?

As far as I understand most pokemon start at 70 and will evolve with lvl up at 220 or higher.

So, how much does the friendship raise exactly in these situations:

  • while holding Soothe Bell
  • while being in a Luxury Ball
  • holding Soothe Bell and in a Luxury Ball
  • without Soothe Bell or Luxury Ball

Best Answer

Note, I'm taking 6th gen as example because data is not out yet, but there are no reason to think that it has changed.

If a Pokémon is caught in a Luxury Ball or is holding a Soothe Bell, all friendship-raising events will increase the Pokémon's friendship value by an extra point; friendship-lowering events are not affected.

If the Pokémon's friendship is increased at the location of where it was met, an extra +1 friendship is added to the boost.

Note that holding a Soothe Bell will still apply a rounded-down multiplier of 1.5 after applying the extra bonus from location and Luxury Ball, if applicable.

More info on friendship-raising events on Bulbapedia.

Regarding the TM method, according to this Reddit:

Anyone know by how much per use?
Apparently not much. Literally TM spammed for like 45 mins and my Eevee still won't evolve.

So it doesn't seem a "pretty fast" way to raise friendship. Or even untrue.

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