Pokemon HOME transfer restrictions
What can move into HOME, what can’t, and whether any of it puts your account at risk. Updated for Legends Z-A and Pokemon Champions.
Can you get banned?The risk is minimal. Every Rawkhet Pokemon is legal in the game it’s bought for and can be used without issue, even online. What HOME enforces is its transfer rules: a Pokemon that breaks them is stopped from moving, as explained below.
The three rules that matter
Newest first. Each one changed what can travel between your games and HOME.
Origin-game rule
Only Pokemon that originate in a game can travel from that game into HOME.
- Affects
- Legends Z-A, and Pokemon Champions through HOME
- What to do
- Send a Pokemon to HOME from the game it came from before planning to use it in Champions.
HOME history check
Transfer-only Pokemon without a valid HOME history are prevented from moving.
- Affects
- Scarlet and Violet transfers through HOME 3.0.0
- What to do
- Order transfer-only Pokemon as a HOME order if you need them to move.
One legendary per save
Each Legendary or Mythical can move from a BDSP save to HOME only once.
- Affects
- Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Legends Arceus, HOME 2.0.0
- What to do
- Decide which Legendaries you most want in HOME before you transfer.
Every HOME update, explained
What changed, what it means for you, and what Rawkhet does about it.
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April 2026
Legends Z-A and Pokemon Champions
Pokemon HOME now connects to Legends Z-A, and Pokemon Champions draws its Pokemon from HOME. One rule matters most: only Pokemon that originate from a game can travel from that game into HOME. A Pokemon traded into Z-A from elsewhere can’t move into HOME from Z-A, so it can’t continue into Champions from there either.
Planning to use a Pokemon in Champions? It needs to reach HOME from its origin game. The Rawkhet Teambuilder checks this for you when you build custom sets, and the Pokemon Champions page covers the delivery options.
- Some earlier-generation Shinies became obtainable through HOME with this update, and the affected listings now offer Shiny options.
- Shiny-locked Pokemon, such as Eternal Floette and Magearna, remain shiny-locked.
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September 13, 2023
Pokemon HOME 3.0.0: history checks for Scarlet and Violet
HOME 3.0.0 brought a stricter check on transfers that looks at a Pokemon’s HOME history. Any transfer-only Pokemon without a valid HOME history is prevented from moving.
Rawkhet makes sure every Pokemon is legal in the game it’s bought for. If you order transfer-only Pokemon, keep this restriction in mind: we can only give a Pokemon a valid HOME history when the order is a HOME order. Pokemon that aren’t transfer-only are unaffected.
Good newsThe risk of bans remains minimal. Pokemon that are legal in their games can still be used without any issue, even online.
What it did to HOME orders
These checks roughly tripled the work behind each HOME order. Rawkhet absorbed that without passing any extra cost on to you.
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May 18, 2022
Pokemon HOME 2.0.0: BDSP, Legends Arceus and HOME
HOME 2.0.0 made it possible to move Pokemon between Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Legends Arceus and HOME, with one catch: you can transfer only one of each Legendary or Mythical from a BDSP save file to HOME. If you’ve moved an Arceus from BDSP to HOME, you can’t move another Arceus to HOME from that same save. There’s no cap going the other way, from HOME to BDSP.
If you bought Legendaries from Rawkhet
Planning to move Legendaries you caught yourself as well? Decide which ones you most want in HOME first, so the two don’t clash.
For every other transfer restriction, see Serebii’s full list.
HOME restriction questions
Short answers to what people search for most.
The risk is minimal. Pokemon that are legal in their games can be used without issue, even online, and every Rawkhet Pokemon is legal in the game it’s bought for. HOME’s checks stop transfers that break its rules; they don’t stop you using legal Pokemon in the game they belong to.
No. Only Pokemon that originate in Z-A can travel from Z-A into HOME, so a Pokemon traded in from elsewhere stays in Z-A and can’t continue into Pokemon Champions from there.
Champions draws its Pokemon from HOME, so each Pokemon needs to reach HOME from its origin game. A HOME order from Rawkhet, such as the Pokemon Champions Roster or a Champions Custom Team, delivers them straight into your HOME. See Pokemon Champions for the options.
Since HOME 3.0.0, transfer-only Pokemon need a valid HOME history to move. Rawkhet can only give a Pokemon that history when the order is a HOME order, so order transfer-only Pokemon for HOME if you need them to travel.
One of each Legendary or Mythical per BDSP save file. Moving them from HOME into BDSP has no limit.
Yes. Pokemon such as Eternal Floette and Magearna remain shiny-locked. Some earlier-generation Shinies did become obtainable through HOME in April 2026, and those listings now offer Shiny options.
Updated November 14, 2026.
Living Dexes and legendaries, sent to your HOME.
Delivered into your own HOME account, usually within 24 hours.
