Friendship Checker Confirmed at Café Pokémon‑Amie, Fastest Leveling Method Shared for Legends: Z‑A

Overview

• Players can assess a Pokémon’s bond by speaking to the woman in yellow outside Café Pokémon‑Amie in northwest Lumiose City, who offers a qualitative reading rather than a number.
• If the checker is missing, Fumi at the café offers a quest to clear out Trubbish that enables the service and awards two Rare Candies and five Dusk Balls upon completion.
• Destructoid reports that equipping a Soothe Bell and visiting a café for four drinks typically maxes Friendship, with a fifth visit sometimes needed.
• FandomWire lists additional ways to build Friendship, including nighttime battles, walking with the Pokémon out, using items like Exp. Candy or Berries, battling, breaking Mega Shards, and using a Soothe Bell from Side Mission 036.
• Multiple evolutions rely on high Friendship, including Riolu to Lucario during daytime, Budew to Roselia during daytime, and Buneary to Lopunny and Pichu to Pikachu without time conditions.