How to Farm Pack Hourglasses

Pack Hourglasses are used to open packs in Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket (PTCG Pocket) if your pack stamina is still recharging. Read on for tips on how to farm Pack Hourglasses, all the ways to get Pack Hourglasses, and how to use Pack Hourglasses.

How to Farm Pack Hourglasses

Complete Missions

Daily missions, basic missions, advanced missions, and premium missions can all give Pack Hourglasses as rewards.

Completing the basic and advanced missions in particular is the best way to earn a lot of Pack Hourglasses early on, while daily missions give you a reliable source of Pack Hourglasses every day.

All Missions and Themed Collections

Reroll Packs for the Best Cards

Since you can get a large amount of Pack Hourglasses within the first few hours of playing Pokemon TCG Pocket, it is recommended to use this as an opportunity to get rare cards before committing to an account.

If you don’t like the cards you got within your first dozen or so packs, then you can delete your save and start all over again. Link an account once you’re happy with your pulls.

Reroll Guide: How to Reroll for the Best Start

Participate in Solo Battles

Step-Up Battle	First Time Rewards Per Battle	Total Battles
Beginner	25 EXP 2 Pack Hourglasses 50 Shinedust 1 Shop Ticket	7
Intermediate	50 EXP 3 Pack Hourglasses 100 Shinedust 1 Shop Ticket	7
Advanced	75 EXP 5 Pack Hourglasses 150 Shinedust 1 Shop Ticket	7
Expert	100 EXP 7 Pack Hourglasses 200 Shinedust 1 Shop Ticket	6

You can get Pack Hourglasses as a reward for beating a deck in solo battles for the first time. The amount of Pack Hourglasses you can get from each deck depends on the difficulty.

If you win all of the beginner Step-Up Battles, which can be done early on, you’ll receive a total of 14 Pack Hourglasses. If you win all battles from beginner to expert, you can earn a total of 112 Pack Hourglasses.

Solo Battle Guides

Level Up

Each time you level up, you will receive 12 Pack Hourglasses in addition to other rewards. The EXP requirement to reach the next level gradually increases as you gain more levels, but you also receive EXP from opening packs.

The current max level cap is set to level 50, which should give you enough Pack Hourglasses to help you collect all the cards you want from Genetic Apex.

Level Up Guide

Purchase at the Shop

Item	Cost	Stock
Pack Hourglass x1	2 Shop Tickets	10
Pack Hourglass x6	12 Shop Tickets	10

Pack Hourglasses can also be purchased at the Shop using Shop Tickets. The Shop carries a limited stock of hourglasses, but these refresh every month.

All Shop Items

How to Use Pack Hourglasses

Open Booster Packs

You will be given the option to use your Pack Hourglasses if you try to open a booster pack while you have no stamina available. Each Pack Hourglass is equivalent to 1 hour of pack stamina recovery, and the amount of hourglasses you can use at a time depends on the remaining hours until you can fill a unit of pack stamina.

Pack Hourglasses will also be used if you opt to open 10 Packs all at once, as long as you have enough hourglasses.

Best Pack to Open

Poke Gold Can Be Used Instead

If you don’t have enough Pack Hourglasses to fill your pack stamina, you can use Poke Gold instead. Poke Gold can also be used to replenish your wonder stamina

Poke Gold Farming Guide

Time Remaining Carries Over

If you’re worried about using a Pack Hourglass while the timer is still in the middle of the hour, don’t be! You still use the full hour of each Pack Hourglass, and you’ll see the extra minutes carried over to the next recharging pack stamina.

This means that if you use 10 Pack Hourglasses while the timer is at 9 hr 35 min, the timer after you open the pack will be set to 11 hr 35 min instead of 12 hours.

How Booster Packs Work in Pokemon TCG Pocket

Pokemon TCG Pocket Related Guides

All Items and Accessories

Shop Items

All Shop Items

New Shop Items

Accessories

Binder Covers	Display Board Backdrops
Emblems	Coins
Card Sleeves	Playmats

Currencies

Pack Hourglass	Wonder Hourglass
Poke Gold	Shop Ticket
Emblem Ticket	Special Shop Ticket
Premium Ticket	Advance Ticket
Pack Points	Shinedust
Rewind Watch	Wonder Stamina

All Currencies Explained