"Pokemon TCG Pocket Announces Exciting Future Expansions"

If you're diving into Pokémon TCG Pocket, then you're likely familiar with Pack Hourglasses—those handy in-game items that help reduce the wait time between booster pack openings. Good news: they’re not going anywhere anytime soon.

Contrary to recent rumors, The Pokémon Company has officially confirmed that Pack Hourglasses will remain a key part of the game—even for future expansions. Whether you're playing with the original Genetic Apex packs or the latest Mythical Island expansion, these hourglasses will continue to cut down the cooldown period by one hour per use, no matter what new content is introduced.

This clarification comes after speculation arose suggesting that the upcoming 2025 expansion might phase out Pack Hourglasses entirely. However, according to an official statement reported by Screen Rant, there are no current plans to remove or replace them. While the possibility of a new "expansion-specific" currency could be introduced later, it won’t affect how Pack Hourglasses function in the near term. So yes, feel free to keep stockpiling those hourglasses—they’ll still work when the next set drops.

For those unfamiliar, if you don't have any Pack Hourglasses on hand, you can still open two booster packs every 24 hours using natural Pack Stamina regeneration. But if you're eager to speed things up, completing daily challenges and claiming the daily Complimentary Item Set from the shop are great ways to earn more hourglasses. Each one shortens the cooldown by an hour, and collecting twelve will effectively eliminate the full 12-hour wait window (rounded up to the nearest hour).

Beyond Pack Hourglasses, Pokémon TCG Pocket also features several other currencies such as Wonder Hourglasses, Special Tickets, Event Tickets, Shop Tickets, Poke Gold, and Pack Points—each serving its own unique purpose within the game economy.

So whether you've been hoarding hourglasses or just started collecting them, rest easy knowing your efforts haven’t been in vain. As long as Pokémon TCG Pocket continues to receive updates—and judging by its growing popularity—it’s safe to assume that future expansions are definitely on the horizon.

In short: keep saving those hourglasses. They’re still very much worth it.