Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5915139-20151004212247/@comment-26907728-20151010000444

Mrsnoe wrote: How many puffles does your brother own? If he has none, I remember reading the wiki chat and someone said 'You need at least one regular puffle to adopt a gold one', so maybe that's your answer. If not, someone else here with more knowledge than me on the matter will be able to help you I'm sure, and there's loads of time left to get a gold puffle so don't worry.

The wiki said this, because the "normal" way to get the golden puffle, is feeding any puffle with a "Gold O'Berry" to find golden nuggets (15 to be more exactly) and then, put in that jackhammer to adopt a golden puffle

I don't know how IOS adpot the golden one, but i think is not from the same process as the "normal" way.