diff --git a/PKHeX.Core/Legality/LegalityCheckStrings.cs b/PKHeX.Core/Legality/LegalityCheckStrings.cs
index 4d241e41b..0fd4f3f5d 100644
--- a/PKHeX.Core/Legality/LegalityCheckStrings.cs
+++ b/PKHeX.Core/Legality/LegalityCheckStrings.cs
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ public static class LegalityCheckStrings
         public static string LTransferPIDECBitFlip { get; set; } = "PID should be equal to EC [with top bit flipped]!";
         public static string LTransferPIDECEquals { get; set; } = "PID should be equal to EC!";
         public static string LTransferPIDECXor { get; set; } = "Encryption Constant matches shinyxored PID.";
+        public static string LTransferTrackerMissing { get; set; } = "Pokémon HOME Transfer Tracker is missing.";
         #endregion
 
     }
diff --git a/PKHeX.Core/Legality/Verifiers/ParseSettings.cs b/PKHeX.Core/Legality/Verifiers/ParseSettings.cs
index abadd79bc..2d6b91b5b 100644
--- a/PKHeX.Core/Legality/Verifiers/ParseSettings.cs
+++ b/PKHeX.Core/Legality/Verifiers/ParseSettings.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public static class ParseSettings
         public static Severity NicknamedMysteryGift { get; set; } = Severity.Fishy;
         public static Severity RNGFrameNotFound { get; set; } = Severity.Fishy;
         public static Severity Gen8MemoryLocationTextVariable { get; set; } = Severity.Fishy;
+        public static Severity Gen8TransferTrackerNotPresent { get; set; } = Severity.Fishy;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Checks to see if Crystal is available to visit/originate from.
diff --git a/PKHeX.Core/Legality/Verifiers/TransferVerifier.cs b/PKHeX.Core/Legality/Verifiers/TransferVerifier.cs
index 0ddfb08d9..5fd85a98d 100644
--- a/PKHeX.Core/Legality/Verifiers/TransferVerifier.cs
+++ b/PKHeX.Core/Legality/Verifiers/TransferVerifier.cs
@@ -127,8 +127,16 @@ public void VerifyTransferLegalityG8(LegalityAnalysis data)
                             data.AddLine(GetInvalid(LTransferBad));
                     }
                 }
-                if (pk.Tracker == 0) // Tracker value?
-                    data.AddLine(GetInvalid(LTransferBad));
+
+                // Tracker value is set via Transfer across HOME.
+                // Can't validate the actual values (we aren't the server), so we can only check against zero.
+                if (pk.Tracker == 0)
+                {
+                    data.AddLine(Get(LTransferTrackerMissing, ParseSettings.Gen8TransferTrackerNotPresent));
+                    // To the reader: It seems like the best course of action for setting a tracker is:
+                    // - Transfer a 0-Tracker pkm to HOME to get assigned a valid Tracker
+                    // - Don't make one up.
+                }
             }
         }