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(Video Tutorial) How to Level Up in Pokemon Go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFoIf4UuiMk
A guide on how to level up easily in Pokemon Go! I've seen a lot of people asking how to level up in Pokemon Go, so I made this video to help spread information on how you can level up easily! If I missed anything, let me know! |
I'm not sure how this works on non-Android phones, but Aiden (circuit) told us earlier today that if you go to Google Maps > Offline Areas and download your city/area, Pokemon Go will drain less battery and data. :)
Unfortunately doesn't work. :( |
i found these two Forbes articles extremely helpful:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2016/07/09/ten-things-i-wish-i-knew-when-i-started-pokemon-go/#143f082c1d8a http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2016/07/11/i-have-finally-figured-out-nearby-tracking-in-pokemon-go/#419d498f4a85 the first is on pokemon go in general and the other is on tracking. |
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How to start with Pikachu
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This apparently is legit. I would have liked to known about it from the start, haha. My fault for not searching the web before, and jumping into a game completely unprepared c:
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Well, scratch that one. :P |
Just a bit of a time saver but when you’ve hit a PokeStop and spun the sign you can just press the X at the bottom to collect all of the items, you don’t have to tap each bubble individually.
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I thought this was meant to be tips and tricks? Most of the above, if not all, are about levelling up... so let me share a few actually tips to help at all stages of the game.
There are 3 different circles when facing a wild pokemon; green (easy), orange (medium) and red (you guest it, hard). So pay attention. Next is the curve ball. A real trick shot that will land most your balls in the gutter. Takes a while to get the hang of but does produce more exp and an easier catch rate. To actually preform it, tap and hold the ball and start spinning your finger until you see the ball sparkle, then throw it in the opposite direction to what you spun the ball... obviously at the pokemon in a curved manor. Next up is those little footprints, 3? 1? 2? What do they mean?! Its how far away that pokemon is. 3 is 300 m and so on. What if there isnt any?! Then just tap the pokemon and like God it share appear! Pokestops reset after 5 minutes... Need I say more? At each 5th level you will get bigger and better items from the fore mentioned pokestops, 5 - potions and revives and berries, 10 - super potions and goes on getting better. Along with the free stuff you get at every level up. Theres a power saver mode! (Settings > tick the checky box) That little shield in the top right of the shop is the DEFENDER BONUS. NOT a daily bonus like most think. The more gyms you are in the better the reward... each day (which is why people thought it was a daily bonus). Always incubate eggs as soon as you can, because 5km (3miles) is a long way. Transfer those low CP pokemon to get special candy for that pokemon... obviously if you have others of it or you might not find it again and have useless candy. You only get +1 but every little helps when levelling a pidgy. Oh and doesnt matter what you chose for a starter, the first 150 pokemon are available, meaning no hard choices any more guys! Have fun and hope I helped! |
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EXP boosting:
Don't just evolve Pokémon one at a time whenever you can. Save them all and bulk evolve with a Lucky Egg active. If you're at the point where you have a dozen Beedrills or Pidgeots, continue to catch Pidgeys and Weedles and use the excess candy you accumulate to bulk evolve them, then transfer the secondary stage. Just between yesterday and this morning, I'm sitting on ~140 Rattata candies with 8 Rattatas waiting in the wings. At this very moment, I can evolve five Rattatas. With a Lucky Egg active, that would be 5,000 EXP right off the bat. That adds up fast across different types of Pokémon. Gym Runs: If you're going to rely on "play-to-win" methods to obtain coins (rather than pay-to-win) for purchasing consumables, then you're going to have to build an economy. Each day (usually at the end of the day after work), I would gather a few friends on my team to initiate a "gym run," meaning we drive around town taking out and leveling up gyms. The more people we have, the faster the process and generally the longer the gyms will last. As soon as the run is complete, which in my case could range from 3-5 gyms, turn in the rewards immediately at the shop. In hotspots, gyms don't tend to last long at all. Even level 6+ gyms can go down in less than an hour if challengers are coordinated with high level teams. This obviously varies depending on the size of your town/city. Since I'm in a densely populated metropolitan area, every gym is highly contested and exchanges hands multiple times every hour. That's why I pick times when fewer people are active and groups of us execute a fast takeover while the window of opportunity is available. |
I don't know if this is any good for getting great amounts of experience or anything, but I've noticed that I have a lot of revives and potions sitting around so I got together with a few friends who were on different teams and we went to a gym that wasn't in a busy place and began trading control of it back and forth. I'd take it down and then put something weak in and they're take it down and do the same. We got like 150 exp each time and only had to sometimes use a revive or potion that we had too many of anyway. No walking around required. The only worry is if other people wander by and snatch the gym up in the few seconds between handing it over.
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Free Sandwich for Catching a Pokemon in the restaurant - Only Until July 15th
Capriotti's is offering a free sub sandwich for anyone who Tweets a screenshot of a pocket monster inside a Capriotti's restaurant.
Link to Offer Details Good until July 15th |
apparently you can pick up pokeballs you've thrown and missed. i have yet to try it but i've heard it from several co-workers today and will be sorta upset if it's true.
false :-( |
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I've tried tapping it when it flies by the Pokémon, I've tried tapping it midair before it makes contact, I've tried tapping it as it rolls to the side or into the distance. I've even tried swiping up, down, left and right. The Poké Ball counter will decrease regardless. Even worse, by attempting to recover the Poké Ball, you risk accidentally tossing out the next ball in queue. |
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Unless I'm just that physically uncoordinated, there's no way to recollect your Poké Balls after you throw them. |
Take note of where Pokemon spawn on the map if you live in a residential area/somewhere not very crowded. Those locations (for me, at least), seem to never change, and continuously respawn every 30 or 60 minutes.
Still testing it, but this way if a strong Pokemon/one I haven't seen before pops up on my map I can just walk straight to it I've been using it to track tough Pokemon, because a lot of tough pokemon come to one particular spot in my neighbourhood :) ! |
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Trick to capture a Pokémon in one go
There's apparently a trick to guarantee a pokémon capture.
You have to hold on to the pokeball and throw it right after the Pokémon does it's happy emote. For example: After Squirtle did his peace sign. And some other Pokémon jump upwards when they do their emotes. The source is down here on reddit (LINK) I haven't really had a chance to test it but I will when I go out again as there's no Pokémon around my house at the moment |
I heard that to find what direction a pokemon is you select it in the pokemon nearby window so its the only one showing then scroll your screen in a circle slowly and when the compass needle is pointing in the direction of the selected pokemon it will flash a green light, i tried this and i got it to work, (with my wifi at home, my phone is too bad to process the signal fast enough on 4g though)
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This is how tracking works.
Go into tracking and select whichever pokemon you want to track/find, regardless of the number of footprints. Either use a compass unless you already know which direction is north. Face north with your phone extended out in front of you while you are looking at the screen. Press the compass needle on your screen. Your character should now also be facing north, if not press the compass needle again. Slowly move/rotate your body either clockwise or counter clockwise while holding your phone in front of you. Your character should move at the same speed you are moving. As soon as the tracking box in the bottom right flashes/blinks then stop moving. That is the direction that the pokemon you want to track is in. Walk in that direction. 3 footprints mean you will be walking further than 2 or 1 footprint. The exact distance that you need to walk in corelation to the number of footprints may be found on any number of sites, I don't recal it off the top of my head... hope that helps :) |
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Question about the gym runs: so you gather actual people in 3d who are in the same team as you and you drive to gyms trying to take them over? Or is it like a team you join within the pokémon go app? |
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