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Ask simple questions here!
While you can still make question threads if your GO question is more in-depth, this is the thread for anything that doesn't need a full discussion surrounding it and can be usually answered in one or two posts. Questions like "what Pokémon's shadow is this?", "should I power up this Pokémon?" and "what does the blue glow around my Pokémon mean?" are examples of things that usually wouldn't warrant their own thread. Don't be afraid to post here if you feel your question doesn't require more detailed responses.
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### Map that shows GYM Locations? ###
What is the best website that shows the locations of gyms?
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That is obviously Seadra (Horsea evolution)
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I have read online that Incense summons a Pokemon every 5 minutes when standing still, and every 1 minute when walking.
I used my first one today, while on a long walk, and only got about 5 Pokemon during the whole time, spread out over the duration. What was I doing wrong? |
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Several different sources/articles online have stated that walking during an active Incense increases the spawn rate to one every minute instead of one every five minutes. If it was just one source I would write it off, but...
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# How many people can attack to GYM at the same time? #
If i want to team up with my friends to take down a gym what's the maximum number of people that can attack at the same time? I mean how many of us would be seen on the arena of the gym?
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As far as I know, 4 people is the maximum. I know because I was with a huge group a few days ago and we were trying to take down a Valor gym that was a level 8 and we needed more than one person to take it all down.
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I think it depends on the level of the gym? I'm not sure because I'm never gone to attack a gym in a group. But I've seen others express their experiences. I know 2+ can though. |
Is this Dragonite worth powering up?
Should I power up my 150CP dragonite with 15/2/15 IVs and Dbreath//hyperbeam. It will take around 75k stardust to get it to max level...
OR Should I evolve my 500CP Dratini with 15/9/15 IVs and spend 125 candy, 20k stardust to evolve/power it up to max level BUT it might get random attacks (like STEELWING.....)? 75k stardust is a lot.... but I really don't want to have to waste all that dratini candy just to get a STEELWING Dragonite... Its taken me like 3 weeks to get my 90 candy and I was lucky because a Dratini hatched in between (and gave me 30candy!).... Thoughts? |
If it's got the best move set and good IV's then stick with it, as you level up then stardust isn't an issue any more and the alternative is saving up 125 Dratini candy to evolve all the way to dragonite and hoping it gets good IV's and best moves.
However if the moves aren't the best and IV's are low then maybe wait for another one |
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This Dragonite has max ATK and HP IVs, but a horrid 2DEF IV. The Dratini I have has 15/9/15, so it's defense is 7IV better than my Dnite... It's more of do you think it's worth it to risk the 50% chance |
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I'm just trying to get as much feedback as possible because, well, it's a pretty big decision. 75k stardust + 70 dratini candy aren't exactly easy to come by |
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Very simply put, having 100% perfect IVs vs. 0% perfection would only give you a 10% power bump in battle. The difference you're talking about between 15/9/15 and 15/2/15 is nowhere near that 100% difference, and therefore nowhere near a 10% stat increase. You'll have a much better advantage through the (presumed) better attacks you will have in the 15/2/15 in the long run. |
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It adds up to 72100k stardust. But that's still ALOT lol |
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And that'll keep scaling until you hit level 40. And to put it into perspective, if your Dragonite's level is at 29 (basically CP2500-2900ish), then from that point until its CP ceiling, it'll cost you another 182K Stardust. So yeah, it might look like 72K dust now, but the more you level, the more expensive it'll inevitably get due to scaling. |
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Even if I wait till lvl 30 to evolve that 500CP Dratini, by that time it will be quite underleveled, and I'll have to spend way more than 20k stardust to bring it back up to max lvl. Unless you're suggesting just wait out and try to catch more Dratinis at a higher level? Like 700CP Dratinis? |
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Also, regarding capping out the Dratini first... that doesn't matter if you do it now or later. Evolution CP is a multiplier. A capped out Dratini will evolve into a capped out Dragonair which will evolve into a capped out Dragonite. In essence, you're investing more candy. Not Stardust. |
Can I play Pokémon Go when this app is not available in the place I am staying?
Hi everyone, I am crazy about Pokémon since I was a kid. I am staying abroad now and this game is not available here yet. Is there anyway for me to install and play it? Thanks a lot!
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You could but it could possibly give your device a virus
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If you are using an Android phone, you could download the "Aptoide" store apk through the Aptoide website and download Pokemon GO through that app. Of course, you could just download the Pokemon GO apk, but I personally feel safer downloading apps through Aptoide. Not sure about iOS, as I've never owned an Apple device.
EDIT: Can't believe I didn't think of this, but there might not even be any pokemon roaming around in your area, if the app isn't available yet. You're still welcome to try it, of course... |
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Yes, it really does depend on the location completely. If GO is planned for release in your country, you may be able to obtain the game with an APK file and play. If you're in India, for example, the game is set for release there and apparently allows access. However, a few areas that don't have a set release are now geo-blocked because the servers are not meant to hold all that traffic right now. There are work arounds in some areas with VPNs, but that's kinda not within the scope of this board, not really a good idea for the most part.
Aaaand if it IS China, chances are you'll never really be able to play, as it requires access to Google's servers; access to which is banned there. |
I have a question I wonder if anyone knows the answer to!
http://i.imgur.com/ad1JwMZl.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/rcz2ykrl.png When your Nearby tab is closed, it shows, for example, Koffing, Rattata, Caterpie. The first three Pokemon. But when you open the Nearby tab, it shows Caterpie, Rattata, Koffing. Those first three are being displayed in opposite order. One of these two is being read right to left instead of left to right. And this happens 100% of the time with the Nearby tab, both pre- and post-update. Why is that? |
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When your Pokeball misses a Pokemon or bounces off, you're supposed to tap it to reclaim your Pokeball and not waste resources.
When I tap Pokeballs on the ground - multiple times, even - they just keep on rolling and my number of Pokeballs goes down. Why isn't this feature of the game working for me? This happened prior to the game's update, too. At first I thought that the things I was reading telling me to tap missed Pokeballs to reclaim them were just false rumours, but then my best friend told me that when he taps a rolling Pokeball, "it flashes and then one pops up in my hand, and my pokeball counter doesn't go down." And yet I see plenty of people both claiming it's real AND debunking the claim. What's going on here? |
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(I've asked him to check his inventory both before and after an encounter to see if your claim about non-updating counters is the case) |
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Where are you from? :p If Pokémon Go has not available in your place yet, there is almost no point installing it. And you may even get virus for downloading from untrustworthy sources. There is no pokemon now for you to collect so try to wait until they come to your place :) You can try downloading apk file on choilieng.com for experiencing anw :)
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Infinite lucky egg and incase?
I saw somewhere on web if you use lucky egg or incase and after 25 min you turn off automatic date on your phone and turn your time on phone not more than 30 minutes lets say 28/30 min passed you roll back time of your phone the item time resets giving you infinite number of minutes for your lucky egg and incase.
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I saw a video where a guy stumbled upon this possible explot on accident and if I remember correctly, he showed while testing upon realizing it was happening that it doesn't work or exploit the time limit because the personal clock on the phone was not coordinated with the live clock on the Pokemon GO client. Therefore the exploit glitched the game and prevented it from registering any of the actions occurring on the game.
I just checked the video and they actually discover it by messing around with incense not a lucky egg. So it might be worth it to test it more. Spoiler:
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The timer displayed in-game is based on your phone's current time (if you activated an incense at 7:30 PM, ran it for 20 minutes then set your clock back to 7:30 PM the timer would reset to 30 mins) but the results, ie finding Pokémon or getting double exp etc, are based on the server's time and if your phone is out of sync with the server time you won't see any effects at all.
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I've done it, not sure if I still got the effects but it felt like it. Lv 18->21 ftw. Only do it once, if you do it twice it really screws up your game and phone.
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# High IV Pokemon evolution? #
When you evolve a high IV pokemon will the evolved pokemon have the same IV? I mean lets say i have a %98 IV Magikarp. If i evolve it will my Gyarados also have %98 IV or will it change randomly like the moveset?
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IVs will carry over and be the same when the Pokémon evolves. A 98% Magikarp will become a 98% Gyarados :)
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You can see the GFX in your game adjust to accommodate your phone's clock, but the effects will last for the intended 30 minutes and not a second more. |
Move sets help
I've been looking at building my Pokemon to take on gyms so been planning what moves I want them to help, since the update last week some of those moves changed but according to serebii mud shot and poison jab got improved. Mud shot should have gone from
6 damage to 12 damage and poison jab from 12 to 15 but I checked my kingler and seaking and they have the old stats for those attacks. so is serebii wrong? If so what site will have all the correct stats or has my Pokemon not got the update properly. |
Mud Shot or Mud Slap? Mud Slap is 15. Mud Shot is the one that got nerfed and my poor Poliwrath has it.
Just use this as reference: http://pokemongo.gamepress.gg/pokemon-moves |
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Wifi-hotspot connection for Pokemon Go
Is Wifi-hotspot connection can be used for Pokemon Go ?
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If you're asking whether GO can be played whilst connected to WiFi rather than mobile data then yes, it very much can! Otherwise you may need to be a little more specific sorry, hard to answer without knowing the real question haha.
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Sorry English isn't my main.
I mean I have a phone that has Wifi-hotspot that can share wifi to my iPad ( that I use to play Pokemon Go ) I want to know that is Pokemon Go supported for wifi from my WiFi-hotspot ? every time I try to use Wifi-hotspot to connect to the game. It shows retry or try different account on the login screen. I can only use Wifi from router to connect to the game. So, anyone know how to fix this ? |
Are you using same account on both devices?
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The phone that has Wifi-hotspot can't install Pokemon Go because of low specs.
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I got lucky with my Poliwrath and he has bubble, I hope in a future update you can change their moves, for some people it's very difficult to get enough candies to evolve so it's very annoying when you evolve a Pokemon and it gets the wrong move set |
Is Pokemon Go slow for you?
When I am playing Pokemon Go with my friends, their pokemon always show up first before mine. Example: When we are walking a wild pokemon would always show first on their screen to mine. I have to wait like 30seconds for it to appear on mine, which is quiet annoying. I've tried re downloading the app and my app is update to date. Any suggestions?
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99% of the time this'll either be due to slower internet connection on the lagging phone or a GPS that is slower to update. Do you have your GPS settings on high sensitivity (in your phone's settings menu go to the location tab) and do you have a good/stable internet connection?
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I don't have an option to change the settings on my location, it's just either turn on or off feature. My friends use my phone as a hotspot and their pokemon still appear quicker than mine
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Yeah most of the time It's only me using my internet data and nobody using my hotspot, they only use it when they have ran out of data. The nearby pokemon list is always up to date for their phone and mine always seems to be old. Eventually after a few minutes mine will refresh itself to the most recent nearby list
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Its both, my nearby list is always slower refreshing compared to my friends and the wild pokemon are always slower to appear on my phone compared to theirs! Also even though my app is up to date I still have the battery saver option on my settings even though my friends don't
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Evolving/Powering up Pokemon
So is it better to first evolve your pokemon and then power up their cp, or power up their cp then evolve. Would the second option give a higher CP?
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Doesn't matter which way around you do it - CP is based on the Pokémon's level (each Pokémon is caught with a set level and then powering it up with stardust will increase the level by one which will be a set amount of CP for the Pokémon species) and their IV score (IVs are natural stats a Pokémon has which give it bonuses to its base stats), and neither of these two values change when a Pokémon evolves. So in short, both ways are 100% fine :D
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I thought IVs stayed the same no matter what?
And also would it not be better powering up first? Example if I had a 300cp bulbasaur and powered it up by 200 cp then evolved it then it would be around 1000 cp. Whereas if I evolved it without powering up then it would be around 600 cp and I'd have to spend twice as much candy/stardust to get it to 1000 cp. Or is that not how it works? Hope that makes sense! |
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I've heard that the current Nearby tab no longer follows any order - e.g. the Pokemon in space 1 isn't closer to you than the Pokemon in space 2. Confirm/deny? Source too if you can?
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Always evolve then power up, with most Pokemon you have a 50% chance at best at getting a good moveset (some Pokemon is much lower) so you wouldn't want to waste stardust on a Pokemon only for it to get the wrong moves
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I pay no attention to the nearby, me and my wife often play together and always have different Pokemon on nearby list and the same Pokemon can be in completely different place on list
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I was wondering if having an incense out spawns completely random Pokémon or does location matter aswell? Like using an incense while at a park or near water yielding different results than using it in the city. I did some googling and all I could find was how Lures/Location work, and not incense. |
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Eevee evolutions?
Does the name trick for Eevee evolutions (sparky, rainer, pyro) still work after you've caught all 3?
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Speaking of, I wonder if you can nickname an Eeveelution BACK to original after you've evolved it with that trick?
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Are there any specific pokestops for getting ultra balls at? Like Major buildings
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How do you attack in gym battles? :p
Also what level do you get Great balls and Hyper potions. |
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2. Hold the screen and once you've charged long enough (it doesn't take long) your Pokemon will unleash a more super move that takes more time to execute. 2a. Don't worry, it will unleash the attack on its own even while your finger is still on the screen, so you don't need to worry about "how long do I have to hold down before letting go" or anything like that. 2b. Your Pokemon's attacks, both basic and super, can be found at the bottom of their page, under the Evolve button. Sometimes otherwise-identical Pokemon have different movesets. 3. Swipe left or right to dodge attacks. This is extremely sketchy and can be laggy, however, so it seems nearly impossible to dodge your foe's normal attacks and only slightly easier to dodge your foe's super moves (which are more telegraphed). 3a. Some people argue that the best way to win is forget dodging and just go offensive, while some other people claim that even a CP 10 Weedle can defeat anything with good dodging and patience. ((That is an exaggeration, obviously. Gym battles are timed.)) 4. You unlock great balls at level 12 and hyper potions at level 15. Once unlocked, you have a small chance of getting them from any Pokéstop. ------------ Hey! I'm just bringing this back up because it never reached any kind of conclusion and we're still not sure what the deal is regarding Incense-during-walking. Quote:
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------------ Finally, I have one more question - well, maybe two. Razz Berries: do they last the entire encounter, or do their effects wear off after the Pokemon breaks free of a ball? Which is more "powerful" to capture rate, Razz Berry or Great Ball? |
How are the Eeveelutions ranked now? I've heard Vaporeon is the best, but which one - Jolteon or Flareon - is the 'worst' so to speak?
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Vaporeon is the best, flareon is good until you get hold of an Arcanine. Jolteon is poor but is currently the best electric type I've found so far. That is partly why water types are so overpowered atm because the electric types aren't good enough to take them down
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As for your Incense question, I believe it's widely thought that Incense does in fact work better whilst you're moving but you have to be moving over a set speed limit in order to witness it. I'm not at all certain on whether this is true or what the limit is so I'll take a look around and edit into this post if I end up finding anything concrete. Quote:
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I think it's very much a case of if you have a lot of eevee's in your area then it's a guaranteed way of getting a strong fire and electric type. However flareon and jolteon have low HP so Flareon can easily be replaced by Arcanine, I still haven't found a better electric type than jolteon but my area is very rare for electric types
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Do I lose a small amount of potential CP by maxing it out? At this point, I have several Pokemon I'm working on leveling with Stardust. But, if I level one all the way to the max of its curve (currently, I know, since I'll be able to go further after I level up again)? In other words, if it is at 1580 and the max for my current level is, say, 1600--is there something behind the scenes where I would normally gain +40 for the power up but since this is it's current CP ceiling, it will only take me to 1600? Thus losing out on 20CP from that power up? |
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Do I lose a small amount of potential CP by maxing a Pokemon out as high as my level allows? At this point I have several Pokemon I'm working on leveling with Stardust. But, if I level one all the way to the max of its curve (currently, I know, since I'll be able to go further after I level up again) do I miss out on maximizing my gains? In other words, if it is at 1580 and the max for my current level is, say, 1600--is there something behind the scenes where I would normally gain +40 for the power up but since this is it's current CP ceiling, it will only take me to 1600? Thus losing out on 20CP from that power up? |
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Question On Pokestops
So far it says I've visited 35 pokestops but from my memory cannot memorize that many after writing them down on a piece of paper. I've remembered about 28 I went to. Just wondering if the other 7 were returns I did to some or even gyms.
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### What Does Powering Up Do Besides Increasing Hp? ###
What does powering up/increasing the cp of a pokemon do besides increasing its HP?
It's said that CP = stronger pokemon. But i find that a shallow explanation. So when you power up your pokemon does it also increase its attack, defence and stamina or just the HP? |
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CP = floor((Base Attack + Attack IV) * (Base Defense + Defense IV)^0.5 * (Base HP + HP IV)^0.5 * (PowerUpValue^2) / 10 ) This might not mean a lot but basically CP is determined by taking into account the HP, Attack and Defence stats for the Pokémon and all three of these increase when you power up a Pokémon. Your damage, defence and HP all increase slightly :) |
### How to Calculate IV precisely? ###
Is there a more precise way to calculate the IV of the pokemon than provided at pokeassistant and thesilproad? Most of the time your calculations have at least 3-4 variations. Some of the calculations show different variations from %100 to even %70. How will i know which one is my Pokemon's real IV?
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The IV calculators which were accessing the server's data to find the exact IVs for Pokémon have been taken down now with Niantic's latest 3rd party banning spree, so the next best thing is just to use one of the standard input data sites and hope for the best. A lot of the sites have an option to enter stats once and then to enter them again after powering up once - these tend to give a lot more accurate results so go for this method if you're looking for as much accuracy as possible.
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