Sheep

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Have advice for aspiring new trainers? Just figured something out you want other players to know about? Is there a limited time promotion going on? Watched a great video guide to Pokémon GO you're anxious to share? Let us know here.

Juno

OK I PULL UP

Age 28
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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. :(

dad

big poppa

Age 25
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Seen June 13th, 2018
Posted June 12th, 2018
2,480 posts
8.4 Years
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.
Male
Seen July 15th, 2021
Posted February 24th, 2020
234 posts
7.1 Years
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. :)
omg i love you thank you
My hypothetical Galar team:
Spoiler:
Rillaboom, Toxtricity, Grimmsnarl, Coalossal, Polteageist, Frosmoth

Type combos I desire:
Grass / Fire
A real Grass / Electric
A proper Grass / Rock

yes i like grass type what of it

moon

they/them
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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:
paired with Ivysaur

Skip Class

previously zappyspiker, but rainbow keeps trying to get me to skip class

Age 28
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Posted July 24th, 2020
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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. :)
Apparently it's been proven false :(


Previously zappyspiker | twitter | instagram

Juno

OK I PULL UP

Age 28
Female
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Posted 1 Week Ago
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9.5 Years
Apparently it's been proven false :(
nooooo
Well, scratch that one. :P

blue

gucci

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United Kingdom
Seen September 26th, 2021
Posted August 7th, 2019
21,056 posts
15.4 Years
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.

LegendaryMohawk

Male
Mars
Seen June 6th, 2021
Posted July 12th, 2016
124 posts
14.3 Years
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!


Seen July 17th, 2016
Posted July 13th, 2016
5 posts
6.9 Years
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.
I just found this one yesterday and loved it! lol such a simple thing.

VisualJae

Spam Hyper Beam for days

Male
New York, NY
Seen October 27th, 2017
Posted September 12th, 2017
1,126 posts
7.6 Years
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.

Esper

California
Seen June 30th, 2018
Posted June 30th, 2018
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.

VisualJae

Spam Hyper Beam for days

Male
New York, NY
Seen October 27th, 2017
Posted September 12th, 2017
1,126 posts
7.6 Years
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.
Unless there's some elaborate physical mechanic associated with it, it doesn't work.

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.

dad

big poppa

Age 25
Female
Seen June 13th, 2018
Posted June 12th, 2018
2,480 posts
8.4 Years
Unless there's some elaborate physical mechanic associated with it, it doesn't work.

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.
darn :( well that's good to know that it's false so others don't waste pokeballs trying to retrieve them.

Hiidoran

ohey

Age 32
Male
Indiana
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Posted February 4th, 2022
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17.6 Years
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.
Yeah, I too have tried this and it doesn't seem to work.

Unless I'm just that physically uncoordinated, there's no way to recollect your Poké Balls after you throw them.

Impo

Playhouse Pokemon

Male
Earth
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Posted December 7th, 2021
2,456 posts
13.3 Years
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 :) !

Esper

California
Seen June 30th, 2018
Posted June 30th, 2018
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 :) !
I've also noticed that some spots seem to have repeats show up. There's a bridge that always seems to have a Psyduck or Magikarp spawn at the exact same point. There's also a house in my neighborhood that seems to be a fairly common place for things to appear. I wouldn't be at all surprised if this was normal for the game, but then again it could be coincidence.
Male
Seen August 18th, 2016
Posted August 7th, 2016
28 posts
7 Years
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
Male
Seen November 30th, 2016
Posted July 19th, 2016
15 posts
6.9 Years
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)
Male
Seen July 15th, 2016
Posted July 15th, 2016
1 posts
6.9 Years
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 :)
Age 26
Female
Sweden
Seen August 13th, 2016
Posted July 16th, 2016
15 posts
6.9 Years
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.
Question about exp boosting: What's a lucky egg? You're saying if I don't evolve a Pokemon as soon as I can but catch a couple more so I have a bunch of them, then activate the lucky egg and then evolve the pokemon? Should I keep let's say rattatas and not transfer them for candy in order to focus on evolving one of them, or have several evolved rattatas? What should I do?

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?