Regional Pokemon Spawning Variance

[NolemMing]

Hello,
I read the 10km egg thread, and people were talking about how rare eevees are. eevees spawn like weeds where I live. Please post your region (city, and a list of what you consider to you rare/weeds/common spawn... i'd like to get a sense of what people in other area are dealing with.

Greater Seattle area always seems to have tons of water pokemon.

All this is anecdotal IMHO. I'm not tracking any hard data numbers. All 'mon listed from most common to rarest (top to bottom).

Weedy commons:
Pidgey (#1 most abundant)
Weedle
Caterpie

Slightly less common, but still very easy to find:
spearow
Ratata
zubat
venonat
eevee

lesser commons:
nidorans
clefairy
oddish
paras
gastly
drowzee
bellsprout

the waters:
psyduck
poliwag
magicarp
tentacool
krabby
slowpoke
horsea
goldeen
staryu
shellder

Harder to find:
mankey
geodude
growlithe
ponyta
tauros
seel
rhyhorn
jigglypuff
squirtle
machop

harder still:
ekans
sandshrew
vulpix
koffing
diglett
meowth
abra
scyther
jynx

harder:
pinsir
grimer
electabuzz
magmar

rarer (usually only findable at known spawn "nests")
bulbasaur
magnetite
doduo
voltorb
dratini
exeggcute
cubone
onix
charmander
omanyte
kabuto
pikachu

rarest:
lickitung
hitmonchan
hitmonlee
chansey
tangela
porygon
lapras
aerodactyl
dragonite
snorlax

I would love to see midwest, south, etc type of areas/info posted. :)

 

[NolemMing]

there are a few reasons for this post.

1. regional gym strategies. since water pokemon/eevees are so common in the seattle area, you often see gyms with all vaporeon. therefore, the value of fire pokemon in this area is diminished due to type advantage. electric and grass are more sought after.

2. trading. how will it work? do you need to be in physical close proximity to someone? I'll fly somewhere eevees are rare, and trade all my "trash" jolts/vaporeon/flareon away for stuff i'd like better.. :)

 

[VisualJae]

New York is pretty diverse, but as expected the more urbanized areas have the most choices.

Where I physically live, the typically common Pokémon like Pidgey, Rattata, and Weedle are a dime a dozen, but that's pretty much the case anywhere. That's the general pool of spawns, but occasionally other species like Pikachu, Growlithe, Eevee, Seel, and the starters may pop up. The rarest by far I've seen (only occurred once in my experience) was a Snorlax that spawned about a block away from the house.

Just 20 minutes north is a port town that has common Water types like Magikarp, Tentacool, Poliwag, Psyduck, and Goldeen. Periodically (very periodically) evolved forms of the aforementioned species will appear, as will Dratini. This is a place where you're also more likely to find Eevee than Rattata. It's the only place in New York that I know of that's like this.

Now in the NYC metro area, however, it's a completely different world. Central Park in Manhattan is one of the most densely populated and diverse Pokémon tracking locations in North America. The first person reported in the world to complete the regional PokéDex is from NYC and spent the vast majority of his time sitting around Central Park. You can quite literally find every single Pokémon in the regional Dex just by being there (with a hefty amount of luck, of course). I personally wrapped up the last few entries I needed there.

There are many nests around the metro area and locating them was what I did when I needed to fill out evolutions. Whether it's collecting Charmander candies en masse, grinding out Dratini candies, hoarding up Magikarp, you name it, there's a location somewhere in the city that serves as a nest. The rarer ones (colloquially called mythically rare) like Lapras and Snorlax sporadically appear throughout the city and many players took it upon themselves to track their movements. There are some trends, but still very unpredictable unless you personally want to cover an area at least 2-3 miles in radius.

Lapras is very rare, but I know in some New England areas they appear much more often.

 

[Wintermelon43]

I live in PA.

Virtually Everywhere:
Pidgey
Rattata
Weedle

Extremely Common:
Spearow
Caterpie
Venonat
Eevee
Drowzee
Zubat

Common:
Paras
Bellsprout
Kakuna
Pidgeotto
Oddish
Nidorans

Pretty Common:
Clefairy
Raticate
Gastly
Tauros
Meowth
Magikarp
Goldeen
Staryu
Krabby
Seel

In Between:
Psyduck
Poliwag
Shellder
Pidgeot
Koffing
Metapod
Abra

Pretty Rare:
Squirtle
Fearow
Nidorina
Nidorino
Weepinbell
Gloom
Beedrill
Venomoth
Parasect
Jigglypuff
Slowpoke
Mankey

Rare:
Vulpix
Ekans
Exeggcute
Hypno
Golduck
Ponyta
Rhyhorn
Geodude
Diglett

Very Rare:
Tentacool
Machop
Pikachu
Dratini
Bulbasaur
Clefable
Haunter
Butterfree
Kadabra
Kingler
Starmie
Seadra
Seaking
Charmander
Doduo
Growlithe
Jynx

Extrmely Rare:
Sandshrew
Cubone
Wigglytuff
Tentacruel
Graveler
Vaporeon
Victreebel
Vileplume
Electabuzz
Pinsir
Scyther
Onix
Poliwhirl
Nidoqueen
Nidoking
Magnemite
Voltorb
Grimer
Omanyte
Kabuto
Dewgong
Arbok
Cloyster
Lickitung
Exeggcutor
Poliwhirl
Slowbro
Persian
Wartortle
Rapidash
Raichu
Ivysaur
Charmeleon
Primeape
Dodrio
Machoke

Maybe You'll get it... Once every year:
Alakazam
Ninetales
Dugtrio
Weezing
Rhydon
Marowak
Sandslash
Gengar
Magneton
Electrode
Kabutops
Omastar
Poliwrath
Dragonair
Blastoise
Venusaur
Tangela
Jolteon
Flareon
Snorlax
Magmar
Lapras
Arcanine
Porygon
Hitmonlee
Hitmonchan
Chansey

There is an extremely low chance of ever seeing this pokemon. You will need to evolve or hatch it:
Golem
Charizard
Machamp
Gyarados
Aerodactyl
Dragonite
Muk

 

[Maserati777]

I might edit this later but in Metro Detroit


Common: (Despise to get from eggs)
Pidgey
Pidgeotto
Rattata
Raticate
Spearow
Fearow
Venonat
Venomoth
Paras
Weedle
Kakuna
Caterpie
Drowzee

Uncommon
Magikarp
Bellsprout
Hypno
Poliwag
Pidgeot
Seel
Metapod
Beedrill
Most of the Pokemon I didn't list are uncommon.

Rare
Jigglypuff
Gastly
Geodude
Meowth
Vulpix
Clefairy
Pikachu
Dratini
Tentacool
Abra
Butterfree
Koffing

Haven't spawned (Pray to get from eggs)

Ponyta
Ekans
Grimer
Growlithe
Voltorb
Magnemite
Machop
Cubone
Pretty much all single evolution Pokemon.
Jynx and Tauros do spawn but nothing else.

 

[UltimateUmbreon]

I like this idea because I like to see what other people see in their areas.

I used to be in southern California (man, I miss that pokemon-wise) but don't remember in enough detail exactly what's available there. But in Hanover, NH at Dartmouth College (and pretty much the entire Upper Valley) where I now live, here's what it looks like.

Virtually Everywhere:
Pidgey
Rattata
Weedle
Nidoran
Eevee

Extremely Common:
Spearow
Caterpie
Venonat
Drowzee


Common:
Paras
Zubat
Bellsprout
Oddish
Clefairy
Gastly

Pretty Common:
Tauros


In Between:
Kakuna
Pidgeotto
Raticate
Staryu
Krabby
Seel
Metapod
Shellder
Pidgeot
Fearow
Weepinbell
Venomoth

Rare:
Gloom
Squirtle
Poliwag
Koffing
Abra
Jigglypuff
Slowpoke
Parasect
Rhyhorn
Pikachu

Extrmely Rare:
Meowth
Exeggcute
Magikarp
Goldeen
Psyduck
Seadra
Hypno
Nidorina
Nidorino
Beedrill
Bulbasaur
Clefable
Haunter
Seaking
Growlithe
Vulpix
Cubone
Wigglytuff
Graveler
Victreebel
Vileplume
Electabuzz
Charmeleon
Snorlax
Lapras

Never seen or heard of one being seen, are they still considered pokemon?:
Pinsir
Tentacruel
Golduck
Ponyta
Geodude
Diglett
Jynx
Mankey
Ekans
Tentacool
Machop
Dratini
Sandshrew
Vaporeon
Charmander
Doduo
Scyther
Onix
Poliwhirl
Nidoqueen
Nidoking
Magnemite
Voltorb
Grimer
Omanyte
Kabuto
Dewgong
Arbok
Cloyster
Lickitung
Exeggcutor
Poliwhirl
Slowbro
Persian
Wartortle
Rapidash
Raichu
Ivysaur
Primeape
Dodrio
Machoke
Butterfree
Kadabra
Kingler
Starmie
Alakazam
Ninetales
Dugtrio
Weezing
Rhydon
Marowak
Sandslash
Gengar
Magneton
Electrode
Kabutops
Omastar
Poliwrath
Dragonair
Blastoise
Venusaur
Tangela
Jolteon
Flareon
Magmar
Arcanine
Porygon
Hitmonlee
Hitmonchan
Chansey
Golem
Charizard
Machamp
Gyarados
Aerodactyl
Dragonite
Muk

 

[NolemMing]

Seattle has a decent Facebook group that has been documenting spawns (nests) for some of the harder to find stuff. do you guys have anything like that?

 

[UltimateUmbreon]

Seattle has a decent Facebook group that has been documenting spawns (nests) for some of the harder to find stuff. do you guys have anything like that?

I looked for stuff like that for Dartmouth/Upper Valley New Hampshire...no luck :(

Although very small group on the GoChat app. One person reported a Kangaskhan O_o I saw no proof, so I don't quite buy it at this point.

 

[NolemMing]

start the dartmouth group... :)

 

[VisualJae]

I used to be in the NYC Facebook group up until I completed the NA Dex. There were about 8,000 strong before I left. A LOT of childish trolls and keyboard warriors there, though.

 

[RedbullKing]

Yah I totally agree man lmaooo!!!