Useful Pokémon tips!

Jul 17, 2016 10:33 AM

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Different egg distances & possible hatches

What to name your Eevee for more specific results!

Where different types of pokémon are found!

How to locate a nearby Pokémon by taking advantage of the amount of steps!

Neat

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Well fuck me, it doesn't rain in hell! This is an outrage!

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

the first ones bull i got a weedle from a 5 km

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yeah no I found all my ghastlys in the middle of the day, and a water Pokemon on top of a hill miles from any body of what

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Water*

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I don't wanna look like a smart ass but I thought the last one was common knowledge

10 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Stop up voting dishonest Pokémon GO tips. People are literal, stupid, gullible, and just plain ignorant.

10 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 3

Try these tips for yourself before reposting.Hopefully it will thin the masses of idiocy spreading faster than Pokémon Go downloads per day

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Then explain to me why I've caught poliwag and magicarp at in intersection nowhere near water on a sunny day!!

10 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

Most of them are utter bs

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Fffaaakkkeee. None of my three eevees changed into the element I named it.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Eevee one is not true. Neither is the when/where pokemon appear. Unless Staryu's and Magikarps like 90 degree weather and parking lots.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I've gotten Lord Helix from a 5km egg

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

How rare is gyarados? I caught one tonight

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

I know someone who got a magikarp out of a 10km egg

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Got a Mr Mime from a 10km egg so it's wrong

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

No. You're just thinking about it wrong. 10km eggs can hatch all pokemon that ca be hatched from eggs. 5 km eggs hatch 5km and 2km pokemon.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

And 2km eggs can only hatch 2km pokemon. So its just an inclusive listing.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

OOOOOOHHHHH it all makes sense now. Thanks friend! hadn't thought about it that way

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I had a blastoise near me and no matter what direction I walked I couldn't find it.also it was 11:30pm so I had to go home:(

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Charmander should not be hanging out at a gas station. That is such a horrible idea.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

One of the first days, there was a big storm, downpouring, and there was a ponyta outside. Haven't seen one since.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

lol didnt update and can still log in unlike all of you!!!

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Do you have a tip for accessing the servers and remaining logged in without countless error messages?

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Maybe you can give Niantic some tips on fixing the many issues with the game.

10 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Anyone have a tip on when to throw the ball? Should the green circle be big? Small?

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The smaller the green/yellow circle is if you hit inside the more points you get for nice/great/excellent etc.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Also you can get charmander off a 2k egg

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 4

charmander is in the 2k section in the image...

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Yes we all saw the first pic too...

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

There is currently a ghastly near me. It's 10:26am. Yesterday I caught I high level zubat at 3pm.

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

I think they are more likely to be found at night, but I have caught a few during the day, too.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Ghosts are more common at night, not ONLY at night. Not sure what your point is about the zubat.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Nocturnal Pokemon out during the day.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I didn't know some pokemon are nocturnal but I'm guessing that's because I only played the first generation games.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Maybe it's me. I just figured it was cuz it's a bat and the Pokemon card always pictured it out at night. Additionally it has no eyes. 1/2

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

So I over thought it. Figured it was only a nighttime Pokemon

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Please do not hang out by electrical substations during a thunderstorm, that rumor has been debunked from #3.

10 years ago | Likes 475 Dislikes 3

You're meant to turn off your cell phones at gas stations anyway. Bad idea trying to play the game there.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 2

I am skeptical that weather is even taken into account at all.

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Fully agree with this. I've worked at high yards (substations) and there aren't any pokemon there.

10 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 1

I work at a nuclear plant and it's been thunderstorming for 4 days. Pidgeys, ratatas, and eevees everywhere..... Gimme a fkin snorlax pls

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I went to a transformer station and no spawns were there. Lol. Wanted an electabuzz so bad

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You would have to be pretty stupid to hang out near an electrical station during a thunderstorm

10 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 2

There were two thieves who tried to steal copper from a substation awhile back. They ded

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

There is some level of geographical influence - Stirling Castle is built on an extinct volcano and always has Magmars

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

The Gas Stations part and the raining part are also false. So yeah, #3 is very untrustworthy.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

What about the gas station one?

10 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

I caught a koffing there, and an acquaintance who works at a QT told me it has ekans coming out it's asshole.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Pokémon Go considers areas with high data usage to be good places to spawn mons. Gas stations, parking lots, hotels, but not by type.

10 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 0

The map is created using Google maps. Ich cant imagine that Google maps Got locations of Gas Stations. Same with the Weather.

10 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 6

they used to include weather in their API too. I think they don't anymore

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

They still do for travel times. It rained 2 days in a row here and water pokemon showed up in an area where it's usually normal types.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I know they have weather, because that's how they detect travel time when your using it for gps

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Have you ever used google maps? It knows where every waffle house is. Trust me it knows where gas stations are...

10 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

There go my plans for a pikachu army...

10 years ago | Likes 95 Dislikes 0

I know you're joking, but Pikachus seem to be found mostly in nests, ie if you find it there once, it'll be in the same place again.

10 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 1

joking? you don't know my life! I don't joke about Pikachu, so thanks for the tip!

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I have found Pikachus near parks that have playgrounds as pokestops. 3 different ones and usually more than one. I've done this everyday

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I found a Pikuchu nest at a park too! No playground, but it's at a HUGE climbable tree. So kind of the same thing?

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Maybe this just me sharing observations. It makes sense they would put him in kid friendly places.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Great. Now I will be camping playgrounds. As a big 28 y/o with a somewhat pedo beard and no kids.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I have a year old. You won't be alone there are plenty of people out hunting Pokemon. I went tonight he was there again someone grabbed him

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I live on the bay and work at a gas station on sunny days, and I can say #3 is 100% false.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

There's an electrical substation near my house and electabuzz frequently spawn nearby.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Though everytime I've gone there it's been a sunny day.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The weather has nothing to do with them spawning near a substation. They're just saying they also spawn during thunderstorms.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I live next to a gas station and the only fire pokemon I've seen/caught is my charmander when I started.

10 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

I always find a group of 2 to 4 pokemon at gas stations, but not a single fire type.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I live in a flat above a dentist too and I find sooo many doduo. I never knew they cared so much about dental hygiene.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I found a gaggle of them surrounding a McDonald's last night. They must be there for the fries.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Has anyone else had issues with the step thing not changing since the update? All mine stay on 3 steps, even when they appear on the map...

10 years ago | Likes 1927 Dislikes 1

Thank God. I thought I had lost my Pokemon-hunting mojo...

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It's a server problem. It's having trouble connecting with the server and so the list and steps doesn't get updated.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Caught 3 scythers in a row and they weren't even on the radar

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'm having the same issue. Past three days there has been a Scyther around when I check my phone after work but I can't find it.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yea I have the exact same problem :(

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

i just get lucky it feels like now since everything 3 stepping

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I'm on the older version but still it is showing 3 steps for me. i think it's in the server and not in the app

10 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

I can confirm this

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

SAME

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yeah. I dont trust it. Gyradose was on top of me and it still showed 3 steps.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I think its a problem with the google maps api getting to many requests and giving up.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The pokemon that are appearing aren't even on the map for me. It tells me there are a whole bich of things nearby but all three steps.

10 years ago | Likes 39 Dislikes 0

It was working "better" the other day. 3 steps to 1 step and BAM! Now it's like, "3 steps..3 steps...3 steps...here he is!"

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I heard Niantic got hacked, I don't have a source though.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Well with the new update, they fixed that...sorta

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Wow. Thanks. I just thought I really sucked suddenly.

10 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

I was thinking that too.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I believe this was done to reduce the demand on the servers. It should just be a temporary problem and will be fixed soonish

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

I wish that was my only issue... /chugs whiskey/ ..I loose rare Pokemon on frozen screens and can't log in most of the time.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

If you stand still and slowly rotate, without moving! Eventually there will be a green ping from the nearby chart, you have to rotate slowly

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Yeah, Dratini showed up as the closest Pokémon, but with no way to track it and it being almost midnight, can't get it :'(

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I just noticed this yesterday. It made hunting the porygon hard. Never found it :/

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Yes, it sucks. Have had quite a few rare ones I was not able to find due to this.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yeah... What I did with my fiancé to track them was take turns closing the app and opening it to manually update it.

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I have the same issue

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Is there somewhere for us to find out as soon as it's fixed?

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

yes! Me and my friends were all discussing this yesterday

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Yes. Mine does this too

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You mean it goes lower than 3 steps?! It's only ever 3 steps for me.

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I'm also having an issue of Pokemon not on the radar poping up and needing to get the guys off my radar for them to appear

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

They updated the caught area to city level instead of street for security reasons. This also changed the footsteps radius

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Yeah, it sucks

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yea, hope they'll patch it soon. Getting a bit annoying when I don't know if I'm going the right direction or not

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I thought it was just me!

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yes, always 3 steps. even when they are close

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yea couldn't find an aerodactyl near me :( after going a little too far in one direction it just disappeared

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yea I have to reload app ever so often to update it

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Yup same

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

They have announced it as being bugged and currently don't know how to fix it, generally their twitter page keeps you updated!

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

yes, i have to restart the client to get updated locations :(

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yes! Uhg

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Everyone apparently. Tempted to go back to the old version of the APK.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That won't work. You would be mismatched with the server.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It's confirmed broke

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yes. this buggs the hell out of me.

10 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

Its really weedling my patience.

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Yes

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Great

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Indeed

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Does anyone else have issues with it accounting for walking? I walk my dog 3 mi everyday and it says 2km -_-

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

you got to have the up running. Not closing your phone

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yeah I do. Someone mentioned if you don't hold the phone right it won't track but that's ridiculous

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Sometimes I have to restart it and it seems catches up right away. Happened last night while I had 300m left on a 10KM egg lol

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I restart mine all the time :(

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Awe damn, I'm sorry! I'm not sure then!

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Could be that I go in and out if service a lot Oh well. I like walking

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Fire types at gas stations just seems like a bad idea.

10 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

I found a Gastly in the middle of my street in the middle of the day.

10 years ago | Likes 190 Dislikes 0

Me too, but I find them a lot more at night.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Me too. Then the app crashed and I lost the bloody thing. My kids celebrate the app not crashing more than they do actually catching pokemon

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I have too, but I DO find more at night. Same with Zubats

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Found mine at night as I drove past a funeral home. Thought it was just set that way... Wish I knew otherwise and snapped a picture

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I found mine during a heatwave in a parking lot at noon.

10 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

I found mine in an evening at a park we were walking through.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I found mine during a heatwave in a parking lot at noon.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yeah most of this is BS.

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

That's where Timmy got hit

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I wish timmy had a higher cp

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I found a Haunter at the fountain at my university at 2:30 in the afternoon. The fuck right?

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I found mine in the afternoon at a book store.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I found mine in the Pokémon Go app

10 years ago | Likes 58 Dislikes 1

Whats that?

10 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

It's the Pokémon Go app

10 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

?

10 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

The Pokémon Go app.

10 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

This post is like 90% bullshit

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That's not true, its exactly 50%

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The where to find pokemon is pure utter bullshit

10 years ago | Likes 163 Dislikes 0

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10 years ago (deleted Oct 21, 2024 11:41 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

Me and several friends friends have all gotten our buzzes there on different days.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I think it's pure confirmation bias.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

A Machoke and Aerodactyl showed up right by each other in downtown Indy. That was fun and unexpected.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Not seen an aerodactyl, nice find

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I've only found Poliwags in the middle of my city, miles away from any water

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Confirmed. Found my Pikachu at a bar.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Pokemon appear when the app detects children in the lense, so keep looking like you're taking photos of kids. Trust me about this... >_>

10 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 3

The bit about water and parks is legit, as is more ghosts at night, but the gas stations and electrical seems BS. Not sure on weather.

10 years ago | Likes 53 Dislikes 1

It can't be that legit, both myself and my mother live next to the river and there's no water Pokemon at all there.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It seems to work fine near most water sources, probably there are some places where the algorithm gets confused and doesn't treat water (1)

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

properly, which is to be expected when trying to build the game on something as organic as the actual environment. (2/2)

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

I work on a river and in marshes. No water pokemon. Tho mostly no nearby pokemon lots of ponytas

10 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Has to be areas with heavy cell phone traffic I think, biggest river in the state has zero pokemon. Not even a Rattata.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I have 2 lakes and several marshes / rivers near my place in Kissimmee. Water Pokemon are scarce as fuck. Pidgeys though are in abundance!

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Just been to Amsterdam and there were a shit ton of water pokemon around all of the canals. In London they're near the Thames. Nowhere else

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Does the water actually show up as blue on the in-game map? I've noticed some smaller rivers do not and thus have no effect. And yeah some(1

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yup it shows up which is actually really cool. The marshes look awesome. Even on the river that's considered in town I don't get any water

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

We also have a ton of canals and I walked 3 mi on it and nada. Canals show up. It might be because I live in Nevada

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

types near water is one of the few things they've actually officially said is a location mechanic. (3/3)

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

places just seem to not have much of a spawn rate at all, especially if you get away from major roads and developed areas. But the water(2)

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I have a tiny creek going through my town; It's so small it doesn't show up on the map, water pokemon almost exclusively spawn near it.

10 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

Literally all of these have been debunked.

10 years ago | Likes 154 Dislikes 33

The guy on Reddit who originally came up with the idea got the Eevelution he wanted 5/5 times with that method.

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

The distance and triangulation are real, the naming is totally false, and the locations are half true

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 4

The naming is totally true, actually.

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Footsteps and eevees are legit

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Including the egg one?

10 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

That one has held true for me. It makes sense, too.

10 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Yea its been true for me also

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

The egg one was thrown out IIRC. I can look up a source if you want (on mobile on potato)

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The Eevee name works.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The egg one seems to be true and triangulation can work if the bug isn't affecting it.

10 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

The eevee one works but only once

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

For each type.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I've seen conflicting evidence about the Eevee one, it seems to fail if you already have that Eeveelution or (1/2)

10 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

There is a theory that the eevee one only works when it's your first of that eeveelution, but yesterday 4 of us tried it and it worked

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

(2/2) if the server didn't actually register you giving it the nickname (seems to be pretty common).

10 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

It's worked for me 100% of the time and for my friends 99% so there's no reason not to try it, yknow?

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

The eevee, eggs, and steps ones are all legit. The only one that isn't is when certain types spawn. You're completely wrong.

10 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 3

Literally all of them, bro.

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 4

I've confirmed the Eeveelutions, the eggs seem to be mostly true, and the tracking has worked for me. Just the spawn stuff is BS.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

I named an Eevee Rainer and it became a jolteon.

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Did you restart the app after changing the nickname and did you already have a Vaporeon?

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Did not restart the app. Will try that next time.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The theory is that the game didn't register your nickname changing. It's too on the nose to have no truth at all to it.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Not the Eevee one. Or at least it's worked every time I and my friends tried it, for what anecdotal evidence is worth.

10 years ago | Likes 106 Dislikes 4

Worked 100% for me and my family, altogether 5 evolutions

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

The only thing wrong about the eevee one is that Sparky, Rainer and Pyro weren't the Pokemon, they were their trainers.

10 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 1

Eeveelutions trick worked for friend and I. He got a Vaporeon, myself a Flareon.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Evolved my Eevee last night. Rainer worked for me.

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

It's worked over 10 times without any randomness for my group

10 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 1

It worked twice for me. But sparky turned into a vaporion the 3rd time. Maybe the name never saved by the server.

10 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 1

The chance of working decreases after the first time

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

One article said to rename, completely shut down, restart, then check to see if the name stuck. Server might not have recorded the change.

10 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

I figured as much, I have that all ready. Just waiting for the eevee candy.

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Yea the eevee one worked with three of my eevees so far

10 years ago | Likes 27 Dislikes 2

+1 because someone downvoted you to 0 for no apparent reason...

10 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

It happens, I mean I said it worked with 3 of my eevees idk if it was legit or luck, I can kee trying I guess

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0