Newbie Questions, Bugs, and Gameplay Megathread - 21/11

Posted: 21 Nov 2016 01:22 AM PST

Consider asking your question here, instead of making a post and have it buried!
Also, to prevent redundancy, do consider doing a CTRL+F in this thread or a subreddit search query for your question!

Rules

Old Megathread

I'm sick of the memes here, I want the discussion posts!

try http://nr.reddit.com/r/pokemongo for desktop users or this for mobile/app users.

Niantic support (expect delays because Niantic): https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us
/r/PokemonGO FAQ: /r/PokemonGo/wiki/FAQ

Is the game out in my country yet?

See this map and see if your country is green. May or may not be 100% up to date.
For Global Release status, check out this

IAP isn't working, I want a refund!

See here for iOS and here for Android.

FAQ

by /u/getbetterjohn, amended by /u/RocketJumpingOtter

WHY AREN'T POKESTOPS OR GYMS LOADING NEAR ME?!

  • If you're outside the official release regions, this is to be expected (Niantic seems to block the game data in these areas).
  • It is also possible that there simply aren't any near you, or your internet is unstable.
  • This is a current (possible) bug.

What Is…

Tapping the Map--Zoom: Tap the map once to display a blue circle, from the circle quickly drag a line top top to bottom to zoom in, and tap + drag out to zoom out/tap + drag down to zoom in the screen. You can also zoom in and out with a two finger gesture of pinching (like most cell phones)
IVs?: Stands for individual values. Ranges from 0-15 for Attack, Defense, Stamina. You can get a rough guess on IVs by appraisal, or check in detail with an IV calculator. The higher the IV, the stronger the Pokemon is.
Grass Shaking: A Pokemon may or may not reside there. Higher chances of encountering a wild Pokemon
The menu in the Pokemon tab?: For transferring/favouriting a Pokemon
Swiveling White PokeBall Icon (Top Left Corner): It means content is loading.
Battery Saver Option: When the app is open and the phone unlocked, the screen will turn black if the phone is idle or laying down. You can still receive alerts.
Pokemon Tab: Shows you wild Pokemon in your vicinity. Generally, Pokemon in the upper row would be closer. Currently the tracking system is disabled.
The Blue Aura in the Pokemon Tab?: Indicates Pokémon captured within the last 24 hours/newly captured Pokémon.
Color of the Ring When Catching a Pokemon: Refers to the difficulty of catching the Pokemon. Green = Easy, Yellow = Moderate, Red = Difficult.
CP = Combat Power: "Each individual Pokémon is assigned CP at capture, which indicates how well that particular Pokémon will perform in battle. As you gain XP and become a higher level Trainer, the CP of the Pokémon you capture will generally be higher."
Stardust: Used to level up your Pokemon. Is acquired through capturing any Pokemon. You can also obtain it daily by being in control of a gym.
Candy: Used to evolve and level up your Pokemon. Is acquired through capturing the same Pokemon. Candy is also obtained through hatching eggs.
Where can I get…
Eggs: Pokestops. Use an incubator to hatch it.
Lucky Eggs: Can be purchased in the shop. Also obtainable from levelling up.
Coins: Purchase at the shop, or get it from gyms
  • Further explanation on coins: You can press the shield in the shop tab immediately after you place a Pokemon to defend a gym. Afterwards, there's a 21-hour refresh before you can collect them again.

IN-GAME Questions
How to Join a Team: Reach level 5 then visit a gym. You will be prompted to select between Instinct, Mystic, and Valor.
How much prestige from Gym Battles?:
Attacking different team: -1000 prestige for defeating a Pokemon with a bonus 1000 upon beating all defenders.
Training at friendly gym:
CP(Attacker/Defender) Prestige Gain
R>2 50
1<R<2 125*R
0.5<R<=1 250*R
R < 0.5 500
Leveling/Evolving a Pokemon: Capture the same type Pokemon to earn Stardust and Candy. Each Pokemon require different amounts of Stardust and Candy to either level up or evolve. Transferring Pokemon to the Professor will earn you one candy. You can view how much Stardust or Candy required by viewing your caught Pokemon.
Transferring Pokemon: You can transfer your caught Pokemon to Professor by selecting the Pokemon, scrolling down in its bio and selecting TRANSFER. You will gain one candy for transferring. You cannot get your Pokemon back once it is transferred. Transferring multiples of the same Pokemon will not delete the stardust or candies collected for that specific Pokemon.
How do eggs work?: You can collect eggs at Pokestops. They are stored under your "caught Pokemon" screen (swipe to the right). Eggs can be placed in an incubator by selecting the one you would like to hatch. The distance needed to travel to hatch an egg is under each egg (e.g. 0km/5km or 0km/10km). Once in an incubator, walk around, and it will hatch once you meet the distance quota. Candy is also obtained by hatching eggs.
How does the buddy system work?: Somewhat similar to eggs. After you assign a buddy, you can get a candy for that species every 1, 3, or 5 km. This allows getting candies for Pokemon not found in your area given you've caught one.
Eevee Evolution: Nicknames affect the evolution, see here. This works once. Otherwise, Eevee evolution is selected at random.
Friends List/Chat: Is not currently a feature.
Does the app have to be open?: Yes, the app must be open to remain active and notify you of events. An exception to this is if you have Pokemon Go Plus.
What is the timeout for a Pokestop?: ~5 minutes.

Useful Links


There's this Pokestop/Gym near me which seems inappropriate. Can I report it?
Use this link. However, Niantic seems to be preoccupied with other things now, so don't expect too much.

Where can I find other players in my area?
Try our regional subreddits list! Also, see the related subreddits for more niche needs!

Known bugs (some have possibly been fixed):

Info from /u/red157 and /u/connorcook13
  • Visual Text Glitches (like this) which appear in the Pokédex tab. This is found in Android phones.
  • Game may freeze upon catching a Pokemon. Restart and you can have another go.
  • On the walking around screen, sometimes the white Pokeball icon in the top left spins for eternity not letting you look around or tap any icons.
  • It seems like all "nearby" Pokemon are displayed with a 3-step distance now. The buggy tracker has been removed by Niantic, intentionally. A new method is currently in limited testing.
  • If time is not set to Automatic, Incense and Lures may not work properly. Fix this by setting time to Automatic.
  • In some rare occasions, logging out from a Google Account resets your progress entirely i.e. back to level 1. See here. This is presumably the most destructive bug, although it is extremely uncommon.
  • Pokedex screen sometimes spazzes, like shown in this video.
  • Grimer Bug - loading the model for Grimer and some others may cause the app to freeze or crash.

If you have any suggestions for FAQs to append to this thread or for meta questions, message the moderators or mention /u/PokemonGoMods!
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New update! Version 0.51.0 (Android) and 1.21.0 (iOS) is rolling out! Please post questions regarding it here.

Posted: 19 Dec 2016 12:33 PM PST

Android version: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nianticlabs.pokemongo&hl=en_GB
iOS version: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/pokemon-go/id1094591345?mt=8
Please note that the updates won't be available for everyone straight away, so if it isn't updating for you, please be patient!
Please ask any questions here and have discussions about the new updates here so it is all in one place.
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Confirmed.. singing Happy Birthday to yourself while opening a 10km egg does not effect result.

Posted: 19 Dec 2016 05:02 AM PST

Three Elekids in a row from 10km eggs now, and it's not like these things grow on trees.
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Dunno 'bout you lot, but this is the tracker I'd like for summer...
Posted: 19 Dec 2016 10:13 AM PST
[News] Side by side comparison of the new and old loading screen. CONTENT LADS.
Posted: 19 Dec 2016 11:44 AM PST
[Art] Repaint of the Pokemon go Christmas splash screen
Posted: 19 Dec 2016 08:58 AM PST
[Bug] Daddy Krabby came to help...
Posted: 19 Dec 2016 11:49 AM PST

5 km eggs are killing me

Posted: 19 Dec 2016 06:56 AM PST

I know it has been discussed couple of times about the egg distribution from pokestops, but I am somehow feeling that the situation I have is not normal anymore.
I literally have not had ANY other egg than 5 km egg over the last 1.5 months and I have hatched at least 20 of them.
Leaving Pokemon Go open while commuting to work was the last "interest" left in the game for me, but after hatching another Poliwag this morning and replacing it with another 5 km egg dropped from a pokestop, has finally raised white flag for me.
I give up.
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Reddit Secret Santa sent me a Team Mystic sticker and Portable Charger!
Posted: 19 Dec 2016 02:15 PM PST

IVs do not seem to have a massive effect on Pokemon stats

Posted: 19 Dec 2016 09:04 AM PST

This might be common knowledge, but since everyone seems to be pretty obsessed with their pokemons' IVs, I thought it might not be. Just going by the data on https://pokeassistant.com/main/ivcalculator, the difference between a 15/15/15 'mon and a 0/0/0 one is surprisingly small.
Take a level 20 Gengar, for example. Pokeassistant tells us that the best possible one has:
ATK 276, DEF 171, STA 135, CP 1496, and HP 80 
Meanwhile the worst possible Gengar would have:
ATK 261, DEF 156, STA 120, CP 1274, and HP 71 
That's about a 10% drop off in each individual stat, and about 15% in combat power. Which is a lot, but again, we're comparing a 15/15/15 pokemon to a 0/0/0 one here. So if you're comparing a 70% perfect pokemon to an 82% one, the difference in stats is going to be incredibly small.
The implications of this are twofold. The obvious is that move-set is much much more important than IVs within a certain range, to your pokemon's effectiveness in battle anyway. But beyond that, I also find it to be a better use of resources to evolve my highest level pokemon, unless their stats are truly atrocious, as opposed to evolving lower level pokemon with better IVs and spending valuable Stardust to level them up.
I understand that a lot of people just like to have high IVs, and that perfect IV pokemon are still really cool and sought after. And I have no desire to police how other people enjoy the game. But the obsession with high, non-100% IVs seems, to me, unwarranted, so I thought I would drop this tidbit of information. But if I am wrong, or if this is already common knowledge, please let me know.
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[APK Mine] The Silph Road's APK mine of v0.51 is complete: Apple Watch code now appearing and additional avatar customization options added
Posted: 19 Dec 2016 12:49 PM PST

It seems to me that in the winter, the most stable gyms (to level up to 10) are the ones where you can't park a car

Posted: 19 Dec 2016 03:39 PM PST

And i'm just running around like a dog chasing cars :| maybe i should buy a boat.
Currently there's an Onix nest 3min away from my workplace, and I've already seen 3 cars passing by to pick up one, zero pedestrian yet
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Silph road's final data mining finds something that might be related to a holiday event
Posted: 19 Dec 2016 04:06 PM PST

Gift boxes and such were found in the data mining by silph road! https://thesilphroad.com/news/hints-of-holiday-event-2016
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I gave up waiting. Transferred all my transfers & evolved all my evolves. So if they announce more to the Christmas event... you are welcome.
Posted: 19 Dec 2016 05:57 PM PST
[Idea] After feeding a razz Berry the Pokemon shouldn't snarl and growl
Posted: 19 Dec 2016 06:06 AM PST

Am I the only one who gets a vibe of "Thanks for the berries. Now Gtfo. Grrrr!"?
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[Discussion] Pokémon GO Christmas Boxes
Posted: 19 Dec 2016 07:22 PM PST
[Screenshot] I finally hatched my favorite pokemon after many many eggs
Posted: 19 Dec 2016 04:10 PM PST

[Story] I've never felt uneasy playing, until today

Posted: 19 Dec 2016 01:40 PM PST

So I'm a youngish female player and I always go out by myself playing, never encountered anything weird or anything that spooked me. I'm thankful for that. I set out today to take back a few gyms for my team, which is the dominant one in the area, and sat in a church parking lot in my car to do that. This particular parking lot is next to a side street and an alley, and whenever cars stop in either of those places I assume they are allies or waiting for me to finish so they can snipe it back.
This time however a car slowly crawls through the alley, stops, the dude driving whips out his phone, and begins recording me. He continues down the alley and turns onto the side street, his phone up and recording me the entire time. I kept glancing up at him while trying to concentrate on the battle. He left right around the time I finished. Like what could the point of that have been. Snapchat? I'm sorry I just don't think there's any reason to record another player sitting in their car tapping on their phone, I have no idea if this guy is pissed at me or not. Anyone else have anything odd or unsafe happen to them while playing?
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Pokémon Go Plus is sold out.

Posted: 19 Dec 2016 05:09 PM PST

Congrats to everyone who was able to purchase one. I'm a bit salty that my computer wouldn't load the website, but still extremely happy for everyone who was able to grab one! Go become the best, like no one ever was!
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I was hoping for a new baby pokemon, but this is better!

Posted: 19 Dec 2016 01:23 PM PST

100% IV Grimer! I caught one or two previously, can't recall if I transferred one and don't remember how many candies I got from the hatch. Closer to my first Muk! What would be considered more rare than this?
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[Achievement] Great day today. I've hatched three baby Pokémon; Cleffa, Pichu and Igglybuff.
Posted: 19 Dec 2016 06:55 PM PST
Pikachu is lighting less lights & the trainer silhouette has be updated in 0.51.0
Posted: 19 Dec 2016 11:38 AM PST

[Discussion] Umbreon and Espeon preparation? (Day and Night accuracy improvement)

Posted: 19 Dec 2016 12:07 PM PST

Latest PokemonGo announcement:
Trainers, Pokémon GO is in the process of being updated to version 0.51.0 for Android and 1.21.0 for iOS devices. Below are some release notes and comments from our development team. - The bug that caused incorrect vibration notifications has been fixed. - Day and night modes have changed to more accurately reflect the Trainer's current time of day. - Minor text fixes. —The Pokémon GO team
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[Bugs] This has been happening 3-4 times in a row when trying to open my game. Anyone else experiencing loading issues again?
Posted: 19 Dec 2016 05:59 PM PST

Worthless battle Pokémon should help you in Quests

Posted: 19 Dec 2016 08:38 AM PST

Make Dugtrio, Persian, Ninetales, Onix, Arbok, Sandslash, Venomoth, Marowak, Beedrill, Butterfree, Dotrio, etc. useful again! They could speed up quests, find double rewards of the quest, gain a small CP bonus for that Pokémon, etc.
Willow:
"I need you to spin 10 pokestops in 30 minutes, a Rapidash or Ninetales as your buddy will help you with this task!"
"I need you to catch 10 bug type Pokémon in the next 60 minutes, a Beedrill or Butterfree as your buddy will help you with this task!"
"I need you to look for dropped items for the next 60 minutes, a Dugtrio, Onix, or Sandslash as your buddy will help you with this task!"
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Finally got a Charizard after 4 month of work!

Posted: 19 Dec 2016 11:39 AM PST

[Question]I've worked on getting candys to get a Charizard and we walked 130km togeheter to get all these candys to evole him. But when i finally got him i didn't get a single fire attack sad are the skills that i got good for anything?! Wing attack: 9 & Dragon Claw: 35
http://pre05.deviantart.net/fb24/th/pre/i/2016/354/0/f/screenshot_2016_12_19_20_23_42_1__by_ominako-das9m4k.png
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