r/pokemongo

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The sacrifices you do as a collector

My one and only shiny Rayquaza in my remote trade tag for a non-shiny costume Pikachu I already have and it being a lucky trade... But the one thing about it, was that it was from 2018 (the one year I dont have a Pikachu from)

u/crysal0 — 6 hours ago

HOLY IM SHAKING

My first ever rayqauza raid is a hiny background with insane iv's. I can stop road of legends now and be happy 😭

u/AccomplishedBeat2734 — 4 hours ago
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Sad story with candies

I have been using Meltan as my buddy for ages now. It's the only one I have, and the only way to get enough candy was by walking with it and giving it all my rare candies. I was pretty close until I made a huge mistake.

Long story short, I stopped playing Pokémon some years ago because my old phone couldn't handle it. Coming back to the game this year, I had no idea what XL Candies were. Even after searching, I was a little confused, so I checked how it worked in the game. Thinking that I could exchange 1 XL candy for 100 normal ones, I thought, "I'M FINALLY EVOLVING IT!" So, I made the trade and saw my 362 candies drop to 262. I'm crushed.

I just wanted to evolve it and have it registered in my Pokédex. I want to walk with other Pokémon, but I've been stuck with this guy for sooo long. There must be another way of getting there faster.

Edit: Thank you so much! I feel a little dumb after figuring out. I've posted the conclusion and I'm already chosing my new buddy. Thank you all

u/Firm-Umpire-5674 — 8 hours ago
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PSA: The Go Fest 2026/Road to Legends Pass IS DOABLE, I PROMISE!

I'm making this post ahead of time, because for the past couple of years, we've gotten floods of the same topic every four months or so when there's a big event (tour, fest or go wild). We're going to get a go pass, and the number of points you can earn each day leading up to the event is capped. Someone's going to do the math and say "waaaaaait a minute, the caps make it impossible to complete this!"

They don't. I promise. That part that's being missed is that during the event, which is held over the weekend, there is no cap. People are going to be walking around catching Pokémon left and right due to increased spawn rates. They're going to be raiding like crazy to catch Mega MewTwo (and each raid typically gives you two whole ranks by itself). And they're going to be hatching eggs because of the reduced hatch distance. The last several events we've had, I've not only completed every rank on the pass, I've also completed all the extra ranks that give you stardust at the end. I've completely tapped it out; usually by early day two.

So don't worry, it is doable. You'll be fine. And if you live in non-rural area and have a good raiding group? Don't waste your money on the "plus six ranks" package. You won't need it.

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u/WraithTDK — 6 hours ago

Four in a day??!!!

Bro what is this

9:00-10:30am (before work) two shiny Pikachu
2:00-2:30 (lunch break) shiny female squirtle
3:45-4:00 (last break) shiny delibird

What a day

u/Zaphlyn — 3 hours ago
▲ 428 r/pokemongo

Happy 10th birthday to my OG starter! We've come so far!

I was able to get Pokemon GO one day early so that's why my starter is from 7/5/2016. Happy birthday best buddy!

In honor of the 10th anniversary of pokémon go, I want to know which pokémon you've had with you the longest!

u/Orfeu_Blue — 9 hours ago
▲ 158 r/pokemongo

Should I purify this? 😙

Seeing all these other posts has me wondering... Is it worth it to purify this Shadow? I'm really needing some input here, y'all!

u/Corsair_Joshua — 7 hours ago

What’s your favourite thing to collect in Pokemon Go?

I’m personally enjoying hunting for Shiny Mega’s. I can’t do endless raids, most of these have been Wild Shiny finds and one mega raid for energy. My collection keeps growing I’m almost done another set of 9.

u/Perfect-Mind5254 — 7 hours ago
▲ 250 r/pokemongo

EVOLVE YOUR STARTERS!!!

Reminder that during this 10th Anniversary Party Event you can evolve the 3 Kanto starters into their final evolutions to get their legacy moves. Usually these are locked to community days etc...

u/VampireSquid90 — 11 hours ago

Free high CP mythical pokemon tutorial - Meltan (anyone can do this, you only need your phone)

This process is easy and takes 15 mins, you only need your phone to do it, ive seen a lot of people confused on how it works so here you go!!

  1. Download the Pokemon Home app from the app store on your phone
  2. create an account and login to Pokemon Home
  3. Go to Pokemon go app, and open Settings > Connected devices and services
  4. Add Pokemon Home to your connected services
  5. Transfer send any pokemon to Pokemon Home (just catch something random, it doesnt matter what you use) and go to Pokemon Home app to complete the transfer.
  6. Go back to Pokemon Go, and find the mystery box item in your inventory. You can use it like an incense, but you can stand still and it still spawns Meltans.

Also something to note: You get a lot of Candy XL by catching these Meltans, way more than regular catches. So you can easily get the 300 candy XL required to max out your Melmetal to level 50 for the level up challenge (you will get a task to max out a pokemons level in order to level up when you hit like 71 or 78 not 100% sure)

You will need to transfer another pokemon to Pokemon Home once a week once the mystery box is able to be activated again. It only took me 2 mystery box openings to get 300 candy XL and a 3300 cp Melmetal.

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u/Vid-Master — 7 hours ago
▲ 1.5k r/pokemongo

Happy 10th Anniversary!

Good thing my 7th catch weekly bonus fell on the 10th anniversary party! I know it’s probably not the most possible but 69k, not bad.

u/rocksaucebaby — 14 hours ago

Remote Trading - Post your Best

Hi All,

I’ve seen a lot of complaints about remote trading. I too have been guilty of complaints about finding the dreaded ‘your friend doesn’t have any pokemon tagged for trading’ message. Especially after grinding for months to achieve forever friend status. I know people are going to play the game they want to play and I am accepting of that.

I was hoping to do something a little different. Show some of the best trades you’ve gotten so far from remotes!! I have been blessed and got a bunch of great trades thanks to my forever homies. Attached a pic for you guys to see.

Let’s see them! Any shundos? Hundos? One that finished a dex?

Thanks for all the gifts and interactions daily from my friends. I know I will get a shundo one day!

u/jonnyquack — 10 hours ago

I DID IT! (Conclusion)

After all these years, I had no idea it would be this easy!

​First of all, thank you so much to everyone who took the time to explain how to make this happen. I thought Pokémon HOME was exclusively for the Switch, and since I don't own one, I had just given up on it.

​Since there were other people with similar questions, I'll explain how it works because it really was super easy after all. You just need to download the app on your phone for free and link a Nintendo account. I didn't have one, so I created one. Then, you transfer a Pokémon from PoGo to HOME. After doing that, I received the Mystery Box and opened it from my item bag.

​It acts like an Incense for Meltan, and SO MANY of them spawned! Even with my Pinap Berries running out after a Community Day, I managed to get over 250 candies.

​Thank you so much, and I can finally have another Buddy!!

u/Firm-Umpire-5674 — 6 hours ago

I freed these pokemon from a gym.

Go home and rest, you’ve earned it. Now I wonder how long my poor Vivillon will be here, but at least I gave them back to their trainers.

u/fishynygma — 4 hours ago
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As a collector who just wants one of each:

Which of these legendaries will probably take awhile to have a normal scheduled raid?

I’m planning to at least go for whatever might be rarest while I have the chance and just wait out the rest that will probably come a few months from now.

u/SDNite — 14 hours ago
▲ 153 r/pokemongo

Road of Legends pass + details

Road of Legends is out now in New Zealand. Go Pass rewards attached.

I think there’s only one task per day, but I may have done one already without noticing that RoL had started so I’m not sure (today’s is win a raid - 250 points) but 1000 extra points by doing tasks - as attached. By my calculations (12.5x7=87.5) there will need to be some extra points on offer at some point to get to level 100

Deluxe pass is pretty expensive but gives you some solid rewards.

u/thejunglebook8 — 12 hours ago