Check parks. Those tend to be what get turned into nests, or at least in South Florida that's how it is.

 

So I just got the game and I'm hoping someone can help me out here... my issue is that I've caught multiple of one pokemon and I'm wondering what to look for in determining which one to pick as "the one" to level up?

For example, I have:

Poliwag #1: CP 48
HP 18
Attacks: Bubble - 15
Body Slam - 50

Poliwag #2: CP 10
HP 10
Attacks: Bubble - 15
Mud Bomb - 25

Poliwhirl - CP 16
HP 13
Attacks: Mud Shot - 12
Bubble Beam - 25


So looking at those, my poliwag #1 is actually stronger than my Poliwhirl... should I be turning Poliwhirl into candy or is the evolution better?


There is a similar issue with Rattata, Pidgey etc. where the moves are different between the different 'mons and I'm not sure how to value them. I don't need a team of Rattata's, but how should I pick the one to focus on?

 

So you shouldn't level any up for a long time.

See, pokemon you catch/own can only be as high level as you are.

If you're level 5, you'll only see/catch pokemon that are level 1-5.

But say you're level 10. Now you see/catch pokemon that are 1-10. A pokemon you catch now is stronger then one you trained up to level 8.

It's better to hoard dust for much later on, and candies for mass evolutions (which is the most efficient way to level up).

 

Well this probably going to be a question that's going to embarrass me but.... how do I know what level my pokemon is? I know what their CP is, but how do I tell the level (also, why the distinction?)


Thanks for the advice though, I'll save candies for later on

 

Typically, the higher the CP of the pokemon, the better (and less candy/dust you have to invest to have it be the highest level possible)

What he's trying to say is you might catch a poliwag at level 5 (with CP of 40), but when you level up to 10, you might see one with CP of 200.

So generally everything you catch right now ill be useless in a few levels, and thats a trend that will follow until you level off around ~20.

 

Ah that makes sense, thanks!

 

Evee Evolution Easter Egg: Name the evee Rainer, Pyro, or Sparky (including the capital first letter) to ensure you get a Vaporeon, Flareon, or Jolteon respectively. Most evidence for this is anecdotal, but it seems like a lot of folks have tried it and succeeded. This may be temporary, so take advantage of it while you can.

 

Dust cost per upgrade. Cost goes up every 4~ levels.

 

I've stopped all upgrades until I'm lvl 30. I have like 180k dust saved.

 

Is it confirmed? The lvl30 thing?

I'm not even wasting my Gastly candy if that's the case...

 

Only from data mining.

And TBH, you should be hunting for the best IVs and move sets for your gengars until 30. It'll cost like 20k more dust to max upgrade a lvl 20 gastly from a lvl 30 anyways. NBD in the long term.

 

Another little online thing that might help, and will get better the more people use it:

Pokemon Radar Go

It looks like it might be down currently (and has been for ~11 hours, as of their Facebook), but it's a website/app that you mark your current location, and whatever pokemon you've found there. Other users can then up/downvote based on usefullness. Currently, it won't be very good - there's two other users in my town, and both of them seem to be downvoting the other (or there's a third user who hates everyone). But with more people, you'll get better results.

And whilst pokemon spawn sites do move and change, I don't know if they are on a cycle or not. Hopefully, this will help pin it down.



Also, I got something weird a few days back. I had a 10K egg, that hatched whilst phone was in my pocket. My friend yells out "holy shit a dratini!", and proceeds to catch it. I check my phone, and there's nothing nearby.
I check my most recent, and it turns out the egg just hatched... Into a dratini.

A quick check on the more popular subreddits indicates that this might have happened to a few people. Anyone else experienced this? And does it mean we should hold hatching parties?

 

Finally got enough to evolve Venusaur. Needed a decent Vaporeon Slayer. Hoping he has Vine Whip.

EDIT: also feeling like the Lone Ranger in my town. Like I'm the only Valor member besides some newbies, so I just run around stomping the crap out of enemy team gyms so the newbs can get some coins.

As in, I'm the only Valor guy I've seen with units at 1.8k+ while I've been fighting 10+ different blue names and at least 3 yellow names with equivalent fire power.

 

I haven't noticed that specifically but did notice quite often eggs just hatched with out any screen or sound.

Also I got 8 evees in 1 hour... Officially the most common Pokemon in my area, which makes the two 10k ones I've hatched especially annoying.

 

Some kids found a dead body chasing pokemon.

 

And another pokemon finder.

PokeVision

Apparently it looks up the data from Niantic's API, and shows you the real time location of pokemon. Again, I haven't tested it, so I can't tell you it's definitely accurate.

 

That's how it is in Memphis too. They have maps of pokemon locations for cities. I'm going park crawling this weekend.

 

This is really, really useful. Thanks!

 

Pokevision is legit. I know it's legit because there's goddamn nothing around me.

It might get pulled by Niantic at some point, but with the tracker in-game not working at the moment, this thing is super cool to use.


Checking out some popular locations, though.. Jesus christ, just look at central park. I'm feeling the imbalance of living in a less populous place as time goes on.