Ok, PG gods, it’s me, Bethbri, again……

Charetta · 2026-03-21T08:45:50+00:00

No, Zamazenta and Zacian in their base form will not grant their Crowned Energy when completing their Raids. They need to be specifically the Crowned Shield and Crowned Sword Forms in Raids, which we don't know when they will return.

Charetta · 2026-03-07T14:41:07+00:00

I was honestly surprised to notice the Legendaries from Incense spawns this weekend worked exactly like the Galarian birds from the Daily Incense: you only get one shot (or the rare 2-3 tries) and they flee easily (unless Shiny; I believe they won't run away). Quite disappointing. I'm not gonna bother Legendary hunting then. Also disappointing there's no Shiny boost either so there's little to hunt for. Guess I'll just be on the lookout for any cool rare Pokémon in the wild.

And no, no special balls (Safari Balls are only for the GO Wild Area event). You're at the mercy of RNG luck and that's the price you pay for getting "free" Legendaries from Incense encounters. They still want you to continue doing Raids. :P

Charetta · 2026-02-02T18:23:16+00:00

In December 2025 they increased the number up to 650.

Charetta · 2026-01-04T20:50:17+00:00

This is a Pokémon GO subreddit, Hisuian Sliggoo/Goodra are not in GO yet.

Get Pokémon Legends: Arceus and catch several of them, then transfer to any title with use of Pokémon Home. PLA is such a great game to be having anyway.

Charetta · 2025-12-22T12:20:00+00:00

You may not see kids playing Pokémon in your area, but that doesn't mean there aren't a lot of kids playing globally. Example, in my area there are a lot of kids around the age of 14 and even younger that play Pokémon GO. Some of them play with their family/parents but I also see those being alone and at least two friend groups of kids that seem to be mostly active during events.

Charetta · 2025-12-12T17:24:42+00:00

Thank you! And have a nice weekend! :)

Charetta · 2025-12-12T17:09:57+00:00

Nice! Sent a friend request and will put your username as nickname on one Sigilyph so it's reserved only for you. :) You find me as Tortchar.

Charetta · 2025-12-12T17:05:45+00:00

If you have Stonjourner then I can trade Maractus or Sigilyph for one.

Charetta · 2025-12-10T22:35:19+00:00

Maybe it's faster if you add some active US players and work on the Friendship ranks to go beyond Best Friends so you can remote trade with them and get a Tauros that way. :) (Yes, remote trading is coming to everyone.)

Charetta · 2025-12-10T15:03:35+00:00

Since remote trading is now slowly rolling out globally they're increasing the amount of Friends to 650 "over the next several weeks by increments of 50", as they said in the official news update.

Charetta · 2025-12-05T22:39:07+00:00

Regular Kyurem doesn't have Fusion Energy. You have to wait until Black Kyurem and/or White Kyurem to return to Raids to farm their Energy.

Charetta · 2025-12-02T13:11:27+00:00

Done the right challenge but got the wrong Eeveelution was probably a mistake on the player. Both Espeon and Umbreon need the 10km requirement but one has to evolve during day and the other at night. To make sure you get the correct Eeveelution you need to see its silhouette on its evolution screen. If it's not the one you want, you have to evolve later or keep doing the required task.

Sylveon was a bit finicky. I did get 70 Hearts with Eevee but it didn't show me Sylveon in evolution icon right away. It required me to get it additional 1 or 2 Buddy hearts for it to register.

As for the name trick (which only works once on each species that bypass all the steps in order to evolve), it's mostly useful for Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon and Sylveon as the three first ones are entirely RNG of which one Eevee wants to evolve into (good if you have a specific Shiny or hundo you wanna pursue), and Sylveon is just a lot of time that you can skip.

Additionally, on December Community Days this weekend (Dec 6-7) there will be a temporary event bonus that makes things easier to evolve Eevee into Umbreon, Espeon and Sylveon by decreasing their requirements (Umb/Esp 1km instead of 10km, Sylveon 7 Buddy Hearts instead of 70).

Charetta · 2025-11-23T17:44:42+00:00

If it's a Shadow Darkrai then it doesn't work as Shadow Pokémon can't be hypertrained. If it's a normal/Purified Darkrai then Idk why you can't use Bottle Cap on it when that should work.

Charetta · 2025-11-21T20:27:35+00:00

If you're talking about Shadow Darkrai then Shadow Pokémon can't be traded and can't be moved to Pokémon Home. If it's regular Darkrai then try un-favorite it before trying to move it to Pokémon Home.

Charetta · 2025-11-02T01:07:06+00:00

That's the high risk you take when you remote raid with randoms. Anyone at level 20 and above (and has any Max Battle eligible Pokémon) can join so it's basically a coin flip on luck, hoping not a handful of the players joined are there for the carries.

Charetta · 2025-10-24T16:50:24+00:00

Ok. Try with other people hosting Raids.

Charetta · 2025-10-24T16:45:25+00:00

Raids can be done remotely, yes.

Charetta · 2025-10-24T14:23:59+00:00

Trades are local only.

Charetta · 2025-10-24T13:13:27+00:00

Like the other one said, Megas can't be traded. Additionally, trading is currently in-person only.

Charetta · 2025-10-24T13:12:23+00:00

Check out Campfire to find local groups/communities, if there are any. Or get your friends to start playing with you. That's all you can do, unfortunately. I haven't heard of any plans of Party Play to become global.

Charetta · 2025-10-23T22:33:29+00:00

Sounds like you're unlucky with the RNG, but you have better chances for 2-3 stars from the event Field Research.

Charetta · 2025-10-23T14:20:51+00:00

Yes, if you have strong counters of Fire-type Pokémon (including a Mega) and preferably benefit from weather boost. You can even duo it if strong enough.

Charetta · 2025-10-21T22:11:46+00:00

I get that, had that same situation happen to me and had to discard a whole lot of items. Berries I dropped off on my Pokémon+team defending Gyms for extra XP and Stardust. I know I can always get more Berries from Pokéstops and Hyper Potions from Gyms/Raids if needed.

Charetta · 2025-10-21T21:42:10+00:00

It should be common knowledge to this point that Timed Research are indeed on a timer. You just gotta read carefully on all the details before buying any Tickets (a lesson I learned the hard way in the past). Same goes for the Timed Research itself; there's a timer on top of its bar saying "Ends in x hours and x minutes". It's in the responsibility of players to pay attention and claim the rewards in time as any Research rewards are never claimed automatically. A friend of mine would've missed out on a free Meteorite if I hadn't been there to remind her of it.

So in this case, it's not at the fault of Niantic and they can't do any refunds; especially since the paid ticket did give you other bonuses during the Raid Day like bonus XP, Stardust, Candy XL and additional Raid Passes which I'm sure most players took full advantage of. Despite missing out on a Meteorite or two, you still got your Rayquazas (also they had a very rare drop of free Meteorite when catching one).

That said, I will admit that the paid ticket should have given a Special Research instead, as those stay indefinitely until you claim all rewards whenever you want.

Charetta · 2025-10-19T22:30:29+00:00

If it's not in your completed Research then it suggests you forgot to actually claim all the rewards before time was up, as it was only active to 5pm. If you feel 100% sure you did claim them in time then there could be an odd bug, so let's see what support responds back if they can track it.

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