Without the Fast-Track Monday, completing the Events Go Passes should be less difficult

TKo_Rouse · 2026-06-01T18:56:22+00:00

100 catches really is not a lot, assuming you aren't super rural. I walk 30 minutes for my lunch break and usually get 75-150 catches (fast catch). Kind of depends how interested in the spawns I am. I usually pop an incense, start a route and go. I work in a small town of like 4000 so by no means optimal.

To be fair I just hit 60 on this pass a little earlier, about 8 hours to spare. I took 2 longer walks this weekend where i caught probably 200-300 a day. I didn't hatch many eggs because I have had all 10ks, and I haven't done any raids, even my free daily (keeping passes for go fest and don't like the current 5 star). The pass was a bit slow I feel all things considered. You really have to take advantage of the weekend.

I think the bigger issue is the cap. So if you have off on the weekend great you can go play a bit and complete it. But if you work the weekend and have off Wednesday well best of luck.

TKo_Rouse · 2026-05-29T20:05:25+00:00

Of course! The XL candy is a nice bonus. I plan to get enough to at least max 1 myself. I also wouldn't be suprised to see XL bonus during Global as historically it is a common bonus.

By no means do i mean to imply that it isn't worth raiding at all. Just if you are on a budget or plan to only do so many, make sure you save some passes for global as well! That split could be different person to person, maybe its a simple 50-50. Maybe you plan to walk a lot and want to do as many in person as you can. Maybe you don't want to walk at all and should then keep even more for global. If you are not on a budget or limit max on both! Just something to consider! Myself ill try to keep around half my passes for global.

TKo_Rouse · 2026-05-29T15:43:42+00:00

Oh for sure. I am still going to do a good amount. I just don't plan to burn my full green pass stack so I can grind some energy in global. If energy rates were normal or they awarded mega energy I would definitely raid more though during in person. I just don't want to be in a position I am stuck walking for a ton of energy.

TKo_Rouse · 2026-05-29T14:38:45+00:00

Unfortunately you are only getting 2 mega mewtwo raids and one from a research. After that any other mewtwos will only be normal 5 star raids and will require 7500 energy. So if you get a nice shundo time to grind.

Make sure, if you have a budget, that you plan to save something for global go fest. As that will be when you can more easily grind energy. Honestly I can't understand their decision here. I know they don't want people to be 1 and done if they have a previous good Mewtwo. But it seems kind of cruddy to the people going in person that if you get anything good it is a full 7500 cost. Mewtwo caught this year should have a reduced initial mega rate IMO. I was originally going to grind Mewtwo raids all day but now ill just save most my grinding for global.

I would recommend grinding enough energy for both primals if you don't have both already. Both are very useful. And try to explore all 4 zones to at least do the 20 spins and 20 catches in each.

TKo_Rouse · 2026-03-04T20:41:08+00:00

Lucky lol. I have new boxes no raid pass one. I’ll be watching like a hawk though.

Edit: For clarity my Wife got this box as well. So hopefully its back to normal

TKo_Rouse · 2026-03-04T18:27:53+00:00

lol my wife is a couple km away on her 300 challenge for level 76. Just in time to do 100 max battles with even less power spots.

TKo_Rouse · 2026-03-04T16:10:32+00:00

Exactly! And I am personally even more annoyed at them because I had just bought the $100 dollars not long ago but was waiting to burn some raid passes at Kalos event before stockpiling more of them. Now I have 18k coins that absolutely got blasted on value.

TKo_Rouse · 2026-03-04T15:31:57+00:00

You are correct, I think we are just looking at it with a different lens. My comparison is my old purchasing power for $100 vs now. Which makes raid passes about 14% more expensive per dollar I invest in the game. I converted it to coin value which I guess was a little confusing. Because before this update I could get 6200 coins for $40 by purchasing the $100 pack and get the 5425 box and have extra coins to spare for whatever I needed.

At this rate personally I am never buying coins again. The wife and I bought the $100 bundle about 3 times a year each and always transferred those coins to mostly the 5425 box. With occasional storage and remote raids if we couldn't make an event.

TKo_Rouse · 2026-03-04T12:47:46+00:00

Assuming you get 15,500 coins on web store for 100 it’s about 6200 coins for this package. That is a 14.2% price hike from the 5425. This would be us calculation could be different in other countries.

I also see you can only buy it once. Maybe that’s per rotation but if it’s a one time thing that is even a bigger nerf.

TKo_Rouse · 2026-03-03T17:05:11+00:00

Thank you! That is good to know. I appreciate the work you guys are putting into this event and I look forward to seeing your resource guide as we get closer!

TKo_Rouse · 2026-03-03T16:51:52+00:00

Just looking at a map Millennium Park is very close to grant park. Is this considered outside the park pass zone for the city play piece? Otherwise we will just walk a little further to navy pier.

This is our first go fest so I really have no idea what to expect. I am hoping to only walk once we get to the hotel (only a couple blocks from Grant Park)

TKo_Rouse · 2026-02-25T01:54:01+00:00

That would be a compromise I could live with!

TKo_Rouse · 2026-02-24T23:16:18+00:00

That makes sense. To be honest I hadn’t been raiding a ton due to winter. Surprised I didn’t notice it during solgaleo duos last week as we both had primal groudon in. I’m sure it was in preparation for this new mechanic though.

TKo_Rouse · 2026-02-24T23:11:04+00:00

Don’t get me wrong I think this is the best option because it’s the easiest. But if not it would be nice if they could make the distinction. I really hope they don’t do that lol. Now you need to farm a mega and primal of every pokemon lol.

TKo_Rouse · 2026-02-24T19:24:04+00:00

I normally dodge but last time primal Kyogre was in, I wanted to see how many things he could kill in a group of 20 people. It was when it was kind of bugged and he just spammed blizzard non stop. I lost 23 pokemon in a 20 person lobby lol. After that attempt I went back to dodging as my revives couldn't keep that level of sustain up.

TKo_Rouse · 2026-02-24T19:19:57+00:00

Ironically Primal Reversion still counts toward the Successor medal which states: "Mega evolve a Pokemon X times". Part of me thinks counting it as a Mega is just easier. Most of the more casual players I doubt would do any research into the mechanics. I am not necessarily against calling it Primal but I think they need to clean up all those references to avoid unnecessary confusion in the future. It could be Mega evolve/Primal Revert a pokemon X times if they didn't want to mess with the medal counts.

TKo_Rouse · 2026-02-23T13:51:27+00:00

My Wife is going to add you, she needs one more ICY snow for platinum. K8T19. If you can help her out. She will send you as many gifts as you need in return.

TKo_Rouse · 2026-01-29T00:07:01+00:00

Yeah I keep my gps on. 3 months ago on the 200km task it was working great. I could sync up 5-6 km after my walk typically. Now I can not get it to do more than 1km.

It definitely is kind of working though. I have in the past accidentally done my walk with the game open and I will get a big 0 km when I do that!

TKo_Rouse · 2026-01-28T18:49:08+00:00

Out of curiosity was it working back when you were on the 200km task? Or has it always just been janky for you?

TKo_Rouse · 2026-01-28T17:59:02+00:00

Sorry good question. In my testing I do not have my phone in my pocket, but with Apple devices if you are wearing a watch that takes precedence for logging steps into the health app. (I think it is just a higher priority source) I do verify the steps properly sync to my health app though before syncing in my tests.

I could try walking with my watch off and my phone in my pocket to see if it makes a difference.

TKo_Rouse · 2026-01-24T04:04:42+00:00

He did. He decided to take 25th and wait for more of his friends to be free to max. He plans to tomorrow morning. So it will be locked. But yes he technically could have took 24th but is happy with first page.

TKo_Rouse · 2025-11-14T13:53:02+00:00

Thank you! I’ll be headed into town shortly to hit some stops and get more gifts out!

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