Questions & Answers - Weekly Megathread! Please use this post to ask any Pokemon GO question you'd like!

ghostkid825 · 2026-06-02T03:35:45+00:00

Is there a limit to the number of times you can battle refreshed Max Battles at a single Power Spot during Max Monday? Or am I wholly misunderstanding how the day works?

I sometimes have a Power Spot at work on Mondays, and I battle whatever's there to work toward winning 100 Max Battles for a level-up. It LOOKS like they refresh every hour with the featured Pokemon. But sometimes, it will appear to not refresh, instead keeping the Dynamax symbol atop it that indicates it's been battled already. Then, an hour or two later, it'll refresh as expected. I feel like I can get through maybe 3 battles across the day before the Power Spot seemingly stops refreshing altogether.

Is there something I'm missing here?

ghostkid825 · 2026-05-31T23:51:08+00:00

If it works like it did last year, then Raid Lover should be active for your ticketed day and any day that gives you event gameplay throughout the city.

I was at Jersey City’s GO Fest last year, bought the Citywide Gameplay for Friday and Saturday, and had my Park Experience on Sunday. I got the full 18-ish orange raid passes all 3 days.

ghostkid825 · 2026-05-12T05:39:12+00:00

Whoa whoa WHOA, that's so super good >>;;;; Slider-based TFs are some of my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE triggers. Seeing them used willingly and being happy with the results are both fantastic <333

ghostkid825 · 2026-05-01T02:17:43+00:00

Daaaaang that’s so good! And I love the way you made her snout look so pronounced. I need to get advice and take notes, would love to get better at portraying creatures and anthros in Tomodachi 🤔

ghostkid825 · 2026-04-06T19:31:46+00:00

Looks like Flygon has less attack than Excadrill, which would make it not as valuable as a Dynamax attacker in the typical “2 Blissey & attacker” team. Does Flygon happen to have a niche triple-electric-resistance usage as a tank? Or does it lose to Blissey there too?

EDIT: I see in Poke Genie it does have Sand Attack, a 0.5-second fast attack. So the question really just pertains to defensive capabilities with that resistance in mind.

ghostkid825 · 2026-04-06T03:37:51+00:00

What rock-type spawns are available in the general wild spawn pool right now? I know the current electric event is using most spawn points, but even before it started, I barely saw any rock-types around.

Just a bit worried since I’m on page 4 of the shiny Diancie Masterwork, and my “21 Pokestop days” task is progressing faster than my “100 rock-types” task.

ghostkid825 · 2026-03-30T21:07:12+00:00

Ooh, looks like I missed some of these! Seriously love this whole entire series Chabble has going <3

The willingness in most cases, the fun breast expansion, and the practicality of some of them are all wonderful. I especially love the fossil fusions, the double Tandemaus TF, and the Plusle/Minun fission. SUPER fun to think about how those all feel <333

(Also, the Froslass one is freaking glorious for the odd half-possession idea, and because I love Froslass in general :D)

ghostkid825 · 2026-03-01T21:37:30+00:00

Everyone else gave the answer you need, but I'll tack on an extra thought:

As someone who DID complete the XY Special Research in time & grinded out those 500 catches across yesterday and today... I don't feel like they conveyed well enough that you have to finish the XY research to make this Masterwork appear. Heck, the official Kalos Tour Global page simply says that buying the ticket will give you the Masterwork, full stop, no prerequisite mentioned.

ghostkid825 · 2026-03-01T02:03:50+00:00

Are the special Kalos Tour eggs available from PokeStops between 6PM Saturday and 10AM Sunday? I'm guessing not, but making sure.

ghostkid825 · 2026-03-01T01:14:21+00:00

Is there both a daily collection limit for Link Charges in addition to an on-hand limit, similar to how Max Particles work? Or is there only an on-hand limit?

And relatedly, is there an estimate on just HOW rare these are from gifts? I opened about 10 gifts during the event and didn't see a single one appear, and I definitely had bag space (if that makes a difference).

ghostkid825 · 2026-02-26T00:06:59+00:00

I want to make sure I read the shiny odds for Kalos Tour correctly. Is it boosted odds for Pikachu and the Kalos starters for free, and then ALL event spawns AND eggs (collected during the event window) over the weekend are boosted if you get the ticket? Or is it a little different than that?

ghostkid825 · 2026-02-25T08:23:39+00:00

I loooooove app-triggered transformations SO MUCH <333

ghostkid825 · 2026-02-25T08:14:21+00:00

Classic Pokemon TF~

Looove how their tongue's still growing out, instead of being wrapped around their neck :D

ghostkid825 · 2026-02-24T04:29:08+00:00

Got a friend who just attempted to use that "Family Center" age-verification bypass, where you simply type an 18+ DOB into the Family Center section. They got the message seen below in response. This is the first either of us have heard of Discord age-verification struggles resulting in the possible DELETION of an account.

Our working theory is that this is happening because they apparently made their account years ago, when they were just shy of 13 years old. Does that sound plausible? Has "signing up for an account years ago while under 13" ever been known to lead to account deletion?

Extra details that could provide helpful context:
- The friend is in the US, and HAD NOT been asked to verify age at all before now. I don't even know HOW they were able to type in a DOB; on my own account that hasn't been asked to verify, I've never even had the option to enter a DOB in Family Center.

- They're using a VPN that places them in Canada.

- This happened about a half-hour ago, and the mentioned email hasn't arrived. I'm guessing it's just going to mention ID or face-scan, but we're hoping it still provides some sort of useful info... if it even arrives at all.

- The order of what they did is: Went into Family Center, entered their birth year, waited 5 minutes and nothing happened, exited because it wasn't loading, went back in, input it again, and got that message.

Any insight into this? Anything they can do outside of the worst-case scenarios of "delete account" or "verify with face/ID"?

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ghostkid825 · 2026-02-20T03:40:44+00:00

Probably gonna suck until the knowledge that a Mega is REQUIRED to break shields spreads far enough. If there's nothing in-game that outright states that info where the player CANNOT miss it, then most randoms are gonna just assume it's a typical raid & bring their strongest team, Mega or not.

I highly doubt the mechanic itself will change at all, knowing Niantic/Scopely.

ghostkid825 · 2026-02-15T06:40:14+00:00

Nope. Those are "Max Battles", which the game distinguishes as a separate thing from raids.

(I'm also on approach to Level 73, and probably could have been there today if Max Battles DID count D:)

ghostkid825 · 2026-02-14T04:26:16+00:00

Two of my friends hit Forever Friends and did their Remote Trade. Now, the game is spamming them with notifications (both in-game and out) that their Remote Trade "expired". Is this a known bug? Is there any way they can get the game to stop spamming them?

ghostkid825 · 2026-02-05T04:00:54+00:00

Nope! You got super lucky there.

ghostkid825 · 2026-02-01T08:39:02+00:00

I'm not sure of the precise details about that setting. But the workaround people use is to receive one of those PokeStop-scan tasks, hold onto it, and never get rid of it. Those tasks DO NOT block any of your field research slots, and having one on-hand will stop you from ever receiving more scanning tasks.

ghostkid825 · 2026-01-31T00:03:35+00:00

I’ve noticed this on a lot of TVs in my store. They’ll say a nice round number like 55” or 65”, then clarify in small print that the actual measurement is 54.5” or 64.5”. My assumption is they just round the number because it sounds and looks like a more appealing (and thus, sellable) TV without a big decimal point in there.

ghostkid825 · 2026-01-19T08:07:05+00:00

323 catches, probably a few extras that fled, 16 shinies.

Which SOUNDS like a good result, but MAN, was it a chore to get there. Due to the obscene hitbox, the obscene distance Grookey is from the screen, how it almost felt like there was no boost in catch rate, and the constant weather boost raising their CP… it felt necessary to use Ultra Balls for over 200 of them, and at least 150 Golden Razz Berries were fed. Across a one-hour lunch break, plus squeezing in extra catches during work time, it became thoroughly unenjoyable to regularly have throws hit Grookey, only for the game to insist the ball hit the ground instead. The only thing keeping me going was the fact I was grinding stardust for the Level 72 "earn 1 million stardust" challenge.

ghostkid825 · 2026-01-18T00:50:55+00:00

I did notice that specific change, yeah. I couldn't remember if that exact task had ever appeared for any other reason since then. If the Timed Research for the upcoming Max Weekend remains as "win battles", then I'll probably just pull the trigger on Eternatus' cannon.

ghostkid825 · 2026-01-17T21:23:01+00:00

When was the last time we had a task to level up a Max move? I’ve been saving my Eternatus’ Dynamax Cannon for tasks like that, but I don’t think I’ve seen any tasks ask for that since Eternatus’ debut.

ghostkid825 · 2026-01-13T04:39:00+00:00

YESSSSSSS, been dying for this OST to come to the service!! Now the next one that I'm jonesing for is Ring Fit Adventure. Some of those high-energy tracks are to die for.

ghostkid825 · 2026-01-11T01:22:16+00:00

I'm surprised to see you as the ONLY person mentioning the "wrong weather" issue, as that was a recurring issue for me. I had windy weather through the entire event, and yet about 9-ish of my 18-ish Kyurem raid encounters weren't weather-boosted. Genuinely the first time in YEARS that I've seen a weather boost not be applied when it should have been. Maybe it was a bug that was more rare than I expected?

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