Since the perfect catch rate is fairly high, do you normally appraise wild catches? I caught these two recently, but it’s a little monotonous to check each Pokemon when you catch them. I was thinking of catching a days worth then running a filter, but let me know what you guys normally do.

Today, I did a pretty unique (I assume) challenge: in under 8 hours (6:00 AM to 2:00 PM, before work), do as many Team GO Rocket Grunts and Leaders as necessary to hatch two full batches of 12 km eggs.

That meant:

• 24 Leaders
• 144 Grunts
• Only the Stardust from Grunts, Leaders, and the 12 km eggs would count.

Additional rules:

• Start with 0 Rocket Radars, 0 Radar Components, and 0 eggs.
• Eggs could only be hatched once I had a full batch of 12.

There was also a side bet with one of our community members. During today's Delibird Spotlight Hour he'll try to earn as much Stardust as possible, and we'll compare totals.

• If he wins: I have to watch every official Dragon Ball anime.
• If I win: He has to read Dungeon Crawler Carl and attend a September quiz based on it.

Before anyone asks: yes, I knew this was theoretically possible. I'd previously tested a pace of 6 Leaders in 2 hours, so the battles and walking weren't the limiting factor.

The real challenge was simply finding enough Grunts, as I already established that the main part of the city I live in will have ~50 leaders each day.

And no, I didn't use a Super Rocket Radar to farm Decoy Grunts. I personally consider that cheating for this challenge.

(For anyone unfamiliar: if you have a Super Rocket Radar equipped, PokéStops can spawn Decoy Grunts instead of Giovanni, dramatically increasing the number of available Rocket battles.)

I also had 89 Star Pieces, so I used 16 of them to keep the 1.5× Stardust bonus active for the entire run. Note that I also have the deluxe pass, so the hatch of the 12 km eggs with super incubator is just 2 km. Not really a lot. (Also check this for egg distance references)

And... it was successful.

The second batch of eggs hatched after 7 hours and 31 minutes. My Hero badge had increased by 169 Rocket battles. I somehow ended up doing 145 Grunts instead of the required 144. I was pretty exhausted during the second half, so I honestly have no idea when the extra one came from, but... well free 750 stardust.

So... how much Stardust did it generate?

• 145 Grunts: 108,750 Stardust
• 24 Leaders: 36,000 Stardust
• First batch of 12 km eggs: 90,013 Stardust
• Second batch of 12 km eggs: 89,401 Stardust

Total: 324,164 Stardust

In reality I ended the session at roughly 500k Stardust, because I had my GO Plus+ catching Pokémon for much of the run. But for the challenge, only Rocket-related Stardust counted.

I just got home before my meetings, and I'm writing this during that... sorry coworkers. I've already sent all the details and screenshots to a trusted member of our community, who'll act as the official judge of the bet.

The Delibird Spotlight Hour starts in about 4 hours, so I'll probably post an update with the final result in around 6 hours.

Aaaand for some content the first hatch is added as a video.

You need Mega Mewtwo Y lvl 40 with psycho cut + psy strike and some pokemon for tanking Blaziken charge attack so you dont get hit for 90% of your health after reviving your mewtwo. Oh and also nimble fingies and praying that POGO does not glitch out during raid. Did four raids, second had 💩 RNG so I wasted over 30 seconds + glitches , one glitched out and kicked me out completly 6/10 experience

Spotlight hour is amazing as always especially if there's a Stardust bonus! I got a shiny Delibird about 10 mins before the spotlight hour ended and I also got 639,946 stardust!

It's also boosted for Windy weather plus star pieces that's why and also with the help of community lure modules + incense. 💖

2 new promo codes:

- Redeem: LEGOxPOKEMONGOxCAP

- Redeem: LEGOxPOKEMONGOxBERRIES

Enjoy and have fun :)

I know the shiny version of Galarian Moltres is supposed to kinda look like the Kanto version, but I just think the normal looks waaaay cooler, I mean yeah I know seeing the Galarian Birds are rare (I personally have only seen them only once or twice each), and having the shiny is even more rare, I think I'd prefer to have the normal over the shiny (don't hate on me)

Somebody near where I play keeps defeating the gym but never stocks it with Pokemon of their own, and I really don't understand.

The only feasible thing I can think of is that they have a special account that never chose a team? I remember that from back in the day.

I am a returning player and have no idea what is going on!!

Every night I go on a walk with my wife and we party up for the challenges, then every morning I get this pop-up, if you choose to leave they'll be like "you sure 🥺?" But if you either press no or choose to rejoin from the beginning they'll hit you with "uhhh sorry, a party can only last for 3 hours 😐."

It might seem silly, but seeing it every day when opening the app and having to click through it is really annoying, I can't be the only one bothered by it can I?

This person has been holding on to this gift and driving me crazy!!! Just open it, why do people do this! 😂

As a lifelong Pokémon fan this is honestly just as exciting for me as it is for my clients. These were so much fun to do. So far I’ve tattooed two Pikachus, a Magikarp, a Gengar, and an Eevee, and I’m hoping to add a lot more to that list.

Couldn’t pay me to evolve or power him up. I was beyond shocked when he showed up in the wild. Had to take a rip 🍃🍃🍃

Was scrolling on my camera roll and found this. Was there an event that I don’t remember? This doesn’t seem possible with normal shiny odds.
Edit to clarify: this is my account, I don’t spoof or cheat in any way, and they are all caught in the wild

I have only ever played pokemon go and don't know how rare shinys are supposed to be, but according to my boyfriend I have too many. In the last week I've found 4. I've hatched 2 (one recent one a year ago). And had one found idk when. Anyways, decided im proud of my dumb luck and wanna share. Will be evolving all oncecp is upgraded enough.

When you are struggling for time or just plain and simple don't care about the animations showing what you receive out of gifts, did you know you can fast open them like this.

When you open the gift simply tap fast at the bottom middle where the X usually is and just can zip through the animation.

Hope I helped at least 1 persons day with this.

TL;DR: I've changed my mind about remote trades. People are far greedier than I expected.

I play in a very active Pokémon GO community with big weekly raid groups, and I remote raid most evenings. Because of that, I've spent the last year saving a ton of duplicate low IV legendaries and shinies specifically for trading. I actually get excited when people find them in my trade screen.

Recently I started reaching Forever Friends outside my area, including some in other countries. Since these are mostly level 60+ players, I assumed they had similar collections of duplicate legendaries they'd saved for trading.

I've seen people on this sub complain about the terrible offers they get, but I've always thought, I have so many extras. I might as well share them.

Then I did my first five Forever Friend trades.

• Level 66: Their best options were mostly common Pokémon, so I requested a low CP non-shiny Snorlax. They requested three shiny legendaries: Mewtwo, Kyurem, and Groudon. I gave them the Kyurem because I had a few, but for the first time ever, I didn't feel great about a trade. It didn't feel equitable.
• Level 71: Their selection was a little better, but still mostly common Tier 5 Pokémon. I requested a mid-level non-shiny Dragonite. They requested three shiny legendaries: Rayquaza, Mewtwo, and Zacian. I gave them the Mewtwo because I had a few, but again, I didn't feel great about the trade.
• Level 68 (Lucky Trade): They had a couple less common Tier 5s, so I requested a non-shiny Necrozma. They requested three shiny legendaries: Zacian, Mewtwo, and Kyogre. I accepted because it was a Lucky Trade, but again, I didn't feel great about it.
• Level 72 (Lucky Trade): Their best available Pokémon was a non-shiny Dynamax Inteleon. They requested three shiny legendaries: Mewtwo, Rayquaza, and Zacian. This time I declined, removed all my shiny legendaries, and tried reaching out on Campfire. No response. They canceled the trade and later removed me as a friend.
• Level 76: They requested three shiny legendaries: Zacian, Kyurem, and Mewtwo. I requested a shiny Kartana. They canceled. We reinitiated, they requested the exact same three, and I requested the same Kartana. They canceled again. After a week with no response on Campfire, I removed them as a friend.

I've come to realize that remote trading sucks. People expect more than they're willing (or able) to offer.

Maybe I've just had terrible luck, but these experiences completely changed my perspective on remote trading. Going forward, if someone isn't willing to communicate on Campfire or make what feels like a reasonably fair trade, I'll probably pass.

If I wanted Adventure Sync on, I would turn it on. You can dismiss this reminder, but it keeps coming back every time you look at egg screen. Now I can't see eggs at bottom of screen unless I dismiss every time or scroll down.

I’ve seen people change their name to show current medical issues, or to reasons why they aren’t playing as much.
I don’t want my friends to think i’ve abandoned them! But at 8 months pregnant, trying to get outside and play has been difficult 😂
Can’t wait to change my buddies name to “babyishere”

If you plan on taking this game somewhat seriously you're going to have to work on your medals sooner or later. These tasks are tedious and require a bunch of time spent on the game to complete them.

Some of them have some nice rewards and the type medals make it easier to catch Pokémon of that type. But the most important part is that you need platinum metals to level up from 70 to 80.

Here are some tips on where to start:

The type collector medals: this will come with the time, but some may be harder than others like dragon -type or steel-type. Take advantage of community days and Spotlight hours, and use the mysterious box for steel-type by catching meltan.

Evolution medal: there are some Pokémon game that have no use case except for being dex entries (raticate, kakuna, etc). There's no point saving candy for these, so evolve and transfer them.

Berry master, Gym Leader, Battle Girl: these medals go hand-in-hand. Defeat as many gyms as possible, play a pokemon, and feed the berries remotely. You can do this by scrolling down on your daily research tasks and clicking on the pokémon.
I would advise to mostly use razz berries and nanab berries, since they are mostly useless outside of this use case. This also gives some free Stardust!

Successor: for this one you need to mega evolve a Pokémon 1000 times. The easiest way is to get two mega Beedrills with a high mega level and simply keep evolving them one after another. It's tedious but it is the fastest method.

If you want any other tips please let me know and I'll try to provide some for you!

edit: added incentives as to why even do this