Wednesday, October 12, 2022

A Glimpse of Game: What Have I Learned from Playing Pokemon Go?

Is game good or bad? All parents want to know. I am no exception. 

I have read many books about this topic, particularly about the social aspect of game.  Sherry Turkle's book,  Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other, vividly describes how we live now. As her book title suggests, we are together but we all stare on our phone. Hence, alone together. Although Sherry Turkle is pessimistic about the negative effect of technology including games on people, Jane McGonigal tries to defend game in her book, Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World.

In order to find my own answer, I have to play one. I choose Pokemon Go because I want to exercise my body. Pokémon Go makes players get out and walk around hence the name “Pokémon Go“. Most importantly, I choose it  because it is a social game. I want to meet people. In Dec 2021, I set up two accounts on two almost identical phones so that I can do comparison tests. Ten months later, I set up the third account to go over the entire process.

When I started, I didn't even know how to get Pokeballs from a pokestop. I tapped it instead of spinning it. Of course, no ball came out. It puzzles me first. Eventually, I figured that I had to swipe my fingers. 

After 9 months of play, I am almost at level 44 with 1,958 km walk, 35,181 catches, and 53,162,103xp. Roughly, 1500 xp/ per catch ( 53,162,103 / 35,181 ≈ 1,511). Usually, a player earn 100 XP for each monster they catch. An excellent throw will give them an extra 1,000 XP.  So, I did extremely well. 

Most players think they have to grind all way up to level 40 and beyond. But there are many tricks and tips to speed this process dramatically as I did in my case and the 3rd account for my family member ( In 4 days, he is at level 20 with only 203 catches).

Although there are many articles and YouTube videos teaching you how to play, but all come with caveats which sometimes is unaddressed. In my blogs, besides gathering here the most important and useful information here and there, I write my experience most related to how to increase XP. 

For beginners, how set up an account and how to level up fast are the most concerned. Click the links to my blog for details.

  1. Set up an account. I recommend using Pokemon Trainer Clube instead of creating account with Facebook and Google. Here are steps
  2. How to level up quickly, especially up to level 25. Here is my note.


 This game teaches me many things. Two lessons stand out:

  1. Practice Makes Perfect
  2. Learning by Doing


Having caught so many pokemons all by my hands not by catching devices, I truly understand the meaning of practice. Throwing a Great Ball was a challenge for me, now I can do it with ease. Needless to say, we all learn by doing it continually not only for playing games but also for everything.  


Article:

5 Reasons Why You Should Start Playing Pokémon Go

Pokemon Installation and Setup

Be aware: 

  • You can only level the pokemon to 10 levels above your trainer level.  So you can not fully max it out until you hit level 40. 
  • You can only get XL candy when you reach level 31 (before it is level 40)
  • Inital Pokemon Storage 300; Item storage 350

On Oct 10/6/2022, I set up the 3rd account for my family. 

Now, I, my child and my husband have a pokemon account.

Now, I finally use Pokemon Trainer instead of using Google or Facebook to create a pokemon account. 
https://club.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-trainer-club/edit-profile/. So that I can more freely login into any phone to play.

There are many things I didn't notice before when I first played Pokemon, this time I try to make close observation and records the steps.

1. After downloading, when it runs, it immediately asks for DOB (date of birth)

2. Then set up an account. This time I use Pokemon Trainer Club instead of using Google or Facebook,  Email need to be verified.

3. Ask for a referral code. Time limit is up to 72 hours.


3. Set Nickname. It can be different from your Pokemon Trainer User name. But I choose to be the same. Note: Nickname can only be changed once. 

4.  Choose a team color
When I click the gym, it prompts up messages to choose a team.

5. When I start it, Pokemon CP will show ???. Only when I reach a certain level ( level 10, 15??, I can't remember exactly), CP will show up.  

You have to be at least level 5 to raid. Of course, if you want to raid Tier 5 Yveltal, you have to team up with several level 40 trainers. 

I create a raid room, with Ashley (43), Alana (41), I had to put Aaron's phone on my knee to raid (No hands to tap button. He just sat there and went through the raid process. The raid only lasted about no more than 2 minutes. He had enough mons to last for the raid. Aaron raid Yveltal at level 9. Raid is successful. But didn't catch Yveltal.

Note: Choose Buddy becomes Buddy History after a buddy is chosen. 
Oct 10/6/2022, 3rd account starts, 11:57pm
Oct 10/7/2022, Yveltal raid, 9:16am, level 9.

 

5. You can only level the pokemon to 10 levels above your trainer level.  So you can not fully max it out until you hit level 40.
This Rhyhorn was caught when Aaron was at level 9. 
  

6. Tag can only show at least level 15.  
I tried to create some tags and couldn't find it. So I wonder it would relate to trainer level. After Aaron hits level 15, tag messages shows up.



7. Install Pokemon Genie, only need to input trainer level


How to level up quickly from level 1 to 25

Be aware: 

  • You can only level the pokemon to 10 levels above your trainer level.  So you can not fully max it out until you hit level 40. 
  • You can only get XL candy when you reach level 31 (before it is level 40)

The quickest way to level up from level 1 to level 25

  1. Raid the Tier 5 boss (XP gain is 10,000). Raid is available for a trainer at level 5 +. Of course, you need several level 35+ trainers to help you. Notice, from level 11 to level 14, each level requires 10,000xp which means doing one tier 5 raid can move a trainer one level up.
  2. Mirror trade stage -1 free trade evolution pokemons. Trade is available for a trainer at level 10+.The n wait for every Wednesday 6-7pm spot hour featuring 2XP evolution . Drop an egg. The XPof evolution for one pokemon is 4,000. For 100 evolutions, total XP is 400,000 (To reach level 23, only 435,000 XP is required).  
Here are lists for free trade pokemons (that is, when you trade a Pokemon, its evolution Candy cost is reduced to zero. Otherwise,
100 Candy: Haunter, Graveler, Kadabra, and Machoke.
200 Candy: Boldore, Gurrdurr, Karrablast, Phantump, Pumpkaboo, and Shelmet.

       

      Total XP for level 50 trainers: 176,000,000 (176 millions)

      Compare to the 2022 Water Festival Global Challenge, all trainers need to collectively catch 600,000,000 water-type Pokémon to unlock the double catch candy bonus. It is a daunting task.

      176,000,000/ 600,000,000 = 0.293.

           Level   XP Required XP Total

      • 5 4,000         10,000       Teams, Gyms, Potions Revives, Raid Battles
      • 8 7,000         28,000       Razz Berries,Team GO Rocket features, A Troubling Situation
      • 10 9,000         45,000       Super Potions, Golden Razz Berries, Evolution Items, Trading,                                                       Trainer Battles
      • 12 10,000         65,000   Great Ball
      • 14 10,000         85,000        Nanab Berries
      • 15 15,000         100,000      Hyper Potions, Fast TMs, A Mythical Discovery
      • 18 20,000         160,000      Pinap Berries
      • 20 25,000         210,000      Ultra Balls, Mega Evolution, A Mega Discovery
      • 25 150,000         710,000      Max Potions, Charged TMs
      • 30 350,000         2,000,000   Max Revives
      • 36 1,500,000 7,500,000
      • 37 2,000,000 9,500,000
      • 38 2,500,000 12,000,000   PokéStop nomination
      • 39 3,000,000 15,000,000
      • 40 5,000,000 20,000,000   Candy XL  (changed to 31 in 2022)
      NOTE: Level 25  Charged TMs (This is incorrect. I don't know when I get it. I checked at level 20, and I already have 4 Charged TM)



      Source:

      Some Data:

      1. Start on Oct 6. 
          On Oct 7, level 11. Did  1 Yveltal raid, did not catch it. 
          On Oct 10, level 19. Have done 3 Gyarados raids and caught them.
      Oct 7, 9:43am
      Oct 10, 1:04am


      Oct 10, 1:09am



      Oct 9, Special task reward, perfect  Glameow. 
                  Lapras 91, research reward
                  Rhyton 96, wild catch. 

      Oct 10, Raid Xerneas, Shiny 96.
                   Orangutan, Hundo for PvP 1500.
      Extremely good start. 



      Oct 10, 3:48pm
      Oct 10, 3:50pm

      So far, caught 289 - 86 = 203  (one trade count as one catch).

      • In the current Evolving Star Event ( Oct 5 - Oct 11, 2022) Kadabra and haunter are both stage 1 monsters, they are free trade evolution. 
      • Tomorrow, Oct 12, is haunter  spot hours, 2x stardust, with a star piece (900 stardust). I am going to catch Hunter and trade (better to do litwick CD, half trade cost) 
      • Oct 25, 2x evolution. Can do 140 /per half (70 evolutions in half hour) for two lucky eggs (XP  is 4,000). 
      • Try to level up Aaron to 25. 

      5 Pokémon You SHOULD PURIFY!

      5 Pokémon You SHOULD PURIFY!

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFJ6yGA-LwQ

      Tuesday, October 11, 2022

      CP 2300 Less Pokémon are BETTER IN GYMS

      Why LOW CP Pokémon are BETTER IN GYMS!

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsZDj4HmtoQ

      1. Blissey
      2. Chansey

      Most trainers use fighting type, thus, equip mons with psychic move

      Resource:

      https://gamepress.gg/pokemongo/gym-motivation-what-you-should-know


      Some comments:

      I prefer chancey and wobbofet because they won't go over 1500 CP

      Wobbuffet ( tanky, psychic type with psychic move)

      Driblim

      The slower motivation makes Chansey a better gym defender than Blissey over time.  Also, as people tend to use fighting types a lot, it's beneficial to pair a Chansey or Blissey with Wobbuffet as a gym defender, which was not mentioned here.

      Lucario to take down gyms. Best mon to use... has resists to fairy n psychic moves due to its metal/steel typing it has

      Sunday, October 9, 2022

      Level up XP requirement

      https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/pokemon-go-level-cap-increase-level-50-rewards-item-list-7002 

      https://pokemongo.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Trainer_levels

      Total XP: 176 millions, 176,000,000. 

      Compare to the 2022 Water Festival Global Challenge, all trainers need to collectively catch 600,000,000 water-type Pokémon to unlock the double catch candy bonus. It is a daunting task.

      176,000,000/ 600,000,000 = 0.293.

           Level   XP Required XP Total

      • 5 4,000         10,000       Teams, Gyms, Potions Revives, Raid Battles
      • 8 7,000         28,000       Razz Berries,Team GO Rocket features, A Troubling Situation
      • 10 9,000         45,000       Super Potions, Golden Razz Berries, Evolution Items, Trading,                                                       Trainer Battles
      • 12 10,000         65,000   Great Ball
      • 14 10,000         85,000        Nanab Berries
      • 15 15,000         100,000      Hyper Potions, Fast TMs, A Mythical Discovery
      • 18 20,000         160,000      Pinap Berries
      • 20 25,000         210,000      Ultra Balls, Mega Evolution, A Mega Discovery
      • 25 150,000         710,000      Max Potions, Charged TMs
      • 30 350,000         2,000,000   Max Revives
      • 36 1,500,000 7,500,000
      • 37 2,000,000 9,500,000
      • 38 2,500,000 12,000,000   PokéStop nomination
      • 39 3,000,000 15,000,000
      • 40 5,000,000 20,000,000   Candy XL  (changed to 31 in 2022)












      Pokemon XP List

      Pokémon Go XP sources list: How to get XP fast in Pokémon Go 

      https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/pokemon-go-xp-list-chart-sources-how-to-get-xp-fast-7002




      Monday, September 12, 2022

      What is Download All Assets?

      Trainers, we have added a new "Download All Assets" feature. When you tap this in your Advanced Settings, visual and audio elements of Pokémon GO will be downloaded all at once over WiFi. Trainers, we have added a new "Download All Assets" feature. When you tap this in your Advanced Settings, visual and audio elements of Pokémon GO will be downloaded all at once over WiFi. You will save cellular data and can even experience smoother gameplay!


      Source: https://twitter.com/NianticHelp/status/1567633811508183041

      I tried on 9/12, 11:00am, 105.1MB. It took 11 minutes to download.

      AlanaAma download on 9/23, 219.6MB, from 12:15pm to 

       




      Sunday, September 11, 2022

      Pokemons Summary

      ==End of day==

      1. Check mmm, mm 
      2. Open gifts
      ==Daily Tasks== 
      1. Daily GBL (Go Battle League), 1 or 0 win/1 set
      2. Daily Raid
      3. Daily Pokecoins from Gym 
      4. Daily pokestops spin
      5. Daily catch 
      6. Daily field research.
      ==Doing==
      1. CD (Community day)
      2. Spot hours
      3. special event 
      ==Social Media==
      1. Facebook pinned post is currently event summary
      2. Twitter help guide
      3. Blog general notes

      Weekly walking bonus claim on Monday after 9am

      ==Power Up==

      you can only level the pokemon to 10 levels above your trainer level, 
      so you cant fully max it out until you hit level 40.
      Before on 2021, trainer must be at level 40 up to get XL candies, now it is level 31. 

      =Trade==
      100 km+, 3 candies, 1 XL candy
      10 km,  2 candies

      4/8/2022 , It is almost 4 months. It is a long way to get here. From the start, I even didn't know to spin a  pokestop, till now, I collect so much information and know how I want to play.   

      1. 尽量少抓。参加 field and special tasks, community days, spot hours。
      2. 每天 Use Pokeraid to host 2 raids with10 people capacity. Earn daily pokeraid coin so that I can  Host 3 or 4 on Wednesday using a double egg.  
      3. Doing five sets Go battle daily. Win the first battle of one set, sit through for the rest 4 battles. 
      4. Try to level 40 before Friday, July 22 for Go festival, Friday, July 22, to Sunday, July 24, 2022: Seattle, WA, USA. Save Coins and money earned from Google reward for Go festival
      4/7, I tried the raid hour (wed, 6-7). It is not a good time to use a lucky egg unless I have  80 pokeraid coins to create an express room.
      4/8 Install Pokegenie on my new phone. It is a great app to evaluate pokemons.  I think Pokeraid is a better app for raid. Since it is exclusive for raid. 

      4/14  level 38,  This catch trick is extremely well. 
      Let's do some statistics, 806.2km walked, 12,665 Caught, 5,386 Pokestiop visit, XP 12, 310,701, start 12/15/2021


      我终于弄明白最快XP的办法。 HOST raid
      Level  XP Required XP Total
      37 2,000,000 9,500,000
      38 2,500,000 12,000,000   
      39 3,000,000 15,000,000
      40 5,000,000 20,000,000   Candy XL  
      50      Total,  176 millions 

      TOP TEN POKÉMON YOU SHOULD MAX OUT FIRST in Pokémon GO!!

      Gengar
      Gyarados
      Taloneflame  (ultra league 2500 pvp) Flame charge, brave bird
      Umbreon   (ultra league)
      Conkeldur 
      Rayquaza   (against dragon type)
      Metagross  (meteor  mash)
      Garchomp (counter anti-steel)
      Lucario 
      #1 Mewtwo  (shadow best)

      The TOP TEN Most Essential Pokémon You MUST Get in Pokémon GO!!

      • Melmetal  (only legendary can put into gym)
      • Dragonite (Dragon Claw, Dragon breath)
      • Mamoswine anti-flyer, anti-dragon
      • Groudon   (Ground type)
      • Kyogre 
      • Rayquaza
      • Metgross   (Steel, psychic, meteor mash)
      • Lucario    (better than Machamp)
      • Blissey    (Gym defender)
      • Mewtwo   #1  ( shadow ball, psystrike)
       ==Daily routine =

      1. Daily catch and spin, Daily catch has a white swirl around it.
      2. Free raid pass
      3. Daily Free box, weekly event bundle, breakthrough
      4. 7 days streak

      Top 10 Things To Do EVERY DAY in Pokémon GO!


      ==Eggs 1/2 distance ==
      • 2km Eggs Incubator distance is 1km,  0.65km with Super Incubator
      • 5km Eggs Incubator distance is 2.5km, 1.65km with Super Incubator
      • 7km Eggs Incubator distance is 3.5km, 2.3km with Super Incubator
      • 10km Eggs Incubator distance is 5km,  3.3km with Super Incubator
      • 12km Eggs Incubator distance is 6km,  4 km with Super Incubator
      The super incubator applies a 0.667x multiplier to the distance you walk while hatching an egg.

      ==About Meltan==
      steelix maxed out. 2 double candies spot hour.
      6/18/2022, 10pm. No shiny
      6/17/2022, one shiny. 2 days instead of 3 days. Shiny unlock in TCG event.
      6/8/2002. No shiny


      ==Accounts==
      ====================
      3/30, lucky friend. Dratini trade.
      4/26, lucky friend, rockruff trade
      6/17, lucky friend. Kyogre trade.
      ====================
      AshleyWGU
      2/14, level 34. 
      3/13, level 36. 
      3/26, Me level 37. Best friend with AlanaAma. I used a luck egg to double it to 200,000
      4/14, Me, level 38. Learn a quick catch tip. It is excellent. It only needs a second to catch. I can catch everything. AR mode doesn't work.
      4/23, Me level 39.
      5/12, Me level 40.
      6/15, Me, level 41.
      ================
      AlanaAma 
      3/26, level 36.  
      4/6,   level 37.
      5/30, level 39.  

      ==Search keyword==
      • friendlevel*   (1, 2, 3, 4: best friend)
      • buddy5   
      • item
      • Legendary
      • age0&!shiny&!4*&!3*&swablu
      • mega1-3 

      ==Miscellaneous ==
      • >13.13 Kg Magikarp is a big fish. When it trades to you, it also counts as a big fish.
      • <2.41kg is tiny Rattana , label as XS don't always consider tiny.
      • Auto-catch device only works for red balls.
      • Baby pokemon, second movement discount   (Togepi, Riolu)
      • Candy XL, 296 
      • Walking cut off at 9am Monday
      • 6 kings evolve & Purify
      • Special Task at level 43, 45, 48.
      • Arlo is easier to defeat.
      • Mystery box  (pokemon home)
      • level 7, appraise available 
      • Shinies from raids are a guaranteed catch, using silver pinap berry.
      • XL candy, walking monster must be level 35
      • 1km get 5km mega energy


      ==Lucky egg and starpiece =
      1) Friends, XP
      2) Go battle, starpiece
      3) Field breakthrough;
      4) Special task
      5) Timed task
      6) evolution trade


      Walrain is extremely good to attack Dragon type Pokemon, like Dragonite, Garchamp.
      Charizard, Elite TM, Blast burn
      Gyarados, Elite TM, Aqua Tail  (Water Fall, outrage)
      Blastoise, Elite TM, hydro cannon

      Togekiss, Granbull is good counter against fight type, like Machamp 


      ==Power up to level 30, maybe to level 35 ==
      35-40 is not much gain on CP but required a lot of candies and stardust.


      ==Shiny rate ==
      wild,  7)1/450;  6) egg; raid 1/45, 1/80; 5) research   1-75; 1/100 ; 4) nest
      3) world wide event;   2)Go fest 1/50   1) community day, 1/25


      =Ballons Schedule ==
      12am, 6am, 12pm, 6pm


      ==What to buy ==
      Invest on items storage and pokemons storage. 
      • Initial Items bag is 350 (can extend to 4500 5050).
      • Pokemons storage 300 (can extend to 5500 6050) 

      ==Mega boost ==
      High level    XL Candy 10%     50  XP 
      Max level     XL Candy 25%     100 XP 

      ==XL Candy ==
      • 296 candies to boost from level 40 to 50 in all pokemons.
      • Catch, Hatch, Transfer, Trade, and Walk to get possible XL candy
      • Catch a legendary Pokemon or evovle pokemon gets a guaranteed XL candy.
      • When trade pokemons with over 100 km apart, it is a high chance to get a XL candy.
      The reward is two-way, but if one trainer level is below 40, he (she) won't get it.
      Pokemon hatched from 7km eggs are considered distance pokemons.


      ==Friends ==
      Good Friend, 1 day,       3000 XP
      Great Friend, 7 days,    10,000XP
      Ultra Friend,  30 days   50,000XP
      Best Friend,   90 days   100,000XP

      == Limitation ==
      Daily Open gifts limitation: 30( update from 20) Sending gifts limitation: 100.
      Daily Catch limitation: 4,800
      Weekly Catch limitation: 14,0000
      Daily Pokestop spin limitation: 1,200
      Weekly Pokestop spin limitation: 7,000
      Lobby: 20 players  (can only hold 10 remote passes)
      Mega stone from 2000 to 9999
      Weekly walking bonus claim on Monday at 9am
      Daily trades: 100

      ==Rough XP from hosting a raid with 10 people ==
      XP for a good friend ( raid together once), 3000 XP
      5  people, 3000 * 5 = 15,000
      tier 5 or mega raid,   15,000 + 1 = 25,000
      Doing twice  (2 free daily pass now), 25,000 * 2 = 50,000
      A week,    50,000  * 7  = 350,000

      having 10 people, 3000 * 10 = 30,000
      tier 5 or maga raid,  30,000 +10, 000 = 40,000
      Doing twice  (2 free daily pass now), 40,000 * 2 = 80,000
      A week,    80,000  * 7  = 560,000

      Supposing host 3 raids (10 minutes a raid) in Wednesday raid hours, using a double egg

      5 people, doing thrice , 25,000 *3  = 75,000, double egg 150,000
      A week,    50,000  * 5 +  25,000 + 150,000 = 425,000  (from 350,000)

      10 people, doing thrice , 40,000 *3  = 120,000, double egg 360,000
      A week, 80,000  * 5 +  40,000 + 360,000 = 800,000  (from 560,000)

      ==A hundo odd ==
      1/64 in lucky trade 


      ==12 candies evolve==
      6 kings in Pokemon Go
      Caterpie, Weedle, Pidgey, Wurmple, Whismur, Pidove
      evolve & 10,13,16,265,293,519

      Marks Pokemons 
      • A: Almost perfect, not for trade. 
      • B: Best, keep not for trade (old mark)
      • E: trade evolution.
      • L: trade for lucky pokemon
      • PPink eggs.
      • T: Trade already. eevee3T (trade already, 3 * star)       
      • LTP: lucky Trade and pink egg, LTPeevee3 (for lucky trade, pink egg), sometimes, I make as LTeevee3P  
      • M: best move
      • X: xl candy
      Do not mark pokemon below 3*, all for trade. 
      Usually, shiny pokemons are 0* and 1* with low IV and CP. 

      In two months playing ( 12/15/2021- 2/16/2022)I have 27 lucky pokemons. I got 2 perfect pokemons (15/15/15) from trades.

      ==Tips ==
      Power up a little bit, then you can use potion instead Revive 

      ==Recurred Events ==

      ***spotlight hour, Weekly, Tuesday, 6-7pm, filled up with candies and pokedex***

      ***Monthly Community day, sometime another Classic Community day ***
      Back to 2-5 from 11-5, best time for shiny pokemon. but lucky ratio is very low. 

      ***$1 pokecoin event box containing a remote pass on Monday***


      ==XP & Stardust Bonus==
      ***7 days streak bonus, use lucky egg and a starpiece if possible*** 
      1. 7th days streak catching bonus, XP bonus 6000, Stardust bonus 7200 
      2  7th days streak Pokestop Spin, XP 2000.
      3. 7th days streak Field search breakthrough, XP 3000, stardust 2000.
      Syn on Monday, day 1, Lucky eggs and stardust on Sunday and eggs with 1.2km unhatched miles


      ==Daily==
      1.  free box, 4 pieces. 
      2. Daily catch: XP 3000
      3. Daily stardust: 1900.
      4. Gym raid:  
      tier 1:3500XP
      tier 3, XP 5000, Stardust 1000. 
      tier 5 or Mega, XP 10000, Stardust 1000. 
      5. Automatic a new field research at 12am.

      ==eggs==



      Trade limitation 
      100 trades, special trade: 1
      On March 26, 2022, 9:17am




      Keep 2 original forms of Pokemons  
      At least two pokeons for original form. One for your immediate evolution, one for future tasks, Fir for example, evoue grimer. Saving all pokemons hatched from 7km long distance pink eggs , you need to long-distance trade for level 40 tasks.

      Lucky eggs and Starpiece
      XP: experience point. Trainers need to earn it in order to level up. A lucky egg double XP
      StardustTrainers need to earn it in order to power up their Pokemon. A Starpiece increase 50% stardust. 

      Raid  

      Eggs will only spawn between 5:30am - 7:45pm, so raid boss will be available is 6:30am - 9:30pm. 
      Raid hour: Every Wednesday 6pm - 7pm, most spawn lever five raid.

      1 – 4 raids the raid timer is 180 seconds (3 minutes) long. Tier 5 timer is 300 seconds (5 minutes) long. There is no limit for the capture encounter duration – you can catch as long as you want.








      ==How do I plaly daily ==
      1. play 2 accounts simultaneously. Trade immediately trade when going back home. 

      2. Sending Gifts and open 20 gifts.

      3. Walking outside three times, Usually, Kakuna, Beedrill as buddy***
      1. Moring, raid time if possible, 1h 
      2. Afternoon, walking time with my child, 0.5 h. Beedrill as buddy. No catch. Just walking,
      3. Evening,  Gym time, 0.5 h.   
      4. Go battle: 0.5 h, only with my child account. Win the first two, walk through the rest. 
      5. When trade at home, change to Charizard, Machamp, Meloetta, etc to win heart


      How many people or accounts do you need? 
      Since Mega raid needs at least3 people to defeat. So everyone needs 3 accounts or 3 people (your children, your parter) to play.  
      The first accout and second account should be almost in the same type of level (that is,  below 30,  30-39, 40-49). In this way, when you catch, both of you can catch pokeons with exactly CP. Now, transfer low CP, ONLY trade high CP with low IV to turn them into lucky pokemons
      The third account is to help you to win mega or tier 5 raid. A trainer need to be in level 5 to join raid and put a Pokemon in a gym, in level 10 for trade, however, to reach level 5, total XP needed is 10,000; level 10, XP 45,000. It can be done in few minutes if you wait for spotlight (every Tuesday 6-7) or community event (once a month) when often has double XP bonus and other bonus. Then, you only need to maintain it by doing daily raid. You can use mysterious candies and stardusts earning from raids to power up pokemons from raids.


      It is very important to play daily.
      The reward for seven-day streak for spin a pokestop, catcing a pokemon and field trip is huge. 


      How to use a lucky egg and a star piece?
      a lucky egg (2x XP) and a starpiece (50% stardust) only last 30 minutes. 
        
      Sync catch up, spin, field research. The first catch should be on Sunday, the 7th day will be Satuuday. Please saving one field research for 7th day. The power up task is easiest one. Community event is usually held on Saturday. Now use a lucky egg and a starpiece. Timing it with 3 tier raid (180 seconds, 3 minutes) or 5 tier raid (300 seconds, 5 minutes). Be aware, the raid boss is notoriously hard to catch. Throw them as quick as possible and get it out.  Before raid, the egg will show up to tell the time, after it spawn, it lasts 45 minutes. You can save previous free daily pass, and do 2 raids on 7th day. But raid time is spontaneous. So it is not easy if you live in rural area. 

      Save incubators. Batch htching them when you use lucky egg and starpiece. Do timing. You will  get a pink egg when immediately opening a gift after hatching it. At least, it happens to me. If it is 2km, 5km egg, you will get the same type of egg when you spin a pokestop. 

      You can choose first catch Monday, the 7th day will be Sunday. A cycle for a week. Beside, walking reset on Monday. You can get that bonus too.


      What should I buy using pokecoins? 
      Invest on storage for items and pokemons. 200 pokecoins for 50 storage increase. People often use it to buy the community bundles. 1280 pokecoins. Check the content before you buy it. 


      How to earn pokecoins?
      Put your pokemon in Gym. 10 minutesfor 1 coin. Maximum 50 coins per day, that is, 8 hours and 20 minutes. You need to level 5 to do it. 


      Where to find stardusts? 
      Go battles 


      Where to find candies and mega stones?
      Catch and walk. Many pokemon only requires one mile walking distnace to earn a candy. If you mega evolve a pokemon, when walking, you also get mega energy. You don't need to choose that evolved pokemon as your buddy. For example, you can use beedrill, weedle, or kakuna to get candies and mega energy, 1 mile for 1 cany and 5 mega energystones Super nice!!!! You can do steelix too. If you play on Dec, you get 200 steelix mega stone. Evolve it and earn mega stone from walking.

      When I trade this mega evolved pokemon to my second account (cost 1600 stardust). I mega evolve it. It only costs 20 mega stone. Now, I walk with Kakuna instead of this Beedrill, I also get 5 mega stone when walking one 1km. Be aware, the mega evolution discount is only for that pokemon, but megaa stone can be earned if you mega evole this type of Pokemons. 


      This is what I did:  I got a Beedrill, maybe weedle, from beating GruntI earn 200 mega stones from the special task, so I mega evolve it but for nothing. Back then, I thought that 8 hours is time to evolve it. So I am very confused why it returned to normal form. I thought I must keep my phone running for 8 hours unstopped, lucky it only requires 20 stones to evolve it. I mega evolve it for the second time for nothing. Finally, I googled. LOL. 


      How many candies for fully power up a pokemon?
      Usually, it requires 300 - 400 candies. If you get a lucky pokemon, 50% discount only on stardust. The quickest path is to do tier 3 or 5 raid. They usually host second or final stage evolution pokemons Power them up then. Raid boss has at least 2*, most time, it is 3* pokemon. If you catch serverals, trade them and hope one turns inot lucky one. Some events host guranteened XL candies trade, you can save them until then. But you need to be level 40 to get XL candies. 


      How many earn Jonto gold medal? Do I need to defeat Grunt? Do I need to purify?
      Battle with Grunt or doing tier 1 or 4 raid. They have pokemons which hardly spawn in the wild. You don't to purify it unless you need to complete certain tasks. Only 2* shadow Pokemons are worth purifying. Some type of Pokemon should kept in shadow form to gain more fighting power. Also you can only get 12km eggs from Grunt leaders. 


      Which pokemons you need first to pay attention to ?
      Fighting type. Many pokemons are weak to fighting type. You can use this type to defeat Grunt. Pay attention to Machope, Machoke, Machamp. It only cost 25 candies to evolve Machole to Machoke. It cost nothing when doing trade to evolve Machoke to Machamp. 


      How to select pokemon to transfer? How to make a lucky pokemon?
      Trade before transfering. Trade cost 100 stardust. It pays off when some become lucky pokemons. Trading will reroll the dice. Wisely choose pokemons to trade. Pokemon is designed entirely on randomness. For me, the longest rows to get a lucky one is over 30 trades and the shortest row is 2 trades.


      Lucky friends
      You need to be best friend first. Lucky friends will guarantee lucky pokemon when trading.  After trading, the account reset to best friends. Keep changing gifts and do raid together, you can be lucky friend again. That is why the second and third account comes handy regarding this issue. 


      Friends & Gifts Limitation
      Pokémon Go caps you at 200 friends . After that, you can't add friends. The number of Gifts you can carry in your inventory increased to 20. Open up to 30 Gifts per day, up from the previous 20. Only one gift can be sent to each Friend per day. 

      How to find Meloetta and Mew? 
      A Mythical Discovery is the first series of Special Research tasks. The final goal is to catch Mew, the Mythical Pokémon from the Kanto region. It was available since March 30th, 2018. 
      From one of the Special Research Tasks titled “Finding Your Voice", the reward is Meloetta

       
      Is it worth to use real money to buy tickets?  
      The cost usuall is $0.99. If the pokemon that community event features has mega form, it will contain mega energy, then I think it is worth buying. The reward Otherwise I think not. For example, Bulsaur ticket cost 0.99, but Niantic is a pain in the ass, why giving 150 mega stone. It requires 200 to mega evolve. For a $11.99 ticket, I am not so eager to fill up my pokedox. My main goal to play this game is walking. So I can skip it. But I like to reach level 40 ASAP because you want to get all features the game offer. That is, I do same thing but don't get reward becasue I am below 40, for example, to catch Bloom in the park, I could get XL candies but I could not. 


      Tips:  
      • Do not dump a Pokemon with high CP but low IV, trade it before dumping it. (Cost 100 stardust. Be aware, trading discount only apply for special trade when you are ultra or best friend. The normal trade still cost 100). Trade all your spare Pokemons, some eventually become lucky ones.
      • Do not evolve until it is necessary. Many fields task ask you to evolve certain types of pokemon, such as Grimer.
      • Don't miss the community day. (once a month). Usually it offer best bonus, such as 3x stardust, etc. It is the time to use a starpiece or a lucky egg. 
      • Play attention to the spotlight hour (6-7pm, weekly). You can catch them easily, but don't evolve it, save it for a future task. 
      • Play attentions to bonus events, for example, if event have double candies catch up and offer 3 candies transfer, use Pinap berries, you can have 6 * 2 + 3 = 15 candies for catching one pokemon.
      • Play attentions to pokemons. Some could yield high stardust, for example, catching a trubbish is 500 stardust.


      Level up requirement

      https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/pokemon-go-level-cap-increase-level-50-rewards-item-list-7002


      Evolution

      • swirlix evolution, feed 25 berries in a row.
      • Spritzee, need Incece to evolve.
      • Woobat evolution, walk 1km with the Woobat as their buddy and feed it 50 candy.
      • Floette, 100 candies and 20 hearts. 
      • eevee require differnt requirement

      Spritzee actually has the ability to make a small dent in the Great League PVP meta. PVPoke ranks Spritzee as the 123rd best Pokemon in the league. While not great, there may be a niche for it. Obviously both the Ultra and Master Leagues are a no-go for Spritzee.

      https://www.dualshockers.com/pokemon-go-spritzee-and-aromatisse-best-moveset-max-cp/


      IV & CP  

      All moves display what damage they do, but do not say how long the move takes. To find out how powerful a move is, the damage per second (DPS) is an accurate way of comparing and finding out which Pokémon move does the most damage. DPS means "Damage per Second." It is a measurement of damage that can be done by a weapon, spell, other equipment, player or group of players. It is used as a metric in some games to allow a determination of offensive power.

      This move combination has the highest total DPS and is also the best moveset for PVP battles. Charged attack, Fast attack. IV (individual value, Stats). CP (Combat power, or Competition Points)

      DPS means "Damage per Second." 


      Websites

      https://pokemongolive.com/    (official site)