New Pokémon Go maps show you where to catch 'em all

(Gotta Catch Em All is probably the best Pokemon Go map out there, though it's restricted to Boston for the moment.)

Right now, the Web—not apps—appear to be the best way to find rare Pokémon in Pokémon Go.

If you’ve been wondering how to find Pikachu, Scyther, Electabuzz, or any other rare Pokémon, you might not have to wait much longer: new crowdsourced Pokémon Go maps are teaching players how to find Pokémon in Pokémon Go.

At least four Pokémon Go maps are available: the first, at Pokecrew.com, zeroes in on your location and begins showing what Pokémon might be nearby. And if you happen to live in the Boston area, you’re in real luck: a sweet Google Map known as Gotta Catch ‘Em All happens to list all the locations local players have found, complete with a list of rare and ultra-rare Pokémon. A separate Google Map pegs Pokémon locations in Seattle and Tennessee. Pokemapper also provides a worldwide look at Pokémon locations, but without the sophistication of other sites.

(Pokemapper.com doesn’t seem quite as sophisticated as other Pokémon Go maps, through it keeps some of the mystery intact.)

Pokémon Go tasks players to go out in the real world and discover new Pokémon, who tend to cluster around interesting real-world landmarks, shops, and other locales. Each player can “capture” a Pokémon using a Pokéball, then train it at a local “gym.” Special items, such as incense and lures, are used to attract new Pokémon to the player.

So which map should you use? We’d recommend maps that allow you to enter a specific Pokémon name, then show their locations, as well as displaying a quick guide to what’s around you. For that, we’d definitely recommend the Gotta Catch ‘Em All map if you live in the Boston area—it’s comprehensive, attractive, and detailed. Pokecrew.com comes in second at the moment, however—it quickly shows you the type of Pokémon that’s closest to you, and allows you to scan a map of nearby locations and discover what’s there. (The site is under heavy load, though, so it might not show any Pokemon until the servers are beefed up.) Developers are moving fast, though, so expect these sites to be updated with additional features and Pokémon as time goes on.

(Pokecrew doesn’t seem to have as many sightings as other maps, but the founders seem to think they can “check” locations with other maps to confirm sightings.)

Unfortunately, Web pages seem to be the way to go at the moment. There are at least two Android apps to crowdsource Pokemon locations: Map for Pokemon Go: PokemonMap and Pokemap: Find Your GO Pokemons. Neither seem to do the job, according to the app reviews.

On the iOS side, Pokemon Go Maps ($1) lets players enter locations, and has a chat tab for sharing other tips and advice. After two days, it doesn’t have enough reviews for a rating—people must be too busy catching monsters to leave a review. Gabbermap is a free community-powered map that can help you find anything, but just added a bot named @pokebot to help users find rare Pokémon.

So do the Pokémon Go maps destroy the mystery of Pokémon Go? Maybe, or maybe not.

Lucy Guo, one of the Pokecrew developers as well as a product designer at Snapchat and a cofounder at Scale, said she didn’t believe that all of the mysteries of Pokémon have been uncovered. “Hopefully see how Pokémon actually move,” she said on Product Hunt, when asked what the project hopes to discover. “Everyone’s thinking different things, our hypothesis is that it’s time and location based. And we just want to catch ’em all.”

Why this matters: One of the joys of Pokémon Go is discovery: yes, it might be slightly obvious that water Pokémon might cluster around lakes and beaches, but which ones? Is the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art a haven for rare Pokémon? Is Central Park? If you’re simply a believer in discovering what’s out there, well, then consider these “spoilers” and avoid them. On the other hand, if your son or daughter is dying to get their hands on a Pikachu, you might be able to “encourage” them to look in a certain spot—or casually mention that there just might be an Onyx at the mall where you’re taking them shopping.

Pokemon Go Wiki Guide: Pokemon Location, Rare, Legendary Pokemon, PokeCoins and More

Pokemon Go is finally out (although only in few regions). It is a free-to-play location-based augmented mobile game developed by Niantic. In this Pokemon Go Wiki Page, we will be discussing everything about the game: How To Guides, Tips and Tricks, Cheats, Walkthrough and many another aspect of Pokemon Go. So without further ado, let's get started.

Pokemon Go allows players to capture, battle and train virtual Pokemon (these Pokemon will appear throughout the real world). The game makes use of GPS and the camera of the player's smartphone. The game is definitely free-to-play but supports micro transaction i.e. in-app purchases of additional gameplay items. Pokemon Go has received mixed critical reception, however, the game has already achieved the milestone of being the most downloaded Smartphone App in the US in its first three days of launch.

Index:

How To Guides:

• Where to Find the Eggs Location
• How to Get Poke Ball and Capture a Pokemon
• How to Earn Fast and Free PokeCoins
• How to Become a Gym Leader and Claim the Gym
• How to Get Candy and Evolve Pokemon
• How to Heal and Revive Pokemon
• What are Combat Power, Hit Points and How to Use It
• How to Unlock Great Balls, Ultra Balls, and Master Balls
• How to Level Up Trainer Fast
• How To Level Up Your Pokemon
• Which Pokemon hatches From 2k, 5k, and 10k Eggs
• How to Unlock the Bronze, Silver and Gold Medal
• How to use Lure Modules and Incense
• Where To Find Rare Pokemon Location
• How to Track a Pokemon Footprint
• How much CP your Pokemon Gains per Power Up
• Where to Find Specific Pokemon Type Location Farming

Tips and Tricks and Fixes:

• Cheat To Unlock Pikachu As Your Starter Pokemon
• Gym Battles, Prestige, Takeovers and More
• All Pokemon Type Strengths and Weakness Battle
• Cheat To Get Free Unlimited Incense
• How to Reduce Data Usage, Fix Battery Saver, and Server Issue
• Safety Tips for Trainer and Myths
• Fixes for Black Screen of death, Location, and More
• Legendary Pokemon Moltres, Articuno, Zapdos, Ditto, Mewtwo Appearance
• List of all the Unlockable Items and Rewards for Every Level
• How to Catch Hard Pokemon After Level 20 Tricks
• Ultimate Pokemon Trainer Cheat, Tips, and Tricks
• Pokemon GO Hack Any Gym Battle Cheat
• How to Get 1000+ XP per Minute
• Pokemon GO Stat Guide
• Rarity Chart based Pokemons Location
• Assistive Touch Trick to Catch Pokemon
• List of Candies Required to Evolve Pokemon
• Stardust and Candies Cost Per Pokemon Level
• How to Evolve Eevee into Jolteon, Flareon, and Vaporeon
• Fix For The Freezing Pokeball Glitch With High CP Pokemon
• Ingress Cheat To Discover Epic and Rare Pokemon
• Max CP You Pokemon Can Power Up
• Find and Track Pokemon in Real Time (World Map Location)

Feature:

• 10 Rarest Pokemon to Catch in Pokemon GO
• Top 5 Powerful Pokemon in Pokemon GO
• Top 5 Powerful Pokemon in Pokemon GO(without Legendary)
• Strongest Pokemon of Each Type You Need to Capture
• 8 Astonishing Pokemon GO Facts You Need to Know About
• 8 Amazing Tips and Tricks Every Level 20+ Player Must Know

Pokemon GO Update July 2016: Everything you need to Know

Pokemon GO has become a massive phenomenon from the day it launched. Players can't get enough of hunting different Pokemon, Gyms, and PokeStops. Just after the Comic-Con, Niantic developers have released the Update as on July 30, 2016, which has major changes. After this Update, the gameplay will be affected in several ways , but the good thing is all the major bugs are fixed. So without any further ado, let's begin with all the Updates and features in Pokemon GO.

Pokemon GO Update July 2016

This is the Fourth update coming out for Pokemon GO, and unlike the previous two updates, this one is a Major game changer. This Latest Update brings new features, tweaks, and more bug fixes. Here is the List of Feature and Tweaks after Pokemon GO Update.

• Minor text fixes(Bold)
• Improved memory issues
• Refined certain Gym animations
• Fixed the displaying map features
• Various bug fixes during wild Pokemon encounters

Features Added/Removed:

• Updated Pokemon details UI
• Updated achievement medals art
• Adjusted battle damage calculation
• Removed the footprints of nearby Pokemon
• Adjusted some Pokemon battle move damage values
• Trainer Avatars can be re-customized(Profile Screen)

The Game changer event is when there are no more footprints in a nearby tab, so Pokemon to know which is closer or far way. The rest of the Sites which used the App-API to show which Pokemon is spawned nearby and for how long have been brought down by Niantic. The game is back to the Original Search and Catch theme.

Where To Find Rare Pokemon Location Guide

Rare Pokemons are one of the types that are hard to locate and find in the Pokemon GO. Before we set out for the exploration we want you to know what are the Rare Pokemon, the Pokemon which you do not spawn on a regular interval or sometimes in rare case. This Rare Pokemon Location Guide will show you how to locate them and capture with ease.

Where To Find Rare Pokemon

Players have already noticed that different places have high chances to spawn a specific Pokemon like Rattata or Zubats while another area will have Spearow and Pidge and so on. The Pokemon GO game mechanics tend to cycle several types of Pokemon in a certain area where you can find Eevee or Drowzee which are rare to find in some areas. There are several ways to find the Rare Pokemon and here are the best we Got:

Use of Incense and Lure Module

We Already know how Incense and Lure Module work, but we are going to try this while exploring all new area and surroundings. Visit the places which you haven't been before and use the Incense in such places to increase the chances to capture a real Rare Pokemon. Similarly, try using the Lure Module to a rare PokeStop which guarantees you a Pokemon will appear.

Collect 10K Eggs

Each Lucky Egg displays the number of kilometers you must walk(2k,5k,10k) for the Egg to hatch. The Egg can hatch a variety of Pokemon as the game features 150 Pokemons from the original and expected to be more than 500 over the time. Check out the List of Pokemons 10K Eggs hatch and are one of the Rarest Pokemon you'll find.

Note: The Pokemon GO app has a speed restriction so if you are traveling via any transport or driving one then the Distance won't be counted o hatch your Egg.

Contact Your Fellow Trainers

Contact your Friends and see what types of Pokemon they have captured. If it's not in your List then travel and try looking at the Nearby Option continuously to check if any new Pokemon can be found at the new location.


This was all About the Rare Pokemons in Pokemon GO.

How to Catch Pikachu as a Starter

With this guide, learn how to catch Pikachu at the beginning of the hugely popular Pokemon GO instead of the usual Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle.

Like other Pokemon games, when someone begins their adventure in the augmented reality world of Pokemon GO, one of the first orders of business is choosing a starter. Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle, the three original starter Pokemon, spawn around the player, and most people choose one of them as their first Pokemon. However, it’s been discovered that a fourth starter Pokemon can be caught, and it’s perhaps the most popular of all the pocket monsters.

As it turns out, Pikachu is the fourth choice for a starter Pokemon in Pokemon GO. To make Pikachu spawn, simply walk away from Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle. Walking far enough away from the original trio of starters will cause the creatures to respawn closer to the player, but doing this a few times will eventually cause a Pikachu to appear instead.

From there, catching Pikachu is simple enough:  tap on Pikachu, and then fling a Pokeball at its head. Assuming the Pokeball hits its mark, Pikachu is as good as caught, as it seems as though it’s impossible for any of the starter Pokemon to escape their Pokeballs.

Pikachu can also be captured elsewhere in the world, so those that missed out on catching it as a starter shouldn’t worry. To that end, the other three starters can be captured in the wild as well, with Squirtles said to be common near significant bodies of water, like lakes and oceans, for example.

While finding a Pikachu randomly in the world may be more difficult than snagging one at the start of the game, players can rest easy with the knowledge that it’s at least possible. After all, most other Pokemon games, with the exception of Pokemon Yellow, make it impossible to collect all the starters without trading between games. Since trading Pokemon with other Pokemon GO players isn’t a feature that’s currently available, it’s nice that Niantic is letting players catch the starters in the wild.

Once Pokemon trading is in, obtaining rarer Pokemon like Pikachu and the others starters should be an easier process. For now, players will either have to rely on this trick to catch the elusive Pikachu, or be lucky enough to stumble upon one in the wild during their globetrotting adventures in the massively popular Pokemon GO.

How To Become a Gym Leader

Ever dreamed of being a feared gym leader? Here’s how to steal gym’s from the opposing teams and work with your Pokemon to make that fantasy come true in Pokemon Go.

Pokemon Go may not have an official release date yet, but Niantic and Nintendo have confirmed that the game will arrive before the end of July, so the countdown is on. The extensive field tests wrapped up on June 30, so all that is left to do now is wait and anxiously refresh the app store in hopes that the augmented reality mobile game will appear on the newly-released section. For players who weren’t a part of the Pokemon Go beta and haven’t played Niantic’s previous game, Ingress, there is some homework that can be done to catch up.

In Pokemon Go, players don’t actually need to fight Pokemon in the wild in order to get them weak enough to catch. Instead, catching a Pokemon usually requires properly throwing the on-screen Pokeball at the adorable creatures. The game wouldn’t be Pokemon without some battling though and that’s where the gyms come into play.

For those who have played Ingress, Pokemon Go’s gyms are very similar to Ingress’ portals (we know this from field testing and leaked gameplay footage). Each player selects a team to join at the beginning of the game (yellow, red, or blue) and one of the main goals of the game is to keep as many gym’s as possible under your team’s control. Gyms are usually located at points of interest in the real world like a statue, a plaque, or maybe even a coffee shop. They’ll appear on the map color-coded based on which team is currently in control of them. A grey gym is currently uncontrolled and can be claimed by whichever team reaches it first. Gyms look like towers on the map and will be easy to spot.

Once you find an enemy controlled gym, the first step is to check and see if your squad stands a chance. In this game, Pokemon are ranked by CP (combat points) rather than levels, so, for example, you obviously won’t want to take your level 200 CP crew in against a gym where the leader has a CP of over 1000. Gyms are protected by a leader (the trainer who has the Pokemon with the highest CP) and multiple other trainers that must be defeated and kicked out before the leader. The higher a gym’s Prestige level, the more trainers there are to defeat.

If your Pokemon are up to the task, you can then begin battling the defending trainers one by one (from lowest CP to highest CP) and kicking them out of the gym with each victory. Check back for a future game guide about how the combat system shakes out. As each trainer is ejected, the gym’s prestige level is reduced slightly. Once the gym is cleared out of trainers to battle, you’ll be kicked out as well. Continue returning to the gym and the Prestige level will eventually drain down to zero and the gym will appear grey (unclaimed) on the map. At this point, you’ll be able to claim the gym and leave one of your powerful Pokemon behind to protect it while you’re not around (similar to resonators in Ingress). Other trainers on your team will be able to come by and leave Pokemon as well to increase the Prestige level and help protect the territory.

Keep in mind that this gym is now a target for members of the opposing teams. Checking back and seeing how the gym is holding up is another agenda item to add to your rotation of tasks in Pokemon Go. Don’t be surprised if stealing gyms is very difficult for you at the game’s lower levels, but it will become a valuable skill and a great way to earn experience once your Pokemon are strong enough and up to the task.

Good luck out there, trainers!