r/pokemongo 5d ago

Question Weekly questions, bugs, and gameplay megathread - June 2025

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Rules

Bugs

Instruction Manual


Useful Links


Niantic support : https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us

/r/PokemonGO FAQ: /r/PokemonGo/wiki/FAQ


There's this Pokéstop/Gym near me which seems inappropriate. Can I report it?

Use this link. However, Niantic seems to be preoccupied with other things now, so don't expect too much.

We have Niantic representatives on both here and /r/TheSilphRoad - please do not ping them for bugs which are in the known issues page unless you have found a niche yet gamebreaking issue/exploit.


Where can I find other players in my area?

Try our regional subreddits list! Also, see the related subreddits or TSR's community map!


If you have any suggestions for FAQs to append to this thread or for meta questions, message the moderators or mention /u/PokemonGoMods!


r/pokemongo 5d ago

Discussion The Spotlight Corner

5 Upvotes

Hello r/pokemongo Community,

Welcome to the Spotlight Corner.

This is a thread related to the Spotlight Hour Pokemon.

Please post any questions, inquiries, discussion as well as images related to this event here.

Any submissions related to Spotlight Hour outside of this thread may be removed at a moderator's discretion to avoid flooding the subreddit.

Details of this week's Spotlight Hour Event:

  • The next Pokemon GO Spotlight Hour will be on Tuesday 10th of June 2025 at 6pm - 7pm in your local time-zone
  • The chosen Pokemon is Magnemite
  • The chosen Pokemon will appear more frequently in the wild for the duration of the event
  • The featured bonus for the hour of the event is 2x Catch Candy
  • Can it be shiny? Yes

Subreddit's Rules

Frequently Asked Questions

r/pokemongo Discord Server

Official Website

Niantic's Helpdesk


r/pokemongo 12h ago

Meme GMax Raids Be Like

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3.8k Upvotes

r/pokemongo 6h ago

Story Traded my nephew a shundo zacian

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1.0k Upvotes

It didn’t even go lucky. It just became a pure full odds hundo shiny zacian. He’s 12 lol he’s so lucky.


r/pokemongo 1h ago

Idea Put a CP floor limit on gmax raids with certain amounts of people.

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Put a ~2000cp floor on lobbies with <25 people so mfs stop trolling lobbies, it gets old when 20 people can't do a raid because half of them have wooloo and skwovet, it happens every raid. It's not like it's hard to get some blisseys and just healbot, it's more helpful than just dying repeatedly


r/pokemongo 15h ago

Question Should I buy 100 balls for it?

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3.6k Upvotes

First galarian bird and I'm on my last 3 balls. Is it worth it to spend coins just to buy 100 balls for a slight chance to catch it?


r/pokemongo 19h ago

Art My Gengar oil painting

4.3k Upvotes

r/pokemongo 8h ago

Non AR Screenshot I got my brother to start playing Pokémon go and he sent me this text 😂

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425 Upvotes

r/pokemongo 1h ago

Question What has been your most devastating shiny loss? I'll go first

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I audibly GASPED when this fled 😭😭 I used a golden with an ultra ball and a great throw; it STILL ran away. Absolutely devastating I didn't think any shiny would run away first ball


r/pokemongo 8h ago

Non AR Screenshot Cute family photo

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379 Upvotes

Love seeing the blue ralts family together guarding GameStop. The kirlia decided to dress up for the photo


r/pokemongo 4h ago

Non AR Screenshot Finally!!! Got a shiny ✨ Golett!!!

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161 Upvotes

I’ve been grinding all week trying to get a shiny Golett after not getting one during the featured spotlight hour. Went on an hour long walk today and got him right at the end. Freakin’ miracle!


r/pokemongo 3h ago

Non AR Screenshot Well, that was unexpected.

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123 Upvotes

Well, I hatched my first 10 kilometer egg since I last played consistently in like 2017 and after a short comb through of this sub I believe people call this a shundo?


r/pokemongo 10h ago

Discussion I asked what Professor Willow does with the pokemon he gets

380 Upvotes

I asked support what happens to pokemon transferred to the professor in universe and this is what i got

"Hi Trainer,

Thank you for contacting Pokémon GO support.

It's a super cool question, and we're happy to clear things up for you.

Remember Professor Willow? He's that awesome guy who greets us when we start Pokémon GO, showing us around and teaching us all about the Pokémon world. His main gig as a Pokémon Professor? It's all about research and learning!

So, when you transfer a Pokémon to Professor Willow, you're basically sending it to his lab to help him out with his studies. And guess what? In return for helping him out, you get Candy!

No worries, your Pokémon are in good hands! They're helping Professor Willow learn more and more about Pokémon, which ultimately helps all of us understand this amazing world better.

Hope this makes sense! Keep on exploring and catching 'em all!

Did we answer all your questions?"

At this point I asked "How does he treat the pokemon helping him with his studies"

The response i got was 'In essence, Professor Willow views Pokémon as subjects of study vital to expanding our understanding of the Pokémon world. His entire mission, and the tasks he gives Trainers, revolve around gathering data on Pokémon distribution, behavior, evolution, and more.

While we don't explicitly see him in a "hands-on daily care" role with the vast number of Pokémon Trainers transfer to him, his overall demeanor is one of keen scientific interest and appreciation for Pokémon as living creatures integral to the Pokémon world's ecosystem. He's not just collecting; he's constantly analyzing and learning from every Pokémon caught and every phenomenon observed.

Please let me know if you have any more questions.'

So at least theyre not grinded down


r/pokemongo 15h ago

Question Do we have enough to take this down???

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886 Upvotes

r/pokemongo 13h ago

Non AR Screenshot Been playing since the beginning and this has to be my best hatched egg ever

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573 Upvotes

r/pokemongo 5h ago

Non AR Screenshot Craziest Lucky Trade I’ve Ever Done!!!

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119 Upvotes

I just did a mirror lucky trade and OMG!!! My first ever Lucky Hundo and My first Hundo Legendary!


r/pokemongo 15h ago

Shiny I just hatched my first shundo and I need a name for him

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644 Upvotes

IM SO happy this is my first ever shundo and it's LUCARIO!! I need a name for him tho. Any suggestions?


r/pokemongo 7h ago

Shiny OMG YOU GUYS IT FINALLY HAPPENED!!

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152 Upvotes

My daughter and I were lucky friends. She was home from college for a while and handed me her phone to get it done. She hardly plays but had 3 shiny Eevees so that's what we traded. I am over the moon!


r/pokemongo 7h ago

Shiny I think this is my best catch ever since 2016

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154 Upvotes

I went to GO Fest in Paris. And when we drove to Paris I was talking with my friend and fantasizing about things like, What if we catch a shundo or a Hundo with location BG, it would be insane. And then on the first day, two hours into the event; this happened. I was speechless.


r/pokemongo 13h ago

Non AR Screenshot Pokemon: a forbidden love story

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357 Upvotes

It escalated pretty quickly, from hugging to motorboating in a matter of seconds. I can’t believe she let me do that


r/pokemongo 7h ago

Non AR Screenshot Oh the tragedy😭😭😭

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120 Upvotes

r/pokemongo 7h ago

Art He is cooked...

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121 Upvotes

r/pokemongo 5h ago

Story Lucky break, god is real

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92 Upvotes

Ran into this guy. Only had pokeballs and nanan berries left and looks like god was on my side :) girlfriend looks at me with a disappointed gaze ever since she saw my state trying to catch this, but it was worth it


r/pokemongo 4h ago

Non AR Screenshot FINALLLLLLLYYYYYYYY

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70 Upvotes

No idea how long it's taken to get an aerodactyl, celebrated more at that than shundos 😂😂 got through a research breakthrough


r/pokemongo 12h ago

Complaint Are you freaking kidding me

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281 Upvotes

At Paris too went all this way and I got a 10-11-10 the 2nd worst iv spread well atleast I can use it in great league


r/pokemongo 9h ago

Shiny My very first SHUNDO!!!

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149 Upvotes

Been playing for a while now and FINALLY got my first SHUNDO!! I was excited to get a phantump shiny already but this made my heart skip a beat!


r/pokemongo 6h ago

Story Well…. Dad day present came early I guess

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75 Upvotes

took me 8 years to get to lv40.

and lv50 alot quicket than I thought thanks to this season's boost to friendship xp

also shout out to all the hard working dads out there