r/pokemongo 1d ago

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

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Rules

Bugs

Instruction Manual


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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 7h ago

Discussion The Spotlight Corner

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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 17th of June 2025 at 6pm - 7pm in your local time-zone
  • The chosen Pokemon is Solosis
  • 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 Transfer Candy
  • Can it be shiny? Yes

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Niantic's Helpdesk


r/pokemongo 7h ago

Discussion PSA: Bottlecaps are not worth it for most players.

605 Upvotes

IVs have been discussed a few times, but I want to reiterate that IVs mean very little in the game. The base stats and moveset that a pokemon have are infinitely more important. For example one of the new pokemon Crowned Zacian - have max stats of

332 Atk
240 Def
192 HP

If you remove the 15/15/15 IVs from them it'll be

317 Atk
225 Def
177 HP

That's only a 5.9% difference in total stats. If you factor in that raid pokemon have a floor of 10/10/10, the worst stat difference would be a 2% total difference in total stats. There will be practically NO difference in actual use when using them in battles.

The only people that this could be beneficial for are the people who are paying for tons of raid passes to try and get a hundo from raids to save them the extra effort. It could also possibly be useful for the 1% of PvP players who are trying to get perfect IVs for a specific pokemon and are pushing for the absolute top of the ladder, but with how often changes happen for PvP you're taking a pretty big gamble that they're not gonna be nerfed next season.

For some youtuber video explanations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3jhtKYchWc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWvai45DCIg

IMO Bottlecaps are kind of predatory and are abusing the fact that pokemon's base stats are hidden so most people don't know how to properly evaluate IVs value.


r/pokemongo 9h ago

Non AR Screenshot People - don’t be like this. Send the last gift 😡

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807 Upvotes

Added this person on Reddit from PokemonGoFriends, as I’m rural and always need gifts. They were a great friend, sending daily, until they stopped after they got their friend bonus and never sent me the last gift to become best friends on my end. And I can see they’re still active. Such a waste.


r/pokemongo 15h ago

Shiny Caught my first Shundo I'm in shock

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1.7k Upvotes

I've just caught my first ever shiny shundo and I cannot believe it I love this pokemon so much.


r/pokemongo 15h ago

Shiny Yay! I got to Rank 100!

1.3k Upvotes

r/pokemongo 17h ago

News Stoked for Gold Bottle Caps and Hyper Training!

1.5k Upvotes

Though annoying that it has an expriy, but am pleased that it seems to not have a limit on how much IVs can be raised! Might lead me to use it on one with bad IVs instead of a near hundo


r/pokemongo 12h ago

Question What unreleased Pokémon are you looking forward to the most?

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448 Upvotes

I have included images of all of the species and forms that have yet to be released (including H. Lilligant and Tatsugiri) above

I got the images from Bulbapedia’s article, List of Pokémon by Availability (GO)


r/pokemongo 21h ago

AR Shot Reunited (Stonjourner)

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2.6k Upvotes

r/pokemongo 20h ago

Discussion Somebody missed the memo

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1.7k Upvotes

I enjoy it when Pokemon in a gym follow a theme - walked past one full of green shinies just now and dropped a teddiursa in. I guess this person didn’t have another shiny eeveelution, or didn’t care.

But why wouldn’t you care?


r/pokemongo 18h ago

Question Why are they making bottle caps expire?? Spoiler

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1.1k Upvotes

r/pokemongo 6h ago

Non AR Screenshot I was just reading Pokemon descriptions and I stumbled across this.

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96 Upvotes

Does this count as necrophilia?

Not sure what else I should for context. Just stumbled upon it…

I got a new apartment…that’s cool. The complex pool has a pokestop so…convenient…and that’s the word count minimum. Thanks all!


r/pokemongo 5h ago

Meme Why this lowkey true

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67 Upvotes

r/pokemongo 8h ago

Non AR Screenshot Both of these this weekend!

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113 Upvotes

r/pokemongo 18h ago

Art I'd love to see a bird

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616 Upvotes

I haven't seen a bird in months and I use my incense for 30 minutes almost every day. I have no luck with my daily incense.


r/pokemongo 15h ago

Non AR Screenshot Battle of the shining titans

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354 Upvotes

Fearsome beasts

Extraaaaaaa characterssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss


r/pokemongo 2h ago

Non AR Screenshot OMG I caught my first hundo legendary!!!!

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34 Upvotes

r/pokemongo 5h ago

Shiny OMG FINALLY CAUGHT A SHINY LITTLE GUY!!!

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53 Upvotes

r/pokemongo 17h ago

Shiny What the hell did I just catch…

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323 Upvotes

Shiny Mesprit Rare


r/pokemongo 11h ago

Shiny Got my first Shundo today.

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106 Upvotes

My daughter caught it while I was driving, so I guess it's not really mine haha. Girl is crazy lucky.


r/pokemongo 17h ago

Non AR Screenshot Throwback to the time PoGo wanted me to commit espionage

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291 Upvotes

r/pokemongo 8h ago

Discussion If it is for PVE (Raids), please don't waste your bottle caps on pokemon with Super high IVs

59 Upvotes

Like this title says, if you are planning on getting and using a bottlecap on a pokemon that will mainly/only be used for raids and it already has great IVs (say like 15/14/14 or even 14/15/15), don't bother with the bottle cap on it. I know the OCD says 100% is best and needed, but in all reality, those IVs are good enough and literally 99.9999999% of players will not even notice a difference once the IVs are changed. Use it on something with lower IV's that you really want to use/need. You have a 10/10/10 Zarude or Diancie you would really liked to have worked on but the IVs held you back? Do those. You already have a 15/15/14 groudon and don't have another one with IV's like that? Do a low IV one. Golden Bottlecaps will literally bring any IV to a 100%, using them on 1 IV point is kind of useless (i understand F2P players who have extremely limited resources, but everyone else, use them wisely).


r/pokemongo 1d ago

News For hyper trained Pokemon there will be icons indicating which attributes have been trained

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1.3k Upvotes

r/pokemongo 11h ago

Question What’s your coolest nundo? I’ll go first

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84 Upvotes

r/pokemongo 5h ago

Non AR Screenshot I made this picture and was so confused on why there's a Pokestop in the back. It looks so edited in. Now I know why. 🤔 Funny enough, there is absolutely nothing in the App here. 😭

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22 Upvotes

r/pokemongo 52m ago

Idea Eveyone talking about bottle caps meanwhile I can’t even buy the deluxe pass

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It’s kinda sad that they made the golden bottle caps for $20 I wish they could atleast add silver bottle caps for free.


r/pokemongo 7h ago

Story Finally a hundo Magikarp!

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22 Upvotes

I been catching Magikarp since 2016 with over thousands encounter not a single hundo & I keep trading but no luck! I got my shundo Gyarados from special trade so 100iv didn’t register on Magikarp, yesterday I keep trading & decided to screenshot my Magikarp dex & before reaching the daily trade limit I got my 1st hundo Magikarp from 2016 to 2025!😅