Expert Evan
every battle has a smell!
I'll be doing my first raid in the next half hour, level 1 so it should be very easy.
Other than seeing the people in real life, sadly you don't until you used your pass. This has been debated.How do I know if there is more people interested in a raid ?
I'll do my best to at least answer these 3:Trying to understand everything, may get back into the game. Few questions regarding the latest set of updates:
Answers in bold above :)Trying to understand everything, may get back into the game. Few questions regarding the latest set of updates:
When fighting against a raid Pokémon (the big one with a lot of CP, what's the official name for it?), do you get to catch that Pokémon after you've beat it? I just did my first raid and got to catch a Quilava after I beat it. I'm wondering if I'm going to see myself catching T-Tar and Blissey soon.
Raid Boss is the name of the Pokemon.
Yes, you get to catch the Pokemon if you succeed in beating it, so Tyranitar is a possible option. Blissey is not a Raid Boss YET so you cannot get those.
What does a Rare Candy exactly do?
You use it, and you click a Pokemon in your inventory. It will change into 1 candy for that Pokemon (so 1 Rare Candy -> 1 Pokemon Candy of your choice)
What's the difference between a regular Razz Berry and a Golden Razz Berry?
Regular Razz Berries give a 1.5x catch rate to Pokemon. Golden Razz Berries give a 2.5x catch rate; additionally, they restore all motivation of a single Pokemon in a gym.
How/where do I get a Raid Pass? The game says I can get one every day, but where? Been spinning stops/gyms the entire day, haven't had one yet.
Spin a stop at a gym and you will get it. You need to be level 25+ to have it at this point in time I believe.
Is a Premium Raid Pass(?) from the shop different than a regular one?
It is different in the fact that you can hold an indefinite amount of them. So, more raids per day.
How does the coin reward system work now? It looks like they've changed it 3/4 times over the last 72 hours...
Coins are received automatically now (no defender bonus), and are determined by how long a Pokemon is in a gym. For every 10 minutes your Pokemon spends in a gym, you receive one coin. You can only get 50 coins (instead of 100) a day now.
Let's say a gym is blue (Mystic). If a raid Pokémon spawns on top, can any team fight it? Or only other teams than Mystic?
The gym will remain blue, but all teams can fight the Raid Boss. Once the Raid Boss is gone, the gym will return to its original state (Blue), and teams can then either keep it up or take it down.
How do I take over gyms now, as opposed to before the update?
It's the same thing as before, you fight the Pokemon in the gym numerous times until it falls. The difference being that you have to deprive its motivation to 0 (as opposed to prestige) so it is kicked out. After that is done, you and 5 other people can slot in the empty gym.
What is the catch rate of the Premier Ball shown after you complete a raid?
I don't believe this is known, but it is likely to be the same as a Poke Ball given that the main games Premier Ball has a catch rate of 1.0x
What are all the different ways to earn points for your gym (badges)?
Feeding Pokemon and battling the gyms are ways to fill your gym badges. I am not sure if returning Pokemon yield progress to the badge.
What do you get if you completely fill the bar of a gym badge you have?
You get more items from the Photo Disc of that particular gym when you spin it. For example, a Bronze badge will yield an extra item when you go spin that gym's stop, regardless if your team controls it or not.
Is there any benefit in collecting as much gym badges as possible?
We have no idea, other than that it could be an indicator for Niantic to decide "high gym activity" for access to legendary raids.
Thank you for the elaborate answers. Seems like you know a lot about it. Any idea what raids get triggered by? And are they only during the day?Answers in bold above :)
Thank you for the elaborate answers. Seems like you know a lot about it. Any idea what raids get triggered by? And are they only during the day?
No clue, raids are seemingly random, and they definitely have allotted times. For instance, there have been around ~30 raids today on college campus alone, last night there were 0. So I'm gonna go with "yes they are only during the say" but I'm not 100% sure. It might also be because it's the weekend, so raids are going to go on all weekend, or simply that Niantic decided that today was the day to make raids 24/7.
And I thought a Raid Boss was always the highest of the defending Pokémon in a gym. But according to your answer Raid Bosses are random (beforehand picked) Pokémon that will spawn on top of gyms. So not one of the Pokémon that are actually defending the gym.
Raid Bosses are predetermined, and there's actually a very small amount right now. Here is a known list of bosses.
Of note is that screenshots on the site have advertised Raid Boss Blissey and Raid Boss Dragonite, so we will be getting those at one point in the future.
And about the coin matter. Let's say I've got 10 Pokémon that all have been in different gyms for 24 hours. And they get kicked out at the same time. Does that still give me only 50 coins (because the daily limit is 50)?
Yep, exactly that.
I'm level 34 by the way. The game not giving me a Raid Pass was a bug I think. Got my first one just now :)
Concurrently level 23 but I have 2 gyms near me that I'm just guarding. I thought that raids can be done once lvl 31. Sorry but, phones are not comfey to use on thisHuh? Raid is available for Lv25 as of now. What level are you again? I thought more than it? Or around 24?
level dropped to 25 at the current moment, so you're pretty close!Concurrently level 23 but I have 2 gyms near me that I'm just guarding. I thought that raids can be done once lvl 31. Sorry but, phones are not comfey to use on this
I have to say I'm enjoying this new update a lot. Maybe it's also because I have some free time now, combined with the new update. There are still some things that are very vague to me, such as:-snip-
Answers above in boldI have to say I'm enjoying this new update a lot. Maybe it's also because I have some free time now, combined with the new update. There are still some things that are very vague to me, such as:
When I put a Pokémon in a gym, its CP decreases immediately by a bit and I have to feed it a berry. Why is this?
Niantic trolling you into using up your berrys
How exactly do gyms work now? Let's say a gym is neutral (no team owns it). Then can a team then just put in six(?) Pokémon without having to train up the gym? Because I've been looking, but it seems like training up gyms is no more.
Training is no more, u can just throw a Pokémon anywhere u see a space, due to the motivation factor though ur team members may take all the spaces up but unless they feed berries to their poke everyday then their Pokemon will be returned and spaces will come up
What determines what level/tier the Raid Boss is going to be? Or is it also random?
Probably random
For some reason I can't feed my Pokémon Golden Razz Berries. It keeps saying 'Error'. But when I try to feed them a regular Razz it says: "Steelix is tired of that berry!" What can I do?
Your error message will be that uv maxed ur berries on that Pokemon for the day (the limit is 10 but ud have to Google the mechanics of that as I think it's 10 per gym rather then 10 for each poke)
And I just read you can also win TMs? Man, that's awesome! How does that work exactly?
Haven't used one my self but there's 2 types, 1 for each type of attack but all u get is a re-roll rather then choosing so if u have a hyper beam dragonite u can use a charge tm hoping for outrage but u could end up with hurricane
Thanks for clarifying!Answers above in bold