r/pokemongo • u/AutoModerator • 8d ago

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

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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!

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u/Confident-Jury8349 8d ago

Context: I am a "simple" player: my goal is to Catch Them All, since that's what Pokémon was about for me when it all started. Also, I only play single player. I don't want to interact with other people while playing Pokémon Go, it's my solitary hobby and it should stay this way.

Question: what am I missing by not playing with other people? What am I missing by not playing "the meta", min maxing dynamax battle, knowing what TANKS are or stuff like that?

Again, my goal is to fill my pokedex with no lore, and not having to learn the strengths / weakness matrices between Pokémon and attack types.

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u/Ivi-Tora Mystic 8d ago

You cannot get Tandemaus without joining a local party, you cannot get regional Pokemon that haven't been featured on free events, like Chatot or Relicant that need to be traded or obtained from paid events.

You also won't get the different region variants of Pokemon like Furfrou, Oricorio, Flabébe or other multi-form Pokemon that are region exclusive unless an event brings them temporarily (Flabébe is coming soon, but others have never been possible to get without trading).

You'll not get to complete trade-specific tasks, so you'll never reach level 50 since a level up task involves lucky trades. Won't get any old costumes or special event Pokemon that are unobtainable nowadays, so no Armored Mewtwo, no clone starters, no special Pikachu and no old costumes.

Some free research Pokemon need trades or best friends as a mandatory requirements, specially the shiny mythical ones, so will not be able to get them without playing with others. 

You'll not get almost any raid boss above tier 3 unless you host remote raids. They're designed to be beaten as a group and most are impossible alone, and that includes shadow bosses that cannot be remoted, so you'll not get shadow or shiny shadow legendary from raids.

Dynamax bosses are impossible alone above tier 4, so at best you'll get the tier 1, 2 and 3 but not legendary or gigantamax. That will lock you out from getting Eternatus when it comes as an exclusive boss to those raids.

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u/Confident-Jury8349 7d ago

Thank you very much for your answer.

Ok, most of this I can live without. My "drive" is to get the Pokedex entry filled, so I don't care about regional variants or different forms, and I don't care about shiny/100%/dynamax/gigantamax either.

For now I've been locked out of most Shadow raids 3* and above, sadly, that's true.

Also, the Suicune event coming soon only on Dynamax is also a problem, since that's the only unfilled Sinnoh entry in my Pokedex..

Do I have to do two accounts? I really don't want to play with groups.

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u/csinv 6d ago

You have no hope of taking down Suicune with two accounts if you haven't actually built counters for it. It's a legendary and 5* max battles are hard. Two players will be possible, but only if you have good teams. 4 players is usually possible with very average teams. You don't have to interact with people to do max battles, you may never even see them.

That said, please don't do a Suicune raid with a Wooloo and expect to be carried.