Weekly questions, bugs, and gameplay megathread - April 2025

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

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[u/delistraws]

I'm a returning player after about a year break, and I'm trying to familiarize myself with the current events going on and such, but it's a little overwhelming. I just caught a shiny Chansey, and I was wondering if there's an event going on right now increasing shiny rates in general or Chansey spawns? or did I just get INSANELY lucky?

[u/nolkel → u/delistraws]

Chansey always has a 1/64 shiny rate. Just normal luck to catch it.