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Trainers, Ysmael of the GO Hub forum fame has assembled a great list showing which Unown letters were released on real world events so far....

For all Tier 1 - 4 raids the raid timer is 180 seconds long. Tier 5 timer is 300 seconds long. There is no...

Written by Kristy W Getting used to the new weather feature and figuring out all the ways it buffs different Pokémon has come with many new...

The Pokémon GO in-game map was updated with the recent switch to OpenStreetMap (OSM), bringing a new set of roads, parks and other real world...

The Pokemon GO UI doesn't convey information about the actual move damage and Pokemon stats very well. As a result, there has always been...

Slashed Pokémon are one of the new anti-cheating measures deployed in June 2017, right after the release of Gym Rework. Trainers using third party apps...

Trainers, as of June 24 2017, you are required to be Level 25 to participate in Raid Battles. This is the first wave of players given...

No, Johto starters (Chikorita, Totodile, Cyndaquil) are no longer obtainable in the 5KM egg group. Despite the confusion and conflicting reports, our Forum Researchers managed...

The Gen 7 buff is a stat change affecting certain Pokémon from Generations I through V and increasing their stats significantly in order to...

This question was asked by multiple Twitter followers. The short answer is to use the Report form provided by Niantic, but you can do more...

First, we need to touch on what are Mega Evolutions in the main Pokémon series. Mega Evolutions are Pokémon transformations, they are not permanent like other...

STAB is an acroynm that stands for Same Type Attack Bonus. STAB increases damage of Moves that are of the same Type as the...

This was already thoroughly answered in our Pokemon GO IV Guide article, so just quoting it here: IV stands for Individual Values. IVs are a mechanism to...

The chance of Magikarp being Shiny is not yet known, but early research suggested 1 in 400. In the original games, Shiny Pokémon chance...

Asked by a Follower on Facebook: "Good day! Do larvitar's nest too or at least has a biome? Thank you and more power to...

Tyrogue's evolution is determined by its highest appraisal stat value. It's very simple: Highest ATK -> Hitmonlee Highest DEF -> Hitmonchan Highest STA -> Hitmontop In...

Asked by Batata 2126 on Twitter Per pure Max CP values, these Pokémon are the highest ranking in Generation 3. Do note that we expect Slaking...

Asked by Rey on Twitter The original question was "Can you show us CP for all Eevee evos? Just caught a 100%IV eevee I'm willing to...

Asked by Zigor Gaming on Twitter It's always hard to decide what to remove from your bags, especially when you're a lower level player, as...

Asked by Christian Nucero‏ on Twitter Woah, that's an interesting question Christian! So, let's unbundle this a bit... When is the fabled Gen 3 Release Date? Although it's a quite...

Asked by Zen-Aku #PKto200k There was a time when we did have someone very close to what would be considered "on the inside", however, that collaboration...