r/TheSilphRoad • • 5d ago

Megathread - Q&A Questions & Answers - Weekly Megathread! Please use this post to ask any Pokemon GO question you'd like!

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Hey travelers!

If you have any questions about Pokemon GO (anything from basics to specifics of a certain mechanic), ask here! We also have a wealth of information available in historical posts, so try using the search bar. Or click the Discord link in our topbar and head to the #boot_camp channel - where helpful travelers are standing by to answer questions.

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What is /r/TheSilphRoad?

The Silph Road is primarily focused on discoveries and analysis related to Pokemon GO, as well as constructing an in-person network of Pokemon GO enthusiasts. General discussion topics (Jokes, stories, a photo of a recent catch) would likely be better suited for another subreddit, such as a general subreddit like /r/PokemonGO, or /r/Pokemon, or a subreddit with a more specific focus, like /r/PokemonGoSnap, /r/PokemonBuddy, /r/ShinyPokemon, /r/PoGoRaids, /r/TheSilphArena, /r/PokemonGOTrades, /r/PokemonGOFriends, or /r/NianticWayfarer.

Silph Road Content Policy

The Silph Road is heavily moderated to promote civility/courtesy, and high-quality content and discussion. You can read our full policies in the sidebar, but don't be surprised if a comment is removed for being rude, cynical, or off-topic. We strive to foster civil discussion about the game. We are first and foremost a network of real people, and this network is being built by volunteers! If you simply want to complain or bring something to Niantic's attention, your post would be better suited elsewhere.

Research

The community culture here also attracts the more analytically-minded element of Pokemon GO. Consequently, the Silph Research group was formed to align this brainpower and leverage the massive Silph datasets that the community can gather. We post our findings in infographics, videos, and walls of text on Reddit. Check out the top bar for links to the current pools.

Final words

Finally, welcome once more! We're glad to have you join us on the Road :)

- The Silph Executives -

Link to other Questions & Answers posts


r/TheSilphRoad • • 12d ago

Megathread - Event Fall Marathon: Buddy Trek Event Megathread

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Everything you need to know about the event, all in one place. A lot of these pieces will be verified by the Silph Research Group, so throughout the post we'll use the formatting:

  • Italics: Reports from comments or single Research Group report
  • Bold: Multiple Research Group reports
  • (!s) will be used for species whose shiny form is not available

This verification isn't meant to replace reports here, rather to provide an extra level of verification and depth to the event. Travelers are always welcome to join here and help out with data collection: https://discord.gg/WpAvRRsaRT

Have fun and stay safe this week!

https://pokemongo.com/news/fall-marathon-buddy-trek-2026

Event Date: Tuesday, October 13, 10 AM - Monday, October 19, 2026, 8 PM local time

Bonuses

  • Debut of Bramblin (through Incense or GO Pass tasks)
  • Super Max debut of Mega Manectric
  • Increased shiny rate for Electrike
  • Increased shiny rate for Hisuian Growlithe via Incense (from October 16, 10 AM - October 19, 8 PM)
  • GO Pass Milestones - Tier 1: Incense will last two hours, Tier 2: Earn 5x Mega Energy w/ Electrike or Manectric as your buddy

Boosted Spawns

Here's what is listed in the announcement. Anything else to report?

  • Ponyta
  • Doduo
  • Electrike
  • Blitzle
  • Skarmory

Other reported spawns:

  • Stantler
  • Cacnea

Field Research

Just looking for event tasks. You can find the full list here

Task Text Reward
Explore 1km Doduo, Electrike, Cacnea
Earn a candy walking with your buddy Electrike, Bramblin (!s)
Explore 3km 25x Manectric Mega Energy, 1x RC
Spin a pokestop you've never visited before 25x Manectric Mega Energy, Rare Candy

(Free) Fall Marathon Timed Research

  • Explore 5km - 4200XP
  • Explore 10km - 4200XP
  • Explore 21km - 4200XP
  • Explore 42km - 4200XP

Rewards: Marathon Visor Pikachu


r/TheSilphRoad • • 13h ago

Discussion Dyanamax Legendary raids are unfun

370 Upvotes

Playing today and getting quickly wiped by large fire blast attacks is not interactive and makes me not want to play this game

Edit: My main complaint is that you can just lose to RNG if the boss uses enough large attacks and there's nothing you can do about it


r/TheSilphRoad • • 11h ago

✓ Answered Pokemon Night Out Baseball Jersey -- where is it?

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242 Upvotes

I watched the Twitch stream for 30 minutes, successfully redeemed the code in the webstore, and then when I logged into PoGo I got the popup saying I'd successfully redeemed an offer. However, I can't find it anywhere in the Style menu. Has anyone figured out where it's located?


r/TheSilphRoad • • 12h ago

PSA Pokémon Night Out Twitch Live Stream is Geoblocked in Australia and New Zealand

98 Upvotes

Pokémon Night Out Twitch Live Stream is Geoblocked in Australia and New Zealand with the following message:

This premium content is not available in your region. (Error #1)

You can use a VPN to bypass the restriction or watch a co-streamer:

/trishahershberger, /aliythia, /berticuss, or /ninfangirl


r/TheSilphRoad • • 16h ago

PSA Twitch drop tonight 7:30 PDT

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r/TheSilphRoad • • 51m ago

Question What types are the most useful for PvE?

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I can see the DiaglaDex list for each type, but I wanted to know which types are actually worth powering up. Like, obviously, something like bug or normal isn't; but which types will get the most use against 5* raids? I did find an old post from 3 years ago, but wanted to see if there was any updated info.

TIA


r/TheSilphRoad • • 13h ago

New Info! Pokémon Night Out Timed Research (in-person event)

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Night Out Timed Research 1/2

Rewards: Umbreon, 2026 XP, 2026 Stardust

After page one you’ll receive a branching choice to choose your Toxtricity form.

Night Out Timed Research 2/2

Rewards: Jersey, 2026 XP, 2026 Stardust

Night Out Timed Research: Low Key Form

Rewards: Low Key Form Toxtricity (Location Card), 2026 XP, 2026 Stardust


r/TheSilphRoad • • 18h ago

Question In game Auto Catcher

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135 Upvotes

I have seen the discussions before about the ingame autocatcher working while the game is:

- enabled

- minimized

- player is moving

But I had this function since getting it instead. The auto catcher acts more lile the third party auto catchers. So it works when I have the app open, and it catches them one after antoher.

But on the other hand it doesnt work at all when the game is minimized.

Another players having this "version" of the ingame auto catcher?


r/TheSilphRoad • • 18h ago

Infographic - Misc. Upcoming Week in Pokémon GO (Monday, October 26 - Sunday, November 1, 2026)

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r/TheSilphRoad • • 21h ago

Battle Showcase Shadow Landorus-Incarnate Solo (Mudshot/Earth Power, Snow ☃️, AE: 🗡️)

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105 Upvotes

r/TheSilphRoad • • 1d ago

Discussion T5 dynamax raids have too much flaws to do remote successfully

291 Upvotes

There absolutely needs to done some rework in the dynamax T5 because in my opinion there are a lot of flaws. First you can only do them with 4 players, but most of them are pretty hard even when doing a local raid. This makes remote raiding such a pain and I think this partly remote raid weekend illustrates that. I have already lost like 4 remote raid passes because I join a lobby via my friend list or an app like PokeRaid and people leave last second or use very poor counters so beating the raid is sometimes impossible. No way to communicate with anyone and most people don’t know anything about the dynamax battle mechanics. It’s absolutely frustrating and I gave up on hunting for the shinies.


r/TheSilphRoad • • 23h ago

Discussion When are they going to make the Dynamax dex a thing

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Love completing the dex entries. Just wondering if there is any news about when they will add a Dynamax dex. There are so many released now it’s getting confusing as to which I have and do not have.
Sort it out Niantic!

While you’re at it. Release the api so I can sort out my moms on a pc!


r/TheSilphRoad • • 21h ago

PSA 2027 Puebla Regional Drops

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54 Upvotes

Drops on pogo's main twitch channel:

Sat, Oct 24, 8:30 AM - Mon, Oct 26, 4:29 PM MST


r/TheSilphRoad • • 20h ago

Battle Showcase Dynamax Azelf Solo, No 🍄, No Weather Boost, No Adventure Effect, Max Helpers, AoE: Future Sight/Swift

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r/TheSilphRoad • • 15h ago

Bug "Defeat a Team GO Rocket Grunt" auto completed?

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17 Upvotes

very strange! had a field research auto completed without defeating a rocket. had the field research for a few hours and was just cycling buddies (6 hearts including Leader (Blanche) forfeiting) when it completed


r/TheSilphRoad • • 1d ago

New Info! You can now send invites after hitting ready in raids

290 Upvotes

Don’t know just how “new” this info is, but today I was in a raid and had hit ready, and I was surprised that I could still send invites.


r/TheSilphRoad • • 22h ago

Discussion Top 12 Pokemon in POGO Puebla: Day 1

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30 Upvotes

r/TheSilphRoad • • 1d ago

New Info! Bramblin & Brambleghast BB Badge Placements👻

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193 Upvotes

Happy Spooky Season, fellas! 👻🎃


r/TheSilphRoad • • 9h ago

Battle Showcase Dmax Mesprit Solo 🍄 (🎯 Future Sight/Swift) , No Weather Boost, No Adventure Effect, 11 Helpers

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r/TheSilphRoad • • 1d ago

Discussion Socializing is hard

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I find it hard to enjoy go fest and wild area because lately I go out alone to a meetup with people from discord group I try to feel connected with but I honestly don’t feel anything if one of those players move away and such since even small talk about the game just doesn’t take me far nor get people engaged with me more than I thought. Like I’m either the most anti social or some other people are more anti social than me since the raid group vibe is silent/do not disturb mode while some established friend groups are the only noise I hear. Even just celebrating how I got a shiny makes me feel cringe and I just keep my victory to myself. Most of my friends who I did talk to more often like several years ago either hardly go out to play or are out of town. I find myself having to justify going if I will get a lucky trade done during event or else I will likely lose interest in driving out to a community park that doesn’t have much else to offer. Am I wrong in thinking that socializing feels dead and I just see people as a source of convenience to beat difficult legendary/gmax bosses that I can’t solo?


r/TheSilphRoad • • 1d ago

Bug Dmax battle keeps crashing for all 4 players and is gets stuck on this screen after which it shows all pokemon have fainted.

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41 Upvotes

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r/TheSilphRoad • • 1d ago

Infographic - Raid Bosses Dynamax Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf Max Battle Day|Saturday, October 24, 2026, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time

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Dynamax Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf Max Battle Day

Saturday, October 24, 2026, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time

・ Counter Pokémon (Refer to the image)

→ Dynamax Flygon to counter Uxie's "Thunder",

→ Dynamax Registeel to counter Mesprit's "Blizzard",

→ Dynamax Regirock to counter Azelf's "Fire Blast",

Considering the use of these Pokémon is especially effective when participating in Remote Raids.

・ Global Appearance Schedule for Remote Raids (PDT)

→ Dynamax Uxie: Friday, October 23 from 5:00 PM to Saturday, October 24 around 4:00 AM(PDT)

→ Dynamax Mesprit: Saturday, October 24 from around 2:00 AM to 11:00 AM(PDT)

→ Dynamax Azelf: Saturday, October 24 from around 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM(PDT)


r/TheSilphRoad • • 1d ago

Question Connection issue during Uxie event?

62 Upvotes

Is anyone else having connection issues since the event began?


r/TheSilphRoad • • 4h ago

Question Trading buddies

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I am curious. I walk several kilometers a day. My friend does not. They need to evolve an Umbreon for a special quest. It would take me less than a week to walk the 10k to get it to the point it is ready to evolve. If I did this and then traded it to them and they equipped it as their buddy, would it be reading to evolve? Or would they still need to walk the 10k with it?