PokemonGo #9. A journey to hatch a 10km egg starts with a single step.

Had an evolve session.

My new baby!

Level 31

Just done a mass evolution. Kabutops completes my gen 1 pokedex excepting regionals. Also added Porygon 2, Flaafy, Quilava and Steelix to the collection.

My new strongest is a CP 2867 Rhydon.

Next level up early July???

Thanks for that, Zombie!

All of this gym advice is great! Seems that most gyms are blue and red, although I am on my own as a lonely yellow

It is a shame if your town has a lot of Level 10s that aren't your team, but I am relieved they don't go to grey every week as it would be too uncertain, and really unfair if you'd used a lot of potions the day before to get it to your team.

That's good What & in hindsight I'd have had a separate account from my DSs but at the time we had 1 phone (they used mine) & it would be too much work to start from scratch again!

All the ones by us are Blue level 10 & have been that way for a very long time. Occasionally they get knocked down a level or 2 & if we see that happening we try to help out but even if they go a different colour, within 3 hours they're back to a high level blue gym.

I do wish Niantic would randomly take all gyms back to grey at least once a week to keep people like me interested!

Our town is a mix of blue and red, with the occasional yellow that never stays yellow for long.

There are some gyms that are always blue (and if they rarely get taken we make sure to get there to put one in before it gets to Level 10!) and some that are always red, while a few flit between teams.

No point tackling anything higher than a five on your own; just a waste of potions.

DH and I gym together every day, so we have a constant stream of 4 or 5 to collect which is really handy.

Touch your Pokémon to battle & then if you beat the gym, it will take it down a number of points. If you defeat it completely, then it'll go grey & you can put your Pokémon in. If you do that, then go to the shop & touch the shield in the top right corner to collect your coins.

Battling in gyms is good fun & my DSs loved it, but since it's moved to all being blue level 10, we've stopped & the kids aren't interested anymore as it's too hard.

We play in gyms but also very annoyingly the ones by us are all blue level 10 (we're red) & we don't have the time, inclination, revives or potions to battle them down completely. (Another thing that's bugging me about the game - can you tell I'm getting fed up with it now ).

When the gyms were more active in changing hands, we played everyday & collected the coins to buy incubators & greater storage space.

Give gyms a go - touch the gym, touch the battle icon on bottom left of screen & then touch go. The game will pick 6 Pokemon for you to battle with - you can change those if you want to, but whilst you're getting up to speed, I'd just go with those 6.

Yes, I gym everyday. I wouldn't have enough to buy incubators if I didn't!

Weewitch thank you!

Aerodactly came completely out of the blue- no shadows, nothing. First time I've ever paid for anything on the store, I ran out of balls and was not going to let it escape!

Am looking for a Lapras and a Snorlax as I don't have either but it seems everyone else has.

Do you use gyms? I've never used one- the whole concept seems very complex and I'm not really sure where to start!

Also, do you guys recommend the Po go plus? I really would like one so I can use it on my way to work as it passes a lot of pokestops (city centre) as obviously can't use phone when driving. I don't know if I can justify it!

Very helpful post from Niantic.

Welcome Cotton - I've still not got an aerodactyl yet despite being level 32 & having 220 in the pokedex . I've nothing over 2800cp either!

Hello! Wonder if I could join your thread? Have been observing and learning tips for a while so thought it was about time I said hello

I'm only on level 20- I started playing when the game first came out, but stopped for a while a few months later. I happened to play again on the day adventure week started so managed to jump up quite a few levels and add a lot to the pokedex last week

I got my first 10km egg last night so I'm currently walking that- hatched a bloody Krabby from my 2km egg today they're everywhere around where I live, was hoping for a charmander!

Only have about 110 registered in the pokedex so just looking for some variety of Pokemon to catch to make it a bit more exciting! Has got me out walking a lot though which is always a bonus in this weather.

Managed to catch an Aerodactyl last week too- where I work is a hot spot for quite a lot of good Pokémon. I also caught a wild Donphan which I was really pleased at!

I'm thoroughly enjoying reading what you've all been catching and hatching!

Oh wow, PsammeadPaintedTheLion! Lucky! I am desperate for a Snorlax

Look who popped out of an egg last night!! First Snorlax! 215 in the dex now.

Caught this little fella last night

I don't think they'll launch Gen 3 until next spring. No point launching it over the winter as fewer people will play due to the weather even with the new ones.

Plus they've said they're focusing more on the mechanics of the game rather than the next gen.

It seems a bit silly to have hundreds of creatures at your disposal but only have ten or so that people can catch regularly. As the majority don't make any difference in the gyms anyway I don't see why it would hurt for a wider range of Pokémon to spawn. The biomes thing doesn't work imho as for as far as I can see, everywhere I've been in the uk so far is grass biome or water on the coast. I think the nests are a good idea, it would be nice if the nests spawned Pokémon that are not already abundant in the area. It's such a good idea, I just wish the execution was a bit better :)

I was a bit bored the week before adventure week and did a minimum. Also the weather was terrible and I'd lost the po go plus. The original hasn't turned up.

I don't have loads to get. I am on level 31 and have 150k so miles away from the next level. I am on 5 level 10 gyms so collect those coins every day have about 1000 coins. I have evolved all the special items required.

I did enjoy the events but now they have gone not sure I can be bothered.I was disappointed though what I really needed was a lavitair and only saw one the whole event. I have considered having a break till next event. I think the pokestop bonus keeps me hooked in. We will often nip out simply to do a pokestop a day.

I'd guess after July (legendaries)

When is gen 3 launching?

The higher level up rewards are rubbish!

I'm with you Penguin - I'm still playing but my DSs stopped a few weeks ago as it's boring now!