Pokemon Go #22: Papa's got a brand new Grumpig bag.

I clicked on every spoink, every snorunt, every delibird, every tailow...... And don't have any shinies from those events.

Also, Does anyone know why it’s double candy at the minute? Can’t see on any of the news that that is a reward for any of the events.

CookieSwirlC It’s for the Valentine’s Day event, along with increased pink Pokemon and six hour lure modules.

how do you guys find so many shinies?!

SpeckledDot Shinies are completely random and independent, and each individual Pokemon has their own shiny rarity (so some shinies are far rarer than others, for example shiny Wynaut is one of the hardest to obtain, but nearly everyone has all the shinies that have been released through community days).

The only way to be certain you are maximising your chance of finding a shiny Pokemon is to click on every single Pokemon that has the ability to be shiny just to see if it is. You don’t have to catch it, just click on it and run away if it’s not shiny and you don’t want it.

Was it double candy for the lunar event too? I can't quite keep up.

JuniLoolaPalooza No. The Lunar event bonuses were 2x catch XP and 2x evolve XP.

pokemongo.gamepress.gg/pokemon-go-shinies-list

An up to date list of all available shiniest in PoGo.

@dumplingpie I have added you. I am Fififora.
I'm loving all the pink pokémon. So pretty. I didn't realise it was a thing I thought it was just a coincidence!

Woohoo, Yoghurty! 😊😊

Yes, Valentine’s Day event is double catch candy.

Speckled, shiniest are completely random, I just got lucky with Spoinks during the event. I do have almost 100 shiny mons in total though. The only tip I can give, because it’s mostly just pure luck, is check every Pokemon (that has a shiny version released in the game) they will only appear as shiny when you click on them.

Definitely, definitely check every one that has increased odds of being shiny due to an event (such as Spoink during the Lunar event)

Good luck!

Thank god for the valentines event! I have my exeggcute! I saved a syther and a cubone from previous tasks so I'm through to task 8- woo!

Ah that’s not popped up as news on my game yet and I’ve not been on any websites to see it announced, thank you Baroness.

Was it double candy for the lunar event too? I can't quite keep up.
Hoping to catch some Chanseys tomorrow.

It's for the valentine's event.
Everything is pink and lure modules will last longer than your phone's battery.

@WhatToDoAboutWailmerGoneRogue thank you! I felt a bit self conscious; was hoping no groups of kids would show up, luckily they didn't.

@BaronessBomburst yeah he did! Wasn't sure if i was going to catch him or not

@WitchSharkadder how do you guys find so many shinies?! Not once have i found one, in pokemon go or any other game - and I've spent a fair amount of time playing them

Good Meltan day today!

The shiny is crap though but I don’t care!

Also, Does anyone know why it’s double candy at the minute? Can’t see on any of the news that that is a reward for any of the events.

Valentine event! Might finally get my eggecute

In order to tell whether you have interacted with a friend for the day, look for a blue halo around their pic in the friends list. In this pic you can see a blue halo around the bottom 2 friends (can be harder to see around a mystic friend!), but none around the top one.

Okay pics posted the wrong way round! 🤦‍♀️

Hi BettysMom from another Betty!
If you click on one of your friends and then click on the hearts in the top left hand corner as in the first pic, it will take you to the screen in the second pic. If you press on the heart that is not fully coloured in it will tell you how many days (or interactions) to go before levelling up. When it says 1 day then (so long as you haven't interacted with that person that day) the next interaction, be it opening a gift, battling, trading or raiding with, will trigger the levelling up.
Usually just before this we try to contact the other person so agree a mutually acceptable time to put a lucky egg on and trigger in order to get double xp. Some people don't bother egging, but it's nice to check! We have found that 10-10:30 on community day is quite good too as most people have an egg on then anyway.
If one person isn't able to play at the agreed time, it is possible to put an egg on as soon as you next open the app but before the notifications start coming through, and you will still get the double xp.
HTH!

Hi all, I've name changed and have just added lots of you as friends. Can someone explain the coordinating friends thing for me - 1) how do you know who you are going to up-friend with and when 2) what do I need to do for us both to get extra XP??

Can anybody add me as a friend please?
Trainer code is
7875 2228 3148

I don't understand why it's called critical catch. How is it critical

Huh...funny how it’s a small random chance since I’ve done it at least 5 times this week alone

@PeppaP we will go ultra on our next interaction (I'm a Womble). Do you want to coordinate so we can both put a lucky egg on??

What does it mean when flames come out of a Pokeball instead of usual stars?

Soubriquet It means you’ve caught the Pokemon with a critical catch, so they can’t jump out the ball or flee; they’re caught instantly.

Every time you have throw a PokeBall you have a small random chance of it being a critical catch

What is your nickname and is 10am good ?

Catontherun - yes !

Finally got a shiny Spoink!
Up for a battle if anyone's about!