Routine Sparkles Pokémon Go

I made my first 4 routes today, will do some on my alts soon too if they can do it.

How many of you have got some approved?

I hope they get through.

Ooh! I just caught a Zorua - it was disguised as a low level version of my Pokémon. I had to look it up as I'd never heard of it!

Ffs, I'm almost done with step 4 (apart from the 14 days pokéstop spins) and I've done everything bar 36 more raids on the Masterball one. No rest for the wicked 🤣

For anybody who might fancy it, Detective Pikachu is on iplayer! It was on BBC1 this afternoon but I didn't spot it until it was nearly finished, so I'm going to watch it now 😊

And in case you hadn't got enough of collecting field research tasks yet, Paldean Adventure step 5 has complete 150. No time limit tho. Going to be another slow grind.

Today's Grubbin Community day is brilliant if you need to do a bunch of field research for your mega ball (although they're rubbish for excellent throws).

I went to a park with a few poke stops and was given field research tasks of catching 3 Gubbin, which was as easy as. I think I probably did more than 10 of them!!! I now only have 72 to do to finish them for the master all investigation.

Very few other Pokémon so you won't manage to do other research tasks.

Hi everyone, I'm hoping to level up with people at 2pm on Comm Day, please let me know if that doesnt work!

@ISaySteadyOn (GalarianPony920)

@Brassymess (Cobbblers)

@Purpletoes (for Dapigeon166039)

JammWammBamm

Kornybeef

MotherOfSausauge

ProfesseurLarch

Reetapateeta

SnorlaxLover91

TeamJackMember

MeOddish

KezzaMagooMagan

Three4tee

TeamWi11iams

Pticoki

Mutsi8295

I'm close to levelling up with someone called CantStandMeNow - hope it's ok to do it tomorrow. My community day will start an hour earlier.

hello all. lovely to finally found a thread on pokemon go. happy to add some new friends! my code is 1863 7605 0554

Thanks

I agree, there is no way I could do the event if I lived rurally. As it is I use the trips out with my DSs when driving them to fill up my item bag with my gotcha and then find a nearby low level raid that I can do on my own and drive there to get it done. I'm now also trying to make sure I get my field research done (need to average 1 1/2 a day....lol) so will drive to a pokestop to scan it etc.

Well as expected the route I found, which I could actually drive as long as the carpark was still open at the park, has now been removed. The only other one ‘nearby’ (30mins drive from home) is about a mile walk along the river front and out along a spur, and then back again so impossible for me currently with my limited mobility due to ill health.

I’ve tried submitting a route of my own but the line which is nicely along the path or road jumps madly when I turn a corner and ends up through gardens and behind houses. No way to move it back to where the road/path actually is or back track to a point I was happy with. After 5 attempts I ended up submitting it anyway and now it’s stuck in pending and I expect it to get rejected…

Not sure how the upcoming event is going to pan out for those of us who are rural and/or disabled. The whole thing is really off putting and so ill thought out. Very frustrating. I’m just hoping the wording which implies walking may work so hopefully not just following routes turns out to be the case.

Before you get to the end of the route (about 100 m from the end), turn off Pokémon go completely, turn it back on, go back to your route. It will take you back where you are up to automatically, but then you will see a Zygard cell once the game reloads. I read about that hack and tested it out and was so chuffed when It worked for me.

The routes only come up in a VERY local area to you (a couple of blocks at the most) so you have to keep searching for them as you move around. But I've seen them where there are quite a few pokestops in an area. If you're near a university, you can try there. I saw quite a few at a uni open day that I went to with my son! (He was too embarrassed to let me do them though....lol).

I have found the excellent throws are easier to do with curved throws. But that might be because my blasted phone screen protector stood my straight throws from actually being properly straight!!!!

I just have to take the time to let it cycle through the circle reduction a few times to see the pattern and try to throw the ball just as the tiny circle appears straight after the Pokémon 'fights back'.

For the last few days I've set myself the challenge of getting 2 a day, and I've managed more than that but boy do I have to catch a lot of Pokémon to get them.

I got a seventh place in a pokestop showcase and still got prizes! The same pokestops seem to be used for showcases over and over again so once you find one, keep going back!

The annoying thing is that now I'm having to keep the heaviest/tallest Pokémon as well and they are rarely the strongest so I'm having to massively increase my Pokémon storage as fast as I can. But, I suppose that ensures I have a lot of lower level Pokemon on hand for some of the lower level trainer battles which is good.

Showcases - since i found some suitably obscure pokestops and got a couple of 1st places - I'm giving it a go. I got things like star pieces and lures, which is well worth the trouble of hanging onto the odd XXL.

Drowzee is nice and easy for people still needing excellent throws, btw.
And slowpoke too.

Well I went out today and not a single raid. They all popped up after I went home. I felt a bit dizzy after my jags or I would have headed back into town to get some. I'll try tomorrow depending on how I'm feeling as I don't have any appointments so I can just go where I see a raid.

Drowzee is nice and easy for people still needing excellent throws, btw. Decent sized circle, not too near or far, no annoying protruding bits (as in weedle's horn) and doesn't move too much or attack too often. Gothita has a big circle but I find it difficult to hit the middle of it, as it's so near.

@RosiePerissa yes, planning to do similar for a few gifts myself!

@SockQueen I think we are 1 day from Ultra, are you happy for me to open at the start of Comm Day?

Same! I used to buy them regularly before, I didn't mind 79p here and there. But since the cost has gone up I think I've only bought two in total and mostly from saved coins which tbh I would prefer to spend on incubators nowadays.

No remote passes and can't really afford to buy any. I might manage one here or there in the time that's left but I don't really want to spend the money if I can avoid it.

Thank you for the offer though. I might focus on getting some solo raids for now and building up my coins so if I only need a couple by the end of the research I can get some remotes then. 🤞