r/TheSilphRoad • • 22h ago

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

8 Upvotes

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.

__________________________

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 • • 1d ago

Megathread - Event Halloween 2026 Part 1 Event Megathread

82 Upvotes

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/halloween-part-1-2026?hl=en

Event Date: Tue, Oct 27, 10am - Sun, Nov 1, 10am local time

Bonuses

  • Debut of Top Hat Zubat, Bow Sinistea, and Hat-Capelet Pikachu
  • Wild encounters with event-themed Pokemon or Candy
  • GO Pass Tier 1: 2x Catch Candy (Deluxe 3x); Tier 2: 2x Catch Stardust (Deluxe 3x)

Boosted Spawns

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

  • Top Hat Zubat
  • Duskull
  • Halloween Piplup
  • Halloween Drifblim

Field Research

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

Task Text Reward
Make 6 nice throws Pumpkaboo, Misdreavus, Duskull
Catch 13 Ghost-type Pokemon Costume Piplup, Noibat
Win a raid Bow Sinistea, Top Hat Zubat
Win 3 raids Hat-Capelet Pikachu

Raid Bosses

You won't see any new bosses until 11:00am local time. Difficulty ratings

Tier Raid Bosses
1 Hat-Capelet Pikachu, Bow Sinistea
3 Alolan Raichu, Alolan Ninetales, Alolan Muk
5 Palkia (Tue), Origin Giratina (Weds-)
Mega Charizard X/Y (Tue), Sableye (Weds-)

Timed Research

Stage 1

  • (Auto-completed): 1 Rare Candy
  • (Auto-completed): 1 Rare Candy
  • (Auto-completed): 1 Rare Candy
  • (Auto-completed): 1 Rare Candy
  • (Auto-completed): 1 Rare Candy
  • (Auto-completed): 1 Rare Candy

Rewards: Hat-Capelet Pikachu


r/TheSilphRoad • • 17h ago

New Info! Clefable Super Mega Raid Day November 28 (2pm – 5pm)

Post image
565 Upvotes

r/TheSilphRoad • • 10h ago

✓ Answered CP for Megas in GBL

Post image
102 Upvotes

I know they planned on this but I want to double check that this is confirmed before I power up my GBL megas

Update: so I tested with a mega I didn’t care if it was over the CP cap and it does adjust the cp to under whatever league you’re entering. My Mega Sableye 0/14/15 is ready


r/TheSilphRoad • • 16h ago

New Info! Level Scaling for Megas in GBL is live

Thumbnail
gallery
312 Upvotes

r/TheSilphRoad • • 8h ago

Remote Config Update Assets for the PokéXciting! Pikachu in Thailand were added

Post image
57 Upvotes

( Credits: Pokeminers )


r/TheSilphRoad • • 21h ago

New Info! New costume crobat looks different from normal

Post image
387 Upvotes

Has there been any previous case like this for a costume shiny ?


r/TheSilphRoad • • 8h ago

PSA Pokemon GO App Version 0.435.0 is out!

32 Upvotes

I know it’s not ground breaking but just a heads up.

Some of the things I’ve noticed that it does fix is the audio sound when tapping bubbles in GBL for example and it fixes that annoying gift scrolling bug.


r/TheSilphRoad • • 16h ago

PSA Use showcases to prune excess Pumpkaboo

Post image
148 Upvotes

This is your annual reminder: scroll through your pumpkaboo at a ghost showcase and take some screenshots so you can get rid of your excess xxl's if you have been stockpiling during the event.


r/TheSilphRoad • • 11h ago

PSA Marathon Research Reappeared

Post image
53 Upvotes

Reached out the night of the outage as soon as the game came back up. Was able to claim all the Xp as well. Will claim and pray to the shiny gods.


r/TheSilphRoad • • 1h ago

Bug PoGo switches to high quality mode periodically, even though Enhanced Graphics and Native Refresh Rate options are disabled.

• Upvotes

This has been happening for idk how long. A couple months? I didn’t take note of it when it started.

Is there a fix to this? I don’t use the high quality mode due to battery drain.


r/TheSilphRoad • • 13h ago

PSA Pokemon Night Out Twitch Jersey still available

Thumbnail
gallery
55 Upvotes

Howdy y’all! Hope this helps. The research is still available but, you’ll need to catch the various recommended streamers on Twitch. If you go to your “Drops” page, under “campaigns” you’ll find the list of streamers. Trisha is currently on and they’re going to try to stream as much as possible through the week. Make sure to follow the streamers to get live notifications if they aren’t online at the moment and make sure they’re streaming Pokemon Go. Once you’re done, you’ll need to go to the Pokemon website to redeem the codes. I’ll post in the pics as a guide. Don’t forget to hit “claim” on twitch!

STREAMERS:

https://www.twitch.tv/trishahershberger

https://twitch.tv/aliythia

https://twitch.tv/berticuss

https://twitch.tv/ninfangirl

CODE REDEMPTION:

1st: https://trainer.pokemon.com/rewards

2nd: https://store.pokemongo.com/offer-redemption


r/TheSilphRoad • • 10h ago

Discussion I suspect they forgot the Halloween stickers

Post image
27 Upvotes

I've been opening gifts all day, probably at least two dozen since 10 am when the Halloween event started, and I'm getting stickers but it's the same boring ones we always have. Has anyone gotten Halloween stickers today?

Edit: I guess I'm just having bad luck!


r/TheSilphRoad • • 20h ago

New Info! Dia de Muertos Timed Research + Bg Costume Cubone

Thumbnail
gallery
126 Upvotes

Just time-gated catch pokemon.

It took me about 15 encounters for a Cubone bg, can't try Party Play at the moment but maybe those encounters have higher odds.


r/TheSilphRoad • • 5h ago

Question Research Breakthroughs stuck in a loop?

6 Upvotes

Anyone else getting the exact same rewards every week for research breakthroughs? Every week I get 20 pokeballs and Donphan. Its been this way since the season change and the spawn pool for these rewards was changed. Is this just insane RNG or anyone else stuck in a loop?


r/TheSilphRoad • • 9h ago

Battle Showcase Mega Sableye solo (Shadow Claw/Drain Punch) with Cloudy weather boost, no Adventure Effect

Thumbnail
youtu.be
8 Upvotes

r/TheSilphRoad • • 1d ago

Idea/Suggestion Cleaning Storage

131 Upvotes

How i clean my Pokemon storage before Big Events and survive on 1500 Storage as F2P Player.

4* (check hundos)

0attack&0defense&0hp (check nundos)

if you want you can use "Can Evolve" to evolve for XP Before anything

  1. Shadow&!Shiny&!4\* (sort by #Number > mark whatever you want to Keep as favourite, purify {and unfavourite} what can go)
  2. Lucky&!shiny&!4\* (pain because they Need to be manually removed > favorite what you want to Keep and remove the rest by hand)
  3. dynamax,gigantamax&!shiny&!4\* (mark as favourite what you want to Keep and unfavourite what can go)
  4. legendary,ultrabeast&!shiny&!4\* (i know its hard to let go sometimes but be real you dont Need 20 terrakion{totally not me btw} > unfavourite what can go favourite what you wanna keep)
  5. Costume&!shiny&!background&!4\*(mark your favourites unmark what can go !! Be carefull not to unmark rare costumes !! {this was really hard for me i said goodbye to 300 Pikachus o7})
  6. shiny&!4*&!background&!legendary&!Ultrabeast (this is gonna be a real pain if you Keep every shiny, you can choose to Keep them still if you would like to trade them to Friends or just Keep them in your Collection > i personally sort by #Number and remove dupes)
  7. Sort by CP and mark your highest cp pokemon you would like to keep for PvE as favourite
  8. if you are into PvP im sure you marked all your PvP Mons already otherwise you can use something like CP1400-1500 to look for this CP range or look for them manually and mark them as favourite
  9. check "Can Mega Evolve" and mark your megas as favourite and unmark what you dont Need
  10. check for 4* one more time there could be some from purifying earlier and mark as favourite
  11. !Favourite (We should have ruled out everything worth keeping now, everything we unmarked will Show up here > select all and say Good Bye)

r/TheSilphRoad • • 19h ago

Infographic - Raid Bosses Raid Boss Rotation Update|From 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, to around 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2026 (Local Time)

Post image
44 Upvotes

Raid Boss Rotation Update

From 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, to around 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2026 (Local Time)

・TIER 5: Giratina Origin Forme

・TIER 4: Mega Sableye

・TIER 3: Cofagrigus, Trevenant, Dhelmise

・TIER 1: Pikachu wearing a hat and capelet, Sinistea wearing a bow


r/TheSilphRoad • • 1d ago

Official News The free lucky egg was for the network issues

Thumbnail
gallery
480 Upvotes

r/TheSilphRoad • • 1d ago

New Info! shiny costume pikachu confirmed

Post image
92 Upvotes

r/TheSilphRoad • • 22h ago

Bug Is anyone else also facing issue where you are unable to click mystery boxes but everywhere else.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

66 Upvotes

r/TheSilphRoad • • 1d ago

Infographic - Event Pokémon GO Halloween 2026: Part I (LeekDuck)

Thumbnail
gallery
346 Upvotes

r/TheSilphRoad • • 1d ago

Infographic - Raid Counters Giratina and Mega Sableye raid guides. Info from pokebattler.com

Thumbnail
gallery
96 Upvotes

r/TheSilphRoad • • 1h ago

Question No more adding friends from weekly challenge?

• Upvotes

I actually had some people added to my weekly challenge this week (friends of my friend) that I washed to add. One had 750,000 pokemon caught and I was hoping they would turn out to be good for remote trading. I noticed right away that I couldn’t add them while the challenge was ongoing like I usually could, but assumed I would be able to add at the end once it was completed. It never offered me the chance. I am not thrilled. It has literally been months with no one I wanted to add and the one week someone good joins, I can’t add them?


r/TheSilphRoad • • 10h ago

Discussion Copied a search string and it does nothing? Check your game language first

5 Upvotes

If your Pokémon GO is set to anything other than English, most search strings you copy from Reddit won't work as written. The search bar reads keywords in your game's language, and the words are different in each one.

shadow&4* (shadow hundos) in the six biggest non-English languages:

Language String
Español oscuro&4*
Deutsch crypto&4*
Français obscur&4*
Português (BR) sombroso&4*
日本語 しゃどう&4*
繁體中文 暗影&4*

What stays the same in every language:

  • Symbols: & (and), , (or), ! (not)
  • Star appraisals: 4*, 3*
  • cp and hp ranges, like cp1500-2500
  • evolve, and the move tags like @1move

What changes: basically every word. A few that show up in a lot of strings:

English Español (España) Deutsch Français Português (BR)
shiny variocolor schillernd chromatique brilhante
lucky suerte glücks chanceux sortudo
legendary legendario legendär légendaire lendário
traded intercambiados getauscht échangé trocado
favorite favoritos favorit favoris favorito
attack ataque angriffs-wert attaque ataque

Some of these aren't the obvious translation. Shadow is crypto in German, not schatten. Lucky is suerte in Spanish, and キラ in Japanese. Even Spanish splits in two: shiny is variocolor if your game is in Spain's Spanish and brillante in Latin American Spanish. Guessing usually gets you an empty result.

Pokémon names change too, in some languages. Charizard is Glurak in German, Dracaufeu in French, リザードン in Japanese. Spanish, Italian and Portuguese keep the English names for many Pokémon, so name-based strings carry over there more often than keyword-based ones.

The fix:

If you play in Hindi or Thai, there's a second problem. Some of the public keyword lists that search-string tools are built on have those two languages scrambled. The text looks right on screen, but the characters are stored in the wrong order or have marks missing, so the game never matches them. "Pikachu" in Hindi, for example, is stored as िपकाचू (vowel sign first) instead of the game's पिकाचू. They look nearly the same on screen and never match. We rebuilt our lists from the game's own text files, so our Hindi and Thai strings match the game. If another tool's Hindi or Thai strings come up empty, that's a likely reason.

The corrected data is free for anyone to use. If you build or maintain a search-string tool, you can pull the fixed lists directly instead of the scrambled ones. No key or sign-up, and they're served with open CORS so you can fetch them straight from a browser:

(I run POGO Cleanup, so take the links with that in mind. The tables above are the useful part either way.)