General Pokemon Go - How the game really works! (MUST READ)

DooM_Blade · July 27, 2016

Hello Gods,

So someone has decoded the Pokemon Go game and we now know exactly how it works!

Enjoy

Some absolute lad has decoded Pokémon Go and it has given us all a better insight into what the higher levels look like and where legendary Pokémon can be found.

It was all put together by at the Matthew Egan and researcher at The Silph Road, which is either the ultimate website for basement dwellers, or the ultimate site for cool Pokémon hunters - depending on where you stand on the app. For the latter, this lad's done you a great favour.

Anyway, here's some of the cool shit the decoder has uncovered:

"- The Trainer Level Cap is 40.

- Egg's cap at Level 20, so if you get an egg at Level 37 it'll still hatch at the same quality as if you were at level 20.

- Wild Pokémon cap at Level 30, meaning after Level 30 everyone will find the same max CP Pokémon and it'll be a matter of spending the candy and stardust to upgrade them to your level's cap based on their CP arc.

- There is an achievement/badge rank above gold.

- Curveballs and Accurate Throws (Nice, Great, etc.) have been confirmed as helping with the capture chance of a Pokéball throw.

- There may be future Incubators that reduce the amount of kilometres needed before they hatch. (There is an incubator called "distance" in the code)

- Moves have an Accuracy and a Critical Hit Rate.

- Each unique Pokémon has its own Capture and Flee rate.

- Move Damage may go up with Trainer Level.

- Pokémon do become harder to catch as you level up.

- Mewtwo, Moltres, Zapdos, Articuno are Legendary.

- Mew is Mythic.

- Farfetch'd is out there... somewhere. As is Ditto.

- The Charge Meter is filled 0.5 for each 1 HP of damage dealt. This means a super-effective move that does more damage will charge the special attack faster. That is actually really important to know.

- Pokemon have a base Attack, Defence and Stamina (HP). Therefore they do not have an Attack and Special Attack stat like in the 3DS games.

- Dragonite has the strongest base attack for non-legends at 250.

- Mewtwo has a base attack of 284.

- Moltres has the highest base attack of the three legendary birds.

- Articuno has the highest base defence of the three.

- Zapdos is almost as high as Moltres in base attack but is likely lower due to Type Advantage.

- Pokémon have an evolution modifier and a HP modifier when they evolve both CP and HP go up a set multiplier.

- Defending Pokémon at a Gym attack every 1.5 seconds.

- The Master Ball is in the game but there is no clue where it is found.

- The Legendary Pokémon do have a spawn rate - BUT - they have no capture rate. Could this mean they require a Master Ball?"

What does this mean? Well, it confirms that legendary Pokémon exist, and are possibly only caught with a Master Ball.

Enjoy people!