This post was first published on August 25th 2020 by me on Reddit as a thread for the things I wish I knew earlier. I am republishing it here for better access to non-reddit users.
- Never ‘power up’ or ‘evolve’ a Pokémon with less than 2* (or 2 bars of attack and defense) except you want to use them for Great League or Ultra League. This saves you stardust and candy
- Use the ‘appraise’ feature every time you catch a new Pokemon and then ‘transfer’ the Pokemon with less than 2* or lower attack and defense. (Update: See comments below for a faster approach. A big time saver)
- Using the ‘Binap berry’ gives you more candies (e.g. 6 instead of 3) for each Pokemon caught using the berry.
- Always throw curve balls. 20 additional XP every throw is better.
- Don’t waste raid passes to complete special research tasks that asks you to Battle in raids X times. You can achieve this by using your low CP Pokémon to battle X different times in a solo raid before the time runs out while using just 1 raid pass.
- Do transfer Community Day shiny Pokémon that are 0* and 1* except you want to trade them. This saves you Pokémon storage space.
- Any Pokémon you have checked will be facing you, the ones you still need to check will be looking elsewhere.
- Stop throwing berries away. Instead, put your Pokémon in gyms and feed them (and that of other trainers) the berries. Feeding Pokémon berries in gyms gives stardust.
- Do not purify 3* Pokémon
- Do not buy Poké balls. If you run out of them, go spin Poké Stops or open gifts to get balls.
- Do not waste Rare Candy by using them on Pokémon you can easily get in the wild.
- Use the Quick Catch method every time. Turn on AR mode to make the catch process even faster.
- Shiny legendaries from raids have 100% catch rate. Use Pinap berry for more candy.
Now that you are here, comment below with the things you wish you knew earlier in Pokémon GO.
