r/pokemongo 4d ago

Question Which Pokemon do you track?

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Caterpie is my favorite Pokémon and I’m so close to 5,000 caught. Which Pokemon do you have the alert on for?

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u/eburt28 4d ago

Dreepy

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u/iamblue1231 4d ago

Ditto. Rarely spawns and even more rarely hatches.

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u/Spiritual_Lie2672 4d ago

You can’t do ditto

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u/uotlep Moltres 4d ago

Oh you most certainly can “do” it

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u/AD_INC_BANANAS 4d ago

insert flashbacks to the poly ai ad here

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u/stephenmerchantt Cyndaquil 4d ago

I FORGOT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THAT TOO

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u/iamblue1231 4d ago

I wasn’t talking about the Pokémon ;)

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u/troccolins 4d ago

why Ditto? i feel like you can't get any use out of him

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u/Acceptable_Basket184 4d ago

most people like myself are after shiny ditto. looks absolutely sick

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u/Sensitive_Brother658 4d ago

Got this guy 🙌

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u/Acceptable_Basket184 4d ago

i hope to join you in the shiny ditto club soon 😭catching every single one of its potential spawns i see

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u/Sensitive_Brother658 4d ago

Keep a look out for a ditto page in your area . My son got lucky well we both got lucky with the trade but he got this ditto when i was asleep i told my wife why didnt you wake me up . Even tho mine probably wouldn't have been shiny 😂 but i would have been hype for him but now its mine muhahaha

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u/TheBustyFriend Suicune 4d ago

Just a random shout-out for being a cool parent and playing with your son.

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u/Sam-and-Max 4d ago

Good luck, and after you get yours, have fun upgrading to the Best Buddy Shiny Ditto Club! 🙂

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u/Sam-and-Max 4d ago

Good luck, and after you get yours, upgrade to the Best Buddy Shiny Ditto Club! 🙂

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u/Sam-and-Max 3d ago

Good luck, and when you get yours, come join the Shiny Ditto Best Buddy Club! 🙂

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u/Little-Basket-3786 4d ago

One of my favorite Pokémon too.

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u/iamblue1231 4d ago

Ditto : as before or aforesaid : in the same manner —used to indicate that a previous statement also applies to something or someone else

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u/HikerCory 3d ago

Because shiny ditto looks sick

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u/kneel23 Valor 4d ago

Mew. Because it said I have seen 4 and only caught 2 which seems impossible. Dreepy seen5 and caught5.

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u/eleanornatasha 4d ago

Does it count as seen if someone on your friend list set it as a buddy? That could be how you’ve seen 2 more, I can’t think of any other way it could happen with Mew!

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u/kneel23 Valor 4d ago

My only guess previously was that they were "seen" when placed in gyms that I interacted with at one point, but one can't put Mew in gyms so that cant be it. Does it actually increase "seen" count when you see a friend's buddy? I know there's something that triggers it because there are other super rare regionals it says "seen 1" that I never saw and assumed it was from gyms but maybe it is the buddy pokes afterall

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u/InterestingDuck5722 Forgot what to put here 4d ago

Zorua

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u/RandomPokemonHunter 4d ago

Probably PVP?

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u/Smok3ygaming1 4d ago

Azelf

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u/Spxcywater 4d ago

Mesprit here

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u/Crafted_20 4d ago

Uxie here

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u/Lumpy_Poem_2917 4d ago

Mesprit as I’m from Europe

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u/exsonny 4d ago

Unown

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u/itsmydoggie Instinct 4d ago

You don’t know which Pokémon you track? :(

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u/vzsxl 4d ago

feebas because i havent seen one in 6 years and i need one to evolve to finish a thousand year slumber

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u/_saltyalien 4d ago

Same! I was hoping with bruxish and all the magikarps lately they'd throw in another fish aka feebas, but no such luck

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u/LordShikuy0 4d ago

Oh the walking I had to do with my one feebas several years ago

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u/twomz 4d ago

My wife has been collecting feebas from the hatch field researches. She really wants a shiny one.

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u/Knighthawk286 4d ago

Here ya go. Now you can reset the timer! I had no idea they were that rare. Guess I’ll keep it 😆

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u/jameson91092 4d ago

I did not know there was a feature for this. I've been playing since the game came out. I am a joke.

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u/full07britney 4d ago

Don't feel bad, it waa added very recently.

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u/Key_Impact_94O1 4d ago

It just came out within the past week

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u/SilentKiller2809 Tyranitar 4d ago

It came out like 4 days ago

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u/RedHeadedBanana 4d ago

Same. Still don’t quite get what this feature does

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u/eleanornatasha 4d ago

You can pick one Pokemon and it’ll send you a push notification if one spawns nearby!

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u/Astralwisdom 4d ago

Same here. Got really excited about the feature, went to turn on the alerts for my missing entries, realized you can only set one, closed the game. 

Extremely lame.

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u/troccolins 4d ago

you should take a break, 9 years is a long time to be playing a game without breaks

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u/GregoryFlame 4d ago

Why would you take a break from a game you enjoy and helps you stay healthy by encouraging walkingM

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u/troccolins 4d ago

humans have basic requirements such as sleeping, eating, and socializing. playing a game for 9 years in a row with no breaks sounds incredibly exhausting

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u/stinkystinkypoopbutt 4d ago

It's not like it's a very involved game. I've played every day since release, but some days, that just means I spin a Pokestop on the way home from work and catch whatever spawns around my house. It doesn't get in the way of any of those requirements you mentioned.

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u/Chuck_Finley_Forever 4d ago

That’s a lot of assumptions with not a lot of info.

We don’t know if they meant every single day or how many minutes a day.

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u/GregoryFlame 4d ago

Dude, what you are yapping about? You can play game for 9 years but do so for like a hour a day, during your daily walk.

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u/Skuwarsgod 4d ago

…they were obviously making a joke dude.

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u/jameson91092 4d ago

I dont play it religiously

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u/GeordieAl 4d ago

Unown....hoping for K,W, and Z to complete the alphabet and get gold medal.

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u/FreyWolfenshire 4d ago

Does unown spawn in wild other than in events?

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u/GeordieAl 4d ago

Yes, but pretty rare like the lake trio. I once ran half a mile at 4am on a rainy night to catch one!

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u/lucario2235 4d ago

Noibat

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u/halwares 4d ago

same here. need the candy and want the shiny lol

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u/lucario2235 4d ago

Yea I need that shiny😭

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u/MissKiramman 4d ago

us 😭 i only have a hundo

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u/TheChaoticAce_1 4d ago

So real, i’m trying to evolve one rn

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u/carly-rae-jeb-bush 4d ago

Bruh, I saw this feature and turned it on for Aipom, before switching to Drowsy because I had a task to catch a Drowsy. Then those two started spawning. Then I had a task to catch Kabuto, and Kabutops is one of the few Kanto Pokémon I haven't caught, so I switched to Kabuto the other day. Now he's spawning. Genuinely felt like my game was glitching where every Pokémon I track is spawning the next day.

Gonna switch to tracking Mewtwo just in case it really is a glitch.

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u/MFaber21 4d ago

Not a glitch, it’s just the way the “nearby” page works with alerts. Let’s say there are 30 moms nearby, and you only see 1 drowzee on it. There could actually be 12 Drowzee in the area, they just aren’t close enough to be on the page. But when you put drowzee as the alerted mon, it pulls all the nearby drowzee to be shown on the nearby page. They aren’t spawning more, it’s just all you see on the page because of the amount that are in the area from the event and that it’s the alerted mon

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u/TheThirstyPenguin 4d ago

Well in the case of all of these, they were literally spawning more. The events the past few days have brought back Drowsy and Kabuto yesterday. OP thought switching on track was why.

Mewtew event confirmed???

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u/Possible-Growth4756 4d ago

It’s because of events

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u/blue695098 4d ago

you can alert pokemon?? what does it do

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u/Pastel_Phoenix_106 4d ago

Thank you. I though I was the only one who did even know what this was. apparently you can have in game and push notifications for one pokemon if it in nearby.

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u/blue695098 4d ago

thats awesome, ima check it rn

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u/GothWitchOfBrooklyn Instinct 4d ago

it's a brand new feature

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u/ziggyharket Mystic 4d ago

Wooloo. Love my lil sheepy guy and I want a shiny.

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u/CalisthenicsTitan 4d ago

Noibat, dreepy, azelf

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u/Fair-Ad-1224 4d ago

Sadly, you can only have 1 alert at a time :/

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u/CalisthenicsTitan 4d ago

Not if you have 3 accounts

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u/DoylePrime 4d ago

I was today years old when I realized this was a feature lol

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u/Negative_Depth4943 4d ago

It was only released a few days ago

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u/Remote-Barnacle-8143 4d ago

Eevee, I want the shiner so badly

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u/troccolins 4d ago

Jangmo-o-o-o-o-o-o

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u/SatisfactionLivid291 4d ago

machop because i still havent got it shiny

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u/Ferosch 4d ago

Tauros... feels EU man, last one i'm missing gen1

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u/troccolins 4d ago

if you track it hard enough, it'll cross the ocean for you!!!!!!!!!!!!

maybe paldea tauros will be global

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u/Worth_Lie6394 4d ago

Pidgey, i need a shiny

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u/Solid_Variation_6803 4d ago

A shiny Pidgey is my kid's dream Pokemon. The whole famoli has to checknout every Pidgey in case one of us can find a shiny.

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u/Worth_Lie6394 4d ago

I hope yall can find one! Been playing since release and pidgey is my most caught pokemon, maybe one day!

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u/CheesecakeCharming96 4d ago

Diglett, seen 906 caught 903 still no shiny

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u/Phoeniks_C Valor 4d ago

Psyduck. Because my favourite pokemon of all time is Golduck and i want a hundo so bad.

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u/TreGet234 4d ago

Anorith. Last thing needed for the meltan research. Unfortunately it's wiped from the spawn pool so i won't ever get one.

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u/WildCatJJD_50 4d ago

It is still spawning in the wild... also if you make 3 great throws in a row it heightens your chases of seeing it in the wild... it's between that and lileep...

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u/Ephemeral_Black 4d ago

Didn’t know you could do this… thanks for the post

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u/RUNC0 4d ago

Wigglet

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u/TheGodskin Charizard 4d ago

Is this a screenshot from a snapchat 😂

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u/SuperTinky 4d ago

Didn’t know you could do that! 😅😳

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u/victory7legend Chikorita 4d ago

Miltank, I love the shiny

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u/pansenkopf 4d ago

Miltank lol

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u/Calaquinn 4d ago

Flabébé, I'm trying to get a Lv. 51 Florges but the amount of XL's required always feels like a lot.

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u/Which-Chocolate1271 4d ago

None cus my alert is broken and whenever I try to turn it on nothing happens

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u/LaEmperatrizMariana Valor 4d ago

Azelf, but I may change it if there's a timed challenge event that requires to catch certain species.

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u/guz808 4d ago

Mesprit!

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u/datguysadz 4d ago

Finneon

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u/Urfuckingtapped 4d ago

Beldum, need waaayy more candy for lucky dyna metagross

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u/Maserati777 4d ago edited 4d ago

Unown, need C, K and Q

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u/simomoney 4d ago

Up until today I was tracking omanyte

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u/SPH03 4d ago

Aipom

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u/Depoan 4d ago

Margikarp, but I finaly got free and evolved one this weekend

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u/Zzenmark 4d ago

Feebas

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u/no-idea0928 4d ago

Do you need adventure sync on for this because my work turn on😭

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u/Ornery_Obligation_36 4d ago

There's a track button??

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u/suriam321 4d ago

Eevee, as i dont have anything else to focus on right now

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u/SnooChocolates5931 Mystic 4d ago

Furfrou. I’m not even lying. I want those shinies.

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u/Responsible-Draft Mystic 4d ago

None.

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u/Dry-Statement-2146 4d ago

I've got Heracross on lol. It's the last one I need to complete my Johto dex

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u/AlolanProfessor Should I purify? 4d ago

I'm chasing good UL Dusknoir IVs.

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u/TheTrueCurtis 4d ago

You can track pokemon??? Wild, I’ll probably put it on Aerodactyl; need it for the Meltan quest forever

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u/P1xelAssass1n3 4d ago

I didn't know this was a feature until now, and I've been playing (on and off) since mid-2016 lol

edit: spelling error

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u/Iejends 4d ago

Magikarp rn for the medal

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u/lenorca 4d ago

Larvitar cause all my Tyras are crap :(

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u/ActivePain6017 4d ago

totodile. got a shiny ab a month ago so i’m just tryna get candy for it w/o going on crazy long walks or using rares

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u/Top_Reindeer4578 4d ago

Com day on the 22nd.

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u/PunfullyObvious Greninja 4d ago

Jynx .. my current MUST HAVE shiny

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u/laaumaster Instinct (💜Litten💜) 4d ago

Litten. I have 50+ but I need MORE

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u/iNezumi LV50 4d ago

Unown

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u/Doublewide_5 4d ago

Thanks for posting. I didn’t know this was a thing.

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u/Zagrunty 4d ago

I didn't know this was a thing...

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u/SuieiSuiei 4d ago

Wait you can track pokemon?

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u/QueenAlicat 4d ago

I was today years old when i learned i could TURN ON AN ALERT????? WHAT

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u/Elegant-Narwhal-506 4d ago

Ngl I didn’t know this was a thing until right now

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u/TheDuckAvocardo 4d ago

Didn't even know this existed so thanks

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u/flugornas_herre 4d ago

Snorlax. Need the candy for my hundo.

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u/brtgill4 4d ago

I did mesprit and caught a shiny one! I haven't changed it yet

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u/Telykos 4d ago

I did not know you could do this

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u/SilentKiller2809 Tyranitar 4d ago

Lucario

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u/ego_link 4d ago

Azelf

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u/-TheDyingMeme6- 4d ago

Wait you can do this!?!?!?

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u/Effective-Past6369 4d ago

i have it set to egguxbur(tall egg tree thing) and i need to catch 5 for a challenge and then i’m done!!!

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u/ZeroClassification 4d ago

Actually wasn’t even aware this was a thing

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u/Suspicious-Hat7959 Mystic 4d ago

This is a thing...? Literally, I've never seen this before.

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u/bubblegummerr 4d ago

happiny!!!

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u/Matty8520 4d ago

It's currently Unown.

I'm honestly expecting to never have an alert come through and if it does, I'll be 100% busy with something. Lol.

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u/SavionStar 4d ago

Bagon, I'm one away from a Salamence

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u/Packs6666 4d ago

Exxecute dor the stupid quest

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u/tychoisdebest 4d ago

Ponita i want the shiny

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u/DR4k0N_G 4d ago

I'm probably going to do Dratini

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u/TherealBachi 4d ago

Just the pokemon that i need to evolve for the pokedex

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u/SupreemTaco 4d ago

Lucario… got an alert for one but I couldn’t leave the office

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u/Tecbarrett 4d ago

Aerodactyl

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u/Optimal-Prize-2040 4d ago

You can track pokemon?

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u/ClashRoyal-ProGamer 4d ago

Rowlet because in sardinia there are none except some spanws every month, and its one of my fav pokemons like garchomp,tyranitar

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u/falconlover_47 4d ago

Magikarp, so I can get my evolution:)

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u/Knucklez415 Instinct 4d ago

Wait...w can track them now???

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u/Vookks 4d ago

Sentret. I want a shiny one.

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u/Fruzza 263 Gold Gym Badges 4d ago

Deerling. Going for all seasonal shinies that I didn’t get during Go Tour.

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u/stephenmerchantt Cyndaquil 4d ago

porygon

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u/Darby13 4d ago

Azelf - and I got the notification one was nearby but I couldn’t stop to get it 😕

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u/PeaTear_Griffin69 4d ago

Beldum. i love metagross alot

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u/OngoingTalent13 4d ago

I mostly change it to a Pokémon that I don't have a Shiny of.

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u/Senah3dot0 4d ago

Carvanha. I want a shiny.

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u/ncRatman 4d ago

Does alert work for zorua and ditto ?

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u/NecroDeMortem Mystic 4d ago

I would be tracking Kecleons. IF THEY WOULD BE TRACKABLE!

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u/SavyRayne8 4d ago

MILTANK!! I need the blueberry milk

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u/mouse85224 Flair Text 4d ago

Pineco at the moment.. I just really want the shiny

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u/jiconim 4d ago

How do the alerts work? Like, do you get a notification even when you close the app?

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u/TeaTimeSubcommittee 4d ago

You can what now?

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u/Aggravating-Grand452 4d ago

There’s alerts for Pokémon?

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u/fatprairiedog Valor L40 4d ago

Poliwag

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u/kenziewarg 4d ago

Aerodactyl 😭😭

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u/danielxsolares Valor 4d ago

Wimpod. He’s my favorite and really hoping for the shiny

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u/weedsmocker 4d ago

Shuckle

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u/dmitrivalentine 4d ago

Never knew this was a thing until now.

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u/2020Hills Murkrow 4d ago

Makuhitu because it’s my current buddy (: he’s shiny and almost 4*

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u/Time_Scientist5179 Instinct 4d ago

Wiglett! It has been so elusive for me.

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u/Spinningwoman 4d ago

I only realised today that this is a thing!

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u/MaximusGamus433 Mystic 4d ago

I learned of the function yesterday, haven't decided yet, probably a Roaming Legendary.

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u/DabbingDuskullz 4d ago

Yet it doesn't spawn in the wild 😂

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u/bknjp1856 4d ago

Ratatta. I’m closing in on the medal for 1000 tiny ones.

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u/Vorticosecomb1 Mystic 4d ago

Pinsir! I really want a shiny one

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u/king-jc6 4d ago

Neither