**Getting Started with Pokémon Go**

Three aren't your cup of tea there's a hidden fourth starter Pikachu to get the iconic sidekick to appear you'll have to show a little restraint as you start the game and see Bulbasaur Charmander and Squirtle surround you ignore them walk away from the area and wait for them to relocate to your position after the fourth time Pikachu should appear with the others go ahead and tap on the newly visible Pokémon and start your capture as you walk around you'll see a small tab in the lower right corner that will display nearby Pokémon tapping this tab will open a window that shows the approximate distance you are from all possible Pokémon in the area represented by footsteps with three footsteps showing that the Pokémon is fairly far away too meaning that it's moderately nearby and one meaning that you're close.

**Discovering Nearby Pokémon**

Tapping on one of the nearby Pokémon the tab will adjust to show just that Pokémon and how far away it is if you move your smartphone around in different directions a green light will eventually flash around the white rectangle this indicates the correct direction to head to find that Pokémon as you tap and hold on your Poké Ball a colored ring will appear around the Pokémon you're trying to catch different colors denote the likelihood of catching the Pokémon with green being the easiest and red being the most difficult if the circle is yellow orange or red you can feed Razz Berries to a Pokémon to make it easier to catch.

**Using Items to Catch Pokémon**

To increase the number of Pokémon around you use Incense. Incense is a usable item that you can purchase in the Pokémon Go shop or NAB by leveling up it attracts Pokémon to you and thus increases the odds of catching a rare Pokémon it also lowers the probability of them fleeing. Lure Modules work in a similar way but need to be applied to a PokéStop in order to use them. The lures attract Pokémon to that location for 30 minutes and in doing so benefit all players in the area, so if you see a spot on your map with pink confetti like animation go there for a better chance at finding Pokémon.

**Evolving Your Pokémon**

One of the main goals of the game is to get the strongest Pokémon possible and the best way to do this is through evolution. However, it isn't easy. In order to evolve a Pokémon, you will need 25 Evite candies. Every Evite candy you catch nets you three candies and transferring them to Professor Willow grants you another so for each extra Evite you catch it transfers you get four candies meaning you'll need to catch about eight Evites in total to evolve just one Pokémon. On top of that, different Pokémon evolutions require different amounts of candies. For example, evolving a Bulbasaur into an Ivysaur requires 25 Bulbasaur candies, but evolving an Ivysaur into a Venusaur will require another 100 Bulbasaur candies.

**Gaining Experience Points**

An effective way to gain more experience points is to use Lucky Eggs. Lucky Eggs are in-game items that you receive after hitting level 9 and can also be purchased in the shop. They double the amount of experience points you collect in a span of 30 minutes. One trick you can use to level up quicker is to hold onto every type of Pokémon you catch, then activate a Lucky Egg and start evolving your common Pokémon while doing this you should also try to activate a Lure Module or Incense to catch as many Pokémon as you can, as that also doubles the amount of experience points you get.

**Joining a Team**

At level 5, you'll be able to join one of Pokémon Go's three teams: Instinct, Mystic, Blue, or Valor. Although picking a team is a binding decision which when you go with doesn't matter all that much, it does determine what team you are allied with or rivaled against.

**Challenging Gyms**

To challenge a Gym, you'll need to be close enough to the real-world location to begin a battle. Once you're in proximity to it, you'll be able to assemble a team of up to six Pokémon to battle against that Gym's team. To attack, tap your Pokémon or hold down on the screen to use a special attack, swiping left or right will also allow you to dodge the enemy's attacks. Dodging can be a bit finicky depending on your connection and even laggy at times.

**Preparing for Battle**

Over the course of a Gym battle, your Pokémon may faint or become injured before you jump into another battle. To avoid this, you want to make sure that your team is at full health by using Revives and Potions which can be found at PokéStops.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enif you've ever wanted to be the very best like no one ever was that now is your time to shine the Pokemon go game is here and it's an absolute phenomenon the goal of the augmented reality game for your smartphone is to get users out and into their neighborhoods to explore and find as many virtual pocket monsters as possible like in the classic handheld video game series you begin your adventure by picking a starter at first you'll be surrounded with the three classic starter Pokemon Bulbasaur squirtle and charmander if the original three aren't your cup of tea there's a hidden fourth starter Pikachu to get the iconic sidekick to appear you'll have to show a little restraint as you start the game and see Bulbasaur Charmander and squirtle surround you ignore them walk away from the area and wait for them to relocate to your position after the fourth time Pikachu should appear with the others go ahead and tap on the newly visible Pokemon and start your capture as you walk around you'll see a small tab in the lower right corner that will display nearby Pokemon tapping this tab will open a window that shows the approximate distance you are from all possible Pokemon in the area represented by footsteps with three footsteps showing that the Pokemon is fairly far away too meaning that it's moderately nearby and one meaning that you're close after tapping on one of the nearby Pokemon the tab will adjust to show just that Pokemon and how far away it is if you move your smartphone around in different directions a green light will eventually flash around the white rectangle this indicates the correct direction to head to find that Pokemon as you tap and hold on your pokeball a colored ring will appear around the Pokemon you're trying to catch different colors denote the likelihood of catching the Pokemon with green being the easiest and read the most difficult if the circle is yellow orange or red you can feed raspberries to a Pokemon to make it easier to catch to increase the number of Pokemon around you use incense and lure modules incense is a usable item that you can purchase in the Pokemon go shop or NAB by leveling up it attracts Pokemon to you and thus increases the odds of catching a rare Pokemon it also lowers the probability of them flee models work in a similar way but need to be applied to a pokey stop in order to use them the lures attract Pokemon to that location for 30 minutes and in doing so benefit all players in the area so if you see a spot on your map with pink confetti like animation go there for a better chance at finding Pokemon one of the main goals of the game is to get the strongest pokemon possible and the best way to do this is through evolution but it isn't easy in order to evolve say and Evie you will need 25 Evie candies every Evie you catch Nets you three candies and transferring them to Professor willow grants you another so for each extra Evie you catch it transfer you get four candies meaning you'll need to catch about 8 v's in total to evolve just one on top of that different pokemon evolutions require different amounts of candies evolving a bulbous are to an IV Tsar for example only requires 25 Bulbasaur candies however evolving an IV Tsar to a Venus are will require another 100 Bulbasaur candies these candies only come in basic pokemon varieties and are rewarded for catching any Pokemon in a particular evolutionary chain an effective way to gain more experience points is to use lucky eggs lucky eggs are in game items that you receive after hitting level 9 and can also be purchased in the shop they double the amount of experience points you collect in a span of 30 minutes one trick you can use to level up quicker is to hold on to every type of Pokemon you catch then activate a lucky egg and to begin evolving your common Pokemon while doing this you should also try to activate a lure module or incense to catch as many pokemon as you can as that also doubles the amount of experience points you get at level 5 you'll be able to join one of Pokemon goes three teams instinct yellow mystic blue or valor read although picking a team is a binding decision which when you go with doesn't matter all that much all it does is determine what Jim's you are allied with or rivaled against despite what some on the internet may have you believe these gems are currently the only way to challenge your might against other trainers Pokemon to challenge a gym you'll need to be close enough to the real world location to begin a battle once you're in proximity to it you'll be able to assemble a team of up to six Pokemon to battle against that Jim's team if it is held by a rival team to attack tap your Pokemon or hold down on the screen to use a special attack swiping left or right will also allow you to dodge the enemy's attacks dodging can be a bit finicky depending on your connection and even laggy at times over the course of a gym battle your Pokemon may faint or become injured before you jump into another battle you want to make sure that your team is at full health by using revives and potions which can be found at pogi stops at this point you've got all the info you need to begin your quest to catch them all and become the very best like no one ever was before long you'll have a cadre of high-powered Pokemon and probably a few gym captures to your nameif you've ever wanted to be the very best like no one ever was that now is your time to shine the Pokemon go game is here and it's an absolute phenomenon the goal of the augmented reality game for your smartphone is to get users out and into their neighborhoods to explore and find as many virtual pocket monsters as possible like in the classic handheld video game series you begin your adventure by picking a starter at first you'll be surrounded with the three classic starter Pokemon Bulbasaur squirtle and charmander if the original three aren't your cup of tea there's a hidden fourth starter Pikachu to get the iconic sidekick to appear you'll have to show a little restraint as you start the game and see Bulbasaur Charmander and squirtle surround you ignore them walk away from the area and wait for them to relocate to your position after the fourth time Pikachu should appear with the others go ahead and tap on the newly visible Pokemon and start your capture as you walk around you'll see a small tab in the lower right corner that will display nearby Pokemon tapping this tab will open a window that shows the approximate distance you are from all possible Pokemon in the area represented by footsteps with three footsteps showing that the Pokemon is fairly far away too meaning that it's moderately nearby and one meaning that you're close after tapping on one of the nearby Pokemon the tab will adjust to show just that Pokemon and how far away it is if you move your smartphone around in different directions a green light will eventually flash around the white rectangle this indicates the correct direction to head to find that Pokemon as you tap and hold on your pokeball a colored ring will appear around the Pokemon you're trying to catch different colors denote the likelihood of catching the Pokemon with green being the easiest and read the most difficult if the circle is yellow orange or red you can feed raspberries to a Pokemon to make it easier to catch to increase the number of Pokemon around you use incense and lure modules incense is a usable item that you can purchase in the Pokemon go shop or NAB by leveling up it attracts Pokemon to you and thus increases the odds of catching a rare Pokemon it also lowers the probability of them flee models work in a similar way but need to be applied to a pokey stop in order to use them the lures attract Pokemon to that location for 30 minutes and in doing so benefit all players in the area so if you see a spot on your map with pink confetti like animation go there for a better chance at finding Pokemon one of the main goals of the game is to get the strongest pokemon possible and the best way to do this is through evolution but it isn't easy in order to evolve say and Evie you will need 25 Evie candies every Evie you catch Nets you three candies and transferring them to Professor willow grants you another so for each extra Evie you catch it transfer you get four candies meaning you'll need to catch about 8 v's in total to evolve just one on top of that different pokemon evolutions require different amounts of candies evolving a bulbous are to an IV Tsar for example only requires 25 Bulbasaur candies however evolving an IV Tsar to a Venus are will require another 100 Bulbasaur candies these candies only come in basic pokemon varieties and are rewarded for catching any Pokemon in a particular evolutionary chain an effective way to gain more experience points is to use lucky eggs lucky eggs are in game items that you receive after hitting level 9 and can also be purchased in the shop they double the amount of experience points you collect in a span of 30 minutes one trick you can use to level up quicker is to hold on to every type of Pokemon you catch then activate a lucky egg and to begin evolving your common Pokemon while doing this you should also try to activate a lure module or incense to catch as many pokemon as you can as that also doubles the amount of experience points you get at level 5 you'll be able to join one of Pokemon goes three teams instinct yellow mystic blue or valor read although picking a team is a binding decision which when you go with doesn't matter all that much all it does is determine what Jim's you are allied with or rivaled against despite what some on the internet may have you believe these gems are currently the only way to challenge your might against other trainers Pokemon to challenge a gym you'll need to be close enough to the real world location to begin a battle once you're in proximity to it you'll be able to assemble a team of up to six Pokemon to battle against that Jim's team if it is held by a rival team to attack tap your Pokemon or hold down on the screen to use a special attack swiping left or right will also allow you to dodge the enemy's attacks dodging can be a bit finicky depending on your connection and even laggy at times over the course of a gym battle your Pokemon may faint or become injured before you jump into another battle you want to make sure that your team is at full health by using revives and potions which can be found at pogi stops at this point you've got all the info you need to begin your quest to catch them all and become the very best like no one ever was before long you'll have a cadre of high-powered Pokemon and probably a few gym captures to your name\n"