Pokémon GO made its official debut on smartphones and other mobile devices in the summer of 2016. When it did, it instantly became a massive cultural hit all across the world. Multiple generations of fans both new and old came together to download the app and play. Millions upon millions of Pokémon GO players appeared in just about every city, walking around through many destinations, trying to catch them all. It got so crazy, that businesses started catering their marketing towards Pokémon GO players, and law enforcers had to be extra proactive in making sure players don’t trespass into private properties. For a few months, Pokémon GO became an even bigger cultural phenomenon than when the franchise first started with Pokémon Red and Blue. While Niantic’s greatest success isn’t as popular now as it was two years ago, Pokémon GO is still actively played by millions every day.
Pokémon GO first started out with the original 151 (minus legendaries) generation of Pokémon, since then, the 2nd and 3rd generation has made their way into the app, with the 4th generation coming soon. There are also Alolan Pokémon from Pokémon Sun and Moon present as well. While the goal may be to catch them all, some of the Pokémon are literal🦋ly impossible, or at least very difficult to catch, whether if they are regional Pokémon or they are not current꧙ly active in raid battles.
Pokémon GO also has a level up system for trainers, going up to level 40 as the max level. The problem is, to get to level 40 you would have to accumulate an overall total of 20,000,000 XP. As astounding as that number is, there are ways you can reach it quickly in Pokémon GO.
So let’s charge our phones, bring multiple portable chargers, and look th💖rough Pokémon that are i▨mpossible to find as well as tricks that will help you reach level 40.
30 Impossible To Catch: You💜'll Want To Literally Travel The World To Catch These
If you have a goal to catch every Pokémon in the Pokédex, you'll have to be very ambitious. Certain Pokémon can only be obtained in specific regions of th♋e world. Among the original generation of Pokémon, there are four who are region specific.
Farfetch'd are found in Eastern Asia, Kangaskhan in Australia, Mr. Mime in Europe, and Tauros in the West.
For many players, this exclusivity may destroy their hopes. On the flip side, these Pokémon seem to be fitting for each of their respective regions. You'll be lucky to meet someone who has more tha🗹n one.
29 🥀 Leveling Up Fast: Traveling To N꧟ew Places Helps
In a similar method to the previous entry about spinning Pokéstops, you can also get a nice bonus if you spin 10 new Pokéstops in a row. This situation is best when you are exploring a new area that is littered with Pokéstops like a major city. Spinning 10 new Pokéstops in a row will yield at least 500 experience points. Pokémon GO gives a lot ꦐof incentives to travel the world with Pokéstops as well as regional exclusives.
28 Impossib🐷le To Catch: The Painter Pokémon Is Now🔜here To Be Found
While the second generation of Pokémon has been available in Pokémon GO for some time now, there is one noticeable absen✤ꦆce in a very unique Pokémon. Smeargle is known as a painter Pokémon who uses its tail to paint.
However, in Pokémon GO, Smeargle has yet to be seen anywhere.
This may be due to its unique move sketch. In traditional games, sketch was used to permanently copy a move that is used in battle. That move would stay with Smeargle until you delete it for another sketch move (Smeargle learns sketch every 10 levels). Since Pokémon GO does not feature normal battles, it may have been difficult to implement Sm𒊎eargle properly.
27 𒊎 ℱ Leveling Up Fast: Spending Money Helps
While it is certainly a sensitive topic in the video game industry, players do have the option of micro-transactionsܫ by purchasing Pokécoins to use to buy Lucky Eggs. Lucky Eggs double the XP gained in a 30 minute time window, but they aren't very common. Sometimes you ge🥃t them through Pokéstops or gyms, other times by leveling up. If players are willing to invest real money into the app then you can get a healthy quantity of Lucky Eggs that will last for a while.
26 Impossible To Catch: No Wonder Guard For You Just Yet 🌱
There are quite a few Pokémon like Smeargle that have been skipped likely due to balancing or technical issues. Another example of this is an evolution of Nincada, Shedinja. Shedinja was uniquely obtained in traditional games by evolving Nincada with an empty space available in your party. Obviously, you don't necessarily carry a party of Pokémon in Pokémon GO so it is unsure if Niantic will stay true to that eꦆvolution.
Additionally, Shedinja is the only Pokémon in existence with the ability Wonder Guard. Wonder Guard protects Shedinja from all direct attacks that would not be super effective against it. With the battle system the way it is in Pokémon GO, it would make Shedinja's ability very broken, simply tapping it won't do any damage, even then you'll still have to have a Pokémon with a move that can🙈 beat a bug/ghost type.
25 Leveling Up Fast:꧒ Evolve In Bu🐎nches
Once you catch enough Pokémon and earn enough of that species' candy pieces, you'll probablꦯy want to evolve as soon as you can. However, if you hold off, there's a more efficient way to do it.
Instead if you waited until you obtained a Lucky Egg, you could evolve all of your Pokémon at once after using a Lucky Egg.
This especially works best for Pokémon withꦍ two-stage evolutions like Charmander to Charizard. Wait until you 🥃have 125 candies and evolve to the mid-stage, then evolve to the final stage. If this is a new species, you'll earn 1,000 for each evolution.
24 ℱ Impossible To Catch: Heracross And Corsola Are Region Exc🍒lusive
It seems like each generation of Pokémon will feature at least a couple crꦜeatures that can only be found in certain regions. For the second generation, only two Pokémon are region exclusive.
Heracross is found in South and Central America, as well as Florida and Texas. Corsola is only found in areas near the Equator.
If you live in Texas, Florida, Mexico, and the northern part of South America, you would be in luck as those are areas that should contain both region excl🌃usives.
23 Leveling Up Fast: The Bett꧋er The Gym, The Better The Spin 🧸
Pokémon gyms can be a valuable asset in earning XP. Gyms eventually started to become extra Pokéstop spins. Much like the basic Pokéstops, spinning at gyms can earn you multiple items as well as XP.💦 Gyms actually earn more XP than regular 🍸Pokéstops, especially if gyms are occupied by the same team you are a part of.
Additionally, the stronger the gym, the more XP you'll gain froꦇm a spin. The best case scenario is spinning a gold-friendly gym, which will earn you 125 XP. A noticeable difference compared to the standard 50 XP.
22 🌱 Impossible To Find: Good Luc🐻k Filling Out The Unown Alphabet
Unown is a Pokémon that ha🐭s 28 different forms, one for each letter of the alphabet as well as a ? and !. Simply trying to catch 🃏any Unown form is difficult as it is one of the rarest spawns in Pokémon GO. They typically spawn in areas during major gaming and entertainment related events like E3 and Comic-Con. Even then they are still hard to track down. Additionally, only one form will appear, making the idea of catching all 28 sound ridiculously impossible. Luckily you only need just one form to fill out its Pokédex entry.
21 Leveling Up Fast: Become The ♏Best Pokémon Brღeeder You Can
Breeding has been a staple in Pokémon games since Pokémon Gold and Silver. It's not fully implemented in Pokémon GO as you don't need to pair two Pokémon together. Instead, you'll receive random eggs through Pokéstop spins. ♎Eggs have a varying amount of kilometers needed to be walked in order to hatch the eggs. The higher the amount, the rarer the Pokémon could be.
Once you hatch an egg, you'll get 100 XP per Kilometer. The best way to keep hatching eggs is to have multiple 🔯incubators to place them🌌 in. Plus, you'll get more if you hatch a Pokémon you've never had before. That way, you can be hatching multiple eggs a day and earn a ton of XP.