Four Pokemon Go Hacks For Beginners

Edited by Caroline Ryan | Sep 19, 2024 | Virtual Location

Eight years have passed since Pokemon Go was first released, but there is still new blood coming into the game each day. But how can they compete with experienced old players? Don’t worry, with the knowledge of the Pokemon Go hacks introduced in the following text, you are going to catch up in no time!

Part 1. What Are Hacks in Pokemon Go

Pokemon Go hacks here are used to refer to usually unofficial apps or techs that can help the player to better enjoy the game, including location spoofing (that’s called “fly” in the play community), Individual Value revealer, shiny Pokemon scanner and auto catching devices.

Part 2. Hack 1 - How to Spoof in Pokemon Go

Pokemon Go is a location-based game and the core gameplay strongly links to the players’ movement in real life. Normally, without moving, the only thing you can do is catching Pokemon that happens to spawn around you, spin a Pokestop, or Battle a gym if there is one within your reach. Without the miles, your Pokemon eggs won’t hatch and you cannot get new Pokemon, which will drastically undermine the gameplay. So the first game hack introduced will be location spoofing. With the correct spoofer chosen, you can fly wherever you want without actually moving a toe. See AnyCoord, by which you can:

For using AnyCoord to modify location in the game, check the guide below.

Step 1. Connect your phone to the computer and open AnyCoord, click Start.

Step 2. Choose Modify Location and wait for the map to initiate.

Step 3. Click Sync to device, and click on map or type in the search bar your destination.

Step 4. Click Modify. Now check your map on the phone, you’ve successfully teleported! You can try other modes for more features by selecting modes from the top toolbar, enjoy!

Pokemon Go GPS spoofing can save you lots of time, grand you chances to catch Pokemon in regions you cannot be in real life, and save you the fees of buying remote raid passports. But you should use it with caution and use a less important account to try risky movement. Using a hacked version of Pokemon Go can reduce the probability of being banned for using spoofers, and may let you bypass some errors.

Part 3. Hack 2 - IV Revealer

Besides catching Pokemon, raising and battling Pokemon are also important elements of Pokemon games. If you are a busy collector, you’ll soon find yourself running out of Pokeballs and bag space, which you can only attain by trading in the shop with Poke coins. This is the time you should pay attention to raising Pokemon instead of collecting them for battling in gyms is nearly the only way to get Poke coins. As for which one to raise? IV revealers will give you the answers.

When we say IV revealers, we don’t mean a particular site or app, but all that carries the function of revealing the IV of Pokemon in Pokemon Go. IV stands for Individual Values, which is added to the Pokemon’s Species Value to form the status of a particular Pokemon. Because Pokemon of the same species share the same species value, IV becomes the standard of evaluating whether a Pokemon is worth keeping or investing for its kind. In Pokemon Go, each Pokemon would have three kinds of IV: HP, Atack, and Defense. You can use the built-in appraise function in the game and judge roughly the IVs of a Pokemon from their words, but to know the exact value for further consideration, you’ll need the help of an outside IV revealer. For example, apps like Pokegenie or websites like Pokemon IV Calculator. By the way, if you choose to use one, pay attention to their latest update time for the IV calculation formula has been changed in 2018 and if the app/website still uses the old one the result won’t be correct.

Part 4. Hack 3 - Shiny Scanner

Shiny Pokemon are Pokemon with patterns or colors that are different from how they usually look. Beware not to confuse the shiny difference with gender/regional features. Shiny Pokemon have no special moves or high statistics, but they are very rare to catch. Pokemon Go, compared to other Pokemon games, has a simpler battle and raise system, and a much higher chance to spawn shiny Pokemon. But even though, it is hard to encounter the one you want.

The good news is that Pokemod has recently launched a new feature that can scan shiny Pokemon for you. It can also scan for Dittos, Legendary and Mythical Pokemon, XXL, and XXS Pokemon nearby. However, this app only works on rooted Androids. So if you are not an Android phone user, or not planning on rooting your Android phone, this hack may be hard to practice. But hey, at least you know the tech is possible now, so may be we can all be able to use it one day. Just remember to keep an eye out for it.

Part 5. Hack 4 - Auto-catching

Auto-catching sounds like one of those pokemon go cheats but it is actually not considered as one, at least from the official perspective. Up to now, the owner of the Pokemon IP, Nintendo, has granted sales of several wearable auto-catching devices like Pokemon Go Plus, Pokeball Plus, and Pokemon Go Plus+, the latest one being released in 2023 as also the assistant device for Pokemon Sleep, a phone app. If you have any of those devices, you can connect them via Bluetooth on your phone and bind them to your account in Pokemon Go. And when you are wearing them while opening the Pokemon Go app, they will automatically catch the Pokemon you’ve encountered along the way. Poke Go Plus and Pokeball Plus can only throw Pokeballs, but Pokemon Go Plus+ supports throwing superballs and ultraballs.

Another choice of auto-catcher device is from the Go-tcha series, including Go-tcha, Go-tcha Ranger, and Go-tcha Evolve. Those three are all watch-like devices and can track your steps.

Part 6. FAQs

• 1What is bad about hacked Pokémon?

  Since the game contains PVP elements, advantages brought by hacks may create unfairness. Also, you may get banned if you use them directly in the official app.

• 2Will I get banned if I hack Pokémon Go?

  You may get banned if you hack Pokemon Go. It depends on what kind of hacks you are using and in what frequency. If you are just using an auto-catcher, then hardly anyone can find out, you’ll be safe. But if you want to spoof in the official app, the suggestion is that don’t do so.

• 3Is there a way to know if a Pokémon is hacked?

  Check the Pokemon info. If it’s met at LV100 or LV0, then it’s hacked. Or if you get a legendary/auras Pokemon for a really low price, even for free, then there is a high possibility that it is a hacked Pokemon.

Conclusion

This article introduces 4 mainly used Pokemon Go hacks: spoofing, IV revealing, shiny scanning, and auto-catching. By combining them smartly, a new player can quickly catch up to the experienced players in level, amount of Pokemon, and battle abilities.

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