‘Pokemon GO' Update: To Catch More Gen 2 Pokemon, Gamers Must Keep On Spinning

When Niantic updated “Pokemon GO” by the release of Gen 2 Pokemon, it turned out some of the pocket monsters need special and rare evolution to reach their highest potential. However, it is hard to acquire these special items. To get the Metal Coat, Sun Stone or Upgrade, there is an element of luck, based on drop rates of the evolutionary items.

Seventh Day Visits Bonus

One strategy to get those rare items during the gamer’s seventh day bonus by regular visits to PokeStops. Visiting a PokeStop would have daily bonuses that come with a lot of items. On the seventh day, “Pokemon GO” players would likely encounter King’s Rock or Dragon Scale, Tech.Mic reports.

Another reason to keep on spinning PokeStops is some “Pokemon GO” players receive special items even before the seventh day of consecutive visits. The pre-seventh day special items could be the result of luck or using special tricks, although MobilenApps stresses encountering evolution times remain a rare thing. Based on information from Ranked Boost, chances of encountering special items is only 0.15 percent.

Keys To Unlocking Evolution Items

Forbes notes that these evolution items are needed to unlock the final forms of specific Pokemon, with most tried to a Gen 1 monster. To evolve Kingdra, Dragon Scale is needed, and to evolve Porygon2, Upgrade is needed. For Politoed and Sloking to evolve, King’s Rock is needed, while for Bellosom and Sunflora, Sunstone is needed, and to evolve Steelix and Scizoe, Metal Coat is needed.

The data show that after more than 23,000 spins on 23,000 PokeStops of “Pokemon GO,” RankedBoost only encountered eight Sun Stones, four Dragon Scales, six King’s Rock, nine Metal Coats, and six Upgrades. The probability of encountering these eight special items ranges from a very low of 0.02 percent to a low of 0.3 percent.

Slash Gear suggests to automatically get special items, “Pokemon GO” players must have their own Pokemon GO+ accessory which turns the appearance of PokeStops into automatic spins, simplifying the search for the special items. This trick is the result of the work of some young engineers who removed the vibration motor out of the device, taking away the ability to get a notification when a PokeStop is nearby and available or when one shows up. Admittedly, the method is a cheat.