‘Pokemon GO’ Latest News: New Ways of Hatching Eggs; Distance Tier vs Rarity Tiers Explained

Newbie 'Pokemon GO' players tend to get too excited about getting eggs in the game and mounting them right away on their incubators. This is because they are hoping for a Gyarados or a Snorlax to pop out after walking for quite some time. While this is an exciting feature, it has to be used in the right manner to get the best results. Fortunately, there are some dedicated players who are gracious enough to give out tips on how to take advantage of eggs for maximum benefit.

'Pokemon GO' dedicated community The Silph Road says that egg species are determined according to hidden rarity factors that players might confuse for distance tiers. This only means that it does not hold true all the time that all 10 km eggs are rarer and produce better Pokemon than 2km eggs. A very good example of this would be Dratini, which is very common to find in 10km eggs.

This conclusion came after months of research on "Pokemon GO" where gamers observed several changes to the egg species distribution. After collecting 5,945 eggs before the launch of Gen II, they found out that the average hatch rate in every group of common, uncommon, rare, ultra rare almost flawlessly follows a ratio of 1:2:4:8. With this ratio, researchers examined known periods of changes to egg rarity to see where the rarity tiers held -- only to find out that they actually do.

On a Reddit thread, they say that these rarity tiers explain why Dratini, currently classified as common, can hatch just as much as any other species. This is even more than a lot of 2km or 5km egg species. This also explains the significant differences in frequency in the many possibilities in the hatching posts. This marks a major breakthrough in "Pokemon GO" research. That said, many previous rumors can now be put to rest.

Now that the confusion has been cleared regarding distance and rarity tiers being directly proportional in "Pokemon GO," players have better chances of using this knowledge for their best interest. Thanks to the people who put in the time and effort, as well as wasted eggs and incubators, to come up with this conclusion. While there are still other factors to explore, knowing this could already improve chances of catching rarer Pokemon.