The increased effectiveness of Incense and the addition of Remote Raid Passes make the game much easier to interact with for many players and Niantic is trying to find the best way to continue engaging player groups who have enjoyed these variations on the Pokemon GO experience. To build on those changes, Niantic just announced two new tests that will offer select groups of players new experiences with encounters and in the game’s shop.
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The test aims to offer select groups of trainers a daily guaranteed Pokemon encounter thanks to some special Incense provided by Professor Willow and a Daily Free box of items from the game’s shop. At a daily rate, it seems like the items would have to be pretty low-powered or in very small quantities. We’d expect something similar to the contents of a Gift.
“In our continued efforts to adapt Pokémon GO’s gameplay to individual settings, we’re excited to announce that we’ll be testing two features: daily guaranteed Pokémon encounters and Daily Free Boxes.”
Daily guaranteed Pokémon encounters
A limited group of Trainers will soon get a special visit from Professor Willow! If you’re part of this test, he’ll tell you that he’s been working on a special kind of Incense. This Incense won’t appear in your Item Bag, but it’ll be active after Professor Willow gives it to you, attracting a Pokémon once a day that’ll appear only for you. Be sure to check the game every day to see what Pokémon will appear!
Daily Free Boxes in the shop
Soon, a small number of Trainers will be able to receive a free box of items daily in the shop! If you’re part of this test, the Shop button will display a notification when a Daily Free Box is available. To get your Daily Free Box, simply go to the shop and claim the box in the Free section. The box will contain different items each time, so be sure to claim your Daily Free Box every day to see what items you get!
We will be rolling these features out over the coming months to more Trainers, so keep an eye out for updates.
For now, players may want to keep hunting down the best Unova Pokemon in the game if improving their Battle Raid rosters is their primary goal. Be sure to check back in the near future for more Pokemon GO strategy guides, news, and updates. Until then, good luck out there, trainers!
Pokemon GO is available now in select regions on Android and iOS devices.
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