Pokémon Go’s new stage cap necessities have been leaked, with some followers saying the brand new XP whole required and a few of the extra duties concerned are too straightforward.
This week, Pokémon GO will increase the present stage 50 cap for the primary time in 5 years, permitting gamers to succeed in stage 80 for the primary time. Nonetheless, this variation includes a basic rebalancing of XP. Because of this many gamers can transfer to a lot greater ranges and earn much more XP than they should immediately attain stage 80.
After all, gamers do not simply log in and attain the end line. As within the present case, progressing to the ultimate levels of the sport (from 70 to 80, changing related duties required to go from 40 to 50) requires finishing a brand new set of extra duties. Nonetheless, these information have been compiled by followers and are stated to be pretty easy.
Final evening, a put up on the official Pokémon GO weblog listed the brand new XP necessities that can be wanted after the sport’s stage cap will increase tomorrow, October fifteenth.
XP necessities for Pokémon Go have been readjusted:
- Degree 10: 48,000 whole XP
- Degree 20: 258,000 whole XP
- Degree 30: 1,083,000 whole XP
- Degree 40: 3,953,000 whole XP
- Degree 50: 12,753,000 whole XP
- Degree 60: 34,353,000 whole XP
- Degree 70: 85,853,000 whole XP
- Degree 80: 203,353,000 whole XP
It is fascinating to check these new totals to the quantity of XP required to succeed in the sport’s stage 50 cap. At the moment, reaching stage 50 requires a lifetime whole of 176 million XP. (After the sport was balanced this week, stage 50 would require simply 12.75 million XP.) This implies the brand new stage 80 cap would require solely 27 million extra XP than the present stage 50.
It has been clear for a while that Pokémon Go’s new stage cap could be launched together with a basic rest of the sport’s total XP necessities, however hardcore followers have been stunned to find that a lot of them will as soon as once more seem in Pokémon Go’s new endgame, requiring little to no precise XP grinding.
Shifting on to those level-up duties, followers appeared on the information checklist of what they wanted and located the necessities to be pretty easy. At every stage, gamers should maintain increasingly more in-game platinum medals, which might be earned in ways in which mirror their playstyle. Some issues, like purifying 100 Shadow Pokémon, are time consuming, however with some planning, there’s nothing to carry hardcore gamers again for lengthy.
In reality, there’s additionally a palpable sense of aid amongst followers that there are no of the substitute time gates seen in different challenges thus far, equivalent to requiring Pokémon to be caught inside 30 days and delaying progress by a month.
Degree up duties for Pokémon GO ranges 71-80
- stage 71
Earn 15 platinum medals
Energy up a legendary or legendary Pokemon 20 instances
Efficiently carry out a pleasant throw 999 instances
Catch 100 Pokemon in a day - stage 72
Earn 20 platinum medals
Full a route 7 days in a row
Use tremendous efficient cost assaults 200 instances
Earn 1,000,000 Stardust - stage 73
Earn 25 platinum medals
Purify 100 Shadow Pokemon
Energy up 3 Pokemon to most CP
Win 30 raids - stage 74
Earn 30 platinum medals
Degree up Max Transfer 20 instances
Discover 200km
Full 250 area analysis duties
- stage 75
Earn 34 platinum medals
Efficiently carry out Nice Throws 999 instances
Hatch 75 eggs
Ship 500 presents to mates - stage 76
Earn 38 platinum medals
Defeat 100 Workforce GO Rocket bosses
Discover 300km
Catch 200 Pokemon in a day - stage 77
Earn 41 platinum medals
Win 100 most battles
Energy up 7 Pokemon to most CP
Trade 10 instances with Pokemon caught over 300km away. - stage 78
Earn 44 platinum medals
Earn 400 hearts together with your buddy
Discover 400km
Full 500 area analysis duties - stage 79
Earn 47 platinum medals
Defeat Workforce GO Rocket chief 30 instances
Acquire 50 fortunate Pokemon by buying and selling
hatch 100 eggs - stage 80
Earn 50 platinum medals
Win 80 coach battles in GO Battle League
Carry out 999 glorious throws
Win 80 raids
It is clear that these duties, together with Pokémon Go’s new XP rebalance, will tailor the sport for brand new gamers, leveling the taking part in area to some extent and giving new gamers an opportunity to meet up with those that have been taking part in for practically a decade. As the sport turns 10 subsequent 12 months, the builders will doubtless wish to be sure that Pokémon Go continues to welcome new blood to its userbase, however with out giving it too steep a mountain of XP to climb. However some veterans aren’t too impressed.
“That is all very straightforward,” wrote Old_Indication_4379 on the highest Pokémon Go fan Reddit TheSilphRoad.
“I am past dissatisfied,” added one other fan, avible17. “I am sitting on 352 million XP, which I doubt is a really spectacular quantity for many older gamers. I needed a problem and motivation to play. I’ve straightforward, repetitive duties, most of which might be accomplished in a day (apart from strolling).
“I needed to introduce a brand new sort of medal that may allow me to push my efforts past the capabilities of the human physique,” they continued. “Now as I am scripting this, I am pondering, that is one thing that is straightforward for newcomers, not one thing that is harder for older canine.”
New incentives for leveling up embrace everlasting boosts to Pokémon, stock, and reward storage, in addition to improved possibilities of incomes Fortunate Mates standing if gamers are stage 70 or greater. Lastly, and most mysteriously, a brand new 1km Each day Journey Incubator has been added for gamers stage 15 and above. Alongside the sport’s present Each day Journey Incense merchandise (which rewards gamers with an additional quarter-hour of spawning), that is designed to reward gamers who stroll no less than 1km per day.
Nonetheless, it stays unclear precisely which Pokemon will hatch within the Each day Journey Incubator, however followers are already speculating that the mechanic will finally embrace ultra-rare Pokemon (Manaphy and Phione appear to be good bets!). Just like how the Each day Journey Incense has a uncommon likelihood to spawn a Galar Legendary Hen.
In a single day, the Pokémon Go improvement staff fastened a vital bug from yesterday that brought about the sport to freeze for individuals who accomplished the primary weekly problem. A message posted to Niantic Assist’s social media accounts final evening supplied a small quantity of XP and Stardust as an apology to affected gamers, however didn’t say whether or not the Weekly Challenges characteristic would return subsequent week.
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