"Pokémon GO FAQ (because we need/yes/no/maybe so?)"

#PokemonGO: Feel free to add to the list. Sorry if I don't credit you here because it'll get messy, but you know who you are <3PokémonWhy do I have regional exclusive Pokémon marked as "Seen" in my PokéDex?You clicked on a Gym and saw the Pokémon there. Or you're in a Gym battle and another trainer sends one out to battle alongside you.Can I catch baby Pokémon like Pichu and Togepi in the wild?No.Then why do I have a baby Pokémon marked as "Seen" in my PokéDex when I never hatched one?You clicked on a Gym and saw the Pokémon there. Or you're in a Gym battle and another trainer sends one out to battle alongside you.I see more [insert Pokémon] lately. Did Niantic increase their spawns?Most likely not. Check if your area is a nest or has a fixed spawn point.People keep talking about nests. What are those?!See here.Where do I find [insert Pokémon]?Pokémon are all around the world—and it's quite a big place—and not all towns, cities, neighborhoods are created equal. Use the Silph Road Atlas and talk to your local community of players, if any exist.A Gyarados used Dragon Breath on me. What? I thought it only knows Bite!Pokémon movesets were updated in August 2016. Some Pokémon can no longer obtain certain moves, though the ones from before the update retain them. They're called legacy moves. A Gyarados with Dragon Breath is one of them.How do I find Ditto?Catch more Pidgey, Rattata, Zubat, and Magikarp and cross your fingers one of them transforms post-capture.Why does Abra keep running from me?Abra has the highest flee rate/chance of all Pokémon currently available in the game, at 99%. This is a reference to how Abra will always use Teleport and flee battles if the trainer fails to capture it in the main series games.MechanicsWhat the heck are IVs?Short answer: Individual Values. Long answer: see here or here.When do I unlock 10km eggs?You can get them as soon as you're allowed to spin your first PokéStop.What is the blue aura behind my Pokémon?It indicates Pokemon that have been caught within the last 24 hours.What is this extra 100 XP "Bonus" I got when I captured a Pokémon?This is awarded for every 100th time you capture a particular species. For example, you'll be awarded this 100 XP Bonus when you capture your 100th Eevee, 200th Eevee, 300th, and so on. Check your PokéDex to see how many times you've caught a particular species.GymsWhat do the vertical bars "|" in Gyms mean?It is a line that separates every 5 slots in a Gym.Why do some level 10 Gyms have 52000/50000 points?When you raise a level 9 Gym's prestige to level 10, it caps out at 50000. But any time a player adds a Pokémon to a friendly Gym, it automatically adds 2000 points to the Gym. 50000 + 2000 = 52000. Note that if an opposing team player knocks out a defending Pokémon, it will automatically erase that extra 2000 points and then the default 1000 points.What's with all these Gym errors I'm getting? THIS SUCKS.Several things could be happening:Another defending Pokémon may have been added while you were in combat, which could happen if someone managed to raise the Gym's prestige as you were trying to knock it down.Your game crashed or you force quit the app during battle—prematurely ending it—and the game locked you out (only for a few minutes, though. Try again later!).Your GPS drifted out of the Gym range during battle, also prematurely ending it, so the game locked you out.What is "Bubblestrat?"It's an efficient way of prestige training a Gym without requiring healing items. See here for more info.MiscellaneousDoes size matter?Yes. No, not in terms of game mechanics. Pokémon sizes/weights only matter for two medals achievements: Youngster and Fisherman. The former is a reference to Youngster Joey in Generation 2 and his "Top Percentage Rattata" meme. The latter is a reference to one of the fishermen brothers at the Lake of Rage, also in Generation 2, and his desire to see big Magikarp.When's the Generation 2 update?If Niantic didn't announce it, then no one knows.When's the trading update?If Niantic didn't announce it, then no one knows.When's the PvP update?If Niantic didn't announce it, then no one knows.How do I be the best that ever was?Play more. Study more. Have a little dose of periodic luck. Perhaps make an effort to play the main series handheld games to understand the franchise at a higher level.I'm tired. These were off the top of my head. Feel free to add more. via /r/TheSilphRoad http://ift.tt/2jkxz0U