Encounter Rate

The encounter rate is the probability of meeting specific pokemon types. The types are categorized in: common, uncommon, rare, very rare, extremely rare, legendary and shiny.

The chances for meeting uncommon+ pokemon are 50% higher with Gold Membership. 25% higher with Honey. 20% higher with hunter charm. 10% with rare charm.

Rarity is calculated first, then if there are multiple pokemon of that rarity a random one is chosen.

Rarity needs to be divided up by how many pokemon are in the area to find out what your chance of encountering that pokemon are. Example: 3 rare pokemon in total are in the area and the chance of seeing any rare is 1.66% (nothing combined). You will need to divide 1.66% by 3 = 0.5533% chance of seeing that one pokemon that you are grinding for. Also just because you hit or go over the 1/40 or 2.5% of encounters does not gantuee you to get a rare this is just the average. It is possible for you to have to get 120 encounters before you encounter a rare pokemon if you are very unlucky.

Note: The encounter rate for elite pokemon is always 1/200 and cannot be changed with any boosts.

Encounter rates for swarms and altering cave coming soon..