I fell off the Pokémon Go bandwagon long ago, when Niantic Labs was still deciding how to properly address players seeking out Pokémon outside of their horrible tracking system. I’ve been following its updates still though, looking for another way to hop back in and get back to Pokémon hunting. So far nothing substantial has really been added, but that’s likely to change soon. What with Niantic finally giving players an incentive to log on every day.
Niantic is adding daily and weekly quests to Pokémon GO, which will reward players for playing the game routinely. It’s a fairly simple system too, not requiring you to go out of your way to get anywhere, or capture specific Pokémon that you might otherwise never encounter. Instead, players will net bonuses just for playing consistently, and encourage you to keep doing so for greater experience boots.
So for example, if you catch your first Pokémon for the day, you’ll net a neat Experience and Stardust bonus:
- 500 XP
- 600 Stardust
Continue that for seven days straight, and you’ll get an additional reward just for being a good Pokémon Hunter:
- 2,000 XP
- 2,400 Stardust
The same applies to Pokestops. The first spin of the day will net you a reward, while visiting the same Pokéstop for seven days straight will multiply that:
- 2,000 XP
- A greater number of additional items
It’s a simplistic way to keep you opening the app every day, and especially so if you know you’re going to be around the same area throughout the week. The level system is still extremely difficult to grind through, and even these experience boost won’t do a hell of a lot to change that. But it’s an incentive to continue playing, which might just be enough to get some players returning.
There’s currently no ETA on when quests will go live, but Niantic promises that it will be soon.
Last Updated: November 3, 2016
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
November 3, 2016 at 11:12
Ottokie
November 3, 2016 at 11:15
When they killed Pokevision they shot themselves in the foot.
Raptor Rants
November 3, 2016 at 11:19
Run in to Zubat. All points reset for the day.
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
November 3, 2016 at 11:22
But that’s as soon as you walk out the door… Success
*Goes back to couch
Raptor Rants
November 3, 2016 at 11:37
lol
Andre Fourie
November 3, 2016 at 11:20
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Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
November 3, 2016 at 11:33
For the glory of Gitatina?
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Ottokie
November 3, 2016 at 11:45
*eye twitching
Andre Fourie
November 3, 2016 at 11:54
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Andre Fourie
November 3, 2016 at 11:32
Only place where I walk for a hobby is the golf course
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
November 3, 2016 at 11:34
Don’t they have golf carts? Only peasants walk.
Andre Fourie
November 3, 2016 at 11:55
Well, I have to get out of it and actually walk up to the ball…
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
November 3, 2016 at 12:02
XD