The evolution items in Pokémon GO are particularly rare. Some trainers have several, others none at all. Is it related to the time of day?
Since the release of the 2nd generation, there are special evolution items in Pokémon GO. These are needed for the evolution of certain monsters. For instance, a Porygon needs an Up-Grade to evolve into Porygon2.
Because these special items drop so rarely at PokéStops, trainers are now trying to decipher the drop system. A current theory suggests that the items are only distributed at certain times at stops. How true is this?
The right time for Sun Stone, King’s Rock, Metal Coat, and others?
Recently, the folks at PokémonGOHub discovered that the drop rate of these evolution items is less than 1%. The reactions of trainers to this observation vary. While many trainers agree and say they haven’t received any of these evolution items, others report that they have already received several in quick succession.
The latter statement supports the latest theory that many trainers from the TheSilphRoad community are currently testing: Special items have a high chance of dropping at a specific time – and even multiple times!
Reddit user shermlock shared this screenshot with the trainer community. He claims that the special items really do drop at a specific time, or his daughter just got very lucky. Because she received two of the three evolution items at 11:01 PM, and the third one at 11:02 PM:
Another trainer reports that he has received four evolution items so far. The first was a Metal Coat, which he received during a 7-day streak. Then he got a Sun Stone, a King’s Rock, and a Dragon Scale. So far, this doesn’t sound unusual, but: Sun Stone, King’s Rock, and Dragon Scale were all dropped from different stops, but at the same time. For this trainer, it was at 4:50 PM.
At what time to receive evolution items?
Currently, this phenomenon is being investigated to understand how it occurs at these specific times. The fact that it is not “the one time” when every trainer receives their special items is already shown by the screenshots.
The experts from TheSilphRoad suspect a correlation between these evolution items and the trainers’ account IDs. However, there is no evidence to support this yet.
Anyone who wants to help with the investigation can enter the day and time they found the special items in this Google Form. Here’s the Google Form to enter special item drops
As soon as there are more news regarding this theory, we will inform you.
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