Pokémon GO raids can be found with difficulty levels 1-5 on the map. But how rare are they, and which difficulties are the most common? The answer comes from a Reddit user who analyzed about 3000 raids for this.
Since raids were introduced in the summer of 2017 in Pokémon GO, a lot has changed in the game. You are no longer just battling the monsters of other players in the gyms, but are also facing off against powerful computer opponents, raid bosses. These have high CP and can be easy or hard to defeat depending on the raid level.
But what is the chance of encountering easy raids, and how about hard or legendary ones? There are now more precise numbers from the community on this.
How often do raids with levels 1-5 occur?
Raids in Pokémon GO are divided into different difficulty levels. In a level 1 raid, for example, you can expect a Magikarp as an opponent, which you can easily defeat alone. In level 4 raids, coveted raid bosses like Tyranitar lurk.
In a level 5 raid, there are legendary Pokémon.
But what is the likelihood of encountering such a legendary raid? This and other questions were also posed by Reddit user Charter23, who analyzed nearly 3000 raids for this.
He writes: “A few days ago, information was requested about the rarity of the different raid levels, but no one could really respond.” Charter23 has evaluated 2942 raids in his city and can now provide an overview of the raid frequencies.
According to this table, level 4 raids appear significantly less frequently than legendary raids. This is probably due to the fact that popular Pokémon like Tyranitar, Rhydon, and Snorlax with their strong combat stats are found in four-star raids and are among the most important Pokémon in the game.
Raid Start Times
The author of the Reddit post also made another observation. New raid eggs only appear in the first 45 minutes of a started hour. When monitoring the raid start times, it became clear that no new eggs spawn in the last 15 minutes of an hour.
This was also confirmed by other Reddit users like Username1337. He checked 62 raids in his nearest city after the notification, and none of them started between XX:45 and XX:00. Have you also noticed these start times?
