In Pokémon GO, movement is a central theme, which is why we wanted to know how many kilometers you walk each week. We have summarized the surprising results of our survey here on MeinMMO.
What survey are we talking about? The basic idea of Pokémon GO is that trainers go outside, explore their area, and connect with other players. Movement plays a crucial role in this, which is also rewarded in the game.
Therefore, we wanted to know how many kilometers you walk each week. Below we show you how you voted.
So many kilometers you cover per week
This is how you decided: For many players, movement in Pokémon GO is very important, not only to secure one or the other Pokémon but also to grab the weekly reward. Therefore, in our survey, we wanted to know “How many kilometers do you walk each week in Pokémon GO?“.
So far (as of 28.05.2023 at 19:00) a total of 2,048 readers have participated in our survey. This is how you voted:
- 32 % (656 participants) voted for 25-49 km
- 29 % (585 participants) voted for 50-100 km
- 11 % (216 participants) voted for 20-24 km
- 7 % (144 participants) voted for more than 100 km
- 6 % (128 participants) voted for 15-19 km
- 6 % (122 participants) voted for 5-9 km
- 5 % (110 participants) voted for 10-14 km
- 2 % (46 participants) voted for less than 1 km
- 2 % (41 participants) voted for 1-4 km
What does the result mean? Based on the votes you cast, it is clear that for many, movement plays an important role. About 36 % of the participants complete 50 km or more each week. 7 % of them even walk over 100 km. Another nearly one-third, 32 % of trainers, reach between 25 and 49 km each week.
But there are obviously also a few couch potatoes in our MeinMMO community. Therefore, 4 % of you walk only 4 km or even less per week, which doesn’t even allow you to receive the first reward level of Adventure Sync. The remaining 28 % (576 participants) of you at least move within the range of 5 to 24 kilometers walked.
That movement in Pokémon GO can pay off not only because of the rewards is shown by a trainer who has achieved a remarkable milestone:
Trainers reveal how they do it
How do trainers achieve so much? In addition to the voting itself, some trainers have also shared with us how they manage to achieve these feats every week. Most of them would be walking these distances anyway because their jobs, hobbies, or pets require it. Therefore, they explain under our survey on MeinMMO as well as on our Facebook page among other things:
- Xpiya: “For me, it just matches with the sport. 30-40 km jogging/week… plus I walk everywhere that’s possible. I keep getting close to the real 100 km… but 90% of those km are ones I would also cover without PoGo.”
- Benjamin E.: “During the time when I almost always have to work on Saturdays, 100 kilometers per week is easy. I’m a gardener and work a lot on weekends in the spring, early summer, and autumn.”
Some of you cheat
GPS drift: Even though one can see from the results and comments that the majority of players indeed move relatively much, there are still one or two trainers who cheat.
Players point out that they take advantage of the GPS drift in the game. This happens when the GPS signal is poor, for example, in certain buildings, leading to issues with the proper tracking of your GPS connection.
If your game is active during this time, your avatar moves wildly back and forth on the map. Pokémon GO cannot always distinguish this from your normal movements, thus registering the kilometers you have “walked.” And that can really pay off, as trainer in the comments on MeinMMO confirm:
- artigjkeitsbaer: “I don’t walk much, I let the phone run with a poor signal, and depending on GPS reception, I rack up between 50 and 180 kilometers.”
- Glubena: “Real kilometers probably around 10. With drift, I range from 70 to 350 depending on the weather and office time.”
However, this can also lead to problems, as is repeatedly shown in social networks. Trainers keep reporting involuntary GPS drifts, which can lead to problems when catching. One trainer lost 3 shinies this way.
Phone swings: But there is another way to trick the Adventure Sync feature in Pokémon GO: phone swings. These are special gadgets in which you can secure your phone. When you activate the device, it will swing your smartphone back and forth.
This movement thus simulates the natural movement in your pocket, which is why external fitness apps like Google Fit register it as such. Since Pokémon GO accesses the data of these apps when calculating kilometers during inactive gameplay, the distance you’ve covered is credited to you in the game.
Even Erwin K. uses this gadget and even hatches eggs with it, as he tells us in the comments on our Facebook page: “Phone swings generate kilometers and can hatch eggs; I’ll never buy incubators again.”
Do you also cheat to achieve your weekly goals and hatch eggs? If so, how do you do it? Or do you belong to the trainers who honestly walk their kilometers? Feel free to let us know here on MeinMMO in the comments and exchange ideas with other trainers about it.
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