In Pokémon GO, there are many tasks that trainers can take on. A father reports how he completed a task after many years – thanks to his child.
Trainers in Pokémon GO have many ways to acquire new Pokémon. Whether by simply catching monsters, after a successful raid, as a reward for various research tasks, or by hatching eggs.
A trainer is now reporting on Reddit about the latter method. He took quite a long time to hatch an egg – almost 9 years.
Weak monster but still useful
What’s the deal with the egg? As the trainer reports in his post on Reddit, he played Pokémon GO at its release, which was almost 9 years ago, for a short period of 1 to 2 months.
After that, he didn’t touch the game for many years. In the meantime, a lot has changed in his life: he got married and had children.
One of his children has since shown interest in Pokémon. This was reason enough for the father to reinstall Pokémon GO and play with his child. And also to hatch the egg he had possessed for almost 9 years.
What Pokémon did he get? As the trainer reports upon inquiry, “unfortunately a Caterpie” hatched from this probably long-dusty egg.
How does the community react? The community is celebrating the story. Besides more than 2,400 upvotes, there are also some comments on Reddit.
Some trainers advise him not to transfer the Pokémon. The trainer akbane notes that “monsters from 2016 are damn rare”.
Furthermore, he is recommended to keep the Pokémon for a lucky trade. Kickenbless writes: “So if you trade a Caterpie from 2016 for a Groudon from 2024, both will be lucky Pokémon, provided both players have not used all their guaranteed lucky trades.”
The trainer definitely has the opportunity to use Pokémon for lucky trades, even if he wants to keep his Caterpie. As he reports, he still has 77 monsters from 2016.
If you are also collecting interesting Pokémon, you should keep an eye out for events. These regularly give you the chance to obtain rare or strong monsters. We have summarized which events are coming up next month: All events in April 2024 in Pokémon GO.
