Children play 'Pokemon Go' in Central Park as 'Pokemon Go' craze hits New York City. (Photo : Getty Images/Michael Loccisano)
The usual Pokémon GO gameplay requires legwork and lots of it really but with the cheat and hack tools now readily available, levelling up or progressing further is not necessarily a hard work. The tricks to be discussed below will allow GPS spoofing, accelerate the Egg hatching process and spot Pokémon more efficiently.
Fake location
The first two hacks were shared by Bloomberg all in the name of easier and more enjoyable Pokémon GO playing. GPS spoofing or the technique to convince the game app that one is walking or moving around (but not even a nudge), the publication said, calls for an elaborate set up, purportedly to avoid the ultimate punishment for the illegal act, per Niantic, and that is permanent banning from the game.
The whole GPS spoofing set up will need a PC, a customized software, a vector signal generator, a Faraday cage, a joystick and a mobile device with Pokémon GO app running. The object is to generate manipulated GPS signal to trick the app into thinking that a player is on a given location and is moving with the help of the joystick.
The open software will then communicate with the GO app to make it appear that there is an active play when in reality the player is in front of a PC, hunting pocket monsters and catching them all. In order to make this hack work, one will need to shell out no less than $300 (to pay for the gadgets). And important reminder from Bloomberg - not only that the cheat tool could lead to getting banned from the game but also the threat of being arrested is there. Operating signal jammer is mostly illegal.
Fake walking
Now on that problem of getting those Eggs hatched, really quick and with no or little sweat, the Bloomberg report proposed using a MacGyver-like Pokémon GO Incubator. As the app requires long distances of walking before Eggs turn into Pokémon , players can simply strap a mobile device running the GO app to a ceiling fan and let the blades turn. Sure and soon enough, the eggs will morph into an army of Pokémon.
Note that this same trick is similar to the hacks shared by players before - like using the turntable or vacuum cleaner to fake walking and hatch eggs. But the most creative is attaching a phone on one's dog, which certainly has no problem of moving around for a friend.
Pokémon tracking
Lastly, BGR is suggesting a new Mon tracker that the publication swears "actually works." Niantic has been killing those GO trackers lately but the report said that FastPokéMap still delivers as designed. It scans and points where Pokémon are. It's practically the same as the megahit Poké Vision but in limited scope.
As mentioned, Niantic is hunting down cheats and FastPokéMap will likely come under the company's radar soon so BGR recommends the use of the tool to the maximum as it could soon break, no thanks to the Pokémon GO app creator.
