Pokemon GOplayers are voicing their frustration with hatching the Bug/Fire-type Pokemon Larvesta. The larval Pokemon’s extremely high rarity results in an absurdly small hatch rate, and somePokemon GOfans say that it takes a miracle to get one.
Developer Niantic launched Pokemon GO in July 2016. An augmented reality mobile game on iOS and Android, the game was a massive hit and quickly became a worldwide cultural phenomenon. It continues to be Niantic’s most successful game, though that doesn’t mean that fans are happy with all the company’s decisions. Most recently,Pokemon GOexperienced a significant drop in Remote Raid participationfollowing changes to that system.
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Larvesta and its evolved form Volcarona are the newest Pokemon Niantic added to the game. Developers introduced them as part ofPokemon GO’s latest event. Players can hatch them from 2km, 5km, and 10km Eggs. However, Larvesta is unusual because players can’t encounter it anywhere in the wild or get it through any other normal means of catching Pokemon. Instead, players can only get Larvesta from Eggs, and as manyPokemon GOfansare discovering, its hatch rate is dishearteningly low.
Reddit user windycitykid89shared a screenshot of their “Hatchable Pokemon” progress, lamenting that it would “take a miracle” to hatch Larvesta using Eggs. Other users quickly chimed in to agree with windycitykid89’s assessment of the newly added, caterpillar-like Pokemon. One user shed some light on the problem by linking to a post on The Silph Road, a website that publishes news and other information aboutPokemon GO. Titled “A Window into Egg Transparency,” the post provided a breakdown of howPokemon GO’s Rarity tiersrelate to the probability of hatching a given Pokemon. Tier 5 Pokemon like Larvesta have a hatch rate of less than 2%.
And that’s assuming the game even lets players hatch their eggs when it’s supposed to. One commenter under windycitykid89’s post complained thatPokemon GOwasn’t tracking their travel distance accurately, which prevented them from hatching their eggs. Players can sometimes fix this issue by refreshing the game data in the options settings, but it’s still inconvenient.
EvenamongPokemon GOplayerswhose game is working correctly, the under 2% drop rate is still a major turn-off. A few commenters noted how the low hatch rate makes it hard to get excited about new Pokemon when they know they’re going to have to grind for it. Others expressed the opinion that the low hatch rate defeated the point of featuring Pokemon in the game’s events.
Pokemon GOis available on Android and iOS.
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