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Pokémon Go: Server Side Update Provides Players With Daily Bonuses

By Shobha Vats | Update Date: Nov 10, 2016 07:49 AM EST

Pokémon, the heartthrob of game lovers is an augmented reality game played on the location basis. It has been developed by Niantic in association with Nintendo.

However, the initial release of this game has limited to only some cities the world and is compatible only with some devices its popularity has reached the stars.

In this game, the player has to use GPS installed in their mobile to locate his position. Based on his position characters, locations, stores, and Pokémon's which appear on the users' screen varies. The game has lot many features in it and also supports in-app purchases to increase the user experience while playing it.

Daily Bonus

Recently, Niantic labs, one of the minds' in shaping Pokémon Go brought an addition to it. This addition is nothing but the daily bonuses. Although it isn't an unknown thing i.e. you might have come across daily bonus term in all games, for Pokémon Go it is an additional feature.

You get extra items, visit more Pokéstops etc. You even get bigger bonuses if you complete the daily tasks in a streak probably seven days in a streak. These bonuses will go live within 24 hours.

Rewards

The coded program for daily bonuses is kept ready for the devices in the last update. As per Niantic, you can expect to receive the below-mentioned rewards for your each achievement:

  • If you catch a Pokémon every day then here is the bonus you get: 500 XP and 600 Stardust.
  • Catching a Pokémon every single day for 7 days in a streak will fetch you the larger bonus like 2,400 Stardust and 2,000 XP.
  • If you visit a PokéStop and spin the Photodisc daily then the benefits you earn will be 500 XP and a number of additional items.
  • If you visit a PokéStop for 7 days without missing a single day the larger bonus you get is 2,000 XP besides a greater number of additional items.

These daily bonus resets every day for every player at 12 A.M. of their local time. This update is from server side so there's no need to search in the app store for an update.

Once you open the game, you will see a daily bonus task there. Once you complete it, you will start seeing earned bonuses.

As per a report from data miners, the code of daily quests is soon going to have an update also. This update may include quests like 'first pokestop of the day', 'first catch of day' etc.

This is a way to captivate more players towards the game and for daily login. Rewards on completion of these quests are still unclear and speculations are rife that users might receive ultra-balls, incubators etc. These are purely assumed enhancements by data miners and it is not yet confirmed.

The Expectations

The initial rush of Pokémon Go is over and there's a need to configure the ways to make people engage with the game. Daily bonus is just a step taken by the developers so that people should not lose interest in the game.

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