PSA: Pokémon Go incense attracts many more creatures when moving
You've probably not been using it to the optimum
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Incense has become a crutch for Pokémon Go trainers stuck at home - a way to attract Pokémon in relative dead zones far away from Pokéstops and Lure Modules.
Unfortunately though, this tactic is incredibly wasteful, so now’s the time to stop using it.
A Reddit user crawled the game’s code and found this pertinent section (below), which essentially reveals that Incense spawns 1 Pokémon every 5 minutes while standing still and 1 Pokémon every 1 minute/200 metres while moving.
“Damn I shouldn't have wasted all my free ones while sitting inside my house,” one commenter lamented.
Another player who had been doing the same added: "I have a pokestop across the street, just barely too far to reach from inside the house, it's infuriating."
All the quirks of the game, which were never explained in the tutorial are slowly coming to light now, including how to control whether your Eevee evolves into a Jolteon, Flareon or Vaporeon.
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