Why doesn’t the “nearby Pokémon” ever appear with incense lit? One would think if they are nearby, they would be the first ones to smell it. I’ve had a Tenticool as the closest nearby Pokémon for two days now. I also had an Axew on my nearby last week. Tried three straight incenses to get him but I guess he’d gone Noseblind.
Posted Sep 17, 2020, 1:38 PM UTC
Unfortunately that's not how incense works in the game. Incense draws random Pokemon to your location, not the ones on your nearby.
I think it's also only weather spawn boosted mons. Since working from home I pop a few incense a day(I don't have any spawns at my house), and it's never the Pokemon that appear near by, but the type of Pokemon is the same as what the weather is, unless it's an event.
This makes too much sense. Which is probably why it doesn't work that way
Incense spawns additional Pokémon that only you can see. It doesn't change the locations of spawn points around you.
If you have an Axew on your nearby, you go to the Axew to encounter it. It doesn't come to you.
I know it’s not how the mechanic works. I’m speaking logically.
Just checking - you know if you tap the pokemon it will show its location - go and get it?
That only works if it is nearby at a Pokestop.
Ok I am surrounded by pokestops so that makes sense
This is so not how the game works yet it makes so much sense.