Pokémon Go: Here’s how incense spawns Pokémon

18 Jul 2016

Steve Wright

A look into Pokémon Go‘s code shows just how in-game incense works.

Simply put, incense will spawn a Pokémon every time a Trainer walks 200 meters. This is also limited to one minute intervals, meaning a Trainer could potentially spawn 30 Pokémon in 30 minutes by keeping active.

If you’re not moving, the game’s code will spawn a new Pokémon every five minutes.

Simple, right? For more tips, we’ve got a getting started guide for you alongside advanced tactics.

Thanks, Reddit.

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Steve is the founder of Stevivor, which itself is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’ -- that made more sense back in 2001 when Steve first arrived in the country and Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.

Steve has recently gathered a career's worth of writing on swright.au, his personal portfolio.