Still 2nd Anniversary Edition

What is Pokémon Sleep?
Pokémon Sleep is a sleep tracking app that utilizes your smartphone and/or the Pokémon Go Plus + device to record data as you sleep. In doing so, you'll be able to meet a variety of Pokémon and fill out your Sleep Style Dex.

Be sure to post your Research ID so that you can add and share candy with fellow Anons. We are currently locked at 50 friends.

FAQ:
>How do Shinies work?
If you encounter a shiny Pokémon, you only need to feed it a single Poké Biscuit to befriend it.
>What should I spend my diamonds on?
Expanding your ingredient pockets, item pockets and Pokémon box. Long term you’ll want to max out ingredient pockets, only get half of max for items and max 100 for Pokémon.
>When should I use my items?
When you have a good grasp of the game mechanics. You may want to save up Recovery Incenses for event missions.
>What should I spend my sleep points on?
Poké Biscuits first or if you’re a premium user: Main and Subskill seeds and Great Biscuits.
>Can I play this game if there's a lot of noise where I sleep?
The game tracks sleep based on motion only; sound has no impact.
>A Pokémon I fed got full! Will I have to start from scratch the next time I find one?
Nope! Pokémon retain the level of progress they were at the last time you fed them.
>How do dream clusters work?
The higher your research rank, the more you get. You may want to hold onto them as long as possible.

>Official Pages
https://www.pokemon.com/us/app/pokemon-sleep/
https://www.pokemonsleep.net/en/news/
>Unofficial Wiki
[WARNING] Turbo Cancer-ridden with ads. Use at own risk.
https://pks.raenonx.cc/en
>Alternative Calculator
https://nerolislab.com/
>Simple Candy Calculator
https://candy.blspnm.com

**For safety, back up your account by linking it to Google or your Apple ID. Or at least copy your Support ID from the Pokémon Sleep launch screen (click to reveal Support ID under menu)**

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>>58031094 (OP)
I wish I was Snorlax sized so someone could sleep on me

For the first time in forever, I actually have Pokemon I want to use candy boost on.

Announcement of the next island. Seems pretty obvious what types it will feature. Theming isn't quite so direct, but neither are a lot of the other ones. I'm also assuming it will serve as a secondary area for a decent number of Fire Pokemon, just because they aren't really available outside of Taupe.

>>58031679
I keep forgetting Trapinch is straight Ground rather than Bug. And there should be 2 additional lines introduced, though they won't necessarily line up with the favored berries like Dratini and Grubbin. Though Grubbin is closer at least, since even though the game doesn't support it, it's still secondary Electric.

>>58032456
I recall that in the Game Freak Leak, we learned some interesting details for the planning of the Trapinch line in their drafts and proposals.

Up until now, every island has featured some encounters that are intended to help you prepare for the next island, like the Houndour at Taupe for Snowdrop, or the Grubbin at OGPP like you say.

Went months without deleting anyone, did some cleaning today.
I'm thinking I might have to start posting my FC on other places since it feels like our user base is very small here.
6722-0535-6952

>>58031679
In game news update said Amber Canyon in November, this will probably be the buffer between Halloween and Eevee Week.

I thought it was a little funny for this new one to be a canyon because I was recently thinking about some of the N64 side games. The Valley in Snap 64 is assigned orange (amber can be kind of a golden orange), but is clearly a river moving through a canyon and also has Dratini and Dragonite near the end of the course. Maybe this was intentional?

>>58033129
Looking it up, I'm unsure on the specific differentiation between a valley and a canyon, but it seems to be the sheerness and proximity of mountain cliffs relative to a flowing river, and a canyon's river can also be totally dried up. River flows and their erosion is what forms the valley or canyon itself.

I doubt it's a specific reference to Pokémon Snap anyway. The islands in Pokémon Sleep follow a convention of a named color, and a geographical feature.
We have green isle, blue beach, greyish-brown concave space, white snowland, blue lake, yellow structure, and next orange canyon.
OGPP being a power plant bucks the trend of a naturally occurring geographical feature. The two colors we've yet to observe are red and purple, but also black when considering Snowdrop Tundra and Taupe Hollow as the white and grey islands.
As for geographical features, we could have something like Mauve Marsh, Orchid Orchard, Crimson Coast.

>>58033293
It probably wasn't directly a Snap reference, but there are some instances where some names have been reused in the series. Cobalt Coast being a name in Hey You Pikachu, Channel,and later on Legends Arceus is the biggest example.

Mauve Marsh probably would have made sense because many were speculating Poison/Bug/Dragon would be a jungle or swamp.

Uh... Do I go for it?
It still technically gets for Ingredient Finder than the Balstoise I've been using (0), and it gets Cacao.

>>58033960
it's a nice squirtle for sure, although skill trigger M doesn't do much thanks to kanto starters having a pretty abysmal trigger rate, but the berries are strong

>>58033960
It's a touch call, it's the smallest possible ingredient finding boost, unless you decide to neutralise the nature which abandons the speed bonus.

BFS Blastoise is absolutely a good choice for any Suicune team though.

>>58033293
I suppose thinking of geography, Dragon is evoked by mountains, cliffs, and spires. Bug and Poison make a lot of sense in damp, humid areas like jungles, but they also make sense for arid regions. Deserts and such commonly house venomous snakes and scorpions, though bugs aren't very specific since they exist anywhere. Not to mention we've already got our share of verdant waterside sleep areas.

>Dedenne in 6 hours manages to proc enough times to get me to 70% crit-rate
>Meal doesn't crit

I see, I see.

>>58033495
I like that it's very different though. A "difficult " terrain type area where more dangerous/adaptable pokemon can thrive. Also introducing the "bug" dragon there makes sense. Can't wait to see what else we get there.

>female grovyle
>skill trigger M
>skill nature up
>helping speed M
>no bfs until 100
I shouldn't... but

>>58035622
She's asking for it

>use a lot of Wobbuffet candies in the last cram-o-matic
>get this
o-okay

Anyone using a 2k+ hour Pokemon that actually gets a helping speed bonus? I'm debating whether or not I should keep my new Fuecoco as a 2nd stage Fire type or just evolve it all the way to a Ghost type. With the bonus, they end up being about the same speed, but it basically trades off berry power for more Apples; neither being particularly fast.

>>58036077
>Shiny AND female
Nice. And don't worry because no matter how good a Wobuffet is, it's not worth it.

I just realized that after saying this would be a good week to use Legendary incenses (1.5x cooking gains, 2.5x candies, & 2.5x dream shards), luckily I went to an Island where I could actually use one. Not to mention there being a repeat for the legendary dogs coming up, so likely another opportunity to pick up another incense of each. I think I only used my spare Raikou one so far. I'm going to use Suicune, but I also have Entei and Cressalia stocked up.

>>58031094 (OP)
I almost started using Pokémon sleep the other day. Why the fuck does it need access to my phone’s microphone while sleeping?
Also, is it a battery hog?

>>58036973
it records you snoring and farting
yes

>>58036978
Welp, I’m staying away. Thanks

>>58031679
I was thinking more along the lines of amber being a way where old fossils were preserved it. Perhaps my hope of seeing Aerodactyl in Sleep might come true.

>>58036973
>>58036983
i just have my phone charging while on my mattress, which is probably not ideal for battery health/longevity but seems fine
you can use some smart watches/pokemon go plus+ if you're really concerned about your battery
or just not play it lol

>>58036942
Pretty good idea, yeah. Too bad the only incense I have is Cresselia.
But talking about the 2.5x boost, it has been kinda insane, I'm pulling 50k+ dream shards every night.

>>58037469
2.5x candies is also quite powerful. Doesn't look like I'll be having an issue with the new Pokemon for a bit (provided I actually get one worth training up).

It's 1PM on thursday, already fed my Snorlax lunch, and I just hit 3.3m strength. There's just no way I'm getting M20, right? Fuck.

>>58038225
there's an extra tasty meal buff this sunday so you might be able to eek it out
my crit luck has been awful this event. I've cooked 6 meals at 30% without seeing a single crit

>>58038225
Depends which island you're talking about?
You're already exceed M20 for Greengrass.
Assuming you mean OGPP, 6.6m does seem way, way off, but you just hit the mid-point and Sunday's gains are always the biggest.
Hope you've got a really good Dedenne.

>>58038277
I cooked 3 at 70% and all 3 didn't crit.
I fucking hate this.

>>58038393
You're one unlucky fucker. There's a 2% chance of missing all three and you did it. You have a less than 1% chance of missing 4 in a row

>>58031094 (OP)
I have 7 open spots, just purged inactive friends. Adding active frens:
7327-8357-5472

for the ones here who don't have me already
7923-3714-4424
purged inactives, 3 slots open or so

>>58038586
>>58038609
added you two
also reposting from last thread 4413-3686-4186

I wonder how we’ll get mints after these initial two. I don’t want to use both and then not have another for a year.

>>58039253
Probably future event bonus or the flower mechanic will be something revisited in later events, even if not with the same strength of bonuses.

Kinda wish I realized that other than the mint, the other flowers do stack through the nights. I was trying to hold off on some of them until New Moon encounters would amplify the results somehow. Ah well.

>>58039253
I really can't imagine needing many more neutral mints.
And while the possibility exists for further mints with different properties, I'm hesitant to believe they would continue to allow us to exercise further control over Pokemon you've recruited. Subskill seeds make sense as they're situational upgrades, but different natures are more distinctly like rerolls. This further discourages recruiting more Pokemon, which I believe to be the main focus of the game.
Should they exist, I imagine the mints would be grouped into the specific positive natures, but the negatives would be randomized. No idea what they would individually be called though, especially compared to "neutralizing" which speaks for itself.

>>58039605
Energizing Mint - energy up
Gatherer Mint - ingredient up
Helper Mint - help speed
Speey Mint - EXP up
Talent Mint - skill triggers

>>58039666
Nah, that doesn't seem right. It feels more likely they would just randomly distribute the mint with a specific nature, so you just have to keep trying for desirable mints and not gamble on the outcome of using one.
Since you still have the random aspect, it's fair.

>>58039766
Given that they decided to lump all "neutral" natures into one, it leads that they would decide to group like-natures rather than have a mint for every possible nature while somehow excluding all the neutral ones. If they were going to introduce a truly randomized reroll, they would have to provide mints at a decent enough quantity that you COULD actually get something that you wanted rather than having you waste a bunch of resources for nothing. Not to mention that there are less than a handful of actually desirable natures, meaning that a lot of those mints would basically exist solely to be thrown away; both a bad user experience and a waste of everyone's time.
So if they're going to bother putting in more specific mints, it's most plausible that they would group them up by positives. There is still randomization within each of those groups, but it still gives you what you're looking for. You still have the chance of getting speed down, but you'd have the positive nature, which is still beneficial in most cases.

W-what, we are really getting an expert mode?
https://www.pokemonsleep.net/en/news/323932383138363132393037393333363937/

>>58040330
We've known about it for at least a month already. They just added a few more concrete details now.

>• You will also need an Expert Ticket to take on expert mode. You can exchange 200 sleep points for an Expert Ticket at the Regular Exchange or 100 sleep points for an Expert Ticket at the Premium Exchange.
>• You can have a maximum of two Expert Tickets in your bag’s items pocket. You can claim one Expert Ticket from the expert mode tutorial.

>• Snorlax’s favorite Berries for the week will be divided into one main favorite and two sub-favorites. Pokémon that gather Snorlax’s main favorite Berry will receive bonuses, such as shorter helping frequency.
>• On the other hand, Pokémon that don’t gather any of Snorlax’s weekly favorite Berries will receive a longer helping frequency penalty.
>• One additional bonus related to raising Snorlax will be selected at random every week.
Note: The selected bonuses will normally not be the same type of bonuses as those from ongoing events at the same time.
>• Instead of an area bonus, expert mode areas will accumulate an expert bonus.
Note: If an expert bonus accumulates over its limit, the excess bonus will not be transferred over to the regular area bonus, and vice versa.

I imagine the penalties will make it notably harder to make certain dishes that are outside of your favored types for the week. And even though the mode is planned for other islands, I imagine all or at least 2 favored berries will be totally randomized rather than them retaining the same types.

>>58040696
what happens if i don't fully befriend (only partially) the event pokemon before the event ends? am i shit out of luck until they return?

>>58040870
didn't mean to respond to >>58040696 tehe

>>58040870
>>58040921
every event pokemon has had normal (but rare) spawns after their specific event end
and you could argue darkrai is even common with the once a month new moon

>>58040696
>You will also need an Expert Ticket to take on expert mode.
>paying to sleep

>>58041016
Retard

>>58040870
>>58041006
This. The meter will remain the same for future encounters, but the likelihood of seeing one is lowered to their baseline.

If this is about legendaries and mythicals I saw Raikou has a boosted chance of appearing in Expert Mode in the news blurb.