LV27 and still haven't found/hatched enough Dratini to get a Dragonite (close though, 113/125 candies).
What kind of areas attract Dratini? I've gone to my local water biomes (parks with rivers/ponds) and found a couple, very rarely. Are there better locations?
Live in Indianapolis, so there is no coastline.
I'm land locked with a little river/lake in my city and Dratini don't spawn here. Maybe 1-2 totally random spawns for our whole city in a day.
I'm almost level 34 and no Dragonite. I've been walking my dratini forever.
Likely a similar situation for you. Probably very random spawns by your river. Best you can do is keep walking the river and try to get some 10km eggs from stops down by the water and hope for the best.
I've read that too but I know one location in our city near water that gives much more higher dratini eggs than others. My friends go there as well and have got dratini from them.
I have always remembered where I get my 10km eggs and the two dratini have been from that location.
I have pokestops I can get from my house and never got a dratini from it.
I know what the research "says" but I also have my own experiences.
Cool anecdote, bro.
There have been tons of posts on reddit, and many people smarter than myself in the ways of statistical experimentation and regression have all come to the same conclusion. Just use Google.
Referencing statistical analysis is not anecdotal. Do you even know the meaning of the word? Because you sound like an idiot.
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1. pertaining to, resembling, or containing anecdotes
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You saying case study reports, or random investigation without linking, is ancedotal.
You could direct people to search for the data. You could link the data.
But just referencing the conclusions, is ancedotal.
Because anyone who takes just your word for it, is in the same boat, going on 1 story.... which is... you got it....
We are talking about a statistical analysis and professional methods ... you still don't understand the meaning of the word, despite your pedantic copy/paste job from the dictionary.
Making reference to a systematic scientific investigation is NOT anecdotal, regardless of your reading comprehension skills (or a lack thereof).
You, sir, are an idiot.
I'll go slower.
Someone believing you, without looking themselves, is no different than someone believing the original posters claim.
Incidently, this isn't a simple google search either.
As key phrases "case study on biomes effecting eggs in pokemon go" don't yield to any posts that support your original statement.
In fact, all the posts on said search seem to be 3-6 months old, and yield opposite conclusion.
So frankly, think of me what you will. I just wouldn't recommend to people to believe your story that the "Research that proves Biomes don't effect Eggs is out there"
I would think you might have luck along/near the canal, in an area like Broad Ripple or behind the Art Museum. I don't live in Indianapolis, but I'm somewhat familiar with the city, and those are the types of areas where Dratini can often be found. Maybe Eagle Creek Park & Geist Reservoir as well. Anyplace where you find a lot of Magikarp, Poliwags, Staryus, etc. should spawn Dratini, but much less frequently.
Don't expect them to be super common even in the best areas, though. I live in a water biome, and even have Dratini occasionally spawn at my house (about 4-5 times/week before the Halloween event, but only about 1-2 times/week since then), and at level 35, I've only gotten enough to evolve two Dragonites. That includes a few Dratini hatches and some buddy-walking, but also includes using probably 50-60 candies to power up my two Dragonites. I've caught three wild Dragonairs, all at my house.
To give you a rough idea of relative frequency, among the water pokemon that frequently spawn at my house, I've caught (according to my pokedex, and including hatches, and catches elsewhere):
60 Dratini
744 Magikarp
512 Staryu
520 Goldeen
337 Slowpoke*
565 Poliwag
535 Psyduck
*during the Valentine's Day event, 90% of the hourly spawns at my house were Slowpokes or Slowbros, so that number would otherwise be a little lower.
edit: one more comment, I will always try to catch Dratini when I see them, but will often pass on trying to catch the other pokemon I listed, other than the hourly spawns at my house. So, the relative frequency of Dratini is probably slightly lower than the numbers would indicate.
I live by the coast in what is supposed to be a typical water biome.
I have read many stories here about catching Dratini on the beach, but this is not my experience. I do much of my PoGo walking (1600 km so far) along the beach and have caught a grand total of 24 Dratini since July last year (including 2 hatches). I have walked 325 km with Dratini as my buddy to evolve and then power up my only Dragonite.
For comparison, I have caught:
- 73 Sandshrew (more common on the beach than Dratini))
- 297 Psyduck
- 221 Poliwag
- 133 Horsea
- 143 Slowpoke
- 154 Goldeen
- 342 Magikarp
I suggest you to visit any park or any place that have nest of any pokemon and near pond , river or sea. Btw there are specific time that Dratini will spawn. At my nearby park, Dratini always spawn around 500-700, 1200-1400, 1600-1800 and 2000-2200. I have observed this park for a month and this happen repeatedly everyday so I'm sure other place also have similar pattern. This is just my experience.
I'm not using 3rd party tracker so my information might not 100% correct but everytimes I go there on these time I always found 1-3 Dratinis..
Talk to other players in your area and see what they know. A lot of areas have discords or facebook pages, but it's also good to just talk to other people you see playing in your area. You'd be surprised how much other players know about your area that maybe you underestimated before.
Other than that, my only recommendation is to frequently check back in the spots you've found them before. Even after nest changes and stuff, I know of about 4 different spots in my city that still spawn a dratini every once in a while. They might only spawn there a couple of times a day, but if you've found them there before, keep checking those spots.
The 4 spots in my city were not near water.
