The Map View is the main screen of Pokémon GO, which allows access to most of the game elements. The screen shows a map representing the trainer surroundings in the real world and game elements such as Pokémon, PokéStops, and Gyms.
Overview[]
- 1 Main Menu button
- Access to Pokémon and Egg collection, Pokédex, shop, Battle page, game settings, in-game news and tips.
- 2 Profile Icon
- Access to Trainer's profile page and Friends list.
- Shows Trainer's nickname and level progress.
- 3 Buddy Icon
- Access to Buddy Adventure page.
- Shows current Buddy Pokémon and its happiness level.
- 4 Nearby Tab button
- Access to Nearby Screen with nearby Pokémon and Raids in Trainer's closest area.
- Displays three wild Pokémon located nearby, prioritizing unregistered Pokémon and Pokémon manually selected to track.
- The button turns orange when Trainer is invited to a Raid or are able to attempt to catch the Raid Pokemon if they got disconnected.
- 5 Research Tab button
- Access to Field Research, Special Research and Timed Research tasks and Today View.
- The button turns orange when any Research task is completed.
- 6 Compass
- Toggles the viewing direction in the Map View. The player can switch between a north-viewing direction and auto-rotation, which follows Trainer's viewing direction using device's gyroscope.
- Player can also rotate Map View using touch gestures.
- Paired Pokémon GO Plus icon is displayed below it.
- 7 Weather Icon
- Access to Weather Page.
- Shows the current weather.
- 8 Avatar
- Digital representation of Trainer which appears in player's current location.
- While standing, avatar is rotated using device's gyroscope.
- 9 Wild Pokémon
- Digital representation of Pokémon that are possible to catch.
- Tapping on them accesses Pokémon encounter screen.
- Weather Boosted Pokémon have special, flowing ring around them.
- Lured Pokemon have a pink ring around them.
- Each day when logging in after midnight, a single Pokemon will appear with a white ring around it; it will not despawn for the whole day and remain in that spot regardless of how far Trainer travels.
- 10 PokéStops
- PokéStops – locations where Trainers can acquire items and Eggs.
- Wild Pokémon naturally gather around them.
- Not visited PokéStops have white, horizontal ring around them.
- When occupied by Team Rocket, the cube above the stop will turn dark and shake wildly.
- 11 Gyms
- Gym – locations which Teams can occupy by battling and deploying Pokémon.
- Raid Battles take place at gyms.
- 12 Team GO Rocket Balloons
- The Trainer can tap on the balloon to encounter the Team GO Rocket member riding in it.
- 13 Campfire icon
- Opens the Campfire view.
- 14 Daily Incense Indicator
- Indicates that the Daily Incense is available to be used.
- 15 Temporary item bonuses
- It indicates items in effect and the time remaining of their corresponding bonuses, such as Incenses, Mystery Box, Lucky Egg, Star Piece, and Mega Evolution.
- 16 Rocket Radar Indicator
- It indicates that Rocket Radar is equipped.
Main Menu[]
The Main Menu of the game is accessible from the Map View and allows player to enter such game elements, as:
collection of Pokémon and Pokémon Eggs- in-game Shop
- Pokédex
- Bag with Items
- Battle page with access to Trainer Battles, GO Battle League and Battle Party.
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Battle page with access to It also lets player to go to:
- game settings screen
- check out Tips
- in-game News and Notifications
- ticketed events information, redirects to the external page which can be only accessed from the game itself
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Current Main Menu screen
Main Menu with active shop promotional offer, prior to GO Battle League feature release
Game settings[]
In game settings screen there are plenty of togglable options for player.
Redecorations[]
The Map View was redecorated for the following events. Check each individual event page for more details and images:
- Halloween 2022 and Halloween 2023 - PokéStops were orange, and Gyms and PokéStops had a series of pumpkins around the base of them. Leaf piles , grassy areas turned brown, water and clouds changed colors. Floating down leaves.
- Holiday 2022 - Some PokéStops and Gyms had strings of festive lights around their base. Snow piles appeared around the map.
- Festival of Colors 2023 - PokéStops would throw colored powder when Trainers approached them.
- Some events on Season of Light - The night Sky would show galaxies.
- Adventure Week 2023 - The Sky would show polar lights.
Halloween 2022
Holiday
Colored Powder
Galaxies
Polar Lights
Halloween 2023
External links[]
- Map View page in Niantic Support (currently outdated)