How to find routes in Pokemon GO?

Pokemon GO routes
Routes is being rolled out slowly (Image via Niantic)

You can finally use the new Routes feature in Pokemon GO, well, to some extent. Along with this new feature, you can also catch a legendary Pocket Monster in the game. Zygarde made its debut in Pokemon GO through a Special Research event called “From A to Zygarde.” It is a part of the brand new event in the game called “Blaze New Trails.”

There are six steps in the “From A to Zygarde” Special Research, but to obtain Zygarde, you only need to complete the first three pages. This is because you get the Zygarde Cube and an encounter with Zygarde upon completing all the tasks up to page three.

This legendary Pocket Monster has three forms:

  • 10% forme
  • 50% forme
  • 100% forme

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Everyone will get the 10% forme from the Special Research. If you want to evolve your Zygarde into other forms, you will require Zygarde Cells. This makes Zygarde very unique. Trainers have been bouncing off the walls with the addition of this mechanic in Pokemon GO. In order to get Zygarde Cells, you must make use of the Routes feature.

In this article, we will discuss how you can find these Routes in Pokemon GO and collect the valuable Zygarde Cells.


Where can you find Routes in Pokemon GO?

If you open your Pokemon GO app and click on the button that shows the critters near you, you will find a new tab called “Routes.” Clicking on this tab will open the Routes page, and you can choose which one you want to walk on from here.

These Routes are usually created by other players, and you can follow them or create a new unique one of your own. These paths can be used by you for your Daily Adventure walks and Daily Incense sessions. However, it should be noted that Daily Incense works better on a straight road, whereas Routes are usually loops. The minimum distance requirement for Routes is 500 meters with no upper limit.

There have been some complaints about this feature as people have not been able to find Routes around them or even make them. Like many of their other ventures, it feels like Niantic rushed the Routes feature, and the Pokemon GO fan base is not particularly happy about how things are rolling out.

It is especially difficult for people living in rural areas. It is difficult to find these in populated areas with a large number of players, and you can only imagine the nightmarish experience that people in rural areas are going through. Not only are these paths not available, but you cannot even make one.

Niantic has not rolled out the “Create a New Route” feature to everyone as of the writing of this article. So, you will have to wait till they do. And regarding the Zygarde mission, you must also wait for that. Since you will have to walk on a Route once and catch a Pokemon that spawns on the same, you will, unfortunately, not be able to complete this particular mission.

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Edited by Ashmita Bhatt
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