When you run out of Pokeballs - what are your options?

[James Falconer]

Any tips or tricks here? I recently ran out of Pokeballs (yes, I'm not exploring the world enough!), but other than buying Pokeballs or wandering around for Pokestops, are there any other tips or tricks I should know about?

 

[John Yester]

Got a few stops near me at all times. I just keep stocking up.

 

[Ron7624]

I can't help much either - but the only plausible option is to visit poke stops regularly. (spending money is generally bad lol)
Hopefully you have a couple that are close to you that you can visit often. My daily routine consists of visiting 10 poke stops that are nearish my home. Every errand I run begins with the poke stops lol.

 

[James Falconer]

Didn't think there'd be many options

I live in an area where the closes Pokestop is roughly 1km away. Kinda sucks if you want an easy way to stock up. Maybe I can request Niantic add one in at my address lol Wait, no. I don't want that.

 

[Rafagon]

I was extremely short on balls recently. I decided that I would go on Pok? Ball runs and just do the Pok?Stops, and avoid the temptation to catch wild Pok?mon I encountered. However, this almost never works. When I do see a Pok?mon, it is physically painful to just let him go and make absolutely no effort to catch him. So oftentimes when I finish playing, the net gain in number of balls I have is not that great, even when stocking up on balls was my goal for that particular session.

There?s a good time and a bad time to throw the ball at a Pok?mon you?re trying to catch. If you familiarize yourself with the chances of catching a Pok?mon before you go out there and actually play, you can avoid squandering your balls.

It?s also worth mentioning that it?s productive to use any public transportation options available to you instead of relying solely on walking/jogging/running around. Your feet will thank you.

I live in Miami and we have a couple of public transportation options that are completely free of charge, such as a trolley and a people mover in and around downtown Miami.

 

[James Falconer]

Rafagon, all good suggestions, thanks!

I hear the hurricane is closing in around south Florida, be safe down there!

 

[21stNow]

I second the safety wishes to you Rafagon!

 

[metllicamilitia]

I agree, stay safe Rafagon.

James, unfortunately without spending money it is just Pok?Stop's. luckily I car pool into work and there's a Pok?Stop outside my hotel, at home I have the same issue nearly. My apartment complex office is a gym and the dog park right next to it is a Pok?Stop however they are at the other end of the complex. Though due to the Pok?Stop outside my hotel I have over 170 great balls, and about 40 ultra balls, and I'm re stockpiling my Pok?balls. I would say if you can, take an afternoon and go to an area filled with Pok?Stop's and stockpile.

 

[Rafagon]

Rafagon, all good suggestions, thanks!

I hear the hurricane is closing in around south Florida, be safe down there!

I second the safety wishes to you Rafagon!

I agree, stay safe Rafagon.

Thank you for all the wishes, guys! It appears someone was looking over us here in Miami. The worst I experienced was your standard, run-of-the-mill showers with no strong winds.

 

[James Falconer]

@Rafagon - great to hear you're OK. Hurricanes are scary business.

 

[wendygrisanti]

To do it for free you can take over gyms to earn coins and then use those coins to buy pokeballs! Or focus on leveling up! Every time you level up you get a stash of pokeballs.

 

[James Falconer]

Thanks for the tips!

 

[GarysPoke]

Got a few stops near me at all times. I just keep stocking up.

I live in a rural area with no Poke stops and when i've been out and about and found any, all but one was empty. I'm almost out. Do I get more by catching Pokemon?

 

[Ron7624]

I live in a rural area with no Poke stops and when i've been out and about and found any, all but one was empty. I'm almost out. Do I get more by catching Pokemon?

Pokestops are never empty. When you spin, be sure there is a picture in the disk that you have to spin. If you have a bad connection, sometimes you are not connected well enough to the internet for it to work properly. Just be patient and wait for the picture to show up in the disc before you spin it and you will receive items.
Another thought is that one friend didn't know he had to spin the disc to get items....

 

[GarysPoke]

I live in a rural area with no Poke stops and when i've been out and about and found any, all but one was empty. I'm almost out. Do I get more by catching Pokemon?

 

[GarysPoke]

Pokestops are never empty. When you spin, be sure there is a picture in the disk that you have to spin. If you have a bad connection, sometimes you are not connected well enough to the internet for it to work properly. Just be patient and wait for the picture to show up in the disc before you spin it and you will receive items.
Another thought is that one friend didn't know he had to spin the disc to get items....

 

[GarysPoke]

Hmmmm. All but one of a coupe dozen said "empty module." It'll be a few days before I'm anywhere there's likely to be another and I will try to pay more attention. I thought I could use my points to " buy" but apparently not so I guess I'm done for awhile. Thanks for responding.

 

[GarysPoke]

Okay. Happened by one today and it worked. Apparently the connection must not have been good before. Thanks again.

 

[Rene Ritchie]

James: Find a place where there's a PokeStop inside and you can get a coffee and work and spin every 5 minutes. That'll stock you up after an hour or two.

Or pull a Kevin and buy them!

 

[oddysseey]

I'm lucky, I can reach a Pok?Stop right from my balcony, so I very rarely run out of stuff.