Many are reporting that some Pokemon in Pokemon Go are region specific. This means that if you want to catch them all, you need to start traveling to faraway places, right? Wrong, don't book that plane ticket just yet.
Incubating and hatching eggs is your ticket to getting those region-specific Pokemon. Hatching is also important for evolution, as getting duplicates of rare Pokemon through hatching gives you a cache of candy you can use to evolve them.
Don't just randomly stick eggs into incubators and hope for the best, though. Here are some tips to maximize your time and incubators.
How to get eggs and incubators
First, you need eggs and incubators. Everyone starts off with an infinity incubator, but the rest takes work.Additional incubators can be bought from the PokeShop. You also get incubators when you level-up or by visiting PokeStops, though they're somewhat rare.
The only way to get eggs is by visiting PokeStops. The type of egg you get seems to be random, but there are three types -- 2 mile, 5 m and 10 m eggs (or 2 kilometer, 5 km and 10 km for those in countries other than the US). The mileage means that you have to walk that distance while the eggs are in incubators to get them to hatch.
Use your incubators wisely
Now that you have what you need, use them with a little strategy. The orange infinity incubator can be used, well, infinite times, while the blue incubators can only be used a few times. However, the limited-use incubators hatch eggs quicker than the infinity incubator.Typically, you get way more 2 m and 5 m eggs than 10 m eggs. The higher the mileage, the better chances you have of hatching a super rare Pokemon. You can't just ignore your 2 and 5 mile eggs and hatch 10 mile eggs, though, because you have limited space and the smaller mileage eggs will fill your bag up quickly. You only get nine egg spaces, after all, and eggs can't be deleted.
So, you need to get rid of those lower mileage eggs as quickly as possible to make sure you leave room for 10 m eggs. Since it takes more time to hatch a 10 m anyway, pop those in your infinity incubator. Put your smaller mileage eggs into the limited use incubators and get them hatched and out of the way.
Low mileage eggs have been known to grow rare Pokemon too, so you're not hatching them for nothing. Plus, every egg hatched gives you experience and candy.
Hatch when you're tired
Not everyone has time, or the energy, to walk 10 miles to hatch their eggs, but there are other solutions. They're technically cheating, but they're options.One great way to hatch your eggs is to keep the game open while you ride the city bus. The bus typically goes slow enough that the game thinks you are walking, and you should be able to even turn some PokeStops along the way.
Pro tip: No need to scream that you need to get off the bus when passing a Snorlax or a Pikachu. Just quickly tap on the Pokemon to draw it into battle, slide the AR toggle switch in the upper right-hand corner and start battling. This will turn off the AR and allow you to catch the Pokemon without stopping.
You can even lay your phone on a record player or tape it to a ceiling fan to rack up distance, but be careful doing this. It may crack more than just some eggs.
Why your eggs just won't hatch
Sometimes, no matter what you do, your distance doesn't seem to be counted and your eggs just don't hatch.The number one reason your egg probably isn't hatching is server issues. While you're walking around, make sure the white PokeBall isn't spinning in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. This means that the game is loading or has an error. If the spinning loading ball doesn't disappear, stop walking and shut down the game. Restart it and see if the loading ball is gone. If so, continue your walk.
Another problem is that you may be going too fast. If the game feels like you're going too fast, around 20 m (32 km) per hour, it won't register your distance. So riding along in a car that's going down the highway won't hatch your eggs.
Finally, make sure your screen is on the entire time you walk. If you let your screen shut off, the game will stop registering mileage.
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