Pokemon GO Player Shares Helpful Tip to Avoid Losing Remote Raid Passes

Pokemon GO

By Sarah Fields

Published May 20, 2024

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Highlights

Remote raid passes are valuable in Pokemon GO, so setting up an empty team can prevent losing them in unfair situations.
Free-to-play players need to be cautious in remote raids to avoid wasting their limited remote raid passes.
Niantic should implement safeguards to prevent players from losing remote raid passes in situations out of their control.

A Pokemon GO player who experienced the unfair loss of a remote raid pass has been given some excellent advice on how to avoid having the same thing happen again. With Pokemon GO remote raid passes being a limited commodity for those who don't spend money on the game, this tip could help avoid the devastating loss of a wasted remote raid pass.

Pokemon GO introduced remote raid passes during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the game mechanic has remained in the title since. Although the game has undergone some changes in the years that have passed since then, many players still enjoy participating in remote raids without having to physically go to the location. However, the game doesn't have safeguards against losing a remote raid pass when someone disconnects, and this is where the problem started for one fan.

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Reddit user HeartDiseaseButLungs shared their unfortunate situation where they were invited to a remote mega raid, only for that person to leave just before the fight began. As a result, HeartDiseaseButLungs lost their Pokemon GO remote raid pass and lamented that as a free-to-play user, it was the only one they had. While some users felt sympathetic for them, another fan by the name of NaonAdni offered up some excellent advice. By creating an empty raid team, players can avoid losing their remote raid passes in situations like these.

As NaonAdni explained, players should set up an empty team and use it if they suspect that other players are going to leave the raid. If other players leave the raid at the last moment, as HeartDiseaseButLungs experienced, instead of wasting the remote raid pass, the game will ask the player to choose a different team that actually has Pokemon in it. At this point, the user can simply quit without expending their remote raid pass. If the raid does actually get going with everyone included, the player can instead just select their actual team with the Pokemon they want to fight with on it.

Player Safeguards and Pokemon GO Problems

Players who have gone through this unfortunate experience in Pokemon GO will likely be happy to implement this advice in the future. However, it's a shame that it's necessary in the first place. As remote raid passes can cost actual money, it would make sense for Niantic to ensure that players don't lose their passes when they never had an opportunity to actually fight. This is just one of many problems that Pokemon GO currently has that players wish would be addressed by the developer.

Pokémon GO

After a test run via an April Fools' joke on Google Maps, Pokemon GO was released to the public in the summer of 2016. The AR mobile app saw unparalleled success and continues to be one of the largest mobile games in the world, pulling in billions for developer Niantic.