Hi everyone! I’ve been playing Pokémon GO for a while now and I’ve been pretty active nominating Wayspots in my area, which is a small rural village in Spain. I’ve managed to build up a decent amount of PokéStops and Gyms considering the size of the place, but I’ve been trying to understand the mech…

Hello @pachangasss That’s great that you are building up the influence of wayfarer in your area. It sounds as though you have a good submission technique. All the information about the steps between a wayspot and use on the gameboard are purely from community observation. First forget about Ingre…

Thank you so much for your response, honestly all of this information is really helpful and clears up a lot of confusion I had. The point about Ingress and the database split is something I wasn’t aware of at all, so that’s really good to know going forward. Just to make sure I understand correctly…

[image] pachangasss: One thing I’m still not entirely clear on is whether community contributed Wayspots that have been accepted but are not visible in Pokémon GO due to S2 cell conflicts count toward the Gym threshold or not. Do you happen to know anything about that? Only Pokestops and gyms…

[image] pachangasss: Also, I wanted to ask about something I’ve been curious about lately. Since Scopely has taken over Pokémon GO, do you think that might have any impact on the Wayfarer system and nomination criteria? For example, could there be changes to what gets accepted or rejected, or a…

Thank you both so much for your answers, this has been incredibly helpful! The article on S2 cells is really clear and explains a lot of things I wasn’t fully understanding before. And yes, I actually read the Testing New Wayspots thread, it’s really interesting that the experiment is already runni…

Questions about Gym thresholds, Power Spots and Wayspots not appearing in game

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cyndiepooh March 15, 2026, 9:05pm 5

If ambassadors know anything about this issue, they would be under NDA not to disclose it to the rest of us. It would not make sense to me to buy the product, then scrap the rules. However, we have seen testing of new Pokestops that don’t meet eligibility requirements and are simply placed by the team: Testing New Wayspots in Pokémon GO

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