Summary
APokemon GOfan that completed a challenge in the game was given a “reward” of 0 Stardust. The moment underlines one of the frustrations withPokemon GOand has led to both sympathy and amusement from the community.
Pokemon GOplayers can get rewards for completing a lot of different activities, including catching specific Pokemon, joining in battles, or participating in special research tasks. However, not everything in the game always works as intended, either due to an oversight or aglitch inPokemon GO.
In this case,Pokemon GOfan and Reddit user Dylanzoh decided to tempt fate by testing a specific challenge that claimed it would only give a reward of 0 Stardust. The player shared a screenshot of the Party Challenge screen inPokemon GO, which gave them the option of catching 25 Pokemon, catching 50 Pokemon in Ultra Balls, or making 25 Nice Throws. The first and last challenges promise sixPinap Berries, but the middle one ended up being as lackluster as it sounded. A second screenshot reveals that after completing this task and effectively wasting 25 Ultra Balls (with the other 25 coming from their party member), a screen appeared awarding nothing, or specifically, zero Stardust.
Pokemon GO Players Respond to So-Called “Reward”
Fans in the comments are mostly amused or annoyed at the situation. Some users joked about not spending all the reward Stardust at once, while others said it would have been more accurate to list the reward as simply “-50 Ultra Balls.” However, a few did offer a plausible explanation for what happened here. They state that this particular Party Challenge is intended to give the participants an Eeveelution shirt for theirPokemon GOavatar, and that it was likely the player already owned the shirt, thus the game defaulted to giving them nothing.
This challenge may still be accessible to the player simply because it’s aPokemon GOParty Challenge. This way, they can help others party members who don’t have the shirt yet to get it. Still, as some fans pointed out, it would be nice if Niantic gave the player something for their efforts after already getting the shirt, even if it were a small reward. However, other fans say that in some cases, players may get this 0 Stardust message even if they didn’t previously have the shirt. If players find themselves in this situation, they should check their inventory, as it may have been delivered anyway despite the bugged message.
In general, players seem frustrated with bugs inPokemon GO. In any case, if players see a proposed reward of nothing in the app, it’s probably for the best to assume that it’s not worth their time.
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