5 Things You Should Know About Pokemon Go

1. Visit parks with multiple PokéStops

While you can find Pokémon just about anywhere, if you want to find lots of Pokémon, you want to go to a populated area. Cities are a pretty good starting point, but we prefer parks — especially parks with a good body of water, or saltwater beach parks — for the ultimate Pokémon catching experience. Different terrain will help you find different types of Pokémon, while parks with multiple PokéStops ensure that you won't run out of Poké Balls while hunting.

2. Use Lucky Eggs before an XP spree or evolving Pokémon

Lucky Eggs, which you can get as level rewards and buy from the Shop, will double your personal Trainer XP you collect for 30 minutes. You can use these pretty effectively to grind up your level while catching multiple Pokémon, but the best time to use these eggs is when you're evolving Pokémon.

Normally, you get 500XP for evolving Pokémon; with a Lucky Egg enabled, that jumps to 1000XP every time. If you have a ton of Pidgeys, for example, you can evolve them into Pigeottos with just 12 Pidgey Candy — and net a ton of experience, in the meantime.

3. Look for empty slots on Gyms

The way Gym battles work has been drastically changed. Now it's three times easier to tear down an opposing Gym and three times harder to train up a friendly Gym. Also, you can no longer snipe a Gym — wait for someone else to take it down and then quickly grab it before they can. Now, the person who clears a Gym gets first chance to fill it.

But, with new rules come new opportunities. Since Gyms are easier to take down, more people are taking them down. Even Level 10 Gyms are falling all the time. Even a single higher-level player can take down a Gym now in not much time at all. Since Gyms give three slots when they change teams, and a single high-level player will only take one of those slots, that leaves two more open for others.

4. Play during off-hours

As much fun as it is to play at lunchtime, the afternoon hours are often some of the busiest times for the game. If you can play later in the evening or early in the morning, you'll have a much more enjoyable time exploring the world.

5. Know your local nests

Some Pokémon have "nests" or frequent places around town where they spawn consistently. The type of Pokémon that spawns there changes every two weeks, at least recently, but the points themselves are fairly consistent.

Many people file reports on these points to make them easier for others to find — like you! If you discover a nest or spawn point, you can also share it with others.