Bingo
Bingo is a timed collection game. A player is given a 5x5 card of 25 Pokemon and marks a square off by catching that Pokemon. Completing rows, columns, diagonals and the full card each pay a reward. A card lasts 6 hours from the moment it is started, and the clock does not stop.
The card is opened with /bingo. Cards are not handed out automatically: the first screen explains the rewards, and the timer begins only when the card is started from it. A new card can be started every 6 hours, measured from when the previous card began.
The card
| Grid | 5x5 (25 squares) |
|---|---|
| Lines available | 12 (5 rows, 5 columns, 2 diagonals) |
| Card duration | 6 hours |
| Between cards | 6 hours |
Both diagonals count as completed lines and pay the same as a row or a column. A single catch can therefore finish more than one line at once, and the centre square sits on both diagonals.
Rarity tiers
Every Pokemon that can appear on a card belongs to one of four rarity tiers, set by how commonly it spawns: 60 and above is Common, 10 and above is Uncommon, 1 and above is Rare, and anything below 1 is Ultra Rare.
A card is not drawn at random from the whole pool. Every card is guaranteed 11 Common, 7 Uncommon, 5 Rare and 2 Ultra Rare, which fills the 25 squares of a 5x5 grid exactly, so two cards are comparable in difficulty.
No Pokemon appears twice on the same card.
851 Pokemon are eligible in total: 304 Common, 257 Uncommon, 225 Rare and 65 Ultra Rare.
Common (304)
Uncommon (257)
Rare (225)
Ultra Rare (65)
Which Pokemon can appear
A Pokemon must clear every one of the following to be placed on a card.
- It must be catchable by ordinary exploration, as described above.
- It must not be a Legendary Pokemon, a Mythical Pokemon or an Ultra Beast.
- It must not be on the excluded list below.
- It must be at most evolution stage 2, counting an unevolved Pokemon as stage 0.
No Pokemon is currently removed by the evolution limit: the longest evolution line reaches stage 2, so every stage qualifies and fully evolved Pokemon can appear on a card.
Excluded Pokemon
163 Pokemon cannot appear on a card.
Legendary Pokemon (71)
Mythical Pokemon (23)
Ultra Beasts (11)
Paradox Pokemon (20)
Structure-only Pokemon (2)
Trigger-only Pokemon (10)
Excluded as too rare (26)
See also: Spawning, Poké Balls.