Pokémon Go tips, tricks and cheats guide - Part 1

Pokémon Go, the location-based free-to-play game that has taken the iOS and Android app stores by storm, allows players to use the original 151 Pokémon in real-world locations, as Google Maps data turns parks, shops and churches into places where you can capture, train and battle creatures.

Despite the seemingly straightforward premise, there's lots of hidden, unexplained or not-so-obvious elements throughout the game, and we have a series of Pokémon Go guides that can help.

On this page are a series of tips and tricks that allow you to make the most out of finding and catching Pokémon, hatching eggs, leveling up creatures and much, much more - as well as a few unauthorised cheats.

Pokémon Go tips, tricks and cheats guide

If you want to play properly, then be prepared to travel around

Instead of exploring at random, there are ways to track specific creatures in Pokémon Go with Nearby and Sighting radars thanks to an in-game radar in the bottom right corner of the screen, which allows you to hone in on what creatures are nearby and by PokeStops. You can also track creatures by their Type in real-life locations - such as water Pokémon being near rivers, canals and lakes - as well demanding players travel to entirely different continents to get region-exclusive creatures.

Increase your egg hatching productivity by playing smart

For hatching eggs, you start the game with an incubator that you can use as many times as you like, and also find or purchase additional one-time-use incubators so you can have multiple eggs brewing at once.

When you have more than one available, it pays to be smart about where you put your eggs; placing longer-lasting 10km eggs in the finite supply will make them last longer, since they're based on the number of uses, not distance used.