The long-awaited invisible Pokmon, Kecleon, is now appearing on PokStops in Pokmon Go

Posted by Kary Bruening on Wednesday, April 17, 2024
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In an announced release, a new Pokémon is now appearing in Pokémon Go. However, rather than showing in the wild as many Pokémon traditionally do, this one is exclusively showing up on PokéStops as an invisible object. The Pokémon Kecleon has been datamined several times over the past few months as we get closer to the release of Pokémon Go’s Tour: Hoenn event, where this Pokémon first appeared in the main games. Kecleon is now appearing shortly after completing the Community Day event for Chespin.

It has been reported by a handful of players that Kecleon regularly appears on PokéStops. When players attempt to spin for their items from the PokéStops, an invisible object blocks their attempts to spin it, and if they tap the hidden object, it turns out to be Kecleon.

Related: How to catch Kecleon in Pokémon Go

⚠️速報⚠️

ニュージーランドはコミュデイ終了!!
とおもったら…

なにこれ!?

カクレオン!?!?

ポケストップ回せないんだけど!?#Pokemongo#ポケモンGO pic.twitter.com/VaBI7O7xky

— 北山由里(YuriKitayama) (@Yuri_FoL) January 7, 2023

Originally, before the Community Day event for Chespin had ended, the datamining group, Pokeminers, had been regularly sharing updates about the code being pushed forward in Pokémon Go. These were not the first time the team had seen these updates surrounding Kecleon. These were shared roughly a month ago, around when the Pokémon Go Tours: Hoenn ticket had been announced and went on sale.

To quickly re-cap everything we know about this rocket stop and Kelceon:

* New rocket stop for Pokemon encounters – specifically it skips the rocket dialogue and the battle, so what you'll see is just spinning the stop and then an encounter will pop up

— PokeMiners (@poke_miners) January 7, 2023

It’s not a massive shock for Kecleon to appear in the game, especially with the imminent arrival of the Tour: Hoenn event, which features all Pokémon from that region. However, the surprise comes from the follow-up to the Chespin Community Day event. It feels odd for Niantic to pair these two together. Of course, something else could add to Kecleon’s arrival, but we won’t know until Niantic formally announces Kecleon’s appearance.

We don’t know how long Kecleon will continue to spawn in Pokémon Go. But, hopefully, it’s enough time for players to enjoy the event and catch as many as possible. We also hope not to hear reports of Kecloen breaking, similar to Zorua’s launch in October 2022.

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Zack Palm

Zack Palm is the Senior Writer of Gamepur and has spent over five years covering video games, and earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Oregon State University. He spends his free time biking, running tabletop campaigns, and listening to heavy metal. His primary game beats are Pokémon Go, Destiny 2, Final Fantasy XIV, and any newly released title, and he finds it difficult to pull away from any Star Wars game.

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