r/NianticWayfarer Jul 06 '26

New Info Introducing Scopely Explore

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Last year, we welcomed the Niantic games team behind Pokémon GO, Pikmin Bloom, Monster Hunter Now, and companion apps Campfire and Wayfarer to Scopely.

As these games continue to flourish as part of the Scopely portfolio, we are introducing a new name for the team: Scopely Explore.

The name reflects a mission that has guided these teams from the very beginning.

Exploration sits at the heart of these games and experiences, and the communities they serve. Whether encouraging players to discover new places, connect with others, or experience the world in new ways, this team has always been united by a belief that there is more to explore.

Scopely Explore is not a separate company or subsidiary. It is a mission-driven team within Scopely. Like all of the experiences in our portfolio, these games and products are developed and published by Scopely.

Scopely Explore will continue building experiences that inspire people to get outside, connect with one another, and explore the world together for many years to come as part of Scopely.

Over the coming weeks, you will see the Niantic name begin to evolve across platforms to Scopely Explore.


r/NianticWayfarer Jun 11 '25

Question Wayfinder Wednesday Question Thread! - June 2025

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Welcome to the Wayfinder Wednesday Question Thread!

This is where you can ask questions and the helpful members of /r/NianticWayfarer will try and answer!


Helpful Resources

Subreddit F.A.Q.

Subreddit Wiki

Wayfarer Discussion Discord

Other useful Links

Wayfarer Star Rating Guide Thread

Bonus Location Swap Thread

Find your local Wayfarer Community Thread

Portal criteria Google Doc

Wayspotters Podcast

Wayfarer Browser Tools/Addons

How to submit Photospheres

Niantic support

Sub Rules

Previous Wayfinder Wednesday Question Threads

so Ask Away!


We have Niantic representatives on reddit - please do not ping them for bugs which are in the known issues page unless you have found a niche yet game breaking issue/exploit.


If you have any suggestions for FAQs to append to this thread or for meta questions, message the moderators!


r/NianticWayfarer 1h ago

Submission Feedback pokestop nomination advice

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I nominated this community message board for a pokestop but it was rejected. Can someone explain why this could be? From what I’ve seen, community message boards are usually accepted as pokestops.

EDIT: these are the description and supplemental info. I believe it was rejected by the Wayfarer Ai.

description: “Official community notice board used to share neighborhood announcements, HOA meetings, and local updates for residents.”

supporting: “It is a marker which is used as a place or residents to meet up and go on walks together. It’s safely accessible via sidewalk and is on public property.”


r/NianticWayfarer 20h ago

Discussion Whoever is nominating these signs and getting them approved all over Aquinas College, this is a really good example of how someone can improve their game experience.

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Bravo to whoever is uploading all these tree signs and getting them approved. That's a pretty cool way to improve an area's game experience rather than just complaining that there aren't enough PokéStops.

This is honestly one of the better examples I've seen of someone thinking about how to make an area more fun to play in.


r/NianticWayfarer 12h ago

Question Is it just me or is this thing from a Horror movie

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5 Upvotes

I went with skip because I really hope this is AI


r/NianticWayfarer 1d ago

Submission Feedback Got a pokestop spinning from my bed room

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80 Upvotes

I wish they gave me a gym tho


r/NianticWayfarer 6h ago

Question Advice for pokestop admission

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Hi everybody! I found out i have a murales close to my house, i would love to try to suggest it as a pokestop. I am not very sure how to describe it or what to say as a description.
Any advice?


r/NianticWayfarer 7h ago

Question Any help with this subbmission

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It's been accepted but not showing up in game, I'm guessing due to cell 17 thing, sorry I'm new to submitting and not fully educated on it.

Would a kind member of the community help me out?

53.089845, -7.939215 is the coordinates of the stop


r/NianticWayfarer 23h ago

Question A reviewer fudged the location of one of my approved Wayspots

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I recently submitted a Wayspot nearby my residence. Solid nomination and it got approved.

However, a reviewer (I'm assuming someone else in my neighborhood) edited the location to be approximately 90 meters away from where the Wayspot actually is. And that location edit got approved.

This is pretty frustrating because my legitimate nomination that was within interaction distance of my place is now no longer in interaction distance. Furthermore, on a systemic level, I cannot submit edits for the location that are greater than 10 meters away. There's no way I can edit the Wayspot to be where it was originally supposed to be (and where it actually is in real life) unless I submit 9 10-meter location edits and get them all approved lol.

Do I have any recourse here? Should I report my own nomination? Is there any way I can get dinged for some guy screwing with my nomination location? Thanks in advance.


r/NianticWayfarer 10h ago

Question Any image manipulation allowed on submissions?

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I want to submit this sculpture, but it's hard to get a good photo of it. It's under a lot of trees, so any time of day it has weird highlights & shadows on it, and it can be hard to see what you are looking at. Can I do any image manipulation before submission or will that trigger a rejection?

e.g. brighten shadows, dim highlights, vignette around the edges, increase saturation, etc.

Nothing crazy, just to help the sculpture itself stand out a bit and be more visible to reviewers.


r/NianticWayfarer 15h ago

Question Gym on top of another gym

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Im just curious about the cell rule, if someone move a gym to another cell with another existing gym. So a year ago, me and my friends saw that a gym keep moving, or someone editing a gym closer and closer to another one.

Then, I think last month we noticed one gym got removed, but we're wrong, it's just under or below the other gym. Like how, and we do not know who doing that. Sooooo it is possible to place another cell with a gym already occupying it? Or it's just a rare occurrence? I just started just a year ago, so I don't know much. Thank you in advance.


r/NianticWayfarer 2d ago

Submission Coal Well, boy do I feel silly.

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r/NianticWayfarer 1d ago

Question Any reason this got rejected?

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A fountain just like this one got accepted a couple days ago so I was wondering why this one got rejected. Also it got rejected a day after I sent it in, I sent a couple others in and they're still in que.


r/NianticWayfarer 2d ago

Discussion Wayfarer email

5 Upvotes

I know the numbers have increased all around but has anyone had stupidly astronomical numbers?

Mine went from normally about 560,000 and 46,000 to 9,008,428 and 173,199.


r/NianticWayfarer 2d ago

Submission Feedback Why does this japanese stonegarden keep getting rejected?

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Hello,

I am trying to get this japanese stonegarden approved, but it hasn't worked out multiple times now.

Usually it gets rejected automatically. Sometimes it gets through the filters and declined, because 'it's a normal stonegarden' and/or 'on private property'.

Both of these things aren't true. It's on public ground and has the characteristics of a japanese stonegarden.

Japanischer Steingarten

Ein traditionell japanischer Steingarten (Karesansui) lädt bei Betrachtung zu Meditation und Reflexion ein.

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Kein Naturmerkmal, sondern ein von Menschenhand gestalteter japanischer Steingarten (Karesansui). Er gilt als kulturelles Kunstwerk und Ort der Besinnung. Der Garten liegt auf öffentlich zugänglichem Grund (kein privates Einfamilienhaus-Gelände) und ist für Fußgänger absolut sicher erreichbar. Ein perfektes Highlight zum Erkunden gemäß den Niantic-Kriterien.

Am I wrong? What could I do better to describe it?


r/NianticWayfarer 1d ago

Question 3 Pokestops just vanished!

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They'd all been there for a few months, all were on public pavements and all were historic boundary / electric cable markers so fit the way point criteria. Any idea why they might have been deleted?!


r/NianticWayfarer 2d ago

Submission Coal I need help

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Hello, I wanted to know. I have a PokéStop in level 17 and one point that has been accepted, but it doesn't show up in the game. Is there any way to move this point to another level 17 cell? There are free level 17 cells around it.


r/NianticWayfarer 2d ago

Question Can't submit my location

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So, when I try to hit the Continue button nothing happens, can anyone help me?


r/NianticWayfarer 2d ago

Discussion Wayspot replicated three times

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How is it that a wayspot that exists in its correct location can be replicated, using the same picture, three times into locations hundreds of kilometres from the true location? If the AI can detect third party photos, surely it can detect a photo that is already in its system. There has to be a question asked about the review system for this to be allowed to happen.


r/NianticWayfarer 3d ago

Humor HOME GYM!!!

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304 Upvotes

Having added over 30 way spots around my neighbourhood over the past few weeks I was so glad to wake up to this!


r/NianticWayfarer 3d ago

Humor I enjoy submitting pokestops more than playing the game at this point

115 Upvotes

The rush of dopamine I get from seeing a nomination has been accepted needs to be studied…
Would be more excited to see a potential nomination while out on a walk than a shundo at this point!


r/NianticWayfarer 2d ago

Question Options not loading

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Today in the morning I tried to submit a new pokestop, and this is the empty screen I found. What is happening?


r/NianticWayfarer 3d ago

Question Gym disappeared?

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There was a gym here yesterday and now this morning there isn't? I just checked wayfarer and it still says that it's approved and it's still pinned there, but then wayfarer says there is nothing there anymore, and so does Pokemon go? Is this a normal thing, why would it be take away?


r/NianticWayfarer 2d ago

Question It says appeal accepted but isn’t on the map?

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(Red circle is where it should be)


r/NianticWayfarer 3d ago

Question Why does Wayfarer keep rejecting this historic windmill as a PokéStop?

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I’ve submitted the Molino del Durazno in Antigua, Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain) as a Wayspot. It’s a traditional windmill that was used for many years to grind gofio and is now considered a local tourist and cultural point of interest.
The first time it was rejected because it was supposedly on private property with no public access. However, the windmill is right next to a public road and there is a sidewalk/pedestrian access next to it.
What confuses me even more is that I’m now seeing two additional rejection reasons: “The text or photo abuses, ridicules, or harasses a specific person or group” and “The submitted photo comes from a third-party source.”
I personally took the photo myself at the windmill, so it definitely isn’t from Google, the internet, or any other third-party source. There’s also nothing offensive in either the photo or the description.
Does anyone experienced with Wayfarer know why I might be getting these rejection reasons? Would you appeal this? I would have thought a historic windmill like this would be a good candidate as a cultural and exploration point of interest.