Incense (GO)

Incense in Pokémon GO

Incense (Japanese: おこう Incense) is an item exclusive to Pokémon GO. It causes wild Pokémon to appear more often for 30 minutes.

In Pokémon GO

Effect

Finding a Rattata with an Incense

When the player uses an Incense, for the next 30 minutes it causes more Pokémon to spawn for the player only. While an Incense is active, a pink gas swirls around the player in the overworld, and Pokémon it spawns also have this visual effect in the overworld.

Incense spawns approximately one Pokémon every five minutes if the player is standing still, or one Pokémon every minute while walking. Pokémon spawned by Incense tend to be more aggressive, dodging or attacking with shorter time intervals.

The Mystery Box and Incense are mutually exclusive: if one is active, the other cannot be.

On March 13, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the effects of Incenses have been boosted to promote playing at home. These effects are:

• 2× Incense duration (from 30 minutes to 60 minutes)
• Increased Incense effectiveness (one Pokémon every minute, regardless of walking)
• The price of Incense has been halved.

Description

Games Description GO Incense with a mysterious fragrance that lures wild Pokémon to your location for 30 minutes.

Acquisition

The player starts the game with two Incenses in their Bag.

Starting from Trainer level 5, every 5 levels the player receives a number of Incenses for leveling up. Additionally, the player receives an Incense when they reach Trainer level 7.

Additionally, Incenses can be purchased with PokéCoins at the Shop at the following rates:

Quantity		Price
	×1	40
	×8	250

Special Boxes

• From March 12, 2020 onward, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a one-time purchase Special Box containing 30 Incenses was made available for 1 PokéCoin. Additionally, during this period, Incenses were made to last for 1 hour instead of 30 minutes.

Special events

Starting early 2020, the icon for the Incense may turn orange instead of green on the world map, in the player's inventory and in the in game store during special events to indicate the Incense will only attract specific Pokémon during the course of such event. This may require a game restart to show up properly in game. The Incense icon will revert to green once the event has concluded.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 薰香 Fānhēung Mandarin 薰香 Xūnxiāng French Encens German Rauch Italian Aroma Korean 향로 Hyangno Portuguese Incenso Russian Ладан Ladan Spanish Incienso Thai เครื่องหอม Khrueanghom

See also

• Lure
• Lure Module

References

This item article is part of Project ItemDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all items.