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Among the many different items you will earn while playing Pokémon GO are four types of lure – devices that will increase Pokémon activity around a selected Pokéstop. As you can imagine, they’re useful for catching lots of Pokémon quickly – but did you know that the special lures also exclusively unlock evolutions that stand in the way of catching them all? We reveal all in this guide to Pokémon GO’s lures.

How do Pokémon GO’s lures work, and how can I use them?

Pokémon GO’s lures can be placed on Pokéstops to increase spawning rates – and everyone playing benefits when you’re using them. Furthermore, the addition of special glacial, magnetic and mossy lures in May 2019 allowed players to get specific about which kinds of Pokémon they wanted to attract.

  • The different lures attract different types of Pokémon:
    • Glacial lures attract Water and Ice-type Pokémon
    • Magnetic lures attract Electric, Steel and Rock Pokémon
    • Mossy lures attract Bug, Grass and Poison Pokémon
    • Basic lures attract Pokémon of all types
  • All lures increase spawn rates. Combine with a lucky egg to earn plenty of experience!
  • All lures last for 30 minutes (duration is sometimes extended during promotional events)
  • Active lures benefit all players
  • The glacial, magnetic and mossy lures all enable exclusive evolutions (see below)
Where To Apply Lure On Pokestop

To use a lure on a Pokéstop:

  1. Walk near the Pokéstop that you want to use and tap it
  2. Between the name of the stop and the photo disc depicting it, look for a white space with rounded edges (circled above). Tap this and select your lure.

Magnetic Lures: How to evolve Nosepass into Probopass / How to evolve Magneton into Magnezone

A couple of conditions conspire to make Magnezone (Pokédex #462) and Probopass (Pokédex #476) two of the easiest to miss Pokémon in Pokémon GO. Firstly, they do not appear in sequence with their pre-evolutions in the Pokédex. Secondly, they are unique in that if you look at a Magneton or Nosepass Pokémon page, there’s no button hinting that they can evolve.

Pokego Lure Guide 02x Magneton Probopass Evolve Magnetic Lure

In fact, this evolution button will only appear when you stand near a Pokéstop with an active Magnetic Lure. Before you rush out and drop a magnetic lure, it’s also worth knowing that you will need 100 Magnemite and 50 Nosepass candies for each evolution – we recommend saving up for both before you drop the lure.

Glacial and Mossy Lures: How to obtain the exclusive Eevee evolutions

The same principle applies for getting the Eevee evolutions Glaceon and Leafeon, just with different lures:

  • Eevees evolved within the influence of a glacial lure will evolve into Glaceon
  • Eevees evolved within the influence of a mossy lure will evolve into Leafeon

Check the silhouette of the Pokémon on the evolve button, tap it and you should be the happy new owner of a new Eeveeloution. For more information, check out our full guide to Eevee in Pokémon GO.

Special Lures In Shop

How to get a Glacial Lure, Magnetic Lure or Mossy Lure

Lures are available from the in-game shop for 200 Pokécoins each. Pokécoins are the game’s premium currency, though you don’t necessarily have to hand over real world money to earn them: you can earn up to 50 coins a day by having your Pokémon defend local Gyms.

You can also get one of each of the lures by participating in the Jirachi special research task ‘A Thousand-Year Slumber’ – they are the reward for completing the relatively easy tasks in step 1/7. Keep a look out for free lures in future tasks too!

Magnetic Lure On Map

The premium nature of these lures means that they are far more rarely spotted in the wild – however, keep an eye out for the tale-tale ‘confetti’ around a Pokéstop using a lure and you may be able to reap the benefits for free:

  • Active Glacial Lures will have snowflake shapes falling around them
  • Active Magnetic Lures are surrounded by small grey rectangles (as in the example above)
  • Active Mossy Lures are symbolised by a shower of green leaves

Be a good Pokémon GO player – let your friends and other players know when you’re planning on dropping a lure so they can benefit too!

Standard Lures In Shop

How to get standard lure modules

Basic lure modules – those that increase wild Pokémon spawning rates in general, casting pink confetti around a Pokéstop when active – can be purchased for 100 Pokécoins from the in-game shop, or in a pack of 8 for 680 coins.

The game also hands out modules:

  • When you reach player levels 8, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40
  • When you complete special research task steps – for example, you receive three lure modules on step one and step four of the Mew task, ‘A Mythical Discovery’

This article is part of our Pokémon GO walkthrough and guide series. We have articles that take you through the basics, covering How To Catch Pokémon: Throwing Tips, Poké Balls, & Capture Rates, How To Redeem Pokémon GO Promo Codes, How To Check A Pokémon's IVs Using An IV Calculator, How Trading Works, How To Track Pokémon Using Maps And Trackers, What Star Pieces And Stardust Do And How To Get Them, How Player Vs. Player Trainer Battles Work, and How To Complete Field Research And Research Breakthroughs And All Rewards.

We cover regular weekly and monthly Pokémon GO events, such as Spotlight Hour Times And Bonus Hour Times, and Community Days. We also have charts, including a Type Chart With Effectiveness And Weakness For All Types, an Egg Chart Explaining 2km, 5km, 7km, & 10km Eggs, and a Buddy Chart Explaining How To Earn Candy.

Elsewhere we cover Friend Code And Sharing Them For Easy XP and Which Pokémon GO 'Auto Catch' Companion Device Is The Best, plus more advanced tactics and info such as All Fast Moves And Charge Moves, How To Get TMs, And How It All Works, Shiny Pokémon And How To Catch Them, Glacial Lures, Magnetic Lures, Mossy Lures in Pokémon GO (And Their Exclusive Evolutions), How To Get Lots Of Candy Fast, How Lucky Pokémon Work & How To Catch Them, How To Catch All 27 Regional Pokémon, the Best Attackers And Best Defenders, All Raid Bosses And Best Counters Listed By Tier, What EX Raids Are And How To Get EX Raid Passes, What A Super Incubators Does And How To Get One, and How Get Mega Energy.

Pocket Monster-wise, we have specific guides for How To Get Pangoro, Sylveon, Glaceon, Aromatisse, Slurpuff, Sirfetch’d, Galarian Cofagrigus And More, How To Get Sylveon, Leafeon, Glaceon, Umbreon, Espeon, Vaporeon, Jolteon And Flareon, How To Evolve Wurmple Into Silcoon Or Cascoon, How To Get Tyrogue, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan And Hitmontop, How To Use The Weather To Get Each Castform Form, How To Catch And Evolve Into Galarian Slowbro, How To Catch Smeargle, How To Find And Evolve Burmy, How To Catch Spinda, Where To Find Unown, How To Catch Ditto, and The Rarest Pokémon Including Wild, Shiny, Mythical And Regional Catches.

We also cover timed research and special events, including Mew's 'A Mythical Discovery', Jirachi's 'A Thousand-Year Slumber', Celebi's 'A Ripple In Time', and Regigigas' 'A Colossal Discovery'. Other (past) event guides include Twitch Codes List - Pokémon World Championship 2022, How To Battle A Challenger (World Championships 2022), How To Battle Fashion Challengers, 'A Spooky Message' Spiritomb Quest, Kanto Event FAQ, and the Summer Tour 2018 Chicago GO Fest And Dortmund And Yokosuka Safari Zones.

Finally, there's our WIP Pokémon GO Pokédex, which currently goes up to 400 Pokémon: #1-50 | #51-100 | #101-150 | #151-200 | #201-250 | #251-300 | #301-350 | #351-400.