PGNumbra Tools

Tools that help in identifying and analyzing shadowbanned POGO accounts.

Tool 1: compare_scans.py

A specific location gets scanned (GET_MAP_OBJECTS request) over and over again and the number of found Pokémon get compared in a table view. This way you can determine if some accounts are seeing more than others and also what they see exactly. Of course you should have at least one account that is not shadowbanned to see the difference.

Tool 2: shadowcheck.py

A tool for mass-checking accounts. For every account exactly one GET_MAP_OBJECTS call is made to determine what Pokémon the account can see. If there is any of the rare Pokémon (which shadowbanned accounts cannot see) in the wild or nearby list, the account is considered good, otherwise blind. The tool sorts the accounts to files acc-good.csv, acc-blind.csv and acc-error.csv (in case of bans or other errors). Note that these files will be overwritten with each new run.

Installation

Do the regular pip install -r requirements.txt stuff. That's it.

Configuration

Both tools use the same configuration file. Just copy&edit config.json.sample to config.json and add some accounts and/or proxies to their respective files. Then run python <script name>. The configuration options are:

• latitude: Latitude of location to scan. You should use a location where you are sure that a "rare" Pokémon is nearby.
• longitude: Longitude of location to scan.
• hash_key: The Bossland PokéHash key to perform API requests.
• accounts_file: Name of a CSV file containing accounts in the format <auth service>,<username>,<password> - same as RocketMap
• proxies_file: File containing <host>:<port> proxies. Leave empty or remove this line if you don't use any proxies.
• scan_retries: How often the tools retry to scan the location. Defaults to 3
• include_nearby: Whether to include nearby Pokémon in comparison or not. Defaults to false. Only relevant for compare_scans.py. shadowcheck.py always examines both wild and nearby Pokémon.
• pokemon_name_format: How Pokémon will be shown in the table of compare_scans.py. Can be one of full (full Pokémon name), short (name shortened to 3 letters) or id (Pokédex ID). Defaults to full
• shadowcheck_threads: How many parallel threads shadowcheck.py launches to test the accounts. Defaults to 10, so 10 accounts will be tested simultaneously.
• login_retries: How often the tools will retry the login. Defaults to 3.
• login_delay: How many seconds to wait between each login retry. Defaults to 6.