# Raids - Remote raiding officially announced, plus other new features **URL:** \ **Category:** Archives\ **Created:** [April 15, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/raids-remote-raiding-officially-announced-plus-other-new-features/23845 "2020-04-15T15:52:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vorgriff3](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/vorgriff3/32/31150_2.png) [@vorgriff3](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/vorgriff3)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/raids-remote-raiding-officially-announced-plus-other-new-features/23845/1 "2020-04-15T15:52:52Z")
First official release of remote raiding, and some other enhancements to help under the shelter-in-place restrictions that are affecting many parts of the world. > **[New ways to raid, power up your Pokémon, receive Gifts to send out, and more...](https://www.pokemongolive.com/en/post/raidbattleupdate-april2020/)** What motivates my buddy to fetch a gift for me? I got down to 1 gift left, and buddy didn’t do anything. After a half hour, I gave that gift, leaving me with zero. Still waiting for buddy to fetch a gift. Is there a way to send him to get one? Hmmm… Sheesh, I missed that the buddy fetching gifts from nearby pokestops when we run low is one of the “soon” features. Oh, well; back to twiddling my thumbs. ---
**Author:** ![Arem1771](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/arem1771/32/31561_2.png) [@Arem1771](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/Arem1771)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/raids-remote-raiding-officially-announced-plus-other-new-features/23845/2 "2020-04-15T16:18:37Z")
It may not be live yet. It does say they’re coming soon. ---
**Author:** ![Branebs](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/branebs/32/49933_2.png) [@Branebs](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/Branebs)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/raids-remote-raiding-officially-announced-plus-other-new-features/23845/3 "2020-04-16T12:05:21Z")
I can’t wait to raid remotely with you guys! I’ll finally be able to get the legendaries and level 4 Pokemon that I missed (Galarian Weezing here I come!) ---
**Author:** ![vorgriff3](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/vorgriff3/32/31150_2.png) [@vorgriff3](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/vorgriff3)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/raids-remote-raiding-officially-announced-plus-other-new-features/23845/4 "2020-04-16T22:57:37Z")
The “remote” raid seems like hype now that it’s been revealed that it simply extends the range to how far your ‘nearby’ display reaches. So we won’t be able to raid with people further than a mile or two away. (And, not to rain on your celebration, I don’t think we get to pick the raid boss. So you won’t get to raid Galerian Weezing until a nearby gym has a raid with that boss.) I had hoped it would let us raid any gym we had visited before (i.e. any gym medal). Or _at least_ any gym where we have a gold medal. Having no gyms within range of where I’m stuck during the lockdown means the ‘remote raid’ feature is virtually a no-op for me. Bummer. Although I might get to try it while out on a grocery run sometime. I sure hope others get better use out of it than I will. ---
**Author:** ![digitaljdl](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/digitaljdl/32/18241_2.png) [@digitaljdl](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/digitaljdl)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 7:02am UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/raids-remote-raiding-officially-announced-plus-other-new-features/23845/5 "2020-04-17T07:02:36Z")
The way they have gone about remote raiding is very disappointing for those in areas that don’t have a high density of pogo players. It’s also disappointing for those in total lockdown that the first raid each day isn’t free. ---
**Author:** ![Branebs](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/branebs/32/49933_2.png) [@Branebs](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/Branebs)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/raids-remote-raiding-officially-announced-plus-other-new-features/23845/6 "2020-04-17T12:40:13Z")
In the future Niantic promised we’ll be able to raid with our international friends: > Niantic will be making adjustments to this feature over time, including changes to the number of Trainers who can join remotely, the ability to invite friends to raids regardless of their location Also, I can see 6 Gyms from my house, so there will be several Pokemon to choose. And I’ll be glad to accept invitations for remote raids from anyone even for level 3 or 4 raids. ---
**Author:** ![vorgriff3](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/vorgriff3/32/31150_2.png) [@vorgriff3](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/vorgriff3)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/raids-remote-raiding-officially-announced-plus-other-new-features/23845/7 "2020-04-17T14:27:29Z")
Okay. I’m just looking at what is described as imminent as what’s realistic to expect. “Over time” sounds ominously nebulous. And noticing how clunky and delay prone it is to pull off a one-on-one battle with players on just two different servers around the net, I have serious doubts that a raid spanning several different servers in real time can be realistically implemented within the product’s lifetime (or ours). ---
**Author:** ![MizukiNiles](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/mizukiniles/32/19869_2.png) [@MizukiNiles](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/MizukiNiles)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/raids-remote-raiding-officially-announced-plus-other-new-features/23845/8 "2020-05-07T03:04:18Z")
And I’ve found that although your buddy Pokemon will fetch gifts for you at pokestops, it doesn’t seem to go to the same locations more than once. That’s a total bummer since there are only two places near me with either a pokestop or a gym and neither can actually be seen on my in-game map in my location. ---
**Author:** ![vorgriff3](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/vorgriff3/32/31150_2.png) [@vorgriff3](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/vorgriff3)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/raids-remote-raiding-officially-announced-plus-other-new-features/23845/9 "2020-05-16T18:58:52Z")
When my buddy gets gifts for me, the number of added gifts seems not to square with the number of gifts I have afterwards. Case in point, I clicked on the gift symbol that my buddy ‘said’ and it popped up a bunch of new-gift bubbles, and swiping them to collect them put the gift icon in the upper-right of the display with a “+10” next to it — ten new gifts, right? But when I look at my bag, it has a total of 8 gifts in it. How can that be, for +10? Did I have negative-two before? 🤔🤨 Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Jormdeworm](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/user_avatar/forum.pokemongohub.net/jormdeworm/32/34621_2.png) [@Jormdeworm](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/u/Jormdeworm)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.pokemongohub.net/t/raids-remote-raiding-officially-announced-plus-other-new-features/23845/10 "2020-05-18T16:00:04Z")
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