Various reports claim that Pokemon are more likely to be found in their appropriate environments, such as water types near water. Is this true, or is it just observation bias with pseudo-random placement?
If true, what are the preferred places to find each type?
(Bug, Dark, Dragon, Electric, Fairy, Fighting, Fire, Flying, Ghost, Grass, Ground, Ice, Normal, Poison, Psychic, Rock, Steel, Water)
Best Answer
Pokemon spawns are very much affected by location.
The real world is split up into a number of biomes. Spawn chances, rates, and available Pokemon are very much biome dependent. This data is likely pulled from Google Maps and Ingress, with some minor alterations.
For example, it is far more likely for a Muk to spawn in an Urban environment than it is for it to spawn in a Meadow.
Biome List