Incorrect Bonus Location

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Hello,

I wanted to create this thread as I made a mistake with my location when creating my wayfarer account.

Today is my first day on the Niantic Wayfarer program, and it asked me to assign my home location and bonus location. I clicked on the “Allow geographic location on this website” and I didn’t think anything of it, as I normally do that and it gets it right, but this time it was wrong and it set my bonus location to be 400+ kms away from my actual location.

I was wondering if anybody would be able to reset my bonus location so that I can start providing reviews for the community as soon as possible, as I am very eager to get started!

This was for pokemon go version 0.371.0-G-64

  • WishesRL
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Hello @Wishes

I understand if you want to select a different place, but it is actually a very good thing that it didn’t pick your current location.

There are a handful of locations that come with an account:

  • play area is where you are currently playing (moves about with you if you are in vacation)
  • Home - it is recommended that you pick a place that you are very familiar but not within your typical play area (permanent choice)
  • Bonus - select someplace far away (this can be changed every 3 months).

Having a diverse set of spots help not run out of things to review

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Hello and welcome @Wishes

You have put your query in the correct place.
The wayfarer team can sometimes reset location.

Can I clarify something.

The home location is something you are asked to set during the set up process and it is something you do just that once.

The bonus location is something you can usually change during challenges or a few times a year.

The 3rd location is your current play area. That changes if you travel.

It is often worth having different places when you can choose.

Can you clarify if it is bonus or home you accidently had set incorrectly.

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Snap :joy:

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Hello,

Okay, that’s good to know! I just wanted to contribute to the community in my area, but that makes way more sense. Thank you so much for all this!

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Hey @Wishes ,

Welcome to Wayfarer.

I have reset your Bonus Location. You should be able to set it to a location of your choice.

Happy Exploring!

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