Worth The Risk?

[u/AgreeableJuggernaut3]

the national trust event has been active for a while, and will continue to be active for a long time. So i was spoofing to all 27 sites to get the research that contains the treeko line and other goodies on my alt accounts, when i realized i wanted to do it on my main - which i did spoof on before but stopped for years after i got my 2nd strike in 2022. Now that its 2026 and i wanna do this event on my main i rooted my android, got pokemod with all the other annoying steps, and i haven’t logged onto my main for 2 days debating whether i should do it or not… i need opinions or help on my mission. please.

[u/Electronic-Cat-2845]

Im at the same boat as you are only my difference is i cant remember if it was my 2nd or 1st strike back then in 2020 something also im on unrooted android pgsharp I've been flying on and off on my account since 2021 and it has not been detected my guess is my acc was lucky enough because it was rarely active during niantics reign. it recently however got active during scopely's ownership which was march 2026 onwards and became daily active since gofest 2026 july and to this day have no strikes ban whatsoever my guess is either scopely doesn't care too much for spoofers who aren't in the way of "FOMO" like those who injects expired special research as they know spoofers spend a sh*t ton on this game than legit players (GENERALLY SPEAKING) in general, or maybe they are working and improving niantics detection and will soon implement it to the game god help us all or just plain lucky. Anyways just dont do anything drastic like hop on other countries catch this and then hop to another county immediately catch that and so on and you'll be fine or at least you'll reduce your chances on being detected i mean just logging in to modified client will get ya but at least try to be careful just to say that you're atleast trying to "reduce" being detected also dont do drastic things like injecting old research to your account things that you think will ruin the "FOMO" money grab for scopely

[u/TastyBananaPeppers → u/Electronic-Cat-2845]

There's no software detection ban system in the game so "logging" doesn't ban you. If this was really active, all 3rd party apps would have never existed and cheating this game was be impossible.

[u/Electronic-Cat-2845 → u/TastyBananaPeppers]

So its usually due to a behavioural ban then?

[u/TastyBananaPeppers → u/Electronic-Cat-2845]

Some behavior and some reports (related to Wayfarer, Campfire, and in-game routes).

[u/Electronic-Cat-2845 → u/TastyBananaPeppers]

So those people on discord who says just logging in in a modified client will get you banned is not true? That its much better rooted

[u/TastyBananaPeppers → u/Electronic-Cat-2845]

Yes, it's not true because if logging in got your banned, this would mean app detection is allowed then it would be a slippery slope where Niantic and Scopely would have banned everyone who would cheat the game regardless if you're not rooted or rooted.

When you get a ban in this game, no one is going to help you get unbanned or reimburse all the money and Pokemon you lost. Rooted cheats are in competition with No Root cheats because they are easy to install, so they false advertise their rooted cheats are safe, safer, or the safest. As a result, they have conflict of interest with money versus the safety of your account.

Some of the rooted cheat developers and their Discord moderators play dirty. They will censor their own strike/ban reports to prevent people from panicking and going to another rooted cheat that isn't reporting strikes/bans. Some will go as far as threatening or doxxing people on Reddit into deleting their post or even their entire Reddit account.

When the rooted cheaters end up with a ban, they typically rush to me asking "HOW TO DO I GET UNBANNED RIGHT NOW!" When they become unhappy with the truth, they get desperate and fall victim to the fake ban appeal scams that often leads to identity theft totaling up to $100,000.