# Growing GPS Spoofers Affecting Local Players in Japan **URL:** \ **Category:** General Questions\ **Created:** [July 8, 2026, 6:52am UTC](https://community.pikminbloom.com/t/growing-gps-spoofers-affecting-local-players-in-japan/13322 "2026-07-08T06:52:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![robert2331177](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/pikminbloom/user_avatar/community.pikminbloom.com/robert2331177/32/18_2.png) [@robert2331177](https://community.pikminbloom.com/u/robert2331177)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 8:36am UTC](https://community.pikminbloom.com/t/growing-gps-spoofers-affecting-local-players-in-japan/13322/2 "2026-07-08T08:36:37Z")
Unfortunately this has been discussed many times and is becoming a long-term problem, not just in Japan but basically everywhere else outside of Taiwan I guess… There are many posts and players complaining from Europe, Australia, and probably more since it’s been getting worse, too… > [@Official stance on GPS spoofing and toxic "territory" claims in the community](https://community.pikminbloom.com/t/official-stance-on-gps-spoofing-and-toxic-territory-claims-in-the-community/12851): > > ​I’d like to start a discussion regarding GPS spoofing and the toxic behavior that often comes with it in our community. ​Pikmin Bloom is a game meant to encourage us to walk and interact with the physical world. However, it’s frustrating to see people using third-party apps to plant flowers or join mushroom battles without actually being there. ​What’s even more disturbing is that some “hardcore” spoofers are claiming certain areas or mushrooms as their personal “territory.” I’ve seen cases w… > [@What is Niantic doing against spoofing/cheating?](https://community.pikminbloom.com/t/what-is-niantic-doing-against-spoofing-cheating/13101): > > Dear Niantic Team, As the administrator of the largest European Pikmin Bloom community, I want to draw attention to a problem that is increasingly causing trouble in the Pikmin Bloom community: the use of GPS spoofing and other unauthorized software to manipulate the game location. Players are increasingly reporting activities that suggest the use of such tools. By artificially altered location data, individual users can bypass game mechanics and gain advantages that are not available to regul… Nothing has been done and not so much of a useful [response](https://community.pikminbloom.com/t/topic/13270) was given either… Maybe posting there in the new Chinese forum so that the complaint can reach the cheaters easier and make them feel guilty…? (which I highly doubt of course cause they’re just shameless) Literally just saw a post on Threads(they’ve deleted it… _sadly_) the other day thanking and praising spoofing app developers. And the first place they decided to spoof to is Japan to gather the Shrine&Temple decor Pikmins and “good-looking” postcards… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.pikminbloom.com/t/growing-gps-spoofers-affecting-local-players-in-japan/13322)._