# Spoofing in Western USA **URL:** \ **Category:** Discussions about the game\ **Created:** [July 9, 2026, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.pikminbloom.com/t/spoofing-in-western-usa/13335 "2026-07-09T13:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**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 20, 2026, 10:35am UTC](https://community.pikminbloom.com/t/spoofing-in-western-usa/13335/4 "2026-07-20T10:35:32Z")
Linking this post to the gigantic thread of spoofers report/discussion… > [@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… This really has been annoying and the only way to fight back is to mess with the Big Flowers’ preconditions right after they turned into sprouts. Those “flower farmers” really hate having inconsistent big flower status or seeing non-white flowers planted around them. Saw a bunch of posts from them complaining red or yellow flower being planted at “_their_ flower farms” and people messing up _their_ Big flowers’ blooming time, statuses. So far, that’s the only method I can think of… Making the Big Flowers as unattractive and messy as possible to “protect” them being targeted as the spofers’ “flower farm”. It sounds very stupid that we have to go out of the way to do these kind of stuff. But Niantic/now Scopely does nothing to ban those spoofers, we have to find our own ways to cope with it… Shroom-wise… I guess being able to see the player names might help just a bit in reporting, it’s just a bit easier to track them down compared with the “flower farmers.” --- _[View the full topic](https://community.pikminbloom.com/t/spoofing-in-western-usa/13335)._