How To Check Queue Position on Pokemon Center | Best Practices

When Pokémon Center is using a queue (especially during TCG drops), there’s no visible progress bar—but you can check your position using browser developer tools or an extension.

Here’s how:

📋 Method 1: Use Browser Developer Tools

1. Stay on the waiting room page—don’t refresh or open new tabs.

2. Press F12 (or right-click → Inspect) and open the Network tab.

3. Look for recurring requests like _Incapsula_Resource or anything tied to “Incapsula” or “ot.”

4. Click one of those entries, then go to the Response (or “Preview”) sub-tab.

5. Look for a JSON snippet like:

   "pos":123456


   That’s your current position in the queue.

   • Reddit users confirm this works:

     “Position: 1,550,840” from the checkbox code in the response stream
     “Click to expand… ‘pos #####’… I am 1,175,619th in line.”

🧩 Method 2: Use a Chrome Extension

• PC Queue (by imjoshin): reveals your queue position and estimated wait time via overlay.

• Pokemon Center Helper also shows position and warns against auto-refresh

• Installing one of these gives a clean dashboard view without manually inspecting network logs.

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⚠️ Best Practices in the Queue

• Don’t refresh or switch tabs often—that can drop your position.

• Stay in one session on one network—using VPNs, multiple devices, or ad blockers can trigger bot detection.

⏳ Why Position Info Matters

When demand is high (e.g., million+ in queue), seeing your position helps you decide whether to stay or come back later. Users report massive queue sizes:

• “Feels like that’s a bunch of bots… kept gambling position up to 2.5 million”

• “There is about a 4–500k person queue right now”

✅ Summary Table

🛑 Final Tips

• Be patient—avoid refreshing or multi-tasking during the queue.

• Extensions make it easy to track position without fiddling in DevTools.

• If you’re deep in queue (hundreds of thousands to millions), it might be smarter to wait for the next drop.