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Pansage Goes Global In Pokémon GO: Bug Out Ultra Unlock Update

Niantic has revealed the new Ultra Unlock bonuses that come as a result of this past weekend's Pokémon GO Fest: Sapporo. These new event features will go live during the Bug Out! event starting Wednesday, August 10th, 2022, at 10:00 AM and running until Tuesday, August 16th, 2022, at 8:00 PM local time.

Pokémon GO: Bug Out Ultra Unlock graphic. Credit: Niantic
Pokémon GO: Bug Out Ultra Unlock graphic. Credit: Niantic

The new Ultra Unlock features added to Pokémon GO's Bug Out! 2022 event include:

  • Pansage available globally: This normally regional Pokémon will be available in the wild and in raids. It will be Shiny-capable.
  • Unown T in raids: A Shiny-capable Unown T will join Tier One raids.
  • Timed Research: A Bug-type Pokémon-themed Timed Research will offer Trainers some Mega Scizor Energy.
  • Ultra Unlock Event Bonuses:
    • Additional Candy for successfully catching Pokémon with Nice Throws, Great Throws, and Excellent Throws.
    • Increased chance for Trainers level 31 and up to receive Candy XL for successfully catching Pokémon with Nice Throws, Great Throws, and Excellent Throws.

The rest of the Bug Out! event in Pokémon GO will remain the same as previously announced, including the following content:

  • Date and time: Wednesday, August 10th, 2022, from 10:00 AM to Tuesday, August 16, 2022, at 8:00 PM local time.
  • New Shiny release: Venipede! Shiny Venipede will be available starting with this event and moving forward.
  • New Pokémon release: Grubbin will be released in Pokémon GO with a special method to evolve it all the way up. Trainers can use 25 Grubbin Candy to evolve Grubbin into Charjabug, but you'll need to get out there and either activate or find a Lure to unlock Vikavolt. Be near a Magnetic Lure Module to enable Charjabug's evolution to Vikavolt. In addition to being near the Module, you'll need 100 Grubbin Candy.
  • Mythical Pokémon arrival: Genesect with a Chill Drive will make its debut in five-star raids, and it will be Shiny-capable.
  • Mega Scizor arrives in Mega Raid: Mega Scizor will make its debut in Mega Raids, answering the question of what the mysterious, missing Mega feature was from the slate of August 2022 content.
  • Wild Spawns: Caterpie, Weedle, Ledyba, Spinarak, Yanma, Wurmple, Surkit, Kricketot, Venipede, Karrablast, Joltik, Shelmet, Gruppin, and Dewpider. Rare spawns will include Pineco, Skorupi, and Dwebble.
  • Collection Challenge: Trainers who complete this event's challenge, which focuses on catching Bug-type Pokémon, will receive a new Bug Catcher Pose and 15,000 XP.
  • Group Bonuses: If three or more Trainers join an in-person Raid Battle, even more of a "certain wild Bug-type Pokémon will appear for fifteen minutes in a 300-meter radius around the Gym that hosted the raid." Niantic goes on to clarify that this "certain" species will rotate, and all of them are Shiny-capable:
    • August 10th: Wurmple
    • August 11th: Caterpie
    • August 12th: Spinarak
    • August 13th: Venipede
    • August 14th: Kricketot
    • August 15th: Weedle
    • August 16th: Ledyba
  • Event Bonus:
    • Double XP for catching Pokémon with Nice, Great, and Excellent Throws.
  • Raids:
    • Tier One: Paras, Pineco, Joltik
    • Three-star: Venomoth, Pinsir, Forrestress, Shuckle
    • Tier Five: Genesect (Chill Drive)
    • Mega: Mega Scizor

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