The Halloween 2021 Event is wrapping up in Pokémon GO, and mobile developer Niantic Labs has decided to end it with a raid weekend This weekend, Darkrai and Mega Absol raids were popping with increased frequency, encouraging Pokémon GO trainers to get out there to complete Tier Five and Mega Raids[...]
Halloween 2021 event Archives
The two-part Halloween 2021 event is now wrapping up in Pokémon GO After the first part of the event disappointed, let's take a look at what the second part offered and if the most anticipated event of the year can still be redeemed.
Halloween 2021 event graphic in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic
What worked in this Pokémon GO event
Pumpkaboo[...]
Let's get into the details of this as well as other upcoming Pokémon GO events.
Halloween 2021 event graphic in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic
The details of the Halloween Mischief Special Raid Weekend were posted over at the official Pokémon GO blog The event is described as such:
Pokémon GO Halloween Mischief Special Raid Weekend
Saturday, October 30, 2021, at[...]
Ever since, people that celebrate Día de los Muertos get ready for this occasion, setting the table with the favorite dishes of their ancestors, covering the streets with petals of the cempasúchil flower, and lighting candles and incense to enjoy a joyful celebration full of colors, music, flowers, and flavors.
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With these tips, you can battle, defeat, catch, and Shiny hunt Darkrai during tonight's Pokémon GO Raid Hour for the Halloween 2021 Event.
The second part of the Halloween 2021 event is now live in Pokémon GO This brings forth a new Raid Rotation, which includes one of the Tier Three (and former Tier Four, back when that was a thing) staples: Alolan Marowak With this Raid Guide, you can prepare a team to take on this Ghost/Fire-type Pokémon[...]
The Halloween 2021 Event Part Two is now live in Pokémon GO In addition to switching up the spawns and 7KM Egg pool, this event has brought forth a new raid rotation that hinges around the Dark-type Mythical Darkrai and the newly released Mega Evolution, Mega Absol Let's get into the details to determine which of[...]
The second part of the Halloween 2021 event is now live in Pokémon GO This brings forth a new Raid Rotation, which includes Lampent, the evolution of Litwick, in Tier Three With this Raid Guide, you can prepare a team to take on this Ghost/Fire-type Pokémon and perfect your catching strategy.
Lampent in Pokémon GO[...]
The second part of the Halloween 2021 Event begins today in Pokémon GO Like the first part of the event, this second part will introduce a new page to the Hoopa-themed Misunderstood Mischief questline, the season-long Special Research Let's take a look at the quest so far and dive into the new tasks added to[...]
The second half of the Halloween 2021 Event will begin today in Pokémon GO While the first half introduced Shiny Spinarak and three new costumed Pokémon, the second part will introduce four entirely new species to the game: Pumpkaboo, Phantump, and their respective evolutions Let's get into the details of what will be available for this[...]
Starting with the upcoming second part of the Halloween 2021 event, Darkrai will enter into Tier Five raids in Pokémon GO It will replace Altered Forme Giratina as the Legendary raid boss until the conclusion of the event With this Raid Guide, you can prepare a team to take on this Dark-type Mythical Pokémon and[...]
Niantic delivers a lackluster Halloween 2021 Event in Pokémon GO this year, with Part One disappointing on almost every level Let's take a look at what went wrong.
Halloween 2021 Event graphic in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic
What worked for this Pokémon GO event
New costumes: Three new Shiny-capable costumed Pokémon is a win to me[...]
Starting with the upcoming second part of the Halloween 2021 event, a new Mega Evolution will be unlocked in Pokémon GO: Mega Absol Absol will appear in Mega Raids, where Mega Energy can be earned in order to Mega Evolve this Pokémon into this super-powered form It will replace Gengar as the Mega Raid boss until[...]
Banette is currently available to battle and catch in Tier Three raids in Pokémon GO during Part One of the Halloween 2021 event With this Raid Guide, you can prepare a team to take on this evolution of Shuppet and perfect your catching strategy.
Banette in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic
Top Banette Counters
Pokebattler, which calculates all possible[...]
A special costumed version of Drifblim called "Halloween Mischief Drifblim" is now available to battle and catch in Tier Three raids in Pokémon GO during the current Halloween 2021 event With this Raid Guide, you can prepare a team to take on this limited-edition Pokémon and perfect your catching strategy.
Halloween Mischief Drifblim in Pokémon GO[...]
Pokémon GO will soon wrap its Halloween 2021 Event Part One, which features Altered Forme Giratina in Tier Five raids and Mega Gengar in Mega Raids Before the event ends, with Part Two set to bring Darkrai into Tier Five raids, players will have another raid hour this week to focus on Altered Form Giratina[...]
Alolan Raichu has returned to Tier Three raids in Pokémon GO! Normally a staple of Tier Three, Alolan Raichu has been featured a bit less this year but is now available during the current Halloween 2021 event With this Raid Guide, you can prepare a team to take on this region-based variant of Raichu, perfect[...]
Spiritomb is not featured as part of this year's Halloween 2021 Event in Pokémon GO As much as a bummer as this will be for many trainers, and it truly is for the one writing this, that doesn't mean all is lost Spiritomb is featured in two Pokéstop tasks not associated with the Halloween 2021 event[...]
In the days leading up to the two-part Halloween 2021 Event in Pokémon GO which is now live in-game, Niantic took to their @PokemonGOApp Twitter account to tease a new Galarian release They posted the silhouette of this Poison/Psychic-type evolution of Galarian Slowpoke, which is, in turn, a Generation Eight regional variant of the original[...]
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The Halloween 2021 Event Part One raid rotation in Pokémon GO includes:
Tier One
Espurr
Galarian Slowpoke
Murkrow – Shiny available, standard odds
Scraggy
Yamask – Shiny available, standard odds
This entire Tier is a huge why? for me Last year and the year before, I chased down as many Tier One raids as I could to get the costumed Starters[...]
Credit: Niantic
Here is the fully updated tasks and rewards of the Misunderstood Mischief Special Research in Pokémon GO:
Misunderstood Mischief Page One of Sixteen
Make 10 Nice Throws: 1 Incense
Use an Incense: 10 Poké Balls
Take 3 snapshots of wild Psychic-type Pokémon: 10 Nanab Berries
REWARDS: Gothita encounter, 1000 XP, 500 Stardust
Misunderstood Mischief Page Two of Sixteen
[AUTO-CLAIM]: 720 Stardust
REWARDS:[...]
Credit: Niantic
Here's what is not happening during the Halloween 2021 Event Part One in Pokémon GO:
Spiritomb encounters: Oh no! None of the Research questlines offer encounters with Spiritomb Not the Special Research nor the Timed Research nor the new Hoopa page This Pokémon was a Halloween staple but now Niantic isn't even listing it as available in Field[...]
The Yamask-themed Halloween 2021 Special Research in Pokémon GO offers encounters with Galarian Yamask, Alolan Marowak, & more.
That means that while this Timed Research will launch during Part One of the two-part Halloween 2021 Event, it will also continue into Part Two.
Notably, neither the Special Research nor the Timed Research has any Spiritomb encounters Normally, Spiritomb is a major feature of this event Are we about to go the whole event with[...]
The Halloween 2021 Event Part One begins tomorrow in Pokémon GO, bringing Shiny Spinarak into the game along with other new releases Let's get into the details.
Halloween 2021 graphic in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic
The full details of this event were announced over at the official Pokémon GO blog[...]
The details of the two-part Halloween 2021 event in Pokémon GO have now been released by Niantic This event will bring forth the release of Pumpkaboo, Phantump, Mega Absol, Galarian Slowking, and a brand-new mechanic into Pokémon GO: the size mechanic What Pokémon GO players mostly want to know when a new event begins, though, is[...]
Ahead of the Halloween 2021 event which begins in Pokémon GO this Friday, Altered Forme Giratina enters Tier Five raids as the first of two bosses that will be featured during the event Tonight is the first of two Altered Forme Giratina Raid Hour of October 2021 in Pokémon GO This Ultra League demon will be[...]
I predict we'll also see another research and perhaps even tasks for players to earn another Galarian Yamask encounter.
What do you think is to come in this year's Halloween 2021 event? Leave your Pokémon GO predictions in the comments below.
The Halloween event is widely seen as the most exciting time of year in Pokémon[...]