Niantic Archives

Niantic released a post where they announced that they wouldn't yet be announcing the next Legendary Raid Boss after Darkrai in Pokémon GO, proceeded to announce the next next Raid Boss, and then once again told trainers that they would be keeping the next next next Raid Boss a secret[...]

Niantic has announced their November updates for Pokémon GO, including the monthly Research Breakthrough In this year of type-themed breakthroughs, which has replaced the fan-favorite Legendary Breakthroughs that used to bring Pokémon like Zapdos, Articuno, Moltres, Lugia, and Ho-oh to players, Niantic has switched gears to feature Pokémon of varying rarity, including some that can[...]

The latest Pokémon GO update has brought a new feature to Niantic's hit mobile game Is it a new species that has yet to be released in-game? A new Shiny form of a fan-favorite Pokémon? A way to mass-send Gifts to Friends? No It's "AR Mapping," which essentially tasks trainers with taking video footage of[...]

However, with Galarian variants of previously released species already showing up in Pokémon GO, how long will it be before the Galar variants of the Legendary Birds show up in Niantic's mobile hit? Not yet released in Pokémon GO, these are the Legendary Birds of Galar Credit: The Pokémon Company International There's no telling with Galarian Articuno, Zapdos,[...]

Credit: Niantic Ahead of Giratina Raid Hour, your best bet would be to prepare two teams of counters This way, instead of using Niantic's defense-based "Recommended" choices, you can prioritize your raid party by Pokémon who have the highest DPS (damage per second) times TDO (total damage output) This equation tells you who the overall best[...]

Credit: Niantic The Generation Two non-Shiny-capable species include: Hoothoot, Noctowl: This family of Normal/Flying-type Pokémon are pretty standard golden shinies, which works well with their color palette Hoothoot retains its red eyes, while the tops and back of Noctowl's dark-brown wings shift to match its pre-evolution's red. Spinarak, Ariados: Never has a spider looked so much like dessert[...]

Credit: Niantic The current Pokémon GO raids include: Tier One Carvanha – Shiny capable, standard odds Dratini – Shiny capable, standard odds Klink – Shiny capable, boosted odds Misdreavus- Shiny capable, standard odds Sableye- Shiny capable, standard odds Shinx – Shiny capable, boosted odds Timburr – Shiny capable, boosted odds While there is nothing incredibly spicy here, it's nice to see three raid/egg exclusives at the[...]

Credit: Niantic As per the latest Pokémon GO announcement, 2KM eggs can hatch the following Pokémon: Zubat – Shiny capable, full odds Poliwag – Shiny capable, full odds Cubone – Shiny capable, full odds Magikarp – Shiny capable, full odds Mareep – Shiny capable, full odds Wooper Snubbull – Shiny capable, full odds Volbeat – Region exclusive, only available to Pokémon GO trainers in[...]

However, looking into the roles these Pokémon play in other games, and even the anime, can enrich the experience of raiding these creatures in Niantic's mobile game In honor of tonight's Shuppet Spotlight Hour, let's take a deep dive into this Puppet Pokémon's lore before it leaves raids this Friday. Pokémon GO players could discover more[...]

Niantic has announced a series of new partnerships and exclusive events for Pokémon GO this fall, including GrubHub and 7-Eleven Mexico Now, there is yet another collaboration coming up that will bring special Pokémon, Timed Research, and new avatar items to Pokémon GO trainers with a Verizon-sponsored event. Pokémon GO and Verizon event promotional image[...]

Credit: The Pokémon Company International and Niantic To maximize on Shuppet Spotlight Hour in Pokémon GO, take note of our tips: If you are on foot, choosing an area with a lot of Pokéstops is essential The spawn rate during these hours is great, but you're going to want to increase your odds of catching a Shiny Shuppet in[...]

Credit: Niantic So… we gave Niantic the benefit of the doubt perhaps a bit too quickly Following the discovery of Darkrai's signature attack Dark Void added in a recent update, social media took this as confirmation that Darkrai would be the Halloween event raid boss Niantic normally brings their A-game for  Halloween, so in my piece[...]

Credit: Niantic The Special Assignment for the Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Darkness Rising Brilliant Event Part 2 will include: Page One of Four Collect 2 Ingredients or Portmanteaus: 2 Snowdrop Use Tonic for Trace Detection 2 Times: Ginger Root Return 10 Brilliant Dark Wizard: 2 Strong Exstimulo Potions REWARDS: 550 XP, 50 Brilliant Family XP, 2 Restricted Section Books, 10 Spell Energy Page[...]

Credit: Niantic Pokémon GO Event Spawns & Shiny Releases The Seasons Change Part 2 event was unique in that it carried over events from Seasons Change Part 1, including the newly Shiny-capable Vulpix This was a very welcome but unexpected feature, allowing players a full week and a half to hunt Vulpix rather than the four days[...]

After Niantic frustrated the game's community yesterday with a September Makeup Community Day focused on the Ministry Atrium page, today's October 2020 Community Day switched focus to Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes, the magical joke shop owned by J.K Rowling's iconic ginger twins, Fred and George Weasley Did this Community Day go over any better than yesterday's difficult-to-complete[...]