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Credit: Niantic Here how the Friendship Referral Program will work in Pokémon GO as announced on Niantic's official blog: Whether it's your friend's first time playing or they're returning after a break, they'll receive rewards like Pokémon encounters, Rare Candy, Incubators, and more as they hit milestones on their adventure—and so will you! With the Season of[...]

Credit: Niantic The full details from the official Pokémon GO blog are as follows: Date + Time: Thursday, April 1, 2021, from 12:00 a.m to 11:59 p.m local time Features Pokémon prone to mischief—like Aipom, Croagunk, and Purrloin—will be appearing more often in the wild! Ah man, what a nice time for a Purrloin Shiny release[...]

Niantic has already announced the full events happening in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite in April 2021 including a two-part Weasley-themed Brilliant Event, two Adversaries events, and, as per usual, the monthly Community Day. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Brilliant Event graphic Credit: Niantic The full details for April 2021's events in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite were announced today on[...]

Tonight is Therian Forme Tornadus Raid Hour in Pokémon GO. Here are our tips to take advantage of this Legendary Pokémon's debut.

However, looking into the roles these Pokémon play in other games, and even the anime, can enrich the experience of hunting these creatures in Niantic's mobile game In honor of tonight's Slugma Spotlight Hour, let's take a deep dive into this Pokémon's lore. Slugma official artwork Credit: Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 218, Slugma is a[...]

Credit: Niantic According to PVPoke, a platform that plugs in the stats of each species to determine the top meta of each league and cup, has the top twenty Master League choices in Pokémon GO listed as: Swampert (powered up with Candy XL): Mud Shot, Hydro Cannon, Earthquake Groudon: Mud Shot, Earthquake, Fire Punch Melmetal (powered up with Candy[...]

Niantic has announced the details of the upcoming Spring 2021 event which will bring Shiny Bunnelby, Mega Lopunny, and more to Pokémon GO Let's dive into the details of this Spring- and Easter-themed event. Buneary in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Here are the full details of the upcoming Spring 2021 event in Pokémon GO: Date and time: Sunday, April[...]

Niantic did unlock Shiny Wobbuffet map encounters for the hour, but that is an outlier It is generally understood that if a species isn't available as Shiny pre-Spotlight Hour, that Shiny form will not be made available during Spotlight Hour. The bonus for Slugma Spotlight Hour is also unfortunately one of the less useful ones: double[...]

Credit: Niantic What worked for this Pokémon GO event Rayquaza itself: This is a no-brainer Niantic followed through on the mystery of this event in a major, major way In the past, they have had an issue with the way they market "surprise" bosses For example, when they released Shiny Giratina Altered Forme as the pre-Halloween Raid Boss[...]

Credit: Niantic GO Battle League Season 7 will run until June, so we are in many ways just getting started Here's what the official Pokémon GO blog has announced for the month of April 2021 in GO Battle League: The Master League, Master League Classic, and the Great League will run from Monday, March 29, 2021, at[...]

A new Legendary Pokémon arrives in Pokémon GO for the first time tomorrow: Therian Forme Tornadus. Defeat & catch it with these top counters.

Credit: Niantic The full tasks and rewards for the New Mauraders Brilliant Event Part 2 in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite are: Page One of Four Collect Ingredients or Portmanteaus 3 Times: 6 Snowdrop Brew 2 Tonic for Trace Detection: 2 Re'em Blood Return 12 Brilliant Padfoot Foundables: 1 Baruffio's Brain Elixir Bonus Rewards: 500 XP, 50 Brilliant Family XP, 2 Defense[...]

Niantic tested three new kinds of Spotlight Hours in Pokémon GO this month With the events of April 2021 announced and no mention of any of these returning, let's look back on these trial events and determine which we think will come back and which are getting nixed. Shadows in Pokémon GO[...]

Niantic has announced Pokémon GO's slate of Mega Raids for April 2021, which will include a surprise Mega Evolved Pokémon appearing for the first time Let's take a look at what's in the works. Mega Energy in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Straight from the official Pokémon GO blog, here is the April 2021 slate of Mega Raids: Mega Houndoom,[...]

Credit: Niantic The full details for April 2021 were announced on the official Pokémon GO blog: Team GO Rocket Timed Research: From Thursday, April 1, 2021, at 12:00 a.m to Thursday, April 8, 2021, at 11:59 p.m local time, be sure to complete Timed Research to get a Super Rocket Radar, which you can use to battle[...]

Credit: Niantic What worked in this Pokémon GO event The bonus: Ever since the introduction of Levels 41 – 50, XP mattered again after a long time of Level 40 trainers only really concerning themselves with Stardust Personally, my renewed XP grind has me slacking on the Stardust front, so I was happy that this event offered an[...]

After delaying their March 2021 events for a necessary software update, Niantic hosted the first of two Brilliant Events in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite this past week with New Mauraders Part One Let's see if this event, which looks back on the childhood of Harry Potter's parents, made up for lost time. Brilliant Event graphic in[...]

While the current Adversaries event continues, Niantic has announced the details for the New Mauraders Brilliant Event Part 2 in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite This event continues from last week's installment which saw a rebellious Harry Potter resist the game's villains, The Unforgivable, in their warning to stop manipulating the Calamity The event ended in[...]

Credit: Niantic First, let's recap the full "The Higher They Fly…" Special Research in Pokémon GO: Page One of Six Win a Raid: 15 Poké Balls Defeat 3 Team GO Rocket Grunts: 3 Hyper Potions Catch 1 Shadow Pokémon: 3 Revives Rewards: 10 Razz Berries, 10 Nanab Berries, 10 Pinap Berries Page Two of Six Catch 5 Shadow Pokémon: Sun Stone Make 3 Nice Curveball[...]

Credit: Niantic The full details of Rayquaza Special Raid Weekend according to the Pokémon GO blog are: A Special Raid Weekend featuring Rayquaza will be happening during the first-ever Weather Week event! Rayquaza, the Sky High Pokémon, is known to feed on water and particles in the atmosphere Sounds like it'll be eating well during this rainy and[...]

Credit: Niantic First, let's start with the official Pokémon GO blog's description of the event: From Wednesday, March 24, 2021, at 10:00 a.m to Saturday, March 27, 2021, at 10:00 a.m local time, Pokémon that enjoy rainy conditions—like Vaporeon, Lotad, Stunfisk, and more—will be appearing more frequently in the wild. From Saturday, March 27, 2021, at 10:00 a.m[...]

Credit: Niantic The full details of the March 2021 Adversaries Event 2 come from the Harry Potter: Wizards Unite forum: From Friday, March 26 at 11 a.m PT–Monday, March 29 at 11 a.m PT, keep an eye out for the following: Increased sightings of Peter Pettigrew and Ukrainian Ironbelly Adversaries Increased spawns of Wit-Sharpening Potion ingredients, such as Armadillo Bile,[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Rayquaza Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Rayquaza counters as such: Shadow Mamoswine (Powder Snow, Avalanche) Shadow Weavile (Ice Shard, Avalanche) Shadow Mewtwo (Psycho Cut, Ice Beam) Mega Abomasnow (Powder Snow, Weather Ball) Galarian Darmanitan (Ice Fang, Avalanche) Mamoswine (Powder Snow, Avalanche) Glaceon (Frost Beam, Avalanche) Weavile (Ice Shard, Avalanche) Shadow Articuno (Frost Beam,[...]

Is Garchomp more powerful as a Dragon-type Pokémon or a Ground-type? There are Garchomp's best moves to use in Pokémon GO!

Was the Shiny Mew Masterwork Research in Pokémon GO too easy? Let's examine what role this style of quest can play longterm.

Credit: Niantic The full raid rotation for Weather Week in Pokémon GO will include: Tier One Murkrow – Shiny available, full odds Shinx – Shiny available, boosted odds Slowpoke – Shiny available, full odds Tynamo There's nothing too crazy here, but Shinx is a good tried-and-true raid Shinx as an Egg/Raid-only species has a boosted Shiny rate, which means that it's generally worth[...]

Niantic has now released a statement about this connectivity, confirming that there is a plan in place to create a shared social platform across all of their games. Pokémon GO & Harry Potter: Wizards Unite logos Credit: Niantic Niantic tweeted, confirming the Pokémon GO and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite link: We're beginning to roll out an update over[...]

Credit: Niantic Pokémon GO players will be able to obtain Rainy Form Castform encounters through: The Weather Week Timed Research: This will be the one guaranteed way to get this Pokémon during the event This Timed Research will offer five Rainy Form Castform encounters through its four pages as a reward for various tasks. The wild: Well… cross[...]

Credit: Niantic The full details of Rayquaza Special Raid Weekend in Pokémon GO are: Date + Time Saturday, March 27, 2021, at 10:00 a.m to Sunday, March 28, 2021, at 8:00 p.m local time A Special Raid Weekend featuring Rayquaza will be happening during the first-ever Weather Week event! Rayquaza, the Sky High Pokémon, is known to feed on[...]

Credit: Niantic Man, even writing this already makes me miss Gible Research Breakthroughs in Pokémon GO What a treat that was In any case, we do have a useful Breakthrough coming in April 2021 in the form of the male Frillish Normally a GO Battle League exclusive, the male Frillish (the blue one) will take over as[...]