Niantic Archives

Credit: Niantic Tonight, from 6 PM through 7 PM, Drowzee will flood your screen in Pokémon GO. Shiny Drowzee will be available but it is a full odds Pokémon, meaning that according to Silph researchers it has a Shiny rate of approximately one in 500 While you can't increase those odds, you can increase the amount of Drowzee[...]

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 this week's Tornadus raid rotation, let's take a deep dive into this Legendary Pokémon's lore. Tornadus in Pokémon GO[...]

Niantic has announced the full details of the first event of Pokémon GO's Season of Legends: the Searching for Legends event This five-day event will see the release of Shiny Nosepass as well as Timed Research that investigates certain Legendary Pokémon Let's get into the details. Nosepass in Pokémon GO[...]

According to Niantic, they're listening to the Pokémon GO community They're listening about feedback on new features, about mistakes during events, and, perhaps most importantly, about the negative reception of recent Community Days The announcement of Machop and Roselia Community Day, both poorly received, were followed up with a message that has since been deleted informing[...]

Credit: Niantic Before the release of Shiny Pokémon in Pokémon GO, the rarest possible encounter you could get in the game was a powerful, evolved species People would absolutely lose their minds if they saw a wild Dragonite pop up on their map, and rightly so That era of the game felt like anything could and would[...]

After months of poorly received Community Days that garnered significant disinterest at best and backlash at worst within the game's online community, Niantic followed through on promises to change Community Days with March's Fletchling feature This time, we got a new Shiny release, an interesting move, and a non-Kanto Pokémon Let's see if this was[...]

Niantic introduced a new era of Pokémon GO in December 2020 by adding Seasons to the game Seasons are three-month-long themes that now run in-game roughly alongside of standard seasons, with the first, the Season of Celebration, coinciding with winter and the second and current Season of Legends coinciding with spring Now that the Season of[...]

Credit: Niantic Reshiram Reshiram is a toughie, but was even harder when it first debuted It featured one of the furthest catch circles in Pokémon GO history, which Niantic amended by bringing it a tick closer Still, though, it remains one of the most resistant species, popping out of Premier Balls like its damn hobby[...]

Credit: Niantic Here is the complete Incarnate Forme Tornadus raid rotation in Pokémon GO along with information on which species can be caught in their Shiny forms and tips on which of these raids may be worth your pass: Tier One Ducklett Espurr Roggenrola – Shiny available, standard rate Swablu – Shiny available, standard rate Voltorb – Shiny available, standard rate There's nothing[...]

Niantic has announced a few of these species, but now researchers at Silph Road have compiled observations from fellow Pokémon GO trainers that paints a much bigger picture of the way Pokémon are currently spawning around the world Let's take a look. Gible and Ambipom in Pokémon GO[...]

Trainers were pleased when Niantic announced Gible as the March 2021 Research Breakthrough reward but according to some trainer's social media, it seems that there may actually be a noticeable increase in Gible spawns in the wild right now Is it true? Is Gible really spawning more in the wild? Let's take a look at[...]

Niantic usually announces their monthly schedule for both Pokémon GO and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite before the start of the month However, we are six days into March with none of the monthly Harry Potter: Wizards Unite events announced No Brilliant Events, no Adversaries events, no Community Day On social media and the official Wizards Unite forum, which is[...]

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 today's Fletchling Community Day, let's take a deep dive into this Pokémon's lore and also explore some of its evolution Talonflame's moves. Fletchling in Pokémon GO[...]

Niantic has delayed the March 2021 schedule of events in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite in order to work on a software update However, there have been some, as they put it, "lightweight events" designed to take up time until they can officially announce the major March events, which many expect will include a two-part Brilliant Day,[...]

Credit: Niantic Here are the full details for Fletching Community Day from the official Pokémon GO blog: Fletchling will be appearing more frequently in the wild If you're lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one! Silph Researchers have currently pinned the Shiny rate during Community Day to one in 25 encounters, so be sure to throw on an Incense[...]

Credit: Niantic The full tasks and rewards for the Bravest Bird Special Research in Pokémon GO are: Page One of Four Power up Pokémon 10 times: 10 Poké Balls Catch 15 Fletchling: Fletchling Make 5 Nice Throws: 20 Fletchling Candy REWARDS: 1000 Stardust, Fletchling, 10 Pinap Berries Page Two of Four Catch 15 Fletchling: 20 Fletchling Candy Transfer 10 Pokémon: Fletchinder Evolve 3 Fletchling: 10[...]

Niantic has released the Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto Bonus Special Research, which is meant to make up for an error during the main event where non-ticketed players were able to access content meant only for ticketed players This research questline should appear to all trainers at 10 AM local time, wherever they are[...]

Niantic tested a new event in Pokémon GO yesterday: GO Rocket Hour. Pokémon GO trainers were treated to increased Team GO Rocket balloons for an hour, allowing players to battle Grunts, Leaders, and even Giovanni to earn encounters with Shadow Pokémon from wherever they were With Spotlight Hour and Raid Hour already happening weekly, though, is this[...]

Credit: Niantic Why You Should Buy the Fletchling Community Day Ticket In Pokémon GO Historically, the items rewarded in these tasks have been worth far more than $1 USD The rough part is that we cannot confirm exactly what will be offered, and can only base our choice this month on what was offered in previous months[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Tornadus Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Tornadus counters as such: Shadow Raikou (Thunder Shock, Wild Charge) Shadow Zapdos (Thunder Shock, Thunderbolt) Shadow Magnezone (Spark, Wild Charge) Zekrom (Charge Beam, Wild Charge) Shadow Mamoswine (Powder Snow, Avalanche) Shadow Tyranitar (Smack Down, Stone Edge) Shadow Electivire (Thunder Shock, Wild Charge) Rampardos (Smack Down, Rock[...]

This summer, one of the original characters from Niantic's hit mobile game will get their own card… but the wording of the announcement makes it seem as if this may be just the first of many collaborations between these two branches of the Pokémon world. Pokémon GO and TCG collaboration graphic[...]

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 this week's Landorus raid rotations, let's take a deep dive into this Legendary Pokémon's lore. Landorus in Pokémon GO[...]

Vanillite wasn't the only species surrounded by a storm of confusion, though, as it felt like all of the new Pokémon revealed when Niantic introduced the Kalos region had a ridiculously annoying catch rate Was this a purpose item bag drain? A mistake? Players had theories, but now we have a resolution[...]

Last week, Niantic announced three new hour-long events were being tested in Pokémon GO Tonight from 6 PM through 7 PM local time is GO Rocket Hour, the first of these trial events As the event goes live in certain timezones, we have the report on exactly what the first-ever GO Rocket Hour will bring to[...]

Credit: Niantic When you click on your profile page in Pokémon GO, you will now see that a Research icon has been added to the end of a bar showcasing how much XP is needed to get to Level 48 Here are the following tasks needed to get to Level 48 and a breakdown of how[...]

Credit: Niantic Giovanni's line-up consists of: Slot One: Persian Slot Two: Kangaskhan, Nidoking, Garchomp Slot Three: Articuno Here are counters for each of her possible Pokémon: Persian: Lucario (Counter, Power-up Punch), Machamp (Counter, Cross Chop) Kangaskhan: Lucario (Counter, Power-up Punch), Machamp (Counter, Cross Chop) Nidoking: Mewtwo (Confusion, Psystrike), Galarian Darmanitan (Ice Fang, Avalanche) Garchomp: Mewtwo (Confusion, Ice Beam), Galarian Darmanitan (Ice Fang, Avalanche) Articuno: Rhyperior[...]

Niantic has yet to announce the full details for their March 2021 events in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, but they have confirmed a three-day Spotlight Event kicking off this Friday Let's see what is going on in this game that takes place after J K Rowling's beloved Harry Potter novels, continuing the story of Harry with player involvement. Harry[...]

Credit: Niantic Landorus can be Shiny and it isn't even going to be here for a full week Take advantage of this Raid Hour, as it is going to be a great chance to catch this Pokémon when a lot of people are out there raiding Before you know it, Tornadus will be here to take[...]

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 Krabby Spotlight Hour, let's take a deep dive into this Pokémon's lore. Krabby official artwork Credit: Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 098, Krabby is a[...]

Niantic has announced the full details for the upcoming Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto Make-up Event This will be a bonus strictly for those who paid for the Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto ticket after a mishap during the event allowed some trainers who did not pay to acquire the ticketed Special Research for free[...]