Simple PoGo News & Updates

  Holidays Event - Part 2 Trainers, The Pokémon GO Holidays event returns for 2021! We hope Trainers worldwide enjoy the festivities we have planned. Look forward to Bergmite’s Pokémon GO debut, costumed Pokémon, event-exclusive Field Research, winter-themed avatar items, and a bonanza of bonuses. - https://pokemongolive.com/en/post/holiday2021/ I'm excited about the second part of this event. I personally didn't participate in the Galarian Mime ticket research this year, so I am eager to get my hands on one for this event. Though I am a little disappointed that one of the timed researches circulates around trading on Christmas day. And I am spending Christmas alone. Maybe I can trade with someone from a Facebook group page I am in whose 40 km away because the trading increases from 25 km to 40 km for the event. I believe there is some time to trade for the timed research, but there is a collectors medal that I would want that can only be obtained on Christmas.  But the b...

Special Weekend Event - May 29th-30th Starts Saturday May 29th @ 12am (local-time) Ends Sunday May 30th @ 11:59pm (local-time) This event will only be taken place in Japan, Mexico, and Verizon. To retrieve your ticket click in the link below next to your respective region. Yoshinoya (Japan):  https://www.yoshinoya.com/campaign/specialweekend202104/ 7-Eleven (Mexico):  http://711.mx/PokemonGO Verizon (US):  http://vz.to/2DVrDI8 (You must be a Verizon customer to participate in the event)  Bonuses - Increase chance at Lucky Pokemon when trading with a friend - 4x Catch XP* - Number of gifts you can open is doubled - Trade distance increased to 40km *- This event doesn't stack the Luminous Legends Y event's 2x Catch XP. It will replace it to just 4x Catch XP. Features - Event-exclusive timed research with encounters of Deino, Eevee, Swirlix, Spritzee, and Eevee - Event-exclusive timed research will also reward XP, Stardust, Incense, a Star Piece,  a Luc...

Ways to Evolve Eevee  Eevee is a Normal-type Pokemon known as the 'Evolution Pokemon' because it can evolve in 8 different ways. There are 2 ways to evolve your Eevee in 1 of its 8 evolutions.  1) Nickname trick way (one-time use) Each name can only be used once. Before evolving your Eevee make sure that the silhouette appears below where the evolve button is.  2) Evolution Requirements If the requirements are done correctly the appropriately then the silhouette of the evolution will appear.  Vaporeon  - Water 💧 Either 1) Nickname your Eevee Rainer (one-time use) 2) Evolve your Eevee randomly to receive either a Vaporeon, Jolteon, or Flareon  Jolteon - Electric  ⚡ Either 1) Nickname your Eevee Sparky (one-time use) 2) Evolve your Eevee randomly to receive either a Vaporeon, Jolteon, or Flareon  Flareon - Fire 🔥 Either 1) Nickname your Eevee Pyro (one-time use) 2) Evolve your Eevee randomly to receive either a Vaporeon, Jolteon, or Fl...

 Luminous Legends X      "A legend will soon illuminate our world: Xerneas, the Life Pokémon, will make its Pokémon GO debut during the Luminous Legends X event! Some Dragon- and Fairy-type Pokémon originally discovered in the Kalos region will be coming along for the journey as well, such as Spritzee, Swirlix, and Goomy! A new item will also be coming to Pokémon GO—the Rainy Lure Module, which can be used to evolve Sliggoo (the Evolution of Goomy) into Goodra. You can also evolve Sliggoo when the in-game weather is rainy." --- Pokemongolive.com blog   Features   - Xerneas will make its Pokémon Go debut in five-star raids! - Rainy Lure Modules will be introduced to Pokemon Go! This Lure Module will attract certain Pokémon that like rain, (Water, Bug-, and Electric-type). When you’re near a PokéStop with an active Rainy Lure Module, you can evolve Sliggoo (the Evolution of Goomy) into Goodra. You can also evolve Sliggoo when the in-game weather i...

Grimer Spotlight Hour  Grimer Spotlight Hour will start April 20th at 6pm (local time)! Features   - Grimer will be spawning more rapidly - Grimer can be a shiny, so if you are lucky you may encounter one ✨ Bonuses     - 2x Catch Stardust during this hour

 What's going on this week (April 18th - 25th) - Free Event Box in the shop (10 Ultra Balls, 15 Poke Balls, 1 remote raid pass) - Landorus (Therian) 5-star raids (ongoing through the week)  - Mega Raids with Lopunny, Gengar, and Manectric end April 20th @ 10 am (local time) - Mega Raids with Lopunny, Abomasnow, and Venusaur start April 20th @ 10 am (local time) - Sustainability Week starts April 20th @ 10 am (local time) - Spotlight Hour: Grimer with 2x catch stardust is April 20th, 6pm-7pm (local time) - Raid Hour: Landorus (Therian) is April 21st, 6pm-7pm (local time) - Friendship Day is April 24th, 11 am - 2pm (local time) - Sustainability Week ends Sunday, April 25th @ 8pm (local time)

 Sustainability Week Sustainability Week begins Tues. April 20th 10:00am and ends Sun. April 25th 8:00pm (local time).      "We're excited to announce that the Sustainability Week Event is coming! In partnership with the Niantic Sustainability Campaign, you and your fellow Trainers can earn in-game bonuses by achieving various sustainability-related goals in the real world. In addition Binacle will be making his Pokemon Go debut, and there will be a Sustainability Week T-shirt avatar item available in the shop." --- Niantic/pokemongolive.com blog     Unlock Rewards     You can work alongside players of other Niantic games to unlock special tiered in-gamerewards by participating in the Niantic Sustainability Campaign in the real world. The following rewards will be available April 25th from 10:00am - 8:00pm (local time)     Tier 1 (2,500 activations) - Five-star raids will appear more often Tier 2 (5,000 activations) - A free bundle conta...

 Friendship Day Friendship Day April 24th 11:00am (local time) - 2:00pm (local time)    Trainers,   We’re excited to introduce Friendship Day, a new event that’s all about having fun   with your friends and enjoying various bonuses while playing Pokémon GO. For this first Friendship Day, Grass-type Pokémon will be appearing more often in the wild. Plus, you’ll be able to complete a Collection Challenge to receive a ton of XP, and you’ll have an increased chance of receiving Lucky Pokémon when you trade with a friend! --- Niantic / pokemongolive.com blog Bonuses - You'll have an increase of receiving a Lucky Pokemon when you complete a trade. (Increased Lucky Chance will be active until 5:00pm local time on the day of the event) - Trade distance will be increased to 40km - 3x Catch XP - Incense and Lures will lasts 3 hours each during the event Features   - Various Grass-type Pokemon will be appearing more often in the wild     - Complete the Frien...

 Rivals Week Rivals Week begins Tuesday April 13th 10:00am (local time) and ends Sunday April 18th 8:00pm (local time).  "Some legends arise from the power of friendship—while others arise from fierce rivalries! The Season of Legends continues with Rivals’ Week, an event celebrating rivalries between Pokémon. Skrelp and Clauncher will be making their Pokémon GO debuts! Plus, Therian Forme Landorus will be appearing in five-star raids for the first time!" Features   - Trainers around the world can work together as a global community to win 40 million raids to unlock 2x catch stardust. - Event-exclusive Field Research tasks that will lead to encounters with newly released Pokemon such as Skrelp and Clauncher. Pokemon known for their rivalries will be appearing more frequent in the wild... - Nidoran male/female✨ - Hitmonlee ✨ - Hitmonchan ✨ - Electabuzz ✨ - Magmar ✨  - Makuhita ✨ - Meditite ✨ - Zangoose ✨ - Seviper ✨ - Skrelp - Claunch...

 Mankey Spotlight Hour Mankey Spotlight Hour will start April 13th at 6pm (local time) and lasts 1 hour! Features   - Mankey will be spawning more rapidly - Mankey can be a shiny, so if you are lucky you may encounter a couple while playing Bonuses     - 2x XP for evolving Pokemon during this hour

 Global Challenge - Battle in 40 Million Raids Pokemon GO trainers from around the world we have until April 19th at 7am E.S.T to battle in 40 million raids. All trainers must work together as a global community to complete this challenge! All trainers who participate in this global challenge will contribute to the global goal of battling in 40 million raids. Once trainers achieve the goal, a timed bonus will be activated for all participants and remain active until the next global challenge starts. The timed bonus for this global challenge would be 2x Catch Stardust. 

 Snivy Community Day April 11th Snivy Community day starts April 11th at 11am (local time) and ends at 5pm (local time). The Grass-Type Pokemon Snivy is the featured Pokemon for April's Community Day. Bonuses for this event include... - Increased Spawns of Snivy  - 3x Catch Stardust - 3-hour long Incense   Feauteres for this event are... - Evolve Servine into Serperior and it will learn the attack Frenzy Plant, this is availble for up to 2 hours after the event ends.  - There is an exclusive special research story that you can buy for $1 USD, you will be available to play the exclusive Snivy Community Day Research Story, Snivy in Sunshine. - During this event Snivy will be photobombing your Pokemon Go snapshots - There will be a Community Day Box that costs 1,280 PokeCoins. It will consists of 50 Ultra Balls, 4 Stars Pieces, 4 Mossy Lures, and an Elite Charged TM.  - The chances of getting a shiny snivy are higher than normal during this event.   ...

 Current Raid Bosses as of April 9th      Tier 1     - Voltorb  ✨     - Shinx  ✨     - Roggenrola  ✨     - Klink  ✨     - Tynamo      - Bunnelby  ✨     - Rufflet  ✨     - Timburr  ✨     - Eevee  ✨     - Pikachu  ✨      Tier 3     - Magneton     - Aerodactyl ✨     - Aggron     - Drifblim     - Tranquil     - Unfezant      - Exeggutor  ✨     - Chansey  ✨     - Togetic     - Azumaril        Tier 5     - Tornadus (Therian)       Mega Raids     - Mega Gengar ✨     - Mega Manectric ✨     - Mega Lopunny ✨                ✨ - has a chance to be a shiny

 April Field Research Breakthrough   For the month of April you will encounter a male Frillish in Research Breakthrough! Below are the tasks and rewards you may get to complete your Research Breakthrough!   Catch 5 Pokemon - Nidoran ✨ Catch 10 Pokemon - Magikarp ✨ Catch a Dragon-type Pokemon - Dratini ✨ Catch 5 Grass-type Pokemon - Chikorita ✨ Catch 5 Pokemon with Weather Boost - Vulpix ✨ or Poliwag ✨ Make 5 Nice Throws - Voltorb ✨ Make 3 Great Throws - Gastly ✨, Lileep ✨, or Anorith ✨ Make 3 Great Throws in arrow - Onix ✨ Make 5 Great Curveball Throws in arrow -  Spinda ✨ Make 3 Excellent Throws in arrow - Gible ✨ Use 5 berries to help catch Pokemon - Loudred  Defeat a Team Rocket Grunt - Stunky Battle in the GO Battle League - Oddish ✨ or Bellsprout ✨ Win a raid - Ferroseed ✨ Win a level 3 raid or higher - Omanyte ✨ or Kabuto ✨ Win 5 raids - Aerodactyl ✨...

 Team Go Rocket Timed Research End Soon! Be sure to complete Team Go Rocket Timed Research, it ends this Thursday, April 8th @ 11:59 (local time).  Complete this Timed Research by...           - Defeat 6 Team Go Rocket Grunts (100 XP)     - Defeat 1 Team Go Rocket Leader (100 XP)     - Catch 5 Shadow Pokemon (100 XP) Rewards are...     - Super Rocket Radar (to find Giovanni)     - 100 XP     - 100 Stardust Complete the Team Go Rocket Timed Research to earn a Super Rocket Radar to then battle Giovanni's Shadow Zapdos!

 Raid Bosses: Spring into Spring event April 2021                                                                                     Tier 1     - Pikachu  ✨     - Eevee  ✨     - Timburr  ✨     - Rufflet  ✨     - Bunnelby  ✨      Tier 3     - Alolan Exeggutor ✨     - Chansey ✨     - Togetic     - Azumarill        Tier 5     - Tornadus (Therian)       Mega Raids     - Mega Gengar ✨     - Mega Manectric ✨     - Mega Lopunny ✨                ✨ - has a chance to be ...

  Current Raid Bosses:  As of September 1st, 2020 Image Credit: Nintendo Wire Tier 1  - Sandshrew✨ - Kingler - Marowak - Gligar✨ - Wailmer✨ - Prinplup - Shinx - Oshawott✨  - Timburr✨ Tier 3  - Claydol - Donphan - Vaporeon - Rhydon - Alolan Marowak ✨ - Onix ✨ - Machamp ✨ - Alolan Raichu✨  Tier 5 - Heatran ✨   MEGA Raids   - Mega Charizard Y ✨       - Mega Charizard X ✨       - Mega Venusaur ✨       - Mega Blastoise ✨   ✨ next to the Pokemon means, you could encounter a shiny Image Credit: Leekduck

 Tyranitar Top 20 Counters Image Credit: Niantic Tyranitar Info Tyranitar Pokemon Type: Rock-Dark Type Tyranitar Weakness:  - Very weak to Fighting  - Fairy  - Ground  - Bug  - Steel  - Water  - Grass Weather Boosted: Foggy and Partly Cloudy Tyranitar Top 20 Counters:    Lucario        Conkeldurr  Breloom            Machamp        Blaziken          Sirfetch'd        Heracross        Alakazam        Toxicroak        Hariyama        Emboar          Sawk              Primeape        Hitmonlee        Ursaring         Hitmonchan   Machoke    ...