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Niantic has announced that Seedot will be the next Pokemon featured for the latest Pokemon GO Community Day. The event itself will be held on May 24.

Just like with previous events, Seedot will have an exclusive move in the form of Bullet Seed (Shiftry only). Other bonuses include 3x catch XP and 3-hour Incense.

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Pokemon GO players can use PokeCoins in-game to receive premium items. These can currently only be earned by defending Gyms, but Niantic will soon be mixing things up. The company announced today that it is exploring new ways to earn PokeCoins while playing in one place.

A test run will soon be rolling out in Australia before rolling out worldwide, which will involve daily activities like evolving a Pokemon, making a great throw, catching a Pokemon, and more. Completing them will let you earn five PokeCoins. It’s also been announced that the number of PokeCoins earned from defending Gyms will be lowered from six per hour to two and the maximum number you can earn in a day will be raised to 55.

Here’s the full notice from Niantic:

Niantic has detailed more of its plans for Pokemon GO for the month of May 2020. Shinx will be available as a Research Breakthrough encounter, and it’ll come with bonus Shinx Candies. Pokemon Spotlight Hours will also be held every Tuesday.

Today’s post also mentions that there’ll be no new Team GO Rocket Special Research from May until the end of September. 

Here’s the full update from Niantic: 

Pokemon GO will be ending season 1 of its GO Battle League this week. Developer Niantic is promptly following up with Season 2, which begins on May 1 at 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET.

New features, rewards, and changes are planned for the upcoming season. We have the full rundown from GameSpot below.

Niantic has announced a series of Throwback Challenge events for Pokemon GO. Players will be able to partake in Timed Research lines with limited-time tasks. There will be a total of eight sets, each with three tasks.

Each week will offer different tasks themed around different regions of the Pokemon world. When the different regions are featured, Pokemon that were originally discovered there will appear more frequently. Complete the Timed Research sets in Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh to unlock the Throwback Challenge Champion 2020 Special Research, in which Rare Candies, Professor Willow’s glasses, and more can be earned. Genesect, Galarian Meowth, and Galarian Stunfisk will also appear. 

Here’s the full rundown as to what’s planned:

It’s been announced that Darkrai, Altered Forme Giratina, and Virizion will soon be appearin in Pokemon GO as part of five-star raids. Players may also encounter a shiny version if they’re lucky enough.

Here’s a breakdown as to when the Pokemon will be appearing:

Niantic has outlined yet another event for Pokemon GO. Starting on April 21 and lasting for a week, players can spend time with their Buddy Pokemon with special bonuses such as decreased walking distance for earning Buddy Candy.

Volbeat and Illumise will be appearing everywhere in the wild in Eggs. Additionally, you’ll be able to encounter Woobat in the wild and after completing certain Field Research tasks. Alolan Meowth, Chansey, Eevee, Feebas, Lillipup, and Joltik will be showing up more frequently as well. 

Here’s a full rundown of the event:

Abra was originally planned to be featured as part of the next Pokemon GO Community Day. However, the event was postponed following the coronavirus.

Now that same Community Day is set to run next week. It’ll be hosted on April 25, Niantic has announced.

Abra will come with the exclusive move Counter (Alakazam only). There will also be 3x catch Stardust and 3-hour Incense.

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Niantic has announced Incense Day as one of the latest events in Pokemon GO.

Over a six-hour period, players can receive different boosts from Incense for Water-, Fire-, Grass-, Psychic-, Bug-, and Ground-type Pokemon. While active, Incense will attract more Sentret as well. An event-exclusive 1 PokeCoin bundle featuring three Incense will also be available.

Here are the full details about the event:

Niantic have announced that they are implementing more features to allow Pokémon GO players to play from home during the COVID-19 pandemic including a new ‘Remote Raid Pass’ item which allows players to find nearby raids without having to physically travel to their location.

The item will be available in the in-game store and will act similarly to the Raid Pass available in the game currently, allow a limited number of players to participate in raids. In the future, players will unfortunately see a decrease in their attack power when using the item however.

Niantic stated:


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