 Raids have been out for almost 2 years, yet the time frames in which raid eggs spawn haven’t changed much. We can all agree that an extension of an hour or two into the evening would be a great way to get more “late” raids in. Let’s look at the current situation now and then discuss why an extension of time would be a great idea for raids going forward.
Raids Today When you first wake up at and travel to work, school, etc… you can often find your favorite raid spots littered with colored eggs at 6 am. Sure some people may start raiding that early, and that’s fine, BUT why do so many raids pop up first thing in the morning?! This always left me scratching my head. Especially when most people have school, work, or other priorities through the work week. If we flip the scenarios and look at the evening raids, I’m still left relatively confused. Very few raids, if none at all, are available after 7 pm (here in the US). A time where most people are off work and available to do a raid or two before they settle in for the night. Strangely enough, other parts of the world have later raid timers. In Japan, you can find raids after 8 pm. In Europe, I’ve heard as late as 9 pm. Yet, it is not like raiding through the workday was an option anyways. Of course, by the weekend it is fine, and almost everyone can enjoy a raid at any time during the day (except those who work weekends like me, but that’s okay). So what gives? Why do raids start so early, yet END so early at night? Perhaps there should be a more balanced approach. Potential Raid Time Changes So as mentioned above, other parts of the world have later raid timers. Still, I believe ALL raids should stop spawning after 9 pm (local time). This would allow for some potential raids even after 9 pm. Why that specific time? Glad you asked! Here in the US, the average time that public parks close is 10 pm (give or take an hour). I mention this because perhaps this is Niantic’s primary concern. The possibility of illegal loitering on public grounds after hours. Now, of course, it wouldn’t be Niantic’s fault if someone decided to do this, but I can see why this can be a potential issue. Benefits From Late Raids Here is a list of benefits later raids would provide:
Weather can hinder raids during the day. Hazardous thunderstorms, snow, or even heat can completely falter your raiding chances. However with later raids, the storm could have passed, the snowy roads plowed or the heat has subsided from earlier. Overall, allowing people to hit raids at a later time in the day effectively and safely. Changes Niantic Has Made That Hint Raid Changes Niantic has already made changes to Community Day times. As of now, it runs from 3 pm to 6 pm local time. Key phrase – local time! If Niantic can make raid eggs spawn in each respective region’s local time every day, that could give us an extra hour right off the bat (think Japan raids until 8 pm)! An extra hour is better than nothing. Another thing Niantic has implemented is the coveted Legendary Dinner hour. Starting at 6 pm local time, all gyms (almost all) have legendary raids on them. It is as if Niantic already KNOWS they need to increase more raids into the evening hours. Let’s hope they continue to improve raids later into the night. A time where most people are off work and available to do a raid or two before they settle in for the night. Strangely enough, other parts of the world have later raid timers. In Japan, you can find raids after 8 pm. In Europe, I’ve heard as late as 9 pm. Yet, it is not like raiding through the workday was an option anyways. Of course, by the weekend it is fine, and almost everyone can enjoy a raid at any time during the day (except those who work weekends like me, but that’s okay). So what gives? Why do raids start so early, yet END so early at night? Perhaps there should be a more balanced approach. Potential Raid Time Changes So as mentioned above, other parts of the world have later raid timers. Still, I believe ALL raids should stop spawning after 9 pm (local time). This would allow for some potential raids even after 9 pm. Why that specific time? Glad you asked! Here in the US, the average time that public parks close is 10 pm (give or take an hour). I mention this because perhaps this is Niantic’s primary concern. The possibility of illegal loitering on public grounds after hours. Now, of course, it wouldn’t be Niantic’s fault if someone decided to do this, but I can see why this can be a potential issue. Benefits From Late Raids Here is a list of benefits later raids would provide:
Weather can hinder raids during the day. Hazardous thunderstorms, snow, or even heat can completely falter your raiding chances. However with later raids, the storm could have passed, the snowy roads plowed or the heat has subsided from earlier. Overall, allowing people to hit raids at a later time in the day effectively and safely. Changes Niantic Has Made That Hint Raid Changes Niantic has already made changes to Community Day times. As of now, it runs from 3 pm to 6 pm local time. Key phrase – local time! If Niantic can make raid eggs spawn in each respective region’s local time every day, that could give us an extra hour right off the bat (think Japan raids until 8 pm)! An extra hour is better than nothing. Another thing Niantic has implemented is the coveted Legendary Dinner hour. Starting at 6 pm local time, all gyms (almost all) have legendary raids on them. It is as if Niantic already KNOWS they need to increase more raids into the evening hours. Let’s hope they continue to improve raids later into the night. Final Thoughts Without a doubt, an extension of raid timers into the night for a couple of hours would be a godsend. This would encourage even more community interaction, as more people would be available through the work week. Even on the weekend’s, this would generate more raid chances. One can’t argue that this would bring more revenue to Niantic as well. Overall, it is a win-win. I’m curious about what you guys think. Should Niantic extend raid times? If so, what benefits the community most from the extension? If not. Why?
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Pokémon Go Adventure Week Field Research tasks, June Field Research and their rewards explained6/6/2019  Pokémon Go Field Research was a major addition for the game in 2018, introducing new Pokémon Go tasks for players to accomplish.
Completing Pokémon Field Research tasks also provides unique rewards as part of Research Breakthroughs, while Special Research taskschance to uncover never before seen Pokémon, including the elusive Mythical Pokémon Mew. Field research tasks and rewards change every month, but now there are plenty of additions to that monthly cycle, with many special events and limited features getting their own Research quests as well. Pokémon Go Adventure Week research task rewards The Adventure Week event is live in Pokémon Go between Tuesday, June 4th and Tuesday, June 11th at 9pm BST / 1pm PDT, adding a number of new Adventure Week research tasks to complete for the duration. Pokémon Go Adventure Week research task rewards are:
Pokémon Go June Field Research tasks and Research Breakthrough rewards The June Field Research in Pokémon Go is the same as it was in May, and indeed January, February, March and April before it - and has the Research Breakthrough reward of various Legendary Pokémon from previous appearances in Field Research throughout the year. Those May and June Research Breakthrough reward Pokémon are: Ho-Oh, Lugia, Latios and Latias. Usually, the rewards from PokéStops are based on the reward Pokémon's Type, but with so many available, there's no fixed Type for now. As for the individual May Field Research rewards (via community work on the Silph Road subreddt and other datamines like this from LeekDuck), which also includes a new form of Spinda, they are as follows: Pokémon Go June Field Research tasks and rewards:
Pokémon Go Field Research quests explained Field research are daily missions collected one at a time by spinning a PokéStop, and will involve finding certain creatures, engaging in battles and more. Every day PokéStops will give you a new quest, and each type of quest can have one of many different rewards, from previously Raid-exclusive consumables such as TMs and Rare Candy and common items such as Poké Balls. Examples of quest types include:
Some of these quest rewards even give you the chance to catch a mystery Pokémon. There's nothing exclusive here, but there does include uncommon and rare Pokémon, such as Tangela and Chansey, depending on the quest in particular. It's also worth knowing that the quests and associated rewards on offer rotate in a monthly basis. Additionally, some quests can have different rewards, so 'Make 5 Nice Throws' could offer you Balls or the chance to catch a mystery creature. So if you are after a particular Pokémon, make sure you get the variant that has the creature catch as a reward. Finally, it's also worth knowing that if you pick up a quest, you are free to delete it and catch another by spinning another Pokéstop. You can also complete as many as you like in a day - so when you have space in your inventory, return to a PokéStop to start quest. Spin the same Pokéstop and you'll just get the same quest again though - Pokéstops give out set rewards, that are generally tailored to their location, which refresh every day at midnight. So if you want a new quest you'll need to spin another stop. Research Breakthroughs explained Completing one Field Research quest per day will give you a stamp. Get seven stamps - which will take seven days - completes something known as a Research Breakthrough. These have even greater rewards - including Stardust and Mystery Items - as well as an encounter with a very rare or Legendary Pokémon. You'll also receive plenty of other items too - including a chance at Rare Candy, Pokéballs, Berries, 2,000 Stardust, 3,000 XP, and a Sinnoh Stone. The best news about these Research Breakthrough catches is they cannot run away - it has a flee chance of 0 per cent - so the pressure is off. However, it has the same catch rate as normal, so be prepared for it to break out of your balls. This means you can use Pinap Berries, or even use it as a chance to rack up some of the harder throwing-based Special Research streaks, without any risk of it running away. It also comes with strong IVs, too, as if the Pokémon was appearing in a Raid encounter or Egg. It always appears at level 15, which is the same for all mystery Pokémon caught from Field Research rewards. If you're curious, here is all the Research Breakthrough rewards so far: Research Breakthrough rewards in 2018:
Finally, the question is - when do the special reward Pokémon change in your Research Breakthrough progress? It's when you claim the reward for your final Field Research task. So, you can complete the task, but just don't claim the reward for that task before 1pm PST / 9pm UK time of the first of the month, as doing so will activate the arrival of the Special Research reward at the top of the screen. If it's before then, it'll be the reward for the month before (so in October, this was Suicune). Wait until after, it'll be the next month's (so in November, this is Shedinja). To clarify further, this is when you complete the task, not open it. Even if you then open it after the change, it'll be the prior month's Pokémon. To be safe, wait until it's the new month if you want to get the latest creature. What are Special Research quests? Special Research quests, meanwhile, are story-based questlines with unique rewards. Unlike Field Research quests, these are fixed objectives that every player will face, and appear in the game infrequently. The first available is 'A Mythical Discovery', with the arrival of the game's first Mythical creature - Mew - as the end reward. Our A Mythical Discovery explains the eight steps required to unlock Mew, which includes finding specific Pokémon, participating in Raid and Gym battles, and reaching a certain Trainer level. The arrival of Gen 2's Celebi suggests this is how other Mythicals - such as, we assume, Gen 3's Jirachi - will be released in the game, but as we've now seen with Spiritomb they won't always be restricted to Mythical Pokémon only. Everything else you need to know about Research quests in Pokémon Go Though the quest features are well explained in the game, there's some nuance that will help you get the most out of each objective you undertake.
 Since Pokemon Go's first Legendary Lunch Hour back in March, Niantic has experimented with hosting hour-long Raid events at different times of the day, and now more are coming this month. The developer has announced it is holding a Legendary Raid Hour each week in June, giving players more chances to participate in Raid Battles and catch Legendary Pokemon.
The Legendary Raid Hour will take place every Wednesday this month from 6-7 PM local time. During that time, five-star Raids featuring the game's current Legendary Pokemon will occur more often than usual. Niantic recently announced it will bring three Legendaries back over the next few weeks, and you'll have extra chances to catch two of these thanks to the Legendary Raid Hours. The Psychic-type Cresselia is the current Legendary Pokemon; it'll be available until June 18. From June 18-27, the Water-type Kyogre will return to Raids, and from June 27 to July 10, its counterpart Groudon will make an encore appearance. This time around, players will also have a chance to encounter Shiny versions of each Legendary Pokemon when they return to Raids. You can read more details on the Pokemon Go website. Shortly after this month's first Legendary Raid Hour, Niantic will be holding Pokemon Go's next Community Day on Saturday, June 8. The featured Pokemon this month will be Slakoth, the adorable sloth from Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire. If you can evolve it into its final form, Slaking, up to an hour after the Community Day ends, it'll learn an event-exclusive move. On top of that, Eggs will hatch at a quarter of their usual distance during this month's Community Day. The Pokemon Go Adventure Week event is also returning soon. From June 4-11, more Rock Pokemon such as Geodude, Rhyhorn, Omanyte, and Aron will spawn in the wild, and Rock-types like Onix will appear as Raid bosses. Players will also have a chance of finding Shiny versions of Onix, Lileep, and Anorith, as well as earning extra Candy and XP during the event.  As mentioned in our announcement, Adventure Week 2019 is due to start on Tuesday, June 4th, 2019 at 1 pm PDT, in which we will be getting four Buddy Candies for the same distance as it would typically take to get one! This is a fantastic opportunity to rack up a lot of extra Candy for some very rare and very meta-relevant Pokémon. But which Pokémon’s candy should you be prioritizing during Adventure Week? Here are our recommendations.
As mentioned in our announcement, Adventure Week 2019 is due to start on Tuesday, June 4th, 2019 at 1 pm PDT, in which we will be getting four Buddy Candies for the same distance as it would typically take to get one! This is a fantastic opportunity to rack up a lot of extra Candy for some very rare and very meta-relevant Pokémon. But which Pokémon’s candy should you be prioritizing during Adventure Week? Here are our recommendations. Cranidos is another rare, wild Pokémon, but it’s evolved form is a monster in battle. With an attack stat close to that of Mewtwo, Rampardos is currently the highest DPS Rock-type available, even beating Tyranitar’s Community Day moveset. Rampardos is one of the top-tier attackers you need in your Raid squad. If you’re a fan of Trainer Battles, you may already have prioritized Shieldon as your buddy since Bastiodon became highly relevant to April’s Kingdom Cup. If, however, you want to be prepared for future Cups in which Bastiodon might be useful, a Shieldon Buddy during Adventure Week could get you well on your way to the few hundred Candy you’ll need to power it up. Legendary Pokémon require 20km of walking to earn one Candy. For most trainers, this isn’t worth it when you could give it a few Rare Candies instead, but during Adventure Week, this will be reduced to 5km – the same as some normal Pokémon – making walking them much more viable. These eight Legendaries are arguably the most useful ones so if you’re going to set any as your buddy, you’d be best to choose one of these. Melmetal Family Just as with the Legendaries, these Mythical Pokémon also take 20km per Candy outside of the event (reduced to 5km during it). The other reason you might choose to walk with Meltan is that it requires 400 Candies to evolve, and with Melmetal being a relatively useful Pokémon, getting 4x Candy for the week could be well worth it. Lucario Family Another highly useful Pokémon in the PvP Great League is Lucario. If you can Trade for a Riolu and get its IVs to reduce to a point where it evolves within the 1500cp cap, you’ll only need 75 Candies to evolve it and buy a second Charged move. Just make sure you buy a second move before evolving, as the Stardust and Candy cost is significantly less. For Newer Players Tyranitar Family If you missed Larvitar’s Community Day, you might not have so many of its Candies. If not, topping them up during this event would be worthwhile, as Tyranitar remains a very versatile Pokémon. Although it is often outdone by some of the Gen3 and Gen4 newcomers in both the Dark-type and Rock-type DPS stakes, it still appears in a lot of counter lists, especially where Psychic-type Raid Bosses are concerned. Dragonite Family Another Community Day Pokémon that you could have missed last year, was Dratini. The same goes for Dragonite as Tyranitar; it may not be the best of its type, but you’ll still find it in most counter lists against Raid Bosses to which it’s Super Effective. Mamoswine Family With Mamoswine having the highest Ice-type DPS, and most Dragon-type Raid Bosses having at least a single weakness to Ice-type moves, Swinub Candies would be a solid investment for Adventure Week if you don’t already have plenty. Machamp Family Machamp is another highly versatile Pokémon. It has continuously held the crown as the highest DPS Fighting-type and does Super-Effective damage to five different types. It will have a place in the counter lists for several future Legendary Raid bosses, so if you don’t have a decent amount of Machop Candy already, here’s a great chance to accumulate some. Gyarados Family Gyarados remains a solid and incredibly powerful Water-type attacker, sometimes even beating Kyogre to the top of the counter lists (depending on level). With it also requiring 400 Candies to evolve from Magikarp and only requiring a quarter of a kilometer of walking per Candy, you could make a decent dent in that during the event. Altaria Family Another 400 Candy evolution, but only useful in Trainer Battles, is Altaria. As one of the most consistently relevant team members in Great League, Altaria has carried thousands of PvP Trainers to victory in The Silph Arena Cups. If you plan to take part in PvP one day, Altaria is essential in many metas. Adventure Week Parting Thoughts With so many good options for Buddies during Adventure Week, it may be hard to know which one(s) to prioritize. If you’re torn between two or more, post your predicament in the comments and we’ll try to offer some further insights to help you narrow it down. We should all be making the most of this opportunity to gather a tonne of useful Candy, so get out there and rack up as many Kilometers as you can next week, Trainers!  The 0.145.0 update for Pokémon GO is slowly rolling out on Android and iOS, bringing a new wave of well-deserved excitement. On the surface, 0.145 is just a “bug fix” release, but data miners have found some pretty exciting additions under the hood. Spoilers ahead, you’ve been warned.
Before we continue with the article, we want to reiterate that nothing written here is endorsed, confirmed, or shared by Niantic. These are reports found by various data miners on the Internet, and they are subject to change. Keep that in mind and read with a grain of salt: Niantic can switch / cancel / change anything written here at any moment. TLDR version (we love you too): Jirachi encounter has been found in the APK. A lot more details below. Two new moves have been added:
Dynamic event badges are now supported, but it’s unclear what they’re used for Samsung Galaxy Store is officially supported in the APK Jirachi Encounter Jirachi has been long speculated as the next special research / special encounter Pokemon, and it seems those speculations have been correct. The 0.145.0 APK straight up mentions and describes the Jirachi encounter in painstaking details: .JirachiEncounter .AddBGPokemon .EveryoneSing .EveryoneLeave .WakeUpJirachi .singingPokemonIds .singingPokemonAnchors .singingPokemonDurationSec .wakeUpWaitingSec .minimumFleeTimeSec .maximumFleeTimeSec .jirachiIsAwake .musicFx .pokemonAnimator .singingPokemon The fact that the encounter depicts a sleeping Jirachi is a genius move on Niantic’s end, as the official Pokemon lore says this about Jirachi: “Jirachi will awaken from its sleep of a thousand years if you sing to it in a voice of purity. It is said to make true any wish that people desire.” We’re not sure if the encounter involves a mini-game with singing Pokemon or is the scene purely cosmetic, but in any case, we’re in for a treat and an exciting quest line once again. Charm and Giga Impact
FAIRY type aficionados, rejoice, you’re finally getting a Fairy-type fast move – Charm has been discovered in the APK! In addition to Charm, Giga Impact has also appeared in the code base, although both moves’ assets are still missing from the client. Maybe next release? Of course, players are speculating like crazy about these two moves, but the general feeling is that Charm could become Ralts (and the Ralts family line) Community Day exclusive move, while Giga Impact is speculated to become Slaking’s Community Day exclusive move, which we find weird, but interesting at the very least. There’s another complication, and that’s the fact that Charm is a non-damaging move in the main series games, so it remains to be seen what Niantic is going to do with it: “Charm is a Normal-type move. It lowers the Attack stat of the target by two stages.” Dynamic Event Badges .BADGE_DYNAMIC_EVENT_MIN .DynamicEventBadgeData .settingsStrings .BadgeType .FrameIndex .PinIndex .pinAnchorX .pinAnchorY “Ticketed Events” have been renamed to “Dynamic Events” in the new APK, and a lot is going on here. The new “dynamic event” badge seems to be a new effort to group similar event badges into one UI element. Each dynamic badge the following properties connected to it:
We’re quite interested to see how this feature turns out, as it could be a handy way to avoid badge tab clutter and it provides a nice UI for badge collectors. Samsung Galaxy Store Support .STORE_UNSET .STORE_APPLE .STORE_GOOGLE .STORE_SAMSUNG A minor change, but Samsung Galaxy Store has been added as a standalone store in the 0.145.0 APK. It’s not clear how (or if) this will affect players downloading the game from Samsung’s store, but at least there’s support for it directly in the game client. Parting Words And that’s all folks! Just kidding. 0.145.0 is poised to fix several stability issues, such as Adventure Sync problems (confirmed by Niantic) and the bizarre 3-balls-to-catch-sleeping-Snorlax situation (now takes only one ball, he’s asleep after all). With Jirachi, Charm and Giga Impact, we’ve received more information than we expected, but we’re not going to complain about it – there’s a lot to look forward in the weeks and months to come.  Trainers, imagine hatching a perfect IV Dratini from a 10km egg, working hard to gather 125 candies, finally evolving it, and ending up with… Steel Wing and Hyper Beam. Well, back in 2016 if this happened to you, you’d be out of luck as movesets could not be changed. Let me tell you, as a Day 1 player, I can say that it was pretty discouraging not having a TM system in place.
Thankfully, as part of the Summer 2017 gym system rework, TMs (Technical Machines) were introduced in Pokémon GO. Suddenly, those valuable Pokémon that you had never used because of their terrible moveset could finally be used in battle, and trainers raided a lot to get those TMs ready to tune up their attackers. How the Current TM System Works The current TM System is pretty basic and 100% reliant on RNG. Let’s say a specific Pokémon has three available charge moves (A, B and C). If you have A and you want to get B or C, there’s a 50% chance each time you use a TM to get the move you want. You might think that two tries should be enough in most cases to get the move that you want, but that is not how probability works, and RNG can be pretty rough sometimes. Furthermore, with the permanent movepool expansion of some Pokémon (at least some of the new moves are not exclusive and obtainable for a limited time, sigh), they can have up to 4 or 5 available charge moves, which reduces the chance from 50% to 20% each time you use one of those coveted TMs! You can also get TMs in PvP but let’s be honest, how many TMs have you obtained via PvP until now? Back when the legendary birds first came out, everyone wanted their Golem army to be ready to battle. But, TMs were a bit scarce… One of my Golems had Rock Blast, which wasn’t a bad charge move, but Stone Edge was better. Well, I had to use 11 (!!!) Charge TMs to get it. Rock Blast->Earthquake->Rock Blast->Earthquake->…->Stone Edge. What also surprised me is how far some trainers would go to get the move they want. A trainer on Reddit said that getting Grass Knot on Roserade with the current “TM lottery system” was so difficult that eventually he/she gave up and purchased a 2nd charge move by spending 50k Stardust to increase the chances to get the charge move he/she wanted. And surprisingly, this trainer wasn’t the only one who did that! Do we need a TM system rework? After the recent movepool expansions (most of them focused on adding new PvP moves), using Charge TMs to get the move that you want can be a nightmare. If TMs were easy to get, I wouldn’t mind spending some to get the move that I want, but the truth is that it can be pretty difficult for some trainers to get them. If you live in a rural area, you probably know what I mean. In my opinion, we do need a TM system rework to reduce the influence of RNG. Reducing RNG in other aspects of the game would also be much appreciated, but that is an entirely different topic. I’m sure there will be plenty of conceptual ideas to rework the current system, but here are the most simple ones: System #1: “Remove” the previous move from the pool Pretty simple. There are 4 charge moves available, A, B, C and D. As an example, you start with A, but you’d like to get C. With the current system, you have a 33% chance each time you use a TM to get the move that you want. If you have A, you could get B, C or D. If you get D, the next time you use it, A goes back into the pool. With this new system, if you have A and get D, both A and D would be “removed” from the pool the next time you use a TM. Thus, you would only be able to get B or C, increasing your odds to 50%. If you are still unlucky and get B, getting C the next time would be guaranteed. System #2: Letting us pick which move we want If the previous system was simple, this one is even easier to implement. In the main series games, as soon as you get a specific TM (yes, there is a specific TM for each move), you can use it and teach this move to a Pokémon. No RNG, no lotto system, you get the move no matter what. Why can’t this be implemented in Pokémon GO? The Extraordinary Raid Week event has just started. As part of the event, new quests are available, and the reward for the “Win 5 raids” quest is a Charge TM. Yes, you need to spend 5 (Premium) Raid Passes to get a single Charge TM. And when you use it, you still have 33%, 50% or whatever % depending on the number of available charge moves to get the charge move that you want. Isn’t that a bit too much? What do you think? Exclusive TMs and FOMO Another issue with the current TM System is the number of exclusive moves and the associated Fear of Missing Out (FOMO). Plenty of trainers are afraid to evolve potential relevant attackers because they think that they could get a better move in the future (as it has happened plenty of times already). In fact, I still don’t have a Rhyperior (it could get Earth Power, Rock Wrecker or a different move in the future), a Magmortar (Overheat), a Togekiss (fairy type fast move), and I didn’t even have Salamence in my Pokédex before its Community Day because I thought that it could eventually get Outrage (and I was right). And the worst part is that if you already evolved a specific Pokémon before its Community/Raid/Special Day, you won’t be able to use TMs to get the new (& probably better) one. Even if this Exclusive TM was tough to get, or if you could get them from quests during any Community Day, trainers would for sure appreciate its addition to the game. If you want to know more about exclusive moves and FOMO, you can check out this article.  Well, here’s a bit of surprise news this evening: at some point in the future, Pokémon GO is going to wrap the player’s sleep habits into the gameplay.
It’ll come as part of a wider initiative by The Pokémon Company to — as CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara put it in a press conference this evening — “turn sleep into entertainment”. Which… well, we’ll see how that goes. Niantic CEO John Hanke took the stage at the press conference for a moment, but didn’t really offer much in the way of details. Said Hanke: Niantic pioneered a new kind of gaming by turning the whole world into a gameboard, where we can all play and explore. By creating a new way to see the world and an incentive to go outside and exercise, we hoped to encourage a healthy lifestyle and to make a positive impact on our players and on the world. We’re delighted to be working with The Pokémon Company on their efforts to encourage another part of a healthy lifestyle: getting a good night’s rest. At Niantic, we love exploring the world on foot. And that can’t happen unless we have the energy to embark on these adventures. We’re excited to find ways to reward good sleep habits in Pokémon GO as part of a healthy lifestyle. You’ll be hearing more from us on this in the future. Ishihara also announced that The Pokémon Company is working with SELECT BUTTON (the company behind the 2017 mobile title Magikarp Jump) to make a separate game called Pokémon SLEEP. Next to no details on that one yet, though, besides a launch window of sometime in 2020 and the logo: All of it will tap a just-announced device called Pokémon GO+ Plus (Yeah. Two plusses, one written. Go Plus Plus.) It’s a follow-up to the original GO+, which was built primarily to let you play Pokémon GO without actually looking at your phone’s screen. The GO Plus Plus will do everything the GO+ did (letting you tap a button to spin Pokéstops, or catch nearby Pokémon) but also has a built-in accelerometer allowing it to be laid on your bed to track sleep habits and send’em back to your phone via Bluetooth. Pokemon Go Raid Bosses: current raids, counters and more, including Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf5/24/2019  Once you’re becoming a more experienced trainer, Pokemon Go will want you to start tackling raids. Be prepared – here’s a list of all the current raid bosses. Once you boost your Pokemon Go trainer level to level 5, you’ll unlock a new feature for the game: raid battles. These battles take place at Pokemon Gyms out in the world at random times of day, replacing the usual back and forth for control between the Pokemon Go Gym Teams with an all-hands-on-deck battle against a super-powerful boss Pokemon, where players of all kinds can work together to bring that Pokemon down. This is, as in most massively multiplayer games, known as a raid boss. On this page we’re going to run down some basic information about raids – plus list the current raid bosses. Pokemon Go Raids: raid rewards and other information Taking on raid battles has a few benefits in Pokemon Go. For one, you’ll be given various rewards for tackling raids – player experience, but also rare items like Rare Candy, Golden Razz Berries, plus Charged and Fast TMs. But the best reward is that you’ll also have the chance to catch the Pokemon featured in the raid battle – and the Pokemon that show up in raid battles are often rare, desirable or even exclusive to raids. Some of the best Pokemon in the game are nabbed this way. Your chance to capture the Pokemon is limited, however – in raid encounters you’ll be forced to throw Premier Balls once you’ve defeated the boss, and the number of Premier Balls the player is awarded depends on your performance in the raid battle, plus things like how the gym team allegiance breaks down between the raid party members. For the best results you want to try to inflict the most damage possible, have your team be in control of the gym, and be fighting alongside a majority of members of the same gym team. If you run out of Premier Balls, the raid boss will run away. Raid battles range in size and difficulty – some will even be possible to solo, while others will require a full 20 players to reliably tackle. Like most things in Pokemon Go, raid battles run on a rotation depending on what else is going on around the game. Below, we list the current raid battles, listing each raid boss tier, boss CP and some Pokemon type weakness suggestions for that battle. Thanks to Leekduck for the image – with more information in the table below that. Pokemon Go Raids: Current Raid Boss list, tiers, counters and weaknesses On our raid list, you’ll find each Pokemon currently appearing in raids, their tiers (so how difficult they’ll be and how frequently they’ll appear), plus some other useful information like their Pokemon type and their type weaknesses – which in turn will help you to decide which the best counters are for that raid Pokemon. Find a Pokemon team that can blast down the enemy, abusing their type weaknesses.   Pokemon Go's May Community Day may have just ended, but Niantic has already announced the first details for next month's event. June's Community Day is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 8, and this time, the featured Pokemon will be another fan-favorite from Ruby and Sapphire: Slakoth.
Throughout the event, the adorable sloth Pokemon will appear in the wild more frequently than it normally does, giving you plenty of opportunities to catch it and stock up on Slakoth candy. On top of that, you'll have your first chance to encounter a Shiny Slakoth, and any Slaking that you evolve up to an hour after the Community Day ends will learn an event-exclusive move, although Niantic hasn't revealed what that will be just yet. In addition to increased Slakoth spawns, you'll be able to take advantage of a few other bonuses during June's Community Day. As usual, any Lure module you use will remain active for three hours rather than their usual 30 minutes. On top of that, Eggs will hatch at a quarter of the distance they typically require, which will come in handy if you're trying to hatch some of the new Gen 4 Pokemon that were recently added to the game. Continuing the trend of the past few Community Days, June's event will run from 3-6 PM local time. Previously, Niantic would hold Community Days during specific windows of time for each region, but this makes it much easier to remember when the event is happening in your area. You can read more details about June's Community Day on the official Pokemon website. In the meantime, Pokemon Go is in the midst of an Extraordinary Raid Week event. From now until May 28, new Pokemon, such as Bronzor and Clamperl, will appear as Raid bosses. You'll also have a chance to encounter Shiny versions of Bronzor and Lapras, and you'll earn twice the usual amount of Stardust and XP for participating in Raids. In addition to the event, Niantic recently introduced new items that let you evolve Eevee into Glaceon and Leafeon.  Niantic has added a new wave of Gen 4 Pokémon and a handful of items tied to getting certain evolutions, including Glaceon and Leafeon.
A new batch of Gen 4 Pokemon is now available in Pokemon Go. Gible, Cherubi, Hippopotas, Burmy, and more are all now available in the hit Pokemon mobile game. Niantic has also introduced a handful of items that will allow more Gen 4 evolutions, including Glaceon and Leafeon. |