Aug12
Pokémon GO to celebrate the 2022 Pokémon World Championships with a special in-game event over August 18th-23rd
Event bonuses
The following bonuses will be active during this event:
- Challengers with Pokémon teams inspired by the ones used by Trainers who won the Pokémon GO Regional Championships will appear at PokéStops.
- The maximum number of GO Battle League sets you can play per day will be increased from five to 10, for a total of 50 battles per day.
- 3× Stardust from GO Battle League win rewards.
Timed Research will also be available during the event. Players who complete these tasks will receive the following rewards:
- An encounter with World Championships 2022 Pikachu that can be Shiny
- Elite Fast TM
- Elite Charged TM
Wild encounters
The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild during this event:
- Nidoran♀ ⁂
- Mankey ⁂
- Machop ⁂
- Mudkip ⁂
- Sableye ⁂
- Meditite ⁂
- Swablu ⁂
- Spheal ⁂
- Croagunk ⁂
- Dewpider
- Scraggy (rare)
- Galarian Stunfisk (rare) ⁂
The following Pokémon will appear in raids during this event:
- One-Star Raids
- World Championships 2022 Pikachu ⁂
- Galarian Farfetch'd ⁂
- Marill ⁂
- Barboach ⁂
- Timburr ⁂
- Scraggy
- Three-Star Raids
- Primeape
- Lickitung ⁂
- Skarmory ⁂
- Five-Star Raids
- Zacian
- Zamazenta
- Mega Raids
- Mega Slowbro ⁂
The following Pokémon can be encountered during this event when Field Research tasks are completed:
- Bulbasaur ⁂
- World Championships 2022 Pikachu ⁂
- Gastly ⁂
- Rhyhorn ⁂
- Magikarp ⁂
- Chikorita ⁂
- Mudkip ⁂
- Galarian Zigzagoon ⁂
- Beldum ⁂
- Galarian Stunfisk ⁂
- Fletchling ⁂
During this event, the following Pokémon can be evolved to learn a move it can't normally learn:
- Rhyperior
Evolve Rhydon to get a Rhyperior that knows the Charged Attack Rock Wrecker.
Trainer Battles: 110 power
Gyms and raids: 110 power - Gengar
Evolve Haunter to get a Gengar that knows the Charged Attack Shadow Punch.
Trainer Battles: 40 power
Gyms and raids: 40 power - Gyarados
Evolve Magikarp to get a Gyarados that knows the Charged Attack Aqua Tail.
Trainer Battles: 50 power
Gyms and raids: 50 power - Metagross
Evolve Metang to get a Metagross that knows the Charged Attack Meteor Mash.
Trainer Battles: 100 power
Gyms and raids: 100 power - Talonflame
Evolve Fletchinder to get a Talonflame that knows the Fast Attack Incinerate.
Trainer Battles: 15 power
Gyms and raids: 29 power
Two new in-game avatar items will be available in commemoration of the 2022 Pokémon World Championships:
- The 2022 Worlds Tee will be available globally via a code shared during the World Championships Stream and on official Pokémon GO social media channels. The code will be valid through August 22, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. UTC.
- The 2022 Worlds Participant Tee will be available from the PokéStop located at the Pokémon GO Booth in the World Championships venue in London during the event.
- Dragon-type Sport Top
- Dragon-type Sport Shorts
- Dark-type Sport Top
- Dark-type Sport Shorts
Niantic has announced via their Niantic Support Twitter account that a new function has been added to Pokémon GO's settings, allowing players to default their catch screen to the last Poké Ball they used.
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