The next producer letter is slated for mid-August, and will include information about new Sync Pairs and events coming to the game in the run-up to the game's seven-year anniversary.
Update Summary
The full changelog from the Version 2.71.0 update can be read here, while the monthly developer letter can be found here. Below, we've summarized the most notable changes with this update that directly impact the gameplay experience.
New Titles
From July 30th at 11:00pm (PDT), new titles linked to players progression in Pasio Towers are being added to the game.
From July 31st at 11:00 pm (PDT), players who have teamed up with Whitney & Miltank will be able to invite Whitney to the Trainer Lodge. Whitney & Miltank are available in the permanent sync pair scout pool. Players who have been playing since before May 27th, 2022 will have received Whitney & Miltank as the guaranteed sync pair in their very first sync pair scout.
Trainer Gym Updates
From July 31st at 11:00 pm (PDT), a new season will begin in the Trainer Gym. This season will run through to August 24th, at 10:59pm (PDT). For this month's season, the Gym Scout Tickets available from the Monthly exchange and Gym Rank rewards have rotated back to Gym Scout Tickets A.
Monthly Exchange Updates
From July 31st at 11:00 pm (PDT), players will now be able to 5★ Power-Ups at the Monthly Exchange Items menu for Co-op Sync Orbs, Certificates of Excellence, and other items useful for powering up Sync Pairs for late game progression.
Academy Event: Pasio Festival of Masks
In this new Academy Event running through to August 17th, at 10:59pm (PDT), Carmine enlists the help of various trainers to run a Kitakami style summer festival on Pasio to take Juliana's mind off the hot weather.
In Academy Events, players team up with a special Sync Pair, who initially only knows a single move. These Sync Pairs are released starting at Lv. 140, with the ability to be raised to 6★ EX, and the ability to unlock an EX Role. During your Academy Experience, the event's featured Sync Pair will have a special In-Training Sync Grid. After completing the Final Exam stage, players will be able to select the Sync Grid they'd like to retain as their completed grid for the Sync Pair, which will then apply from then on when the pair is used outside the Academy Event. Over the course of the event, as players battle and interact with other Trainers at the Pasio Academy, they will acquire exclusive Sync Orbs and TM Orbs to upgrade and customize this Sync Pair with different Passive Skills and moves. The amount of items that players can acquire is limited, so players will need to think long and hard about exactly what kind of Sync Pair you want to raise their Sync Pair to be. If you get it wrong or want to try out another combination though, there's no stress! Players are free to can complete and replay each Academy Event as many times as they like over the course of the event until they get the Sync Pair of their dreams, however every time the event is restarted the Sync Pair's upgrades will also be reset. Each time the event is fully completed, players receive 4× Custom 5★ Power-Ups for the event's featured Sync Pair, with any excess able to be traded in the exchange. Each Academy Event also includes a set of exclusive stories, which appear at random, giving players another incentive to repeat the event if they've not yet managed to unlock every single one.
As of the last Academy Event back in April, several quality of life changes have been made to the event format to make it easier to play. Most notably, special area info allowing players to acquire large numbers of custom Sync Orbs will gradually appear more easily from the second playthrough of the event onwards, meaning most players should be able to end up with an S+ rank Sync Pair with enough attempts; and players can skip certain battles by using Skip Tickets after having previously completed the same battle without any Sync Pairs fainting. Please note that the Exam battles, as well as battles with Recommended Levels of 140 or higher, cannot be skipped.
Similar to regular Story Events, players will receive an amount of bonus rewards if they take on event battles using teams that feature specific sync pairs. The more of these sync pairs that players place in their lineup, the greater the bonus received. The applicable Sync Pairs and reward rates for this event are as follows:
- Carmine (Alt.) & Mightyena and Florian (Alt.) & Yanmega: +100% (×2.0) bonus rewards
- Juliana & Chimecho: +50% (×1.5) bonus rewards
- Perrin (Academy) & Noctowl, Sonia (Academy) & Corviknight, Arven & Skwovet, Kris (Academy) & Igglybuff, Jasmine (Academy) & Forretress, Kabu (Academy) & Camerupt, Iris (Academy) & Lapras, Gladion (Academy) & Porygon-Z, Marnie (Academy) & Cyclizar, Morty (Academy) & Typhlosion, Rei (Academy) & Braviary, Hugh (Academy) & Pignite, Brendan (Academy) & Marshtomp, Florian & Lechonk, and both forms of Rosa (Academy) & Deerling: +30% (×1.3) bonus rewards
- All other Paldea Sync Pairs: +10% (×1.1) bonus rewards
Players should also note the following when playing this event:
- To participate, unlock Juliana & Chimecho's 6★ EX status, or unlock Juliana & Chimecho's EX Role, players must have completed Main Story Chapter 1: The More the Merrier (Normal) in single-player.
- The sync pairs that appear as opponents in battle have different capabilities than those players can actually obtain.
The Academy Event Support Log-In Bonus will be held twice during Academy Event: Pasio Festival of Masks, with one bulk reward each time:
- First Run: July 30th at 10:59pm (PDT) through August 6th at 10:59pm (PDT)
- Day 1: Stamina Ticket ×5
- Second Run: August 6th at 10:59pm (PDT) through 13th at 10:59pm (PDT)
- Day 1: Stamina Ticket ×5
In conjunction with the launch of this Academy Event, the following three Gem Specials will be available in the purchase gems tab of the in-game shop until July 1st, at 10:59pm (PDT):
- 48h July event gem special 1: Gems ×1,000
- 48h July event gem special 2: Gems ×4,000
- 48h July event gem special 3: Gems ×10,000
Carmine (Alt.) & Mightyena and Florian (Alt.) & Yanmega make their debuts in separate EX Fair Scouts running alongside the launch of the Pasio Festival of Masks Academy Event. Both scouts will run through to August 17th, at 10:59pm (PDT).
EX Fair Scouts are effectively the Poké Fair equivalent of the recent EX Master Fair Scouts, with an offering rate of 2% for the featured EX Master Sync Pair, 1% for additional featured 5★ Fair-Exclusive Sync Pairs (0.5% each), and 10% for other 5★ Sync Pairs, which may include other Fair-Exclusive Sync Pairs. Like with normal Poké Fair Scouts, EX Fair Scouts require 400 scout points before players are able to get a free selection of any one Sync Pair available in the Scout.
The two Fair-Exclusive Sync Pairs who will join Carmine (Alt.) & Mightyena in the Carmine EX Fair are Sygna Suit Cyrus & Darkrai, and Giacomo & Kingambit. Joining Florian (Alt.) & Yanmega in the Florian EX Fair Scout meanwhile are Sygna Suit Hilbert & Genesect, and Alder & Volcarona.
The two EX Fair scouts each include daily discounts, where players can perform a single scout for ×100 paid gems. This daily discount can be used 1 time per day during the entire length of the scout. The first twelve times players perform a Sync Pair Scout ×11 for the Carmine and Florian EX Fairs, they will also receive the following respective bonus presents:
- 1st-4th Scout: Support/Strike Move Candy Coin ×1
- 5th Scout: Superawakening Candy ×1
- 6th-9th Scout: Support/Strike Move Candy Coin ×2
- 10th Scout: Superawakening Candy ×1
- 11th-12th Scout: Support/Strike Move Candy Coin ×2
Carmine (Alt.) & Mightyena are a 5★ Dark-type Support Role Sync Pair with an unlockable Field EX Role. Raising them to 6★ EX Status changes their outfit from a Jinbei in shades of blue with a yellow obi belt to one with shades of grey and a red obi belt. Similar to past EX Fairs from Academy Events, Carmine (Alt.) & Mightyena are designed to significantly debuff opponents to make things easier for your Dark-type physical attackers. Their Dazzling Jinbei Look Passive Skill will apply a Paldea Circle (Physical) to the field of play when they first enter battle, as well as applying the Endure and Restore effect to Carmine (Alt.) & Mightyena themselves. Their Sharp Fangs Crunch move is activated by an allied Circle being in play, and will lower the target's Defense by three stat ranks, and increases the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect of all allied sync pairs by two ranks. The first time it is used successfully in each battle, it also applies the Physical Move Break effect to the target, as well as turning the field of play into a Dark Zone.
Gym Emotes
Special Gems with Gym Emotes offers are available from the in-game shop, allowing players to obtain Carmine (Alt.) and Florian (Alt.) Gym Emotes as presents. These offers, which comes with 250 paid gems, can each be purchased under the With Emotes tab in the Purchase Gems menu of the in-game shop until August 17th, at 10:59pm (PDT).
Select Master Bundles and Master Fair Select Scouts
For the next 72 hours, a set of three Selet Master Bundles are available from the in-game shop. Each of these bundles contains 1,000 Paid Gems, along with a Strike, Tech, or Support Master Fair Select Ticket, which as the names succest can be used in special Master Fair Select Ticket Scouts to obtain Master Sync Pairs from a limited pool. These Master Fair Select Ticket Scouts will remain available until August 10th, at the somewhat odd time of 11:14pm (PDT).
With another month comes another three separate rallies for the Pokémon 30-Year Celebration. These rallies will commence on July 31st at 11:00pm (PDT) / August 1st at 6:00am (UTC).
Team up with N (Summer 2022) & Zoroark by completing Special Missions
This set of Special Missions will be available until August 31st, at 10:59pm (PDT). Simply logging into the game will award players with N (Summer 2022) & Zoroark. All necessary items to raise them to 6★ EX and unlock their Tech EX Role can then be earned by leveling them up and using them in battle over the course of the month.
Receive a Gem Present each month
All players who log into the game before August 31st, at 10:59pm (PDT), will receive a gift of Gems ×1000.
Receive in-game artwork by viewing a returning Story Event
The Ideal Formula Story Event is returning to the game until December 31st, at 7:59pm (PST). This special run of the event for the 30-Year Celebration includes only the Story, and does not include any battle stages.
New Mix Scout
A new Mix Scout exclusive Sync Pair, Selene & Primarina, are set to make their debut in the Selene Mix Scout commencing July 31st. As with previous Mix Scout exclusive pairs, Selene & Primarina can be expected to use the same Trainer Costume as Selene & Rowlet/Dartrix/Decidueye, and the pair will not have a unique EX Style when raised to 6★ EX, nor a Sync Pair story. Selene & Primarina are a Fairy-type Field Sync Pair with a Tech EX Role.
Mix Scouts are a form of long term scout, whose lineup will change roughly every six months, allowing players to accrue Scout Points in many scouts over time. The Mix Scout can only be used up to three times a day, one each for each of the following options, which all require Paid Gems:
- Sync Pair Scout ×1: 100 Paid Gems
- Sync Pair Scout ×3: 300 Paid Gems
- Sync Pair Scout ×5: 500 Paid Gems
Pasio Gym Battle No. 3: Johto Gym Leaders Assembled
As previously announced, Pasio Gym Battle No. 3 will run from August 1st at 11:00pm (PDT) to August 19th at 10:59pm (PDT). Ranks will then be calculated over August 9th to 12th, with the rankings announcements being held from August 12th at 11:00pm (PDT) through to August 19th at 10:59pm (PDT). The event will feature the Johto Gym Leaders, with the following weaknesses:
- Falkner: Weak to Ice-types
- Bugsy: Weak to Electric-types
- Whitney: Weak to Fighting-types
- Morty: Weak to Dark-types
- Chuck: Weak to Fairy-types
- Jasmine: Weak to Fire-types
- Pryce: Weak to Steel-types
- Clair: Weak to Dragon-types
- Unaffected opponents won't take damage from attacks
- Opponents won't take damage from physical attacks
- Ally move gauge maximum -2
- Opponents won't take damage from attacks that are not supereffective.
Daily Battle Move Candy Challenge coming soon
A new Daily Battle Event will begin on August 6th, offering players the opportunity to obtain a 5★ Tech Roll Cake by completing the Daily Battle 10 times.
Get a Fair-Exclusive Sync Pair alongside a New Legendary Gauntlet
Legendary Gauntlet No. 14 will launch on August 9th at 11:00pm (PDT), featuring battles with Azelf, Regirock, and Moltres. To assist trainers in taking on this challenge, a one-time-only Scout will be available that allows players to select one Fair-Exclusive Sync Pair. The exact Sync Pairs available through this Scout have not yet been officially revealed.
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