Tuesday: Pokémon Sword & Shield - Max Raid Battle Event & Ranked Battle + Pokémon GO Season of Celebation + Pokémon Kids Winter Fest
01-12-2020 00:03 GMT / 19:03 EST by Serebii
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Last Update: 22:06 GMT
Edit @ 06:42: Pokémon Sword & Shield Ranked Battle | Edit @ 14:15: Pokémon Kids Winter Fest | Edit @ 16:00: Pokémon GO | Edit @ 21:00: Pokémon GO Raids & Research | Edit @ 21:06: Recommended Search
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
The Wild Area Event has now shifted in Pokémon Sword & Shield. With this, the Bug and Poison-type Pokémon have left the boosted raids and with this, various Ice & Fire Pokémon have been added including Gigantamax Centiskorch and Gigantamax Lapras. We're currently compiling all details of the event so be sure to keep checking back. This event runs until 23:59 UTC on December 31st
Edit @ 00:15: We have updated our section with full details of this Max Raid Battle Event, as well as updated our ItemDex for TR locations.
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield - VGC Ruleset
Ranked Battle Series 7/Season 13 is now live. This ruleset adds all Pokémon that were added with The Crown Tundra and brings back the 16 banned Pokémon from the previous season. This will run from December 1st at 04:00 UTC to December 31st at 23:59 UTC. With this, the rewards that you'll get after this month's Season have also been announced including the addition of Dynite Ore as a reward
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield - Ranked Battle Rewards
The eleventh season of Pokémon Sword & Shield's Ranked Battle has come to an end and with it, the rewards for participation in battles is now live. To get them, you need to check your ranking in the Ranked Battle mode and then go to Mystery Gift > Receive via Battle Stadium. These rewards include BP and items range from Armorite Ore up to Bottle Caps depending upon your placement. We have full details of the rewards in our Ranked Battle section
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced further details for the Kalos Celebration event starting tomorrow at 10:00 local time.This event features Chespin, Fennekin, Froakie, Bunnelby, Fletchling, Litleo, and Noibat in the wild and some egg changes
Bunnelby, Fletchling, and Litleo will be hatching from 2 km Eggs.
Chespin, Fennekin, and Froakie will be hatching from 5 km Eggs.
Espurr and Noibat will be hatching from 10 km Eggs.
There will also be Field Research and Timed Research with this event
Edit @ 20:02: The event is now rolling out in Asia Pacific Regions and we're now cataloguing all elements of the Kalos Celebration Event including Timed Research
Edit @ 21:15: All Timed Research is now added
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
The Pokémon Company have announced a new upcoming event for Pokémon GO towars the end of the current season. This event, Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto is inspired by the release of Red & Green and give players the opportunity to choose between Red and Green, each featuring exclusive Pokémon and Special Research to collaborate with other Trainers to get all 151 Pokémon in a single day. Currently we don't have further details of this event including the date but we'll provide full details as they come
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
From now until 21:00 UTC on January 1st, Kyurem will appear as the 5 Star Raid Boss. This follows on from Azelf, Mesprit & Uxie. In addition to this, Mega Charizard Y, Mega Houndoom and Mega Blastoise have left Mega Raids and Mega Abomasnow is now available
Edit @ 22:06: We've started cataloguing the new Raid Bosses in our Raid Battles section<
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
The Research Breakthrough Pokémon have shifted. From now until January 1st at 21:00 UTC, when you unlock a Research Breakthrough reward, the Pokémon will be Unovan Darumaka or Lapras and, with this, Field Research is shifting
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
The Season of Celebration season is now rolling out in Pokémon GO. This runs from 08:00 local time today to 08:00 local time on March 1st 2021 and features differing spawns based on the temperate seasons as well as varying raids. We're compiling all details in our section
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
A new feature has gone live in Pokémon GO: Recommended Searches. When you go to the search bar, there will now be a few icons of common searches and the ability to See More which gives pretty much every possible search possibility.
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Ahead of the Kalos Celebration event tomorrow, the maximum amount of Pokémon you can store has been increased to 4000. To get to this amount, you need to purchase upgrades which increase your storage space by 50 a purchase
In The Anime Department
Pokémon Journeys - News
A Japanese magazine has confirmed that the Pokémon anime will take its annual break starting December 18th and December 25th over the holiday period where no episodes will air. It will return in the new year
In The Pokémon Department
Pokémon Winter Fest
The Pokémon Company International have revealed a new website, Pokémon Kids Winter Fest where players, specifically children, can participate in a variety of mini-games to compete and play in order to earn badges for over 890 Pokémon.
The activites include Snow Holes where you hit Diglett in holes, Waterfall Crossing where you have to bounce Pokémon across a river on a Snorlax, Relay Ridge, a race to get through the area and Battle Dunk a battle to knock other Pokémon into water. There's also a pair up game where you match two Pokémon together and a Scene Creator where you can set a scene with various Pokémon. Each of these gives you Pokémon badges. There's also Daily Rewards and Mythical Pokémon Missions
This is available from today until January 3rd
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In The Site Department
Serebii.net Advent Calendar
As we have done since 2003, this year I have created an Advent Calendar. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term, an Advent Calendar is essentially a countdown until Christmas. Every day, a new puzzle and a variety of new downloads for you to enjoy. As time goes on, the puzzles get harder and the downloads get more plentiful, so be sure to check back every day. Continuing on from the last few years, we are doing a variety of puzzles which can be done in-browser rather than via printing. Click the picture you go to our Advent Calendar.
