Tuesday: Pokémon Sword & Shield - Max Raid Battle Event
28-04-2020 01:05 BST / 20:05 EDT by Serebii
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Edit @ 16:01: Pokémon GO | Edit @ 21:00: Raid Battles | Edit @ 21:12: Pokémon GO Item Stacking
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
The Wild Area Event has now shifted in Pokémon Sword & Shield. With this, Garbodor, Charizard, Duraludon and Copperajah have left the boosted raids and with this, various Pokémon including Heat Rotom, Excadrill, Whimsicott and more, themed around commonly used Pokémon in competitive, have been added. This event runs until May 11th at 23:59 UTC.
Edit @ 01:22: 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 GO
Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO events for the coming weeks. These are the Throwback Challenges and will run each week globally.
Throwback Challenge Kanto runs from May 1st to May 8th and features special Timed Research which ends with Mewtwo with Psystrike, Kanto Pokémon in the wild and Venonat, Machop, Onix, Lickitung, Tangela, Scyther, Pinsir, Lapras, and Eevee in 7km eggs. Pikachu wearing Charizard hats will also run. Shiny Venonat will be live with this event as will 2* Catch, Raid and Hatch XP
Throwback Challenge Johto runs from May 8th to May 15th and features special Timed Research which ends with Ho-Oh with Earthquake and has a Shiny Gyarados encounter, Johto Pokémon in the wild, Chinchou, Yanma, Girafarig, Pineco, Dunsparce, Gligar, Shuckle, Skarmory, and Phanpy in 7km eggs. Pikachu wearing Umbreon hats will also be in the wild and Shiny Dunsparce will be in the game. It has 2* Catch and Raid Stardust
Throwback Challenge Hoenn runs from May 15th to May 22nd and features special Timed Research which ends with Groudon with Fire Punch, Hoenn Pokémon in the wild, Lotad, Slakoth, Nincada, Skitty, Sableye, Mawile, Trapinch, Feebas, and Clamperl in 7km eggs. Pikachu wearing Rayquaza hats will also be in the wild and Shiny Skitty will be in the game. It has half Incubator distance and buddy distance
Throwback Challenge Sinnoh runs from May 22nd to May 29th and features special Timed Research which ends with Cresselia with Grass Knot, Sinnoh Pokémon in the wild, Cranidos, Shieldon, Glameow, Chingling, Bonsly, Happiny, Gible, Munchlax, Riolu, and Mantyke in 7km eggs. Pikachu wearing Lucario hats will also be in the wild and Shiny Glameow will be in the game. It has One Hour Star Piece, Incense and Lucky Egg durations
If you complete all four Timed Research lines, you'll get the Champion Special Research. This will contain Special Research to earn 5 Rare Candies, Galarian Meowth, Galarian Stunfisk and Genesect. Plus it has a special tie in event, the Throwback Challenge Champion Tie In From June 3rd through June 8th, it adds Galarian Stunfisk into the wild and Galarian Meowth, Galarian Zigzagoon, Galarian Darumaka, and Galarian Stunfisk with Meowth, Zigzagoon and Darumaka able to evolve. Unova Pokémon will be in the wild
Edit @ 16:41: We have created pages for each of these events and will add more to it when we get the Research
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
The Raid Bosses have changed in Pokémon GO. With this, from now until May 5th 2020 at 20:00 UTC, Darkrai will be the Level 5 Raid Boss with its Shiny variant being available once again.
Edit @ 22:05: The Raid Bosses have shifted and we're currently compiling them in our Raid Battles section
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have now implemented another new feature into Pokémon GO. Now, your Buddy Pokémon will often bring you various gifts from Poké Stops and Gyms without the need for you to collect them at the Poké Stops themselves so you can send gifts to friends without having to leave the house
Edit @ 21:12: Announced earlier this month, the capability of stacking the effects of multiple Star Piece, Lucky Egg and Incense at once is now live. With this, you have the ability to stack up to 24 hours of boosts at one time so you could set up 6 Star Pieces for a 3 hour slot and so forth.
