Tuesday: Pokémon GO - Strength of Steel + Pokémon Masters EX - Greta Poké Fair Scout
16-07-2024 07:00 BST / 02:00 EDT by Serebii.
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Edit @ 18:01: Pokémon GO | Edit @ 21:00: Mega Lucario | Edit @ 23:01: Pokémon Sleep
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sleep
The third daily Pokémon Sleep news has been revealed to celebrate the game's first anniversary. Starting in early August some changes will happen. First the rewards you get for sticking to your bedtime will increase. In addition to that, the amount of experience and dream shards from sleep research will increase and once you hit the max area bonus for a location, the bonus will be distributed across all other areas
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO event. This is the Ultra Unlock: Strength of Steel event and is due to run from July 25th at 10:00 to July 30th at 20:00 local time and adds Shiny Togedemaru into the game
Trainers will get an additional Candy XL for catching Pokémon, and an increased chance to get it with Nice Throws or Better
More Candy will be given for Nice Throws or better alongside 3* Catch Stardust for Catching Pokémon
Alolan Sandshrew, Magnemite, Onix, Scyther, Pineco, Skarmory, Nosepass, Aron, Beldum, Bronzor, Ferroseed, Klink, Galarian Stunfisk and Togedemaru will spawn in the wild
Skarmory, Klink, Pawniard & Togedemaru are in 1 Star Raids
Steelix, Scizor, Mawile & Aggron are in 3 Star Raids
Beldum, Klink, Togedemaru will be in Field Research along with Mega Energy for Steelix, Scizor and Aggron
There will be free Tieed Research to get a Magnetic Lure Module, Experience and Pokémon encounters
A Collection Challenge will run with encounters and Mega Energy for certain Steel-type Pokémon
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO Raid Day will run on July 27th from 11:00 to 17:00 local time which adds Mega Lucario into the game
Players will get up to 5 more additional Raid Passes from PokéStops. There will be 50% more experience and increased chance to get Rare Candy XL from in-person Raid Battles. The Remote Raid limit will increase to 20
An Event ticket will be live for 8 more Raid Passes, 3* more experience, 2* more Stardust and more Rare Candy XL. Early purchase will get a special Lucario Mask
All Lucario caught in the event will known the new move, Force Palm
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
The latest Pokémon GO event is rolling out in Asia Pacific regions. This event, Better Together, is the first Ultra Unlock event and features the introduction of Tandemaus and Maushold into the game, available through Party Challenges, Field Research and Timed Research
We are compiling full details in our Ultra Unlock: Better Together event section
In The Games Department
Pokémon Masters EX - Story Event
Pokémon Masters EX has added the final of the three tie-in Poké Fair Scouts. This Scout runs until August 7th and adds the Battle Frontier Brain Greta & Breloom
We're currently compiling all details in our Isle Disciples, Arena Tycoon event section
In The Games Department
Pokémon UNITE
Pokémon UNITE has received a small balance patch. This patch features several adjustments to various Pokémon, primarily alterations and a variety of other adjustments and bug fixes for a dozen Pokémon. We have updated our Patch Section with all the current values
Alongside this, a new gift code has been released to give you a 3 Day Rental Unite License for Charizard, Ceruledge, Chandelure or Gyarados. The code is BALANCE0716
