Niantic is bringing Halloween to Pokemon GO with a two-part event. The first part features Psychic- and Poison-type, and the second part features Ghost-type Pokemon and some new debuts. Altered Forme Giratina and Darkrai take legendary raids during the two parts of the events, respectively. The Season of Mischief Story continues as the event unlocks new parts of the special research story. I’m dividing the article into two parts and in this, let’s talk about Part 1 of Pokémon GO Halloween. Huff! A lot more is coming, so for you to get things ready, here’s everything you need to know.
Halloween Mischief Part 1: Creepy Companions
Date + Time
Friday, October 15, 2021, at 10:00 AM to Friday, October 22, 2021, at 10:00 AM [local time].
Featured Pokémon
The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild during the event:
- Halloween Mischief Pikachu
- Zubat
- Drowzee
- Gastly
- Spinarak
- Misdreavus
- Shuppet
- Halloween Mischief Piplup
- Stunky
- Woobat
- Gothita
- Yamask Rare
If you’re lucky, you might get a chance to encounter Shiny Yamask✨.
Raids
The following Pokémon will take gyms for raids in the event time frame:
- One-star Raids
- Galarian Slowpoke
- Murkrow
- Scraggy
- Yamask
- Espurr
- Three-star Raids
- Alolan Raichu
- Sableye
- Banette
- Halloween Mischief Drifblim
- Five-star / Legendary Raids
- Altered Forme Giratina
- Mega Raids
- Mega Gengar
Egg Hatches
The following Pokémon will be hatching from 7 km Eggs that are collected during the event:
- Spinarak
- Misdreavus
- Shuppet
- Chingling
- Litwick
- Galarian Yamask
- Golett
New Evolution: Galarian Slowking
Galarian Slowpoke will now be able to evolve into Galarian Slowking. To evolve, you need to complete the task — Catch 30 Psychic-type Pokémon while Galarian Slowpoke is your buddy Pokémon.
Other Bonuses
In addition to even-themed Pokémon encounters, themed Field Research Tasks are also available. Completing them will reward you the encounters with some of the event-themed Pokémon listed above.
You can read the official blog for more details regarding the Pokemon GO Halloween event. Utilize the event and hope you Catch ‘em All.
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