In Pokémon GO celebrated the Water Festival with the debut of the sand pile Pokémon Sandygast, known as Sankabuh in German, in the game. We from MeinMMO will show you how to find and evolve this little monster in the coming days.
Which Pokémon is it about? Currently, the Water Festival is taking place in Pokémon GO. In addition to many familiar faces like Shellder and Staryu, you can also meet the sand pile Pokémon Sankabuh for the first time.
We have summarized what kind of monster it is, where you can find it in the coming days, and everything about its evolution below.
How long does the event last? The Water Festival started today, on 06/06/2023, at 10:00 AM local time and will run until June 12, 2023, at 8:00 PM local time.
What kind of Pokémon is Sankabuh?
This is Sankabuh: Sankabuh is a Ghost and Ground-type Pokémon from the 7th generation of games. Visually, it resembles a light sand pile with a small red shovel stuck in its top.
It also has a small pair of eyes and a big hole resembling a mouth. Due to this distinctive appearance, Sankabuh is referred to as the sand pile Pokémon.
Sankabuh can be evolved into Colossand with the help of 50 candies. Unlike its pre-evolution, this one resembles a sandcastle. It has two small towers that it uses as arms, its mouth now resembles a castle gate, and its eyes look like small windows.
On the top, Colossand is decorated again with the red shovel and is also adorned with colorful shells on its body. Overall, its body is somewhat yellower than that of Sankabuh.
Is there shiny Sankabuh? No! Currently, there is no shiny form of Sankabuh available in the game. If it ever becomes available, you will recognize it by its black body and a yellow shovel.
All locations of Sankabuh for the Water Festival
Unlike most other monsters, Sankabuh cannot currently be found in the wild. However, during the Water Festival, you have the following opportunities to obtain the new Pokémon (via leekduck.com):
Raids: Sankabuh will currently be found in level 1 raids. There you can battle the monster and catch it after the fight. The raid is very easy and can be done alone by a trainer without any problems.
Timed Research: You can also obtain another Sankabuh from the timed research “Water Festival: Beach Week”, which can be purchased for 6 Euro during the event. So, if you buy the research anyway, you can look forward to an additional encounter with the sand pile Pokémon.
Field Research: If you want more specimens and maybe don’t want to do raids, you can also look for the event field research “Water Festival: Catch 25 Water-type Pokémon.” Sankabuh is also hidden behind this. Since Water-type Pokémon are currently spawning at almost every corner, solving it shouldn’t be a problem.
To get the research, you just need to spin the photo disks at PokéStops. However, which quest you receive is random. You can see them afterwards in your field view, which you can access by clicking on the binoculars.
Is Sankabuh worth it?
This is how strong it is: Sankabuh is among the Pokémon in Pokémon GO that are not particularly strong and therefore do not play a role in the GO Battle League or in raids. And even its evolution Colossand is only slightly better. While it has a good ground moveset, its poor stats in battle make it not particularly strong and easily defeated (via gamepress.gg).
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Is it worth it at all? Currently, Sankabuh is mainly interesting for collecting for the Pokédex. Since there is still no shiny variant of the Ghost and Ground-type Pokémon, shiny hunters are still out of luck for the time being. However, this will change with its debut. When that will be remains to be seen.
How do you like the new Pokémon from the 7th generation of games? Have you already secured one? Or are you more interested in other monsters? Feel free to let us know here on MeinMMO in the comments.
In the coming weeks, there will be a lot going on in Pokémon GO. We will show you all events in June and which ones are worth it.
