Pokémon GO: How to get Color Eagle – Guide to catching it

In Pokémon GO you can now catch Farbigeagle! We show you how to encounter the Pokémon and catch it.

Trainers had to wait a long time: Farbigeagle is a Pokémon of the 2nd generation. It was missing from players’ PokéDex for a long time, but now you can finally catch it. Recently, it was seen on the loading screen, which led to the assumption that it would be coming soon.

Farbigeagle is special to catch: This monster cannot simply be caught in the wild. You need the new feature “GO Snapshot”, which has recently become available.

We show you a guide on how to obtain the new Pokémon and share what we know about Farbigeagle so far.

How to catch Farbigeagle

Here’s the basics: Every player who wants to catch Farbigeagle must be at least level 5. From then on, the GO Snapshot feature is available. You need this for the catch.

Here’s what you need to do: To encounter Farbigeagle, you need to take numerous photos:

1. Open your Pokémon collection
2. Select any Pokémon
3. Click on the camera at the top right of the screen and start AR mode
4. Take photos!
5. Keep snapping pictures until Farbigeagle jumps into the frame (Pay close attention, as you can only spot it on the finished image, not in the camera view)
6. Once Farbigeagle jumps into the picture, you can close the camera
7. After that, Farbigeagle will appear next to your character on the map, and you can catch it like any other Pokémon in the wild
8. Put in the effort when catching, because Farbigeagle can flee like any other Pokémon

Farbigeagle doesn’t appear for me, what now? Many players report that Farbigeagle simply does not jump into their images. Persistence pays off. Keep taking photos.

How often do I get the chance for Farbigeagle? So far, trainers have reported that they only caught one Farbigeagle per day. Once midnight passes, you will likely have the chance for another Farbigeagle. We will update this article when that is confirmed.

My camera is not working, what now? Often, the photo feature does not work simply because you have denied the game access to the camera. You need to allow Pokémon GO access to your camera in your phone’s settings.

This is what we know about Farbigeagle’s attack: There has been much discussion about the attack Copycat that Farbigeagle uses. It simply copies the attack of the monster you photographed.

If Farbigeagle jumps into the screen while you are photographing your Tyranitar, it will use the same attacks as Tyranitar. So you should choose carefully which Pokémon you photograph to ensure Farbigeagle doesn’t get undesirable attacks.

These are the attacks it cannot learn: There are some exceptions when learning attacks. It cannot learn attacks like Catapult, Transformer, or Lake.

There’s a current bug: Niantic confirmed on Twitter that there is a bug with Farbigeagle’s attacks. It can still learn other attacks through TMs. This should be fixed in the next update. However, if you have already used TMs, the new attacks will remain.

Don’t miss any news: To stay updated, you should follow our Facebook page and join the Pokémon GO group.

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Our images come from Reddit.