On Pokémon GO, the Hatch Day with Riolu starts on Saturday. What the event brings and how to make use of it, you can read here.
When does the Hatch Day start? The Hatch Day begins on April 18 at 11:00 AM. You will have six hours to take advantage of the bonuses until 5:00 PM.
What is the highlight? Clearly: Everything revolves around Riolu. The little Pokémon evolves into Lucario, which can then perform a Mega Evolution. Lucario is a very useful monster and generally a fan favorite.
The most exciting thing about the day is that you will have an increased shiny chance for Riolu that you hatch from eggs. Therefore, you have a very good opportunity to secure the shiny monster if you haven’t got it yet.
How to make use of the Hatch Day? Run, run, run
Basically, there are some bonuses available that make hatching worthwhile. You will receive double the amount of hatch candies and XP from hatching eggs, and during the event, you only need half the hatch distance.
This means: In a regular incubator, a 2-km egg will hatch after just one kilometer.
Important: The distance bonus only applies to eggs that are placed in the incubator during the event. Therefore, you should make sure that your incubator is empty at the start of the event. It would be very unfortunate if you start the event at 11:00 AM and find out that you are still hatching an active 10-km egg and still have to walk 9 kilometers.
Equally important: Riolu hatches more frequently from 2-km eggs that you collect during the event. You have an increased chance to collect these from PokéStops between 11:00 AM and 5:00 PM. So follow these steps.
- Start the Hatch Day at 11:00 AM with empty incubators and as many free slots for eggs as possible
- Collect each PokéStop during your walk
- Run as much as possible
- If you are hatching eggs in the background via the egg widget while the game is closed, open them as soon as they are done
The crucial factor is running. The Hatch Day is not an event that you can play from home in any way.
Timed Research: During the event, there is a timed research that provides you with an additional incubator. But it also ends at 5:00 PM, so you should complete it by then.
Additionally, there is the option to purchase a paid ticket for the event. Then the hatch distance is quartered, and you receive a star piece and two super incubators in another timed research. However, this is optional.
Is Riolu worth it? The exciting thing about Riolu is its evolution Lucario. If you evolve it to Mega Evolution, you will have the strongest fighter type attacker in the entire game in your collection. And even the normal Lucario is already among the top attackers. Both impress as Fighting and Steel attackers.
In Pokémon GO, the weekend is all about hatching eggs, but we are already in the middle of April, and May is approaching rapidly. However, there are still a few events to take advantage of before then. What they are, we will show you in our list of all events in Pokémon GO in April 2026.
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