In Pokémon GO, the details for the spring event over the Easter holidays have been revealed. You can expect a new shiny, rare spawns, and a new mega Pokémon.
When does the spring event start? It begins this Sunday, on April 4th, at 10:00 AM local time. The event will run until April 8th – so you only have 5 days to take advantage of it.
The event is essentially the occasion over Easter, and numerous Pokémon related to the Easter festival will appear in the game. MeinMMO gives you the overview here.
Shiny Scoppel and Mega-Schlapor for the spring event
Here are the bonuses: The list of bonuses is long again this time and includes some surprises. We show you the complete list:
- In the wild appear: Pikachu with flower crown, Chaneira with flower crown, Owei, Marill, Plusle, Minun, Haspiror, and Scoppel
- Shiny Scoppel appears for the first time in the wild
- In the 2 km eggs you will find: Owei, Evoli with flower crown, Pichu with flower crown, Togepi, Azurill, Haspiror, Wonneira with flower crown, Mampfaxo, Geronimatz, and Scoppel
- Mega-Schlapor appears for the first time in Mega Raids
- Exclusive field research includes, among other things, Geronimatz and Azumarill
- You will receive special stickers by spinning PokéStops and opening gifts
- There is a special collector’s challenge that includes a lucky egg, mega energy for Schlapor, and XP
- Double candies for hatching Pokémon
- Lucky eggs are active for one hour
- The hatch distance is halved
How strong are the event spawns? The spawns of Chaneira are particularly interesting. The Pokémon is quite rare outside of events, and the shiny form is coveted by trainers. Now you can catch it with a flower crown as an exclusive Pokémon.
Additionally, you can catch a bunch of other shinies. All listed Pokémon also appear in their shiny forms – especially interesting is the new shiny Scoppel, which is also expected to appear more frequently.
For some time there has now been the shiny form of Chaneira in the game. It is greenish and differs quite significantly from the normal form.
Is Mega-Schlapor worth it? The mega evolution of Schlapor is not only of the normal type but also of the fighting type. This makes it quite interesting in battle. The stats of Mega-Schlapor are solid, and no fighting Pokémon has had a higher attack stat so far.
The problem, however, is the moves. So far, the mega evolution is reportedly going to learn a really bad fighting moveset: Kick and Focus Blast. This means it would not win against other fighting Pokémon. If Niantic tweaks the moves, then Mega-Schlapor could become much more interesting.
What other bonuses should you take advantage of? The chance of Geronimatz in raids and quests is particularly interesting. The Pokémon is normally extremely rare and has only recently become available as shiny in Pokémon GO. So you should hunt and complete the quests around Geronimatz.
Additionally, the 2 km eggs are worth it. You will find almost exclusively possible shinies there, and with the halved hatch distance, you can hatch more effectively.
What comes after the spring event? The spring event is just the kickoff for a packed April. Numerous raid and spotlight hours await you. There will also be more events with new Pokémon and special bonuses. We will provide you with a detailed overview of all events in April:
Pokémon GO: All events in April 2021 – which ones are worth it?
