In Pokémon GO, the “Sparkling Fantasy” event has ended. In addition to the bonuses, one should especially take advantage of a Mega Evolution.
Update, January 17, 12:45 PM: As of the current status, Salamence evolution is still possible for 200 energy. As soon as this changes, we will keep you updated here.
08:00 AM: The event has ended in Germany, but as of the current status, the required energy is still at 200. It is possible that the energy will only change once the event concludes in all time zones.
However, it is now always expected that the energy will increase to 300.
Here continues with the original message.
What is changing? Who currently wants to Mega evolve Salamence needs 200 Mega energy for this. But this will not stay the same.
As announced by Niantic Support on Twitter, the Mega energy required for the evolution will increase after the Sparkling Fantasy event:
Trainers, we are correcting the Mega energy needed for the Mega evolution of Salamence from 200 to 300 after the ‘Sparkling Fantasy’ event. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Niantic Support via Twitter
The event runs until this evening, January 16, 2023, at 10:00 PM local time. So if you want to pay less Mega energy for the evolution, you should carry out such an evolution today.
Why should I Mega evolve Salamence in time?
A user in the Pokémon GO subreddit warns that you should hurry with the first Mega evolution of Salamence (via reddit).
In general, Mega evolution lasts temporarily; however, the first Mega evolution of a Pokémon is crucial for two reasons. It is due to changes introduced in April 2022.
First: When you Mega evolve a Pokémon for the first time, a “cool down phase” of several days begins. After this phase, you can Mega evolve it again – without additional energy costs.
With each Mega evolution of the Pokémon, the Mega Level also increases and the cool down phases become shorter. Alternatively, you can also Mega evolve during the cool down phase. Depending on how advanced it already is, the energy costs will be lower.
Second: After the first Mega evolution, you have the opportunity to collect Mega energy while walking with your buddy.
Therefore, it is worthwhile to carry out the first Mega evolution of Salamence as cheaply as possible, because afterwards you do not need as much Mega energy. This is especially useful because Mega Raids can usually only be completed with many Trainers.
In general, Mega Salamence is only present in Mega Raids until January 18. Then it will be replaced by another Pokémon. There isn’t much time left to secure the strong dragon attacker anyway.
If you want to challenge Mega Salamence to get the required energy: Here you will find the best counters against Mega Salamence in Pokémon GO.
