The battle event in Pokémon GO is currently active and brings you shiny monsters. Additionally, there are new challenges for the research.
On the evening of May 1st, the battle event started in Pokémon GO, which causes Pokémon like Makuhita to spawn more frequently. Just a few minutes after the event started, the first shiny sightings occurred.
At the same time, Zapdos is available for field researchers and brings new flying and electric tasks.
Shiny Makuhita and Meditite in the game
It didn’t take long for trainers to make special discoveries during the battle event.
Which new shinies are in the game? So far, shiny Makuhita and shiny Meditite have been confirmed. Should more follow, we will update this article for you.
Shiny hunters should act quickly. The battle event lasts until May 14th and brings more spawns of Makuhita and also Meditite. With the increased spawns, you might quickly encounter a shiny.
New offer boxes and many items through gyms
Trainers from the community have already speculated that new offer boxes will also be unlocked in the shops during the event. These are now active as special, super, and hyper boxes.
How many items are there now from gyms? Niantic announced for the event that trainers should receive more items by spinning the photo discs at gyms. This has already become extremely noticeable. As trainer poorgeoffrey reports, he received 60 items at once from a gym. Keep in mind that the trainer also had his 7-day streak. Normal spins should yield fewer items.
It is suspected that the amount of received items has been doubled.
Why are there so many items? Niantic announced the battle event, which is especially intended to reward you for visiting gyms and participating in battles. The bonuses of this event also include significantly more items as rewards from gyms.
New field research tasks
For a field research breakthrough in May, you will not receive an encounter with Lavados, but with Zapdos. For this purpose, the tasks have also changed.
What new field research tasks are there? The new tasks are primarily related to electric and flying type monsters. It involves evolving monsters of these types or catching them with difficult throws.
As a reward for the special quests, Mew awaits you, and for that, you must catch Ditto. We show you which monsters the shapeshifter can hide behind here.
