Pokémon GO: New event “High Voltage” revealed – New Shinys and Rocket takeover are coming

Pokémon GO brings a new event called “High Voltage”. Not only are new Shinys introduced, but Team Rocket will also launch fresh Crypto monsters.

When does “High Voltage” start? The new event starts on Friday, January 27, 2023, at 10:00 AM local time. It runs until Sunday, February 5, 2023, at 11:59 PM local time.

During this event period, altered spawns will appear in the wild, and the raid and egg pools will be adjusted. Additionally, a new Rocket takeover will begin halfway through the event.

When does the Rocket takeover start? The new Rocket content will be available on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, at 00:00 AM and will run until February 5 at 11:59 PM. The takeover will end simultaneously with the rest of “High Voltage”.

We will show you what both parts of the event bring.

High Voltage in Pokémon GO – Everything about Spawns, Shinys, Raid Bosses, and Eggs

Who are the new Shinys? The new shiny Pokémon will mainly interest collectors. They are:

• Shiny Eguana. It can be found in the wild, level 1 raids, eggs, and research if you’re lucky. It evolves into Elezard and appeared for the first time in Pokémon GO in January 2022.

• Shiny Kapu-Riki. The legendary boss returns to raids and can also be found shiny during the High Voltage event.

Especially the shiny variant could make Kapu-Riki interesting for trainers. In raids, it is just among the best electric attackers in Pokémon GO, but there are also some stronger alternatives.

We will show you which Pokémon will also appear in the event.

Pokémon in the wild during High Voltage

You can catch these monsters in the wild. Possible Shinys are marked with an asterisk*.

• Rettan*
• Magnetilo*
• Sleima*
• Frizelbliz*
• Skunkapuh
• Elezeba*
• Kastadur*
• Eguana*
• Mabula
• Tanhel* (rare spawn)
• Dedenne* (rare spawn)

Raid bosses during High Voltage

In the table, you can see the various raid bosses for the event, sorted by levels.

Raid Level	Raid Boss
Level 1	Alola-Sleima* Sheinux* Bronzel* Klikk* Eguana*
Level 3	Omot Galar-Smogmog* Blitza Flunkifer*
Level 5	Kapu-Riki* (January 25 to February 1) Registeel* (February 1 to February 8)
Mega Raids	Mega-Aerodactyl* (January 25 to February 1) Mega-Gengar* (February 1 to February 8)

Pokémon in 7-km eggs and field research during High Voltage

In eggs: From the 7-km eggs you receive from friends’ gifts, you can find:

• Alola-Sandan*
• Panzaeron*
• Elezeba*
• Flunschlik
• Galar-Flunschlik*
• Eguana*
• Dedenne*

In field research:

• Voltobal*
• Hisui-Voltobal
• Plusle*
• Minun*
• Emolga
• Eguana*

Rocket takeover with Crypto-Registeel

What’s included in the Rocket takeover: The Rocket takeover starting February 1, 2023, brings a new special research on Team GO Rocket. In this, you can get a new Super Rocket Radar to locate and challenge the boss.

You can collect the special research until March 1, 2023, at 10:00 AM. Additionally, Giovanni will change his legendary Crypto Pokémon: Registeel will take over and await you as a reward when you defeat the boss.

Also important: During the Rocket takeover, you can make your Crypto Pokémon forget the move “Frustration.” This is crucial for giving the strong monsters a better move and making them powerful attackers.

How to find the boss is shown in this video:

New Crypto Pokémon: The three Rocket leaders Arlo, Sierra, and Cliff will change their monsters, as will the Rocket grunts. What the teams will look like is still unknown.

However, several new Crypto Pokémon have already been revealed:

• Crypto-Alola-Vulpix
• Crypto-Spoink
• Crypto-Elezeba
• Crypto-Wattzapf

More will be added.

Monsters in 12-km eggs: If you defeat the Rocket leaders, you can get 12-km eggs. The egg pool during the event will look like this:

• Larvitar*
• Absol*
• Pionskora*
• Ganovil
• Zurrokex
• Gladiantri*
• Skallyk*
• Kapuno*
• Pam-Pam
• Algitt
• Molunk

Currently, the Lunar New Year event is still ongoing. It also brings interesting spawns, but also strong bonuses when you interact with other trainers. Learn why you should trade a lot right now here.