The “powerful Pokémon” are an important feature of the GO Wild Area in Pokémon GO. Here is all the information.
What are powerful Pokémon? These are particularly strong Pokémon that appear in the course of the GO Wild Area. This event takes place worldwide on November 23 and 24, 2024. Among other things, you need to catch them for field research.
These Pokémon
- have a higher likelihood of strong stats
- and are more likely to be XL or XXL monsters.
How can I recognize powerful Pokémon? They display three exclamation marks instead of the WP when you encounter them.
What is the catch rate? They have a lower catch rate than regular Pokémon. A better chance of catching them is currently with the new GO Safari Ball.
Powerful Pokémon in the Pokémon GO Wild Area globally
Thanks to the local event, there is now a clearer idea of what constitutes powerful Pokémon. The global event is expected to be implemented similarly.
Which powerful Pokémon will appear? That depends on the respective days.
- Powerful Pokémon on Saturday:
- Tauboss*
- Geowaz*
- Garados*
- Luxtra*
- Cerapendra*
- Voltula*
- Monargoras*
- Aggrostella*
- Powerful Pokémon on Sunday:
- Bisaflor*
- Quappo*
- Dragoran*
- Impergator*
- Elevoltek*
- Mamutel*
- Zapplarang*
- Tandrak*
Possible shinies are marked with an asterisk.
Increased appearance at the end: Between 6:00 PM and 6:15 PM, a particularly large number of powerful Pokémon will appear on both event days.
Details about powerful Pokémon known
What trainers discovered: In Japan, the local variant of the Wild Area event has already taken place. On Reddit and other social media like X.com, some trainers who participated in the local event last week shared their impressions of the powerful Pokémon.
Some report that the low catch rate with regular Poké Balls is very low, and that the monsters have a high flee rate if it doesn’t work – almost comparable to the legendary Galar birds in adventure smoke. On the other hand, Safari Balls seem to work well for catching them.
So use the new Safari Ball to catch powerful Pokémon!
In addition, the powerful Pokémon seem to have very good stats. Pokémon GO Hub, for example, lists a distribution of 12/12/12 as the minimum value (via X.com). Thus, you would always get a 3-star Pokémon, and the chance of a 4-star Pokémon would also not be bad. They are also always in the level range of 40 to 50. So it’s worth catching them.
Some trainers even show WP values that would exceed this level, as here on reddit. Whether this is intended or possibly a bug is still unknown.
What else is happening in the GO Wild Area? During the event, you can collect not only the powerful Pokémon but also a lot of other monsters. This includes, for example, the various versions of Riffex, in raids, but also in Dynamax battles. Additionally, many exciting monsters appear in the wild. Want an overview? Then you can find our guide with tips for the Pokémon GO Wild Area 2024.
