Starting tonight, October 3, a new Stardust event begins in Pokémon GO. We provide you with all the info about the bonuses and duration.
When does the Stardust event run? Tonight, October 3, at 10 PM, the bonuses in the game will start. For one week, you can earn more dust in Pokémon GO.
The event ends on October 10 at 10 PM.
Until then, you can enjoy more dust during various actions. It is the event, which was hinted at unintentionally a few days ago. The date also matches exactly with the information.
Everything about the Stardust event in Pokémon GO
These bonuses are available: For a total of 4 actions, there is more Stardust. The following has been announced:
- Double Stardust from hatching
- Double Stardust from catching Pokémon
- Double Stardust from battling Team Rocket Grunts
- 2000 Stardust from each raid
No further bonuses related to Pokémon are known. Whether the spawns will change is questionable.
A further event could follow: The Stardust on the Rocket Stops could be another hint for an event surrounding the villains from Pokémon GO. A fitting loading screen has recently been shown here.
Thus, the 3 new Grunts could come into the game soon, which Niantic showed on Twitter. However, this has not yet been confirmed.
5 Tips for the new event in Pokémon GO
How can I make the best use of the event? Stardust events are among the most important occurrences in Pokémon GO. Stardust is the best resource in the game, and you can never have enough of it.
We provide you with some tips that you should consider while hunting for Stardust:
- Every monster also brings dust. Thus, catch every Pokémon that comes your way
- Remember Stardust items, as they give you 1.5x more dust
- The most effective way to collect Stardust is catching Pokémon. So, put raids a little in the background
- Utilize the catching trick to catch Pokémon significantly faster
- Evolutions bring more Stardust. Therefore, catching these monsters is particularly worthwhile
A dataminer also has news about an upcoming live event:

