Zapdos, Moltres and Articuno will only be available for a short time in Pokémon GO. Niantic has now announced the time windows during which you can catch all legendary birds.
Two legendary Pokémon can currently be caught in Pokémon GO. These were released during the GO Fest on Saturday and are called Lugia and Articuno. In the coming weeks, two more legendary birds will be released, which many trainers are already waiting for: Zapdos and Moltres.
The developers have now announced that the legendary bird trio will only be active in the game for a few days and will then disappear again. We will show you when you should go hunting for them.
Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres Times – When are the birds available?
In a blog post, John Hanke, the head of Pokémon GO developer Niantic, explained that the legendary birds Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres are only available for a limited time in the game. This topic has sparked many discussions in the trainer community over the past few days, as players were unsure whether Articuno would stay forever or not.
Now there is clarity that the legendary trio is only available for a limited time in the game, and it will apparently be deactivated again afterwards. You can catch the birds at the following times:
- Articuno (Team Mystic) was released on Saturday, July 22, 2017, and will be available until Monday, August 1, 2017.
- Moltres (Team Valor) will be released on Tuesday, August 1, 2017, and will remain available until next Tuesday, August 8, 2017.
- Zapdos (Team Instinct) is the last part of the bird trio release. You can find it from Tuesday, August 8, 2017, until Tuesday, August 15, 2017 in the game.
The published dates from Niantic refer to the releases in US times. Therefore, we have shifted the times back by one day in the overview. As it turned out, Moltres did not appear on July 31st with us, but on August 1st.
This means that each bird of the legendary trio is available in the game for about a week and can be caught by you. Whether the three birds will return later and remain in the game for unlimited time is unfortunately not known yet. Lugia apparently remains in the game and will be available longer as a raid boss – This is how you defeat the raid boss Lugia
You can enjoy the global bonuses for just a few more days – They’re ending soon!
