In Pokemon Go, there are quite a handful of Pokemon that need the Sinnoh Stone to evolve. And, as the name suggests, they are part of the Sinnoh region Pokedex. So if you’re looking to fill your Pokemon Go Pokedex and add some very powerful Pokemon to your team to fight Team Go Rocket or your friends, you’ll want to continue reading about all things Sinnoh Stones in Pokemon Go.

How to get a Sinnoh Stone in Pokemon Go

 There are currently two ways to get a Sinnoh Stone in Pokemon Go.  

• On the completion of the final day of your 7-day Research Task, also known as a Research Breakthrough
• As reward for winning Trainer Battles — although this is random 

Yes, those looking for Sinnoh Stones at Poke Stops or as part of the tasks themselves can stop torturing themselves. The two main places to get a Sinnoh Stone in Pokemon Go are currently only on the 7th day of your Research Task completion or as a reward for taking part in PvP. Unfortunately there’s no guarantee that you will get a Sinnoh Stone as the end of your seven day streak but the chances are very high of a Sinnoh Stone dropping as well as your usual Pokemon Go Legendaries (opens in new tab) reward.

There are also some special events that will reward trainers Sinnoh Stones for completing certain tasks. This is especially the case when Community Days focus on Pokemon that can evolve using the Sinnoh Stone like when there was the Magmar and Electabuzz Community Days.

Be sure to keep an eye on Pokemon Go’s social channels or our own guides for more information on where to get Sinnoh Stones.

All 18 4th generation Pokemon that require the Sinnoh Stone

So you’ve finally got your hands on a Sinnoh Stone in Pokemon Go and need to know where to use it. Well, the good news is that there is plenty of 4th generation Pokemon who require a Sinnoh Stone for their evolution. Here are all 18 available and the Pokemon to evolve them from. 

Just remember that in addition to a Sinnoh Stone trainers will need to use 100 candies for each one. However, given that these are evolutions of earlier generations of Pokemon, hopefully, you’ll already be rolling in the sweet stuff from the Professor. Good luck!

• Sneasel evolves into Weavile
• Electabuzz evolves into Electivire
• Roselia evolves into Roserade
• Rhydon evolves into Rhyperior
• Murkrow evolves into Honchkrow
• Porygon2 evolves into Porygon-Z
• Togetic evolves into Togekiss
• Magmar evolves into Magmortar
• Misdreavus evolves into Mismagius
• Gligar evolves into Gliscor
• Dusclops evolves into Dusknoir
• Swinub evolves into Mamoswine
• Aipom evolves into Ambipom
• Yanma evolves into Yanmega
• Tangela evoles into Tangrowth
• Lickitung evolves into Lickilicky
• Kirlia (male) evolves into Gallade
• Snorunt (female) evolves into Froslass

18 Sinnoh Stone evolutions in total, so it’ll take a while to catch ’em all, but as long as you go for as many Sinnoh Stones as possible, you should be able to complete them before long.

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All Pokemon Go Spinda variations

There were originally eight versions of Spinda in the game files, and they’ve now all been released, plus an extra one for Valentine’s Day. Here are all the Spinda versions currently available and when they went live: 

• Pattern 1 – Oct 2018, Nov to Dec 2019, Jan to Feb 2021, Oct 2021
• Pattern 2 – Mar to Apr 2019, Sep to Oct 2020, Nov 2021
• Pattern 3 – Sep 2018, Sep to Oct 2019, Apr 2021, Dec 2021
• Pattern 4 – May to Jun 2019, Nov to Dec 2020, May 2021, Jan to Feb 2022
• Pattern 5 – Jan to Feb 2019, Jun to Aug 2020, Jun 2021, Mar 2022
• Pattern 6 – Dec 2018, Mar 2020, Jul 2021, Apr 2022
• Pattern 7 – Nov 2018, Jan to Feb 2020, May 2020, Aug 2021, May 2022
• Pattern 8 – Aug 2018, Jul to Aug 2019, Apr 2020, Mar 2021, Sep 2021, Jun 2022
• Heart Pattern/Pattern 9 – Valentine’s Day 2019, 2021, 2022

Following a 2019 update the number of circles showing for Spinda in the Pokedex was increased to 20, which naturally lead players to expect more forms would be available to catch. However, that was over three years ago now and no more Spinda forms have been found since, suggesting the additional slots were either added in error or the planned content was never released.

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With a unique typing and power, Tapu Koko will be one of the most desirable Pokemon to catch in Pokemon Go. With all that in mind, here’s a handy guide on everything trainers need to know about Tapu Koko including the best counters and what moves trainers can expect it to use in battle.

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Pokemon Go Tapu Koko Counters

Tapu Koko is an Electric and Fairy-type making it weak to just Ground and Poison-type moves. There is just one viable Mega Pokemon option of both the Ground and Poison typing, currently in Pokemon Go.

Mega Steelix is great for trainers looking to bring a Ground team into battle with Tapu Koko. While Steelix doesn’t have the best moves–it doesn’t have a Ground-type Fast Attack–it does have access to Earthquake and can still boost the moves of your team. Also, its typing will resist all of Tapu Koko’s attacks.

Mega Beedrill will take advantage of Tapu Koko’s Poison weakness and has access to a plethora of moves to weaken the Legendary. Poison Jab and Sludge Bomb are great moves to hit Tapu Koko hard, but it having access to Drill Run gives Beedrill another attacking option. However, be aware that Mega Beedrill is a glass cannon and probably won’t last too long in battle.

As for other options, Rhyperior, Excadrill, Landorus, Groudon and Garchomp are great Ground-type options to take into battle. Roserade is another Poison-type option that has a high attack stat. 

Here’s a list of viable options to take into battle against Tapu Koko.

Tapu Koko Moveset 

Tapu Koko’s Fast Attacks consist of the Electric-type Volt Switch and the Normal-type Quick Attack. Ground types will excel against Tapu Koko’s Volt Switch, but Steel and Rock types like Rhyperior, Steelix and Excadrill will resist both attacks.

Roserade’s Grass typing does resist Tapu Koko’s Electric-type moves, but won’t resist Quick Attack. 

As for Tapu Koko’s Charged Attacks, Thunderbolt and Thunder are the Legendary’s main STAB attacks. Again, Pokemon like Rhyperior, Steelix, Excadrill and Roserade will resist them. Rock and Steel types will also resist Tapu Koko’s Brave Bird Charged Attack. Its Flying typing does hit Mega Beedrill and Roserade super effectively.

Dazzling Gleam is Tapu Koko’s one Fairy-type move and will damage Pokemon like Rhyperior and Groudon neutrally. It will also deal super effective damage against other Ground types like Garchomp and Krookodile, so be aware of which moves the Legendary has. Steel and Poison types like Steelix, Excadrill, Mega Beedrill and Roserade all resist Dazzling Gleam.

Steelix and Excadrill are the two Pokemon that actually resists all of Tapu Koko’s attacks so it may be useful to bring them into battle. 

Here’s a breakdown of all the moves Tapu Koko can know in Pokemon Go.

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So this guide will come in handy, covering all the Pokemon Go evolution items and exactly what they do, so you know what to hunt for.

All Pokemon Go evolution items and evolutions

• Dragon Scale – Evolve Seadra into Kingdra 
• King’s Rock – Evolve Poliwhirl into Politoed, and Slowpoke into Slow King 
• Metal Coat – Evolve Scyther into Scizor and Onix into Steelix
• Sun Stone – Evolve Gloom into Bellossom, Sunkern into Sunflora, Cottonee into Whimsicott, Petilil into Lilligant, and Helioptile into Heliolisk.
• Up-Grade – Evolve Porygon into Porygon2 
• Sinnoh Stone – Access certain Sinnoh region evolutions
• Unova Stone – Access Unova region evolutions
• Magnetic Lure – Evolve Magneton into Magnezone and Nosepass into Probopass
• Glacial Lure – Evolve Eevee into Glaceon
• Mossy Lure – Evolve to Eevee into Leafeon

How to get evolution items in Pokemon Go

The easiest way to get evolution items in Pokemon Go is just to play. This will guarantee you an evolution item every seven days from your seven day Pokestop streak and increase your odds of finding Sinnoh Stones. Regular special items such as Up-Grades and King’s Rocks sometimes even drop from regular Poke Stops but making sure to spin a Poke Stop every day and working towards your streak will ensure you get at least one every week. It is impossible to predict what you’ll get though, so you might have to see a few Metal Coats before you find the Sun Stone you want. 

The Sinnoh Stone is trickier to find but not impossible. There are two main ways to find one: the first is to complete seven day research breakthrough tasks. This means earning one stamp each day until you earn a legendary Pokemon encounter. If you’re lucky, you’ll earn a Sinnoh Stone at the same time but it’s not guaranteed. The second way is to take part in trainer battles via PvP. Sinnoh Stones have been known to drop for both winners and losers.

What do evolution items do in Pokemon Go? 

Evolution items were introduced with the Gen 2 update all the way back in 2017 and mean a whole stack of new ‘mon via evolution if you hoard your candy just right. Each one can be used to evolve one of your existing Pokemon into a new evolution. These can be restricted to one or two specific Pokemon, or even region based. Coming up below are each of the ways you can use the various evolution items available. 

How to use the Dragon Scale in Pokemon Go 

The good news is that you can only use your Dragon Scale on one specific Pokemon but you’re going to want to take a trip to the seaside or your nearest river. Combo up the Dragon Scale with 100 Horsea candies to evolve Seadra into Kingdra.

• Seadra evolves into Kingdra with Dragon Scale and 100 Horsea candy

How to use the King’s Rock in Pokemon Go

Kings’ Rock can not only evolve Poliwhirl into the froglike Politoed, it also turns Slowpoke into Slow King. As ever you’re going to need candies for both Pokemon.

• Poliwhirl evolves into Politoed with King’s Rock and 100 Poliwag candy
• Slowpoke evolves into Slow King with King’s Rock and 50 Slowpoke candy

How to use the Metal Coat in Pokemon Go

The Metal Coat can be used on two different Pokemon too, and as you’d expect, they both turn into Steel types. If you evolve Scyther, you can obtain the snappy Scizor, while Onix the rock snake will turn into Steelix.

• Scyther evolves into Scizor with a Metal Coat and 50 Scyther candy
• Onix evolves into Steelix with a Metal Coat and 50 Onix candy

How to use the Sun Stone in Pokemon Go  

The Sun Stone let you evolve a range of plant like Pokemon into higher forms as long as you have the Stone itself and the candy. 

• Gloom evolves into Bellossom with a Sun Stone and 100 Oddish candy 
• Sunkern evolves into Sunflora with a Sun Stone and 50 Sunkern candy
• Cottonee evolve into Whimsicott with a Sun Stone and 50 Cottonee candy 
• Petilil into Lilligant with a Sun Stone and 50 Petilil candy 
• Helioptile into Heliolisk with a Sun Stone and 50 Helioptilecandy  

How to use the Up-Grade in Pokemon Go  

Another one shot special item. Pokemon Go’s Up-Grade is only used to evolve the oddly cute Porygon into Porygon2, provided you’ve got enough candy. 

• Porygon evolves into Porygon2 with Up-Grade and 50 Porygon candy 

How to use the Sinnoh Stone in Pokemon Go

Sinnoh Stones are much more convoluted than the other special items, so we’ve got a dedicated Pokemon Go Sinnoh Stones (opens in new tab) guide that goes into detail on the ways to obtain Sinnoh Stones, and all of the Sinnoh Stone evolutions. However, the basica list is this: 

• Sneasel evolves into Weavile with a Sinnoh Stone and 100 Sneasel candy 
• Electabuzz evolves into Electivire with a Sinnoh Stone and 100 Electabuzz candy 
• Roselia evolves into Roserade with a Sinnoh Stone and 100 Roselia candy 
• Rhydon evolves into Rhyperior with a Sinnoh Stone and 100 Rhydon candy 
• Murkrow evolves into Honchkrow with a Sinnoh Stone and 100 Murkrow candy 
• Porygon2 evolves into Porygon-Z with a Sinnoh Stone and 100 Porygon2 candy 
• Togetic evolves into Togekiss with a Sinnoh Stone and 100 Togetic candy 
• Magmar evolves into Magmortar with a Sinnoh Stone and 100 Magmar candy 
• Misdreavus evolves into Mismagius with a Sinnoh Stone and 100 Misdreavus candy 
• Gligar evolves into Gliscor with a Sinnoh Stone and 100 Gligar candy 
• Dusclops evolves into Dusknoir with a Sinnoh Stone and 100 Dusclops candy 
• Swinub evolves into Mamoswine with a Sinnoh Stone and 100 Swinub candy 
• Aipom evolves into Ambipom with a Sinnoh Stone and 100 Aipom candy 
• Yanma evolves into Yanmega with a Sinnoh Stone and 100 Yanma candy 
• Tangela evoles into Tangrowth with a Sinnoh Stone and 100 Tangela candy 
• Lickitung evolves into Lickilicky with a Sinnoh Stone and 100 Lickitung candy 
• Kirlia evolves into Gallade with a Sinnoh Stone and 100 Kirlia candy 
• Snorunt evolves into Froslass with a Sinnoh Stone and 100 Snorunt candy 

How to use the Unova Stone in Pokemon Go

Much like the Sinnoh Stone in Gen 4, the Unova Stone is an evolution item exclusive to Gen 5 Pokemon. We’ve got a dedicated Pokemon Go Unova Stones guide for them that you should check out, which includes all the details. but for here’s all the Pokemon you can evolve with Unova Stones:

• Pansage evolves into Simisage with an Unova Stone and 100 candy
• Panpour evolves into Simipour with an Unova Stone and 100 candy
• Pansear evolves into Simisear with an Unova Stone and 100 candy
• Lampent evolves into Chandelure with an Unova Stone and 100 candy
• Minccino evolves into Cinccino with an Unova Stone and 100 candy
• Eelektrik evolves into Eelektross with an Unova Stone and 100 candy
• Munna evolves into Musharna with an Unova Stone and 50 candy

How to use the Magnetic, galcial and Mossy Lures in Pokemon Go

The Magnetic Lure is one of three new types of lure in the game (check out our guide on how to get Leafeon & Glaceon in Pokemon Go (opens in new tab) for the other two) and it works much like a normal lure, with some slight modifications. For 30 minutes, extra Pokemon will be attracted to the lure, but while a normal lure can attract any type of Pokemon, a Magnetic Lure will only attract electric, steel, and rock type pocket monsters.

It’s also an evolution item! If you’re within the vicinity of a Poke Stop with a Magnetic Lure applied, you can evolve Magneton and Nosepass into Magnezone and Probopass respectively – provided you have enough candy, of course. If you don’t want to fork out 200 coins for one yourself, you could also wait until the next Pokemon Go Community Day and find someone else who’s used one!

• Magneton evolves into Magnezone with a Magnetic Lure and 100 candy
• Nosepass evolves into Probopass with a Magnetic Lure and 50 candy
• Eevee evolves into Glaceon with a Glacial Lure and 25 candy
• Eevee evolves into Leafeon with a Mossy Lure and 25 candy

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Pokemon Go trainers will be able to catch new Pokemon, and even hunt for new Shinies during the week-long event. Raids will change and a Legendary from the Alola region will be there to give trainers a challenge. 

We’ve come up with this handy guide to give trainers all the pertinent information including how to get all the new Pokemon that are being introduced with this Season of Alola event. 

Pokemon Go Season of Alola Event Start and End Time

The Pokemon Go Alola event begins Tuesday, March 1 and will go until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 9.

Every New Pokemon and Shiny in the Season of Alola Event

There will be 17 Pokemon from the Alola region introduced to Pokemon Go during the Season of Alola event. Many of them will only be obtainable via evolution but many will be catchable in the wild and in Raids.

The first three Pokemon are the Alola region starters. The Grass-type Rowlet, Fire-type Litten and Water-type Popplio will all be appearing more often in the overworld during the event. Be sure to go out there and catch these rare and powerful Pokemon.

Of course, all three of the Starters have two evolutions each. To obtain those Pokemon, trainers will need to use 25 candy to evolve Rowlet into Dartrix, Litten into Torracat and Popplio into Brionne. 

Here’s a few other things to look out for as well: 

• Gather 100 candy to evolve Dartrix into Decidueye, Torracat into Incineroar and Brionne into Primarina. 
• The Alola regional bird Pokemon is Pikipek and it also has two evolutions. Use 25 candy to evolve Pikipek into Trumbeak and 100 candy to evolve Trumbeak into Toucannon. 
• Yungoos is the Normal-type, early Route Pokemon of the Alola region and can be evolved into Gumshoos with 50 candy during the day. Shiny Yungoos is also available now in Pokemon Go for those Shiny Hunters. 
• Rockruff, the Rock-type Dog Pokemon, will be obtainable through Raids during the event. This is also the second Shiny from Alola introduced to Pokemon Go. Rockruff has a split evolution depending on the time of the day trainers evolve it. By using 50 candy during the day, Rockruff will evolve into Lycanroc (Midday form). Using 50 candy during the evening will have Rockruff evolve into Lycanroc (Midnight form). 
• Comfey, the Fairy-type Pokemon, will also be available to catch in the wild but is only found in Hawaii. 

We then have the psudelegendary line of Jangmo-o. This Fighting and Draong-type Pokemon will be a very rare encounter in the wild as well as hatching from 10km Eggs. Use 25 candy to evolve Jangmo-o to Hakamo-o and 100 candy to evolve it into Kommo-o.

And finally we have Tapu Koko, one of the Legendary Tapus of the Alola region. This powerful Pokemon is available only through five-star Raids for a limited time so be sure to go out there and try your hand at catching it. 

Pokemon Go Season of Alola Raids

During the Season of Alola event, the Raids will shift to feature many Pokemon from the Alola region. 

Here’s a rundown of which Pokemon trainers can find in Raids during the week-long event:

• One-Star Raids: Bellsprout, Snubbull, Phanpy, Electrike, Rockruff
• Three-Star Raids: Alolan Raichu, Nidoqueen, Wigglytuff, Alolan Graveler
• Five-Star Raids: Tapu Koko
• Mega Raids: Mega Venusaur

Pokemon Go Season of Alola Research Tasks

There will be two separate research tasks during the Season of Alola event. The first is your standard Field Research that gives trainers items and encounters with some Alola Pokemon. The other is a Special Research that will do the same, but there is no deadline to complete them.

Here’s the Field Research trainers can obtain by spinning PokeStops during the event.

And here’s the Special Research trainers can complete at their own leisure.

• Completion Rewards – Pinap Berry (x10), 500xp, Stardust (x500)

• Completion Rewards – Charged TM (x1), 500xp, Stardust (x500)

• Completion Rewards – Yungoos, Premium Battle Pass (x1), 1000xp, Stardust (x1000)

• Completion Rewards – Ultra Ball (x15), 8000xp, Stardust (x3000)

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Cheating in Pokémon Go is almost as old as the game itself. Players have been using Pokémon Go cheats for years but always with the fear of a ban from developer Niantic.  There is currently a three-strike system in place for players aiming to use third-party apps to gain an advantage in the game. However, despite these preventative measures there always seems to be more people circumventing the rules.

The most popular Pokémon Go-based subreddit r/PokemonGo currently has a thread about banning boasts about cheating as one of its top posts. In the comments one user complains in a thread of similar stories about local players bragging about spoofing:

friendly_reminder_we_ban_users_that_participate from r/pokemongo

Spoofing is using methods to trick the app into thinking you are somewhere you’re not. You can use this method to catch far-away rare Pokémon, battle and maintain gyms, as well as hit Pokéstops out of range. People do this in tandem with auto clicker apps that go out and automatically catch Pokémon for them. There is a subreddit promoting just this with almost 200,000 active members.

@PokemonGoApp @NianticLabs How do you not have an anti-cheat for obvious cheaters like this?!??! Walked 114 kilometers in a single day? Yeah right pic.twitter.com/z0I9RHClKwFebruary 3, 2022

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There are other activities that members of the community find suspicious but cannot report without proof of cheating. One user talks about teams of level 50 players, the highest and most difficult rank in the mobile game, swarming gyms, and preventing legitimate players from playing. While it cannot be proven the Pokémon were gained through illegitimate means it seems unlikely so many were caught regularly.

friendly_reminder_we_ban_users_that_participate from r/pokemongo

Suspicious activity has been spotted by Twitter users also. One player claimed they encountered a Magikarp which soft-locked their game when they attempted to battle and accounts made up of just strings of numbers. Speaking privately to GamesRadar, another user shared screenshots and spoke about gyms surrounding them filled with high-level Pokémon which are healed many times more than should be possible when they are close to being defeated.

One of my local gyms currently has a dodgy Magikarp in it that softlocks your game when you try to battle it.I’ve also seen a bunch of accounts with names that were just strings of numbers, who all uploaded pokémon to the same gym after I was mysteriously kicked out mid-battle.February 11, 2022

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Unfortunately, it seems players have accepted things like this series of recent cheating as expected. Many have learned to accept that cheating in Pokémon Go is here to stay for the foreseeable future.

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Duskull is a powerful Pokemon in Pokemon Go especially when it’s evolved to its final form, Dusknoir. Dusknoir wasn’t introduced into the franchise until a generation later in the Sinnoh games, and that addition to its evolutionary line has only made the Ghost-type even more popular, and also more difficult to obtain in the mobile game.

Needing a special evolution stone to evolve, there aren’t many Dusknoir out there in the Pokemon Go world but this Community Day, any trainers having a hard time finding this special stone will get a reprieve. 

Here’s everything trainers need to know about the Duskull Community Day event in Pokemon Go.

Pokemon Go Duskull Community Day Start Time

Pokemon Go Community Day featuring Duskull will begin Saturday, October 9 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. local time. 

In those six hours, trainers will be able to catch as many Duskull that appear in the wild. Incense can be used by trainers to lure more Duskull to their location for three hours, up from the usual one hour. Lure Modules used on PokeStops will also last for three hours.

The increased potency of the Incense is one of the many in-game perks that will be available during the event window. More of these bonuses will be detailed in the section below.

How to Catch Shiny Duskull in Pokemon Go

The Community Day event will automatically have the Ghost-type Pokemon, Duskull, appear more frequently, but it is Duskull’s Shiny form that trainers will want to hunt for this coming Saturday.

The rate of a particular Shiny Pokemon appearing during a Community Day is proven to be increased during the event. According to the Pokemon Go community site, The Silph Road the Shiny odds for any given Pokemon is approximately 1 in 500. However, certain events like Community Day will increase those odds. The Silph Road confirms that the chance of finding a specific Pokemon during its own Community Day is a very doable 1 in 25. 

To catch a Shiny Duskull in Pokemon Go during Community Day, trainers simply have to encounter every Duskull found in the wild during the six-hour window. Once a trainer is taken to the capture screen, they will find out if they have found a Shiny or not. 

Shiny Duskull has one of the most drastic color changes in all of Pokemon. The Ghost-type changes from its gray color to a red color. For any trainer that doesn’t recognize a Shiny Duskull, it’s best if they look for the Shiny symbol next to the Pokemon’s name during the capture portion of the encounter to make sure.

Trainers can also increase the number of Duskull they encounter by using an Incense as mentioned above.

How to Get Duskunoir with Shadow Ball

Pokemon Go always offers an exclusive move for the spotlight Pokemon so they can do better in PVE and PVP battles. For Duskull, it will learn the powerful Ghost-type Charged move, Shadow Ball, upon evolving into its final evolution, Dusknoir. 

To obtain this exclusive move, trainers only have from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. local time on October 9 to have their Dusknoir learn Shadow Ball. 

Duskull needs 25 Candy to evolve into Dusclops and another 100 Candy, along with the Sinnoh Stone, to reach its final evolution, Dusknoir. Trainers will earn 3 Candy for each Duskull caught but can be doubled if a Pinap Berry is used while capturing. 

To help trainers who don’t have Sinnoh Stones, Pokemon Go will give players the opportunity to earn up to four Sinnoh Stones by completing free Timed Research during the Community Day event. Be sure to complete them to get at least one to obtain a powerful Dusknoir before the event ends.

Trainers who miss the deadline can use an Elite Charged TM to swap out Dusknoir’s Charged move to Shadow Ball. However, Elite TMs are hard to come by so it’s best if you just get it through the Community Day event. 

Pokemon Go Duskull Community Day In-Game Bonuses

During the Duskull Community Day, trainers will enjoy the following in-game bonuses:

• 3× Catch Stardust
• 30 Ultra Balls will be available in the shop at no cost. Be sure to pick them up during the event
• Take a few snapshots during Community Day for a surprise!
• There’ll be a special one-time-purchase Community Day Box available for 1,280 PokéCoins, featuring 50 Ultra Balls, four Incense, four Star Pieces, and an Elite Charged TM.
• For $1 trainers will gain access to the Duskull Community Day–exclusive Special Research story, Nothin’ Dull About Duskull.

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Pokemon Go 41-50 levels explained

To find the 41-50 level requirements, you don’t head to the same place as your research, even though they work in the same way. You need to click on your avatar ion the bottom left of the screen, then tap on the binoculars icon to the right of your XP bar. This will let you view the current set of challenges to reach the next level.

Pokemon Go level 41 tasks

XP needed: 6 million

• Power up a Legendary Pokemon 20 times
• Win 30 raids
• Catch 200 Pokemon in a single day
• Earn 5 gold medals

Rewards: Glasses, 20 Ultra Balls, 20 Max Potions, 20 Max Revives, 20 Razz Berries, 1 Incubator, 1 Premium Raid Pass, 1 XL Candy

Pokemon Go level 42 tasks

XP needed: 7 million

• Evolve Eevee into each of its unique evolutions
• Use items to evolve Pokemon 15 times
• Make 3 Excellent Throws
• Use 200 berries to help catch Pokemon

Rewards: 20 Ultra Balls, 20 Max Potions, 20 Max Revives, 20 Nanab Berries, 1 Incubator, 1 Premium Raid Pass, 1 XL Candy

Pokemon Go level 43 tasks

XP needed: 9 million

• Earn 100,000 Stardust
• Use 200 supereffective Charged Attacks
• Catch 5 Legendary Pokemon
• Earn 5 Platinum medals

Rewards: 20 Ultra Balls, 20 Max Potions, 20 Max Revives, 20 Silver Pinap Berries, 1 Incubator, 1 Premium Raid Pass, 1 XL Candy

Pokemon Go level 44 tasks

XP needed: 11 million

• Win 30 Trainer Battles in the Great League
• Win 30 Trainer Battles in the Ultra League
• Win 30 Trainer Battles in the Master League
• Battle in the Battle League 20 times

Rewards: 20 Ultra Balls, 20 Max Potions, 20 Max Revives, 20 Razz Berries, 1 Incubator, 1 Premium Raid Pass, 1 XL Candy

Pokemon Go level 45 tasks

XP needed: 13 million

• Defeat 100 Team Rocket Grunts
• Purify 100 Shadow Pokemon
• Defeat a Team Rocket Leader 50 times
• Earn 10 Platinum Medals

Rewards: 40 Ultra Balls, 40 Max Revives, 1 Elite Fast TM, 2 XL Candy, 2 Incense, 2 Lucky Eggs, 1 Super Incubator, 2 Lures

Pokemon Go level 46 tasks

XP needed: 15.5 million

• Complete 100 Field Research tasks
• Take a snapshot of a Pokemon 7 days in a rpw
• Make 50 Excellent Throws
• Hatch 30 eggs

Rewards: 30 Ultra Balls, 25 Max Potions, 20 Max Revives, 25 Razz Berries, 1 Incubator, 1 Premium Raid Pass, 1 XL Candy, new avatar hat

Pokemon Go level 47 tasks

XP needed: 18 million

• Win 30 raids using a team of all unique Pokemon species
• Win a three-star raid using only Pokemon with 1,500 CP or less
• Power up 3 Pokemon to their max CP
• Earn 20 Platinum Medals

Rewards: 30 Ultra Balls, 25 Max Potions, 20 Max Revives, 25 Nanab Berries, 1 Incubator, 1 Premium Raid Pass, 1 XL Candy, new avatar pose

Pokemon Go level 48 tasks

XP needed: 21 million

• Receive 20 Souvenirs from your buddy
• Earn 300 hearts with your buddy
• Walk 200km with your buddy
• Walk 25km in a week 8 times

Rewards: 30 Ultra Balls, 25 Max Potions, 20 Max Revives, 15 Silver Pinap Berries, 1 Incubator, 1 Premium Raid Pass, 1 XL Candy

Pokemon Go level 49 tasks

XP needed: 25 million

• Make 10 trades with Pokemon caught at least 300km apart
• Obtain 50 Lucky Pokemon in trades
• Send 500 gifts to friends
• Earn 35 Platinum medals

Rewards: 30 Ultra Balls, 25 Max Potions, 20 Max Revives, 25 Golden Razz Berries, 1 Incubator, 1 Premium Raid Ticket, 1 XL Candy, 1x Level 49 boots

Pokemon Go level 50 tasks

XP needed: 30 million

• Make 999 Excellent throws
• Catch a Legendary Pokemon in your next five Legendary Pokemon encounters
• Defeat a Team Go Rocket Leader three times using only Pokemon with 2,500 CP or less
• Reach Rank 10 in the Go Battle League

Rewards: 50 Ultra Balls, 50 Max Potions, 1 Elite Charged TM, 2 XL Candy, 5 Incense, 5 Lucky Eggs, 5 Super Incubators, 5 Lure Models, 1x Level 50 jacket

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During a recent shareholder Q&A (via Kotaku), a number of senior Nintendo employees, including company president Shuntaro Furukawa, were asked what their favourite games are. While many of those asked called back to classic NES games, Miyamoto had a slightly different answer.

He said that “I basically tend to play the games I created myself, so I haven’t been influenced much by the games of other companies,” but that Tetris and Pac-Man had been games that he’d enjoyed when he was younger.

Right now however, Miyamoto says that he’s “hooked on Pokemon Go,” and that “this game, which I’m playing with my wife, is a dream come true of playing a game with my whole family.” Overall, Miyamoto says that he’s been enjoying the game with family and friends for a couple of years already, and jokes about the relatively high average age of players in Japan.

It’s amusing to note that none of the games that Miyamoto mentioned by name were created by the company that he’s worked at since 1977. Pac-Man started out in arcades, while Tetris originally launched in the USSR on the Electronika 60 computer. Pokemon Go might be based on a Nintendo property, but it was developed and published by Niantic.

By contrast, the other Nintendo executives said they played a few more of their own games. Furukawa cited Super Mario Bros, saying that he plays “most of our first party titles. Senior executive officer Ko Shiota said that while he’d grown up with the NES and SNES consoles, his interest in hardware had him gravitating towards Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit. Senior executive officer Satoru Shibata, meanwhile, said that he’s recently finished up the Famicom Detective club games The Missing Heir and The Girl Who Stands Behind. So even though Miyamoto draws plenty of inspiration from elsewhere, some of Nintendo’s other senior employees are sticking a little closer to home in their tastes.

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Name trick

Pokemon Go Sylveon nickname trick

First up is the nickname trick you can use to get either your very first Sylveon to tick it off the Pokedex, or save until you have a shiny/100% Eevee you want to dedicate to be the best Sylveon possible.

If you’re unsure how this works, all you have to do is change the nickname of the Eevee you want to evolve to Kira. The question mark in the evolve button should change to a silhouette of Sylveon – if you do not see that silhouette, do not press evolve and instead restart your app then try again. This is a one-time use trick so once you’ve used the name Kira once, you’ll have to follow the method below for any more Sylveons you want to add to your collection.

Buddy Evolution

How to get Sylveon in Pokemon Go

Now for the “normal” method of evolving Sylveon in Pokemon Go. While other Eeveelutions require walking a certain distance and evolving at a specific time of the day, or using a themed lure module, Sylveon is all about friendship. Sylveon also arguably has the hardest method of evolution, because you need to set it as your buddy and earn 75 hearts with it.

This can be done by taking photos of Sylveon, playing with it, feeding it, spinning new Pokestops, all the usual rigmarole to earn hearts with a buddy. If you make your buddy excited you can earn a maximum of 20 hearts per day, so you can evolve an Eevee into Sylveon in four days. If you don’t get Eevee excited, it’ll take eight days, with 10 hearts per day.

In order to make a buddy excited each day, you need to keep doing activities with it. Everything on the list of activities in-game counts, along with opening gifts/souvenirs from your buddy, and when you’ve done enough, your buddy will be excited and you’ll earn double the amount of hearts for that day. To be more specific, you need a total of 32 points, and completing the full list will earn 14 points. So do each one three times and voila! One excited buddy.

That’s all there is to it! Sylveon is the final Eevee-lution in the world of Pokemon, so don’t expect any more additions to come to Pokemon Go. 

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