Spooky scary Pokemon will send shivers down your spine this October as Niantic announces its Halloween event. Not only will Pokemon GO players get to enjoy the spooky season with more ghosts and dark-type Pokemons, but the event is also split into two parts.
The first part of Pokemon GO’s Halloween event will start on October 20th, 10 am local time. The event will run for seven days, ending on October 27th at 10 am local time. The second part of the event will follow, but we’re still waiting on its exact details.
Details of part one of the event showed that a new Mega Banette will be revealed. There will also be a pool of ghost and dark-type pokemon for players to encounter in the wild and a bunch of new raids. Other bonuses available throughout both parts will include an increased candy earning without saying trick or treat. There will also be a unique Halloween-themed research quest line, all to the sounds of a creepy Lavender-town remix.
Pokemon debuts in the first part include Mega Banette, a shiny Galarian Yamask, and a shiny Noibat. There will also be an increase in encounters with Absol, Drifloon, Dusclops, Gastly, Golett, Haunter, Misdreavus, Murkrow, Phantump, Pumpkaboo, Sableye, Shuppet, Spinarak, Yamask, and Zubat.
One-star raids will find players battling against Phantump, Purrloin, Sableye, Yamask, and Galarian Yamask. Three-star raids will be against Drapion, Drifblim, Gengar, and Umbreon. Five-star raids will face off against Altered Forme Giratina, while the mega raid will feature Mega Banette.
Players will have an increased chance of hatching Golett, Noibat, Phantump, Yamask, and Galarian Yamask for 7km eggs. By completing the field, research players can encounter Duskull, Phantump, Shuppet, Yamask, and Galarian Yamask. They can also earn mega energy for Gengar and Absol.
Other perks are running throughout both events, including timed research events after purchasing Pokemon Go tickets in the item shop. While we’re still waiting for more detail about part two of the event, we’re already looking forward to part one. Get yourself a few strong ghost, bug, and fighting types ready to handle these raids.
