New events for Pokemon GO have been announced, specifically the Niantic Sustainability Campaign. We’ve gathered all the official details in our post below.
Sustainability Campaign
Pokémon Go Sustainability Week allows players to procure in-game rewards by accomplishing sustainability-related objectives.
Niantic’s Pokémon Go Sustainability Week aims to bring environmental issues to light while additionally remunerating players with new Pokémon, timed-research events, and more common spawns for a variety of Pokémon throughout the week. The event is being run in association with the Niantic Sustainability Campaign.
The highlight feature of the event is the addition of Binacle, the Two-Handed Pokémon, which is making its debut in the game. Binacle is a rock/water type Pokémon based on a real-life creature called a Goose Barnacle, which first appeared in Pokémon X & Y.
Alongside this new Pokémon, you’ll also see more common spawns for a variety of sustainability-themed Pokémon like Grimer and Trubbish to help highlight the issues of pollution and waste. There is also a T-shirt up for grabs in the shop and a timed research event that you can take part in. Finally, new Pokémon have been added to the raid roster including Vileplume and Alolan Exeguttor.
The Pokémon Go Sustainability Week starts on April 20 at 10 am local time and runs through until April 25, 8:00 pm local time. You can see the full feature list below, or on the PokémonGoLive website:
Features
- Binacle, the Two-Handed Pokémon, will be making its Pokémon GO debut!
- Pokémon like Grimer, Drilbur, Trubbish, Ferroseed, and more will be appearing more often in the wild. If you’re lucky, you might encounter a Shiny Trubbish!
- The following Pokémon will be hatching from 5 km Eggs: Diglett, Tangela, Goldeen, Budew, Cherubi, Finneon, and Drilbur.
- Vileplume, Alolan Exeggutor, Trubbish, Binacle, and more will be appearing in raids.
- Complete event-exclusive Field Research to earn encounters with Cottonee, Chespin, Binacle, and more.
- There will also be event-exclusive Timed Research for you to enjoy.
- A free Sustainability Week T-shirt avatar item will be available in the shop!
There are also some rewards to be unlocked by collaborating with other Pokémon Go players and those playing other Niantic games around the world to help clean up your local communities. You can help by picking up trash in your community, planting a tree or other native plant, or volunteering for a local cause. Share your activities on social media and the community will collectively unlock the following rewards:
- Tier 1(2,500 activations): Five-star raids will appear more often.
- Tier 2 (5,000 activations): A free bundle containing three Remote Raid Passes will be available in the shop. The rewards from Tier 1 will remain active.
- Tier 3 (10,000 activations): A 2× Catch XP bonus will be live. The rewards from Tiers 1 and 2 will remain active.
As always, Niantic asks that you be aware of your surroundings and follow local health authority guidelines when playing Pokémon Go, especially if your region still has COVID-19 restrictions in place.