Pokemon GO Halloween 2024 Part 1: Schedule, event bonuses, and more
Pokemon GO Halloween 2024 Part 1 is live around the world. The event marks the debut of Morpeko and Dynamax Gastly in-game. The former has different forms that trainers can play around with, while the latter is a new addition to Max Battles. We have gathered all the available information regarding the ongoing event below.
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Pokemon GO Halloween 2024 Part 1 event overview
Schedule and event bonuses
The event starts on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, at 10 am local time to Monday, October 28, 2024, at 10 am local time. The event bonuses are:
- 2× Candy for catching Pokémon.
- Increased chance for Trainers level 31 and up to receive Candy XL for successfully catching Pokémon with Nice Throws or better.
- Increased chance to encounter Shiny Umbreon in raids and Shiny Zorua in the wild.
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Morpeko is making its Pokemon GO debut, with the ability to change its forms while battling Team GO Rocket and in the GO Battle League. The following information regarding its Charged Attack:
- Aura Wheel (Electric): Active in Full Belly Mode.
- Aura Wheel (Dark): Active in Hangry Mode.
Aura Wheel has 100 power in Trainer Battles and increases the user's Attack by one stage. GO Battle League rewards will also provide Morpeko encounters from now on.
Wild encounters, Max Battles, and raids
The pocket monsters with an increased spawn rate in the wild during the event are as follows:
- Zubat [shiny encounter available]
- Spinarak [shiny encounter available]
- Murkrow [shiny encounter available]
- Misdreavus [shiny encounter available]
- Shuppet [shiny encounter available]
- Drifloon [shiny encounter available]
- Purrloin [shiny encounter available]
- Female Frillish [shiny encounter available]
- Zorua [shiny encounter available]
- Litwick [shiny encounter available]
- Greavard
- Sableye [shiny encounter available] (lucky encounter)
- Absol [shiny encounter available] (lucky encounter)
The following Max Battles will be active during the event:
One-Star Max Battles
- Gastly [shiny encounter available]
- Grookey
- Scorbunny
- Sobble
Three-Star Max Battles
- Falinks [shiny encounter available]
The following raids will be active during the event:
One-Star Raids
- Sneasel [shiny encounter available]
- Sableye [shiny encounter available]
- Yamask [shiny encounter available]
- Galarian Yamask [shiny encounter available]
Three-Star Raids
- Hisuian Typhlosion [shiny encounter available]
- Umbreon [shiny encounter available]
- Bombirdier [shiny encounter available]
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Field Research and Timed Research
Event-themed Field Research tasks will be available during the Pokemon GO Halloween Part 1 event. Reward encounters include:
- Sableye [shiny encounter available]
- Scraggy [shiny encounter available]
- Golett [shiny encounter available]
- Sandygast
- Morpeko
- Nymble
- Greavard
Paid Timed Challenges will also be available to trainers.
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- Best Fast Attacks in Pokemon GO
- Sierra counters
- Cliff counters
- Arlo counters
- Giovanni counters