Next week marks the debut ofPokemon GO’s first Electric-type Charge-Up event, which will encourage trainers to focus on catching, evolving, and buffing up Electric-type Pokemon.Pokemon GOcontent comes in a steady stream of different events, and it has been that way since the game launched back in 2016. Type-themed events have occurred before withPokemon GO’s Bug Out eventand the Psychic Spectacular Event, but this event will offer unique Field Research tasks and Timed Research events for Electric-type Pokemon and add Tynamo to the game.
The Charge-Up event will be a close follow-up to another early March event, Searching for Legends, which ended yesterday and gave players the chance to catch extra Ground, Rock, and Steel-type Pokemon as well as find a shiny Nosepass. Running in tangent with the Charge-up event will be theKanto Bonus Tour event, which lasts all through March and offers players some rewards for completing event-exclusive Timed Research.
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Pokemon GO’s Charge-Up event will begin on March 16 at 10:00 a.m. and will last until March 22 at 8:00 p.m. local time. There’s a ton of different featured content for the event, all centered around Electric-type Pokemon. Electric-types like Alolan Geodude, Voltorb, and Electrike will be appearing more frequently in the wild and players will have a chance to catch the EleFish Pokemon Tynamo, a newcomer toPokemon GO.
For the event, 5 km eggs will hatch some specific Electric-type Pokemon including Pichu, Elekid, Electrike, Shinx, Joltik, Tynamo, and Stunfisk. Event-exclusive Field Research task incentives include Poke Balls, Mega Energy for Manectric and Ampharos, and specific encounters with Electric-type Pokemon. Timed Research with a focus on evolving and powering up Electric-type Pokemon will also be featured as part of the event.
Raids inPokemon GOfor Marchwill also be affected by the Charge-Up event. Different Electric-type Pokemon will show up in raids based on the raid rank.
As an extra bonus for the Charge-Up event, all players will also have a higher chance of receiving Evolution items when openingGifts inPokemon GO. This event only lasts for a week, so trainers with a particular affinity for Electric-type Pokemon should take advantage of all the new incentives while they last.
Pokemon GOis available on Android and iOS.
