Welcome to the latest One More Catch weekly newsletter, offering you a guide to the days ahead in Pokémon Go.
It's officially spooky season. There are two Halloween events this week - Part 1 on Tuesday, and Part 2 on Sunday - ushering in new costumed Pokémon, a shiny debut, two new Mega Level 4 Pokémon, and the tease of "surprises" from Pokémon in the wild.
So here's a snapshot of everything coming to Pokémon Go in the days ahead, the biggest opportunities available, and a roundup of Pokémon news and site updates you may have missed.
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Pokémon Go this week (26th October to 1st November)
All times are at your local time, unless otherwise stated.
What to know about this week
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- 'Halloween Part 1' is the focus of much of the week, which starts on Tuesday. Beyond three new costumed Pokémon (Pikachu wearing a hat and capelet, Zubat with a top hat, Sinistea with a bow), the most interesting thing is the tease of "spooky surprises left behind by mischievous Pokémon in the wild" - including encounters with event-themed Pokémon, candy for the three costumed Pokémon and Rare Candy.
- Beyond the 2x Catch Candy boost and the usual changes to wild encounters and Field Research, this seems like a fairly underwhelming event, at least until the Sunday. Fingers crossed those "spooky surprises" from wild Pokémon include a few unannounced extras to keep things interesting.
- There is also an autocompleting Timed Research with six Rare Candies and a costumed Pikachu encounter. So even if you don't plan to play much this week, at least log in to claim that.
Credit: Scopely Explore / The Pokémon Company
- The weekend is when things pick up a bit in my estimations, starting with Mega Chandelure getting its debut on Saturday, which according to Dialgadex, will be the strongest Ghost-type attacker in the game (and fairly up there as a Fire-type attacker, too).
- There's also free Timed Research featuring Tyranitar, and a community Global Challenge which introduces various Mega Chandelure power boosts to also take part in.