Welcome to the latest One More Catch weekly newsletter, offering you a guide to the week ahead in Pokémon Go.
The third and final in-person Go Fest takes place this coming weekend, with the tour of Mega Mewtwo, Zeraora and Caterpie in a Poké Ball hat concluding in Copenhagen, before returning for all players globally in July. I'll be in attendance, and you can expect some reporting from the event on socials and the site itself over the weekend and beyond. Meanwhile, the 'Forever Forward' season marches on, with the last leader-themed event taking us through most of the week.
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.
Events in Pokémon Go this week (8th to 14th June)
All times are at your local time, unless otherwise stated.
What to know about this week
Here's the biggest opportunities and observations for the days ahead:
Non-Go Fest event of the week...
New wild spawns and raid bonuses in the 'Candela's Quest for Victory' event. Starting on Tuesday, this is the third of three Instinct, Mystic and Valor leader-themed events that build up to each regional Go Fest (in this case, Copenhagen).
As with the other two, new wild spawns continue to be the highlight. And after temporary changes to Incense and 7km Egg Pokémon in the previous two events, Candela's features more of a raid and battling focus.
Beyond the usual raid line-up refresh, Go Pass bonuses include:
- Rank 10: An increased attack bonus from friends in raids
- Rank 20: 1.5x raid Stardust
- Rank 20 (Premium only): Up to two Raid Passes from spinning Gyms
In terms of what to expect from spawns and the like, here's the lineup according to the official event blog post. All of these can be shiny, by the way:
- Wild spawns: Charmander, Mankey, Hisuian Growlithe, Machop, Ponyta*, Scyther, Flareon, Slugma, Fletchling
- Field Research encounters: Charmander, Mankey, Hisuian Growlithe, Machop, Scyther, Flareon, Slugma, Scraggy, Fletchling, Honedge, Rockruff
- Raid appearances: Hisuian Growlithe, Machamp, Scizor, Magcargo, Scraggy, Honedge, Rockruff
- *The costumed Ponyta (wearing a Candela-themed accessory with a background inspired by Team Valor) will only be in the Go Pass (one encounter for each of the free and Deluxe tracks, for up to two total)
And just before that...
Dynamax Electabuzz debuts on Monday. Game-wide, evolution Electivire is a pretty decent Electric-type attacker, and though in Max Battles it'll almost certainly be outclassed by Legendaries like Zapdos and Raikou, with few pure Dynamax Electric-types that aren't Legendary out there (there's maybe just Jolteon and Pikachu / Raichu?) it won't hurt to chase a decent one down.