PoGO – Pokémon Go: 5th anniversary - Shiny Flampion & Meltan, research to take off

The developers of Pokémon Go have unleashed the 5th birthday event on players, bringing with it Shiny Flampion, Pikachu on a balloon, a collector challenge, giving newbies the chance to play Research to Get Started, and a capacity increase for the item bag! Wow! In the guide we have all the info on the 5th anniversary of Pokémon Go.

Update as of July 6, 2021: The event surrounding Pokémon’s 5th birthday has been active since July 6, 2021 at 10:00 AM and will stay with you until July 15, 2021 at 8:00 PM. You can expect lots of starter spawns of all generations, Shiny Flampion and Shiny Meltan (through the Wonder Box), Pikachu on the 5-year balloon, and much more. Exciting for the collectors among you: From now on, you can increase the capacity of the item bag to 3,500 – the upgrades for this are available as usual in the store in exchange for Pokécoins. Here are the key points of the event:

5th birthday of Pokémon Go

Flampion and Flying Pikachu with a balloon in the shape of a 5 appear more frequently in the wild. If you’re lucky, you may even encounter an Iridescent Flampion!
Flampion, Igamaro, Fynx, Froxy, and Flying Pikachu with a balloon shaped like a 5 appear in level 1 Raid battles.
Bisasam, Glumanda, Schiggy, Endive, Feurigel, Karnimani, Geckarbor, Flemmli, Hydropi, Chelast, Panflam, Plinfa, Serpifeu, Floink, Ottaro, Igamaro, Fynx, and Froxy appear more frequently at PokéStops with activated Lock Modules and after completing a Field Quest. You can also encounter some of these starter Pokémon in the wild, including Bisasam, Glumanda, Schiggy, Geckarbor, Flemmli, Hydropi, Serpifeu, Floink, and Ottaro. All lure modules last for one hour during the event. This also applies to Glacier, Magnet, Moss, and Rain Lock Modules.
You will receive additional daily field research tasks for which you will receive encounters with Bisasam, Glumanda, Schiggy, Endive, Feurigel, Karnimani, Geckarbor, Flemmli, Hydropi, Chelast, Panflam, Plinfa, Serpifeu, Floink, Ottaro, Igamaro, Fynx, and Froxy.
Complete the Collector’s Challenge for this event to receive an encounter with Flying Pikachu with a balloon shaped like a 5, as well as special candies and a massive amount of Pokéballs!
Also, check out the in-game sky as you admire the anniversary fireworks! The previously announced game mechanic for realistic lighting conditions and additional Pokédex classifications will be available to all in the coming days.
If you’re lucky, you may even encounter an Iridescent Meltan when you activate the Wonder Box during the Fifth Anniversary event!
During this time, the research to power through will be available to all trainers who missed it during last year’s anniversary celebration, so don’t forget to open the app to get the research. This special research is designed to help you catch up with other trainers with lots of stardust, XP rewards, and Pokémon encounters.

Special research – Research to get started

If you haven’t received the Research to Launch special research in 2019 or 2020 on Pokémon Go’s birthday, because you haven’t played it yet, you can get it now. The steps and rewards of Research to launch through we note below once again for you.

Research to get started – Step 1/6

Make a new friend – Reward: 5,000 XP
Catch 3 Pokémon with weather enhancement – Reward: 5,000 XP
Hatch an egg – Reward: 5,000 XP

Rewards for completing Step 1: 2 x lucky egg, encounter with Dratini, 15,000 stardust.

Research to get started – Step 2/6

Earn a candy about walking with your buddy -. Reward: 30 Dratini candies
Take a snapshot of Dratini – Reward: 30 Dratini candies
Develop a Dratini – Reward: 10,000 XP

Rewards for completing step 2: 2 x lucky egg, 1 x premium raid pass, 15,000 stardust

Research to Power Up – Step 3/6

Power up a Pokémon 10 times – Reward: 15,000 XP
Fight in Super League against another Trainer – Reward: 15,000 XP
Fight in a Raid – Reward: 15,000 XP

Rewards for completing step 3: 2 x lucky egg, 2 x star piece, 15,000 XP

Research to get through – Step 4/6

Catch 5 Pokémon of different types – Reward: Encounter with Panflam
Catch a Legendary Pokémon from a Raid or a Field Breakthrough – Reward: Encounter with Plinfa
Hatch 3 eggs – Reward: Encounter with Chelast

Rewards for completing step 4: 2 x lucky egg, encounter with Shiny Evoli, 15,000 stardust

Research to get started – Step 5/6

Take a snapshot of Evoli – Reward: 30,000 XP
Send 5 gifts to friends – Reward: 30,000 XP
Swap 3 Pokémon – Reward: 30,000 XP

Rewards for completing Step 5: 2 x Lucky Egg, encounter with Lapras, 30,000 XP

Research to get through – Step 6/6

Win a Tier 3 raid or higher – Reward: 30 Dratini candies
Develop a Dragonir – Reward: 100,000 XP
Make a new friendship – Reward: 30 Dratini candies

Rewards for completing Step 6: 2 x Lucky Egg, 15,000 Stardust, 100,000 XP

Collector’s challenge for the 5th birthday

Also interesting: A collector challenge for the 5th birthday rewards you with special candies and lots of Pokéballs. You have to catch

Bisasam
Glumanda
Schiggy
Endive
Feurigel
Karnimarni
Geckarbor
Flemmli
Hydropi
Chelast
Panflam
Plinfa
Serpifeu
Floink
Ottaro
Igamaro
Fynx
Froxy
A flying Pikachu

To make it work with all starters, you can find some of them in the raids as well as via field research and near PokéStops with activated Lock Module. You can also find some of them in the wilderness.

Original news from July 3, 2021: In July 2021, Pokémon Go will celebrate its birthday! Not only will Pokémon be 25 years old, but Pokémon Go itself now has five years under its belt. Accordingly, the developers at Niantic want to celebrate properly from July 6, 2021 at 10:00 am and until July 15, with their own event. The only thing is: So far, there is no information about it, which should have been announced “at the beginning of July”. Accordingly, you’ll have to be patient a little longer.

Community Day with Floink

On July 3, 2021, between 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Pokémon Go will first host Community Day with Floink, which not only brings Shiny Floink into the game, but also teaches the second evolution of the Fire Ferrel, Flambirex, the powerful fire attack Lohe Cannonade. You can find all the information in our guide to the special research Roasted Nuts.

Go fight night in July 2021

On July 11, 2021, there will be another battle night in the Battle League between 6:00 pm and 11:59 pm. You’ll be able to compete in up to 100 battles and earn three times as much stardust for victories, completed battle sets, and rank advancements in the Battle League. Note, however, that the Battle Night stardust bonus will not be combined with the double stardust you will receive from June 28, 2021 to July 12, 2021.

Pokémon Go Fest 2021

On July 17 and 18, 2021, Pokémon Go Fest 2021 will take place between 10:00 am and 6:00 pm each day. Whether you want to spend the money for the event ticket or not, there’s plenty to do for everyone! Here you can find information about the Pokémon Go Fest itself, the raid day with all the Legendarys released so far, and the live events in selected cities.

Pokémon GO

Pokémon Go is the mobile spin-off of Nintendo’s popular Pokémon game series for Android and iOS. It is a so-called “location-based game”, i.e. a game that uses the player’s immediate surroundings. It is based on the principle of augmented reality.

Pokémon Map: Between landmarks and sights

Pokémon Go uses a Global Positioning System (GPS) to determine the player’s location and displays it on a map that also represents the playing field. The map is based on OpenStreetMap maps. The game is played mostly outdoors and uses landmarks, landmarks and other notable or eye-catching objects in the world to position either PokéStops or arenas there for you to battle for supremacy. Join either Team Intuition (Team Yellow, Zapdos), Team Wisdom (Team Blue, Arktos), or Team Daring (Team Red, Lavados). Under their flag you can then fight for the arenas, which are placed at hotspots like churches or similar. Pokémon can appear anywhere, though.

Pocket monsters visible on the Pokémon Go Map are randomly loaded into the game’s virtual map by the game server. If several players are playing in the same location, each player can see and catch the Pokémon independently of the others.

Pokémon Go Updates, News, Raids and More

The developers at Niantic regularly provide Pokémon Go with new updates or special raids that should only be tackled in a group of several people. The Pokémon Go Raids are therefore very popular, as they also offer the prospect of particularly rare Pokémon. For example, in the past, legendary Pokémon could always be caught on special occasions (Pokémon Go events). For particularly eager mobile or smartphone Pokémon trainers, there is also an external IV calculator, such as the online tool from Pokemon.gameinfo.io or on Pokefans.net, to check the values of your Pokémon.