Pokemon GO’s Season of Alola is about halfway through, but that doesn’t mean Niantic is out of Alola-themed activities to offer its fans. On the contrary, it has plenty of other Special Research quests and Pokemon reveals in mind. In mid-April,Pokemon GOplayers can look forward to the Ula’ula Island Special Research, which will continue the island-themed series of quests that have run through the Season so far. That’s not all that’s coming toPokemon GOthis month, though. Niantic also has plans for a multifacted event called Spring into Spring, which will celebrate the turning seasons and Easter’s arrival in a variety of flowery, egg-themed ways.
Spring into Spring starts at 10 A.M. on April 12th, and will run until 8 P.M. on April 18th, giving fans about a week to look into the event’s features. As usual,Pokemon GOplayers can look forward to general bonuses and themed Pokemon encounters throughout Spring into Spring, but there’s much more to the event than that. Fans of Exeggute and Exeggutor have a special event to look forward too, alongside other special events contained within Spring into Spring. Overall, there’s a lot going on inthisPokemon GOevent, making it a worthy way to mark the halfway point of the current Season.
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Spring into Spring’s Pokemon Encounters and Bonuses
Spring into Spring will offer fans more chances to catch a variety of cute Pokemon. During the event, the following Pokemon will appear more often: Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Eevee, Whismur, Buneary, Bunnelby, and both versions of Nidoran. Chansey and Togetic will appear on occasion too. Buneary, Eevee, Pikachu, Chansey, and Togetic will be wearing flower crowns, so players should make a point to collect these costumed Pokemon. For the duration of the event, players can also look forward to doubled Candy from hatched Eggs, doubled Lucky Egg duration, halved Egg hatch distances, and more Shadow Whismur and Exeggcute inTeam GO Rocket encounters.
Eggs and Field Research encounters will also be modified for the event. 2km Eggs will hatch Pichu, Igglybuff, Azurill, Munchlax, Happiny, Togepi, and Exeggcute, with a rare chance of Chingling and Riolu. Field Research, meanwhile, will include Eevee, Pikachu, and Buneary encounters, as well as rare Chansey encounters. Players should do their best to search for all of these Pokemon, because Spring into Spring willfeature a Collection Challengethat rewards a guaranteed Togetic encounter. Aside from these encounters, players will be able to find event-themed stickers, and throughout April 17th, the GO Battle League will be running a Beginner’s Paradise event that caters to new players with low-CP Pokemon.
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Spring into Spring’s Special Featured Pokemon
Pokemon GOfans should note that Spring into Spring will also feature a Limited Research day to drive home the theme. On April 16th from 11 A.M. to 2 P.M., Limited Research tasks will give fans bonus Exeggcute encounters, and evolving an Exeggcute during the event will give fans an Alolan Exeggutor that knows Draco Meteor. The event will also feature bonus Catch XP, as well as increased wild encounters with Bulbasaur, Oddish, Paras, Sunkern, Treecko, Seedot, Bellsprout, Tangela, and Chikorita. In other words,fans of the Grass typeshould clear their schedules on April 16th.
Aside from the Exeggcute spotlight, Alola fans can look forward to Tapu Bulu’s debut during the event. The Grass/Fairy Legendary Pokemon will appear in Five-Star Raids throughout Spring into Spring. There’s no telling when Tapu Bulu will be available again, so fans should capitalize on the debut as best they can. All in all,Pokemon GO’s Spring into Spring is a pretty stacked event. This is hardly a capstone ofPokemon GO’s Season of Alola, as upcoming events and rumors aboutan approaching Mega Evolution updatesuggest, but it’s a great way to celebrate the changing weather.
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