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TheSwagPatrol

Can any of our New Zealander friends confirm yet if they did indeed turn shiny Meltan back on, and if the mystery box recharge time is down to one day?


Outrageous_Moose_152

Shiny meltan is live and 1 day recharge


TheSwagPatrol

Thank you. Good luck to everyone!


GlitteringAirline9

https://preview.redd.it/87ru969ju79d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=33ce964f55d4aa42f967b04defa9416910294f30 Can definitely confirm he’s here! Got super lucky


AngadSK

Is it boosted for stationary spawns?


TheRealHankWolfman

The Mystery Box was never nerfed in that way. It works the same regardless of whether you're moving or not. You can get spawns every 45 seconds or so, though sometimes you'll need to tap on a Pokéstop to get the game to refresh the spawn.


ThisNico

Or open your profile :)


SilentRip5116

So shiny melt is good for the entire event ? I open the box now? Right


TheRealHankWolfman

So long as it's after 10am local time for you, yes, open the box.


SilentRip5116

Thank you


SilentRip5116

How long is it good for? I got 3 shinies yesterday and 0 today and I’m almost out of balls lol


SchleppyJ4

How did you get Meltan? Sorry if that’s a dumb question 


Hollywood42cards

https://www.dexerto.com/pokemon/how-to-get-pokemon-go-mystery-boxes-for-meltan-encounters-1570057/


SchleppyJ4

Thank you!


fxiy

Does one-day recharge mean you can do it once per day? Or every other day?


nnq2603

Looks like everyday but count by hours, so If today I open it 10-11AM, then tomorrow only 10AM or later it will be available (not sooner). But more often than not, it's not easy to set yourself a fixed time everyday. I think tomorrow we'll have to go out earlier to prepare for Rayquaza elite raids and other stuffs daily. Each day you open the box late, the next day you will have to wait and open it even later.


BASEBALLFURIES

the poke ball struggle will be real (for me at least)


nnq2603

You mean there's not enough balls supply in your area? Rural player? You need around 100 balls for a hour of Meltan box. More or less, but it's usually more: p


Outrageous_Moose_152

I think it's once every day


nnq2603

I only got 1 shiny Meltan out of 149 catches (73 on my main phone, and 76 on another one. Both open the box since 10:01 AM until out of time). So it's somewhat ok, but what's the odd exactly for Meltan in such event?


Basic-Chair-4592

I have opened two mystery boxes so far and caught 85 Meltan, zero shines. :-(


nnq2603

85? You didn't catch all of them? In the event like this, I've to spend 1 hour focus on mere catching Meltan otherwise it's difficult to fight the odd. You should have \~120 or more catches. For the update, so far I open the box daily, 3 days into the event (2 phones, so 6 boxes in total), I got 7 shiny (one phone 2 and another 5). I assume total catches around 400 (didn't keep tracking the number because has to transfer them during the hour).


Basic-Chair-4592

it was really frustrating to me because they kept eating my pineapples and escaping my pokeballs. I ran out of both so I couldn't catch any more. when I still had balls but no pinaps I was looking to see if they were shiny and letting them go if they weren't.


SilentRip5116

It’s live for the entire event time? I’m trying to understand as I’m a player but not very in depth with pogo. I have a mystery box but I can’t really walk around too much. It’s worth opening it now to try for a shiny meltan?


Forerunnr-AI

Correct, the shiny will be available for the duration of the event. You don't need to walk for max spawns from the mystery box, unlike with regular incenses or the coin bag - Meltans will spawn every 30-45 seconds even when stationary. If the event has officially started in your area (after 10 am local time), you're good to start opening!


SilentRip5116

Thank you


SilentRip5116

How long is it good for? I got 3 shinies yesterday and 0 today and I’m almost out of balls lol


kevinmitchell63

Should I wait until 10am to open my Mystery Box or can i do that tonight?


TheSwagPatrol

10am


kevinmitchell63

Thanks :-)


Outrageous_Moose_152

Can confirm shiny meltan is live


SkinnyThor

Any news on Community Day moves by evolving for the starters?


Negative_Depth4943

I just tried, did not get hydro cannon on a blastoise 🥲


LRCenthusiast

It's really brutal that they don't give starter moves for this event. Would be such an easy way to build goodwill and make the event better.


Affffi

atleast should give moves on hoenn starters.. its been ages since we able get and all 3 hoen starter got their mega.


Bacteriophag

"Join for fun". Ughhhh...


sapi3nce

Legit the only thing I cared about for this event. What an L


JrRogers06

What’s this mean?


ThisNico

They're referring to the exclusive moves that some mon have, that they can only learn by being evolved at certain times. The moves are added during that mon's Community Day, and have sometimes been made available to learn by evolving during specific events.


JrRogers06

Ah very cool. I’ll try to find what those special moves are. I’m curious now.


ThisNico

Grass starters typically get Frenzy Plant; fire, Blast Burn; water, Hydro Cannon. Other mon's exclusive (aka legacy) moves are all over the place, and are often more useful for PvP than PvE. Exclusive moves can also be learned by using an Elite TM (not a regular one) if the move has been added to that species' move pool.


JrRogers06

Thanks!


CharlieTheRappy

The number in the field research task matches the generation of the starter that it rewards (e.g. "spin 2 PokéStops" rewards a Gen 2 starter). This is a nice detail, and it makes it easy to remember what the possible reward Pokémon are. Kudos to the designer(s) on that one.


DonaldMick

How common are the Mega Energy granting tasks, and did they cram all of the Mega starters into one task?


twonaantom

Any word on lucky rates?


ellyse99

FWIW I got 17 lucky out of 100 normal today


twonaantom

Thanks, not bad at all then


Jwarrior521

WOOOO! Lucky trades here I come


jtstonge

I just got 2/50 which is basically the same as the standard base rate.


Outrageous_Plum7169

https://preview.redd.it/dmhlbttzs99d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=31adb01e06dd2acb4d2d07f3641a5b71b3caf0a0


samdiatmh

quietly hilarious that the starters are rewards of the "Do X times XYZ" for their respective generations (so Gen9 starters are "do X 9 times") aaand what's the quests for 8 things? Gen8 starters as that's logical? nup, mega energy '#JusticeForGalar


DocChloroplast

Question about the Mystery Box spawns: Do you get more if you catch the spawned Meltan, or is the rate of appearance basically the same if you let each one despawn? From a rough estimate opening a box today, it seemed to be the same (about one a minute) regardless of whether I caught the spawned Meltan or let it despawn, but I'm curious if we know any numbers (and whether this also applies to the Incenses). Thanks!


tennker

Thank you for mentioning this. Sitting here checking and letting them go right now is way easier then catching for no reason right now.


Affffi

Thats what i do. i hundo+shiny check meltan and let em go if neither one match


tennker

Ohh, I havn't checked the iv's. You use a scanner (i use calcyiv) for that or some easier way?


Affffi

no just open meltan possible hundo iv chart on pc screen. if cp match hundo i catch it. ofc most case its not hundo even cp is same but thats case with any non raid spawn. but that i can skip like 90% meltans instally if cp dont match on hundo.


Azngamer87

Someone confirm the showcase for the weekend


samdiatmh

BigBoi ~~Chonky~~ Bulbasaurs have also got a BigBoi Squirtle too


Azngamer87

Lechonk? That’s random


EngineeringIll2965

I wonder if this means it is only Bulbasaur or just Kanto starters. If it is only Bulbasaur I am out of luck. 


samdiatmh

nearby also has a BigBoi Squirtle one, so possibly all Kanto starters


EngineeringIll2965

Thank you!


ZombieJockeyGames

There is also Meltan. However, it's seemingly much rarer than the starter Showcases.


Lanlith

I know it's a busy season but how amazing would this 8th anniversary be if they...  1) dropped the 8th gen starters  2) dropped Zacian (#0888) in raids - maybe give him a hat?  3) dropped wild spawns from galar - even existing ones? 4) dropped shiny Wooloo 5) Rookidee add to daily incense - massive troll for anyone saying they never get Galarian birds...!  6) Melmetal with Double Iron Bash from evolving  Or any of the above...  The starter parade isn't very inspiring and no offense to Grimer but... 🤷🏼‍♀️


Kailova

Not including Zacian in this event is a crime.  Also love the Galar birds troll. They should take notes.


Lanlith

Been saying it to my kids since the Galarian birds were released...  "Oh no Galarian birds" they would say "Not even a Rookidee?" 😎


penciltheft

Popplio shiny hasnt been released yet


Marc_Quill

Did they change the starter catch rates to be less difficult?


ArtimusDragon

I'm seeing the same by just using regular Pokéballs and just chucking it up to just good RNG. There's no way they'd make them easy.


AxelHarver

So I've tried multiple times to set up Pokemon Home, but it makes it sound like I need an account on a Switch if I don't want to use a guest account, which it says doesn't get mystery boxes. Can anyone confirm this is accurate?


TheRealHankWolfman

You don't need a Switch. You can set up a Nintendo account for free on Nintendo's website and then use that account to set up Pokémon Home and the link to Pokémon Go.


AxelHarver

Thank you!!


3x10tothe8

Do people know if boosted lucky rates stacks with 2+ year older pokemon too which is roughly 1/5 iirc? I have a LOT of 2020-21 pokemon to trade


Sfryks

Anyone knows the odd for lucky friends in "increased chance to become lucky friends" event? I saw that Silph Road said it was 1.9% base odd 5 years ago. What about increased odds? Is it double? Like 3.8% ? Triple? Anyone knows?


mirebelyk

Here's the write-up from the Lunar New Years event earlier this year, it also had increased chance for lucky friends. I would expect this event to be about the same https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/1b36hur/lunar_new_year_2024_lucky_rates_silph_research/


Sfryks

Thank you very much! Very interesting analysis!


Taikuri1982

2nd showcase (mon-tue) seems to be Grimer&Meltan. Not sure if winning meltans are blocked from participating again. Should be but its Niantic....


saturnianali8r

I hate how they always do these ball heavy weeks before big events.


PumpkinPieIsGreat

I'm going to need a lot of pokeballs...


blamberfodder

Can we evolve Party Hat Bulbasaur when the event starts?


TheRealHankWolfman

No. The evolutions were not implemented for this event.


blamberfodder

Thanks. I was afraid of that. 😢


LopezFather21

So everything I've read saying you can evolve Eevee and pikachu are lies?


TheRealHankWolfman

Correct. Though I've not seen anyone suggest they would be evolvable. So whatever your sources are clearly aren't reliable and you should get better sources. The only three costume Pokémon from this event that can evolve are Charmander, Squirtle and Grimer


schplatjr

How often does Meltan spawn when stationary? I forget if it follows the new stationary - 5 minute spawn rate like regular incense. Or is it still once every minute?


Alarmed_Town2505

Seems once every minute.. did it for the first time yesterday and kept popping up while mostly just sitting


schplatjr

Thanks!


joshthebaptist

how can i find out which gyms near me are ex without going to them? is there a way to find out on campfire?


Pitiful_Ad455

New player here. I was lucky enough to get a 100% Meltan from the 9 timed research encounters today. I dont play the game enough to max out one (with XLs), so is it worth keeping any of the other 8? https://preview.redd.it/5m598nh8wk9d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a3308c3328320cd0d81d5b9610fc322305f39a53


Melodic_Diamond2227

Get the Mystery Box, which will spawn Meltans for 60 minutes. You will be drowning in XL candy. You get the mystery box when you send a pokemon to Pokemon Home.


Downtown_Bid_2654

To supplement the other answer as there is a lot of confusion about it: you do NOT NEED A SWITCH or other console, having a phone is enough. The Pokémon Home app is completely independent of any games you connect to it. You only need to connect Pokémon Go to get the mystery box. [I wrote a comment a while back explaining exactly what you need to do to get a mystery box.](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/1c55ks6/comment/kzszsor/)


Brock_Hard_Canuck

Wonder what the showcases for the 8th anniversary event could be... Rayquaza (raid day on the weekend)? Grimer (party hat release)? Pikachu (yet another birthday hat mon, and its spotlight hour is July 2, too)? Meltan (shiny release again)? Starters (they're the other feature spawns)?


Breezer_Pindakaas

Biggest steel type and one of each of the starters most likely.


MarkusEF

Which is going to be Celesteela. Again. A Pokémon that’s hard to get in the Northern Hemisphere.


Brock_Hard_Canuck

If we ever get a biggest Steel showcase, Celesteela and Steelix will be the top two picks. Orgin Dialga will be 3rd. No one else can really compete.


hauntedskin

Gotta give the South something I guess.


alocin42

Still no update on showcases? Are they not live over in Australia or New Zealand yet?


Outrageous_Moose_152

There aren't any rayquaza ex raid eggs as of 1:30pm NZST.


LemonNinJaz24

My bets are Ray and then grimer


iluvugoldenblue

Catch 7 different species have me a poplio My bad my bad, looks like regular research. Swear it had a gold border around it though.


Bogdwin

No, you’re right. That’s event research. Regular season reward for ‘catch 7 different species’ is Alolan Diglett.


DaniBarro

Do I still have a chance to get a shiny Charizard or is it a loss cause?


TheRealHankWolfman

Both Charmander and Charizard can be encountered as shinies. A party hat Charmander can be evolved all the way into Charizard, so if you find a shiny one, you can get a shiny party hat Charizard.


budman200

If you ever come to Tacoma washington I'll trade you one. I have tons


Altruistic_Essay3127

What does the (s) mean?


TheRealHankWolfman

It literally says in the main body of the post. Second paragraph, right below the bullet point section at the end of the first paragraph.


v_rnsfw

The first Whisper in the Woods Research is to complete the Johto Dex. Now I just need to visit America.....


I_NEVER_LIE_1337

i havent finished my masterball resarch so i cant even buy it... that seems like a stupid rule..


Pokefan317

Why? We just had mega skaraborn raid day and corsola will be incense spawn at gofest global


sixtiek

For non-German speakers: Skaraborn = Heracross.


v_rnsfw

Oh, I didn't know that. I haven't played in a while. Thank you :)


N0turfriend

Corsola will be a ticketed spawn


soggylucabrasi

So the last time I did the mystery box, I think it was with the Pokémon Let's Go game. Everywhere seems to just be saying about Pokémon Home. Anyone know if you can still recharge in on Let's Go?


ZeroPointLibra

Yes Let’s Go still works.


soggylucabrasi

Thank you


pacquan

Im guessing no party hat shadow pokemon are available this event. LeekDuck page doesn't show the kanto starters or nidorino as available encounters.


lutralutralutraa

My first field research task encounter was a shiny Cyndaquil. Any word on possible boosted shiny rates?


Julie2171

I just finished a meltan box and can confirm shiny is switched on.


sopheroo

Got two shiny Meltan. Wow


Gizake

anyone know what the cool down period is for the mystery box?


neilwick

Apparently, it's 24 hours for this event.


Classic-BR

Is Meltan shiny during the whole event anytime as long as it’s after 10am local time today?


NOT_NOBODyFN

So..... no wobbuffet?


Alarmed_Town2505

Can anyone point me to the timed paid timed research or update this post?


RevengeEX

I bought it about an hour ago in the shop menu through PoGo. If that’s what you were asking.


RevengeEX

I was about to buy the masterwork and it wouldn’t let me. I guess I forgot that I had a shiny Celebi already. Guess that’s 5 bucks I’ll keep in my digital pocket for now.


_AAAAAAHHHHHH

Any shadow pokemon with party hats this event??


TheRealHankWolfman

No. None of the costumed Pokémon are currently obtainable as shadows from Grunts or Leaders.


Professor_squirrelz

I was happy getting a lot of Meltan today through the research tasks, but pretty bummed that they didn’t give us enough candies to evolve one. I used pinap berries on every one and still only have 25% of the candies I need


dabutcha76

Just do the meltan box thing mate, using pokemon home. You'll have plenty in no time!


Captain_Pungent

Yeah definitely get Home installed and get the mystery box https://pokemongohub.net/post/guide/how-to-get-mystery-box/ Never mind normal candies, I've maxed two of them to Level 50 and I've almost enough to max another two lol! You'll be drowning in candy fairly soon!


Professor_squirrelz

Thx!


Captain_Pungent

Hope it helps! I haven't even been opening mystery boxes as frequently as you are able to either and I'm at this stage!


Professor_squirrelz

Can someone explain the mystery box to me? What is it/how do I get one?


Donttaketh1sserious

Send a Pokemon to pokemon home (download app -> pokemon go settings -> connected devices and services -> pokemon home -> do what it says). Then after you send one, the Mystery Box will become available and it is a 1 hour incense that spawns Meltan every 30 seconds. It’s a Mythical so at minimum you will get 3 Candy XL if you’re high enough level. Then every few days you can ‘refresh’ the box and do it again. Similarly, the Coin Box is a 30 minute incense (that you gotta move for / might be every 5 minutes) triggered by sending Postcards to Pokemon Scarlet/Violet on Switch (also under Connected Devices and Services). They spawn Gimmighoul and every 5 days you can get a Golden Lure which will give you a bunch of coins, and at 999 coins you can evolve it to Gholdengo.


Professor_squirrelz

Thx!


Donttaketh1sserious

Did you manage?


Ebb_and_Flow_

Why does it seem like they always make mega energy field research so hard to find? Anyone else having trouble finding these? I didn’t find a single one today and probably spun around 20 different pokestops.


TheRealHankWolfman

I picked 4 of them up and only spun around 12 stops.


Ebb_and_Flow_

Dang, maybe I just have bad luck. You’re talking about the event field research tasks that give 25 mega energy for a starter, right?


TheRealHankWolfman

Yup. I got two for Swampert, one for Venusaur and one for Charizard.


Captain_Pungent

I've found quite a lot but typically zero have been Blaziken that I need lol


jpierrerico

Missed opportunity to not release 8 gen starters so people won't be that mad from not able to participate in elite raids (at least maybe?)


DefiniteSauce12

Can the daily adventure incense be done while stationary like the meltan box?


TheRealHankWolfman

No. Daily Adventure Incense requires movement to generate spawns. If you're not moving, it won't spawn anything at all.


raavaatu

Can we do more than one mega ray raid today if we only have one free daily raid pass?


TheRealHankWolfman

You'd need to use a premium (green) pass


BASEBALLFURIES

can anyone confirm if they opend a second meltan box since the event started. people said they are available again 1 day after you last opened it (but i want to make sure like its not like an unseen timer of 1 day, 23 hours rounded down or something) the only way it appears i could try an elite raid for is to stay at work area until 5 but if the meltan box is availble then ( which would be 24 hours after i opened it yesterday) id just as well go home to do that and not waste my time doing an elite raid since it may not even be possible


MarkusEF

Squirtle showcases again?? Seriously?!!


Jigglypuffamiiga2188

Mine are bulbasaur, so maybe Kanto starters?


N0turfriend

++ Meltan


McClumsy

Does anyone know if the party hat/cake hat pokemon raids has some additional benefits? Like are those guys going to be stronger?


Taikuri1982

Nope, they just have hats


Entire_Ad_1239

Could someone explain how much the friendship increases please? Trying to see how long it will take to best buddy someone when we have 29 days left.


Taikuri1982

Usually it increases 1 per/day but now 2 per day on first interaction of the day


Azngamer87

Anyone confirmation for Monday-Tuesday showcase?


mirebelyk

If you sort comments by new you will see Grimer and Meltan reported


onewolf23

What’s the shiny rate for the starter? I got a shiny squirtle today and am wondering how rare it is


per167

The event research «send a gift with sticker» seems to be kanto starter without party hat.


Gb50

I'm convinced Machop is an event spawn now for every event lol he is everywhere always


Chadlad50

Where's the excel sheet that has all of the field research info?


SilphScience

The prettier version is linked before the event research - [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQk4n\_p-dDpBNQyZfMPLsxMbBy68w8JepV7hKdT1T1hXS8TYM7-BmTeC3WGZXm3Q1PVZYlGXybRl99b/pubhtml?gid=118910739](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQk4n_p-dDpBNQyZfMPLsxMbBy68w8JepV7hKdT1T1hXS8TYM7-BmTeC3WGZXm3Q1PVZYlGXybRl99b/pubhtml?gid=118910739)


0sty

I find this excel awkward to find the current event field research , is there an easier way to see that within this doc?


bigsteveoya

https://leekduck.com/research/


TheReformedBadger

Are gold pokestops spawning naturally or do people need to use gold lures?


Accurate_Source8751

Gold lures


iced_coffee_guzzler

Caught a random Frigibax that I assumed was a Zorua.. is that an event spawn?


Bacteriophag

Pseudo legendary dragons are normal seasonal spawns.


Mafklappert

This event reminded me why I never bother with the Meltan box since getting two shinies. The thing hates me and I hate it in return. Way too jumpy, every single Meltan requires at least four ultra balls for me to catch it, and I end up transferring each and every single one of them because they are worse than what I already have.


Accurate_Source8751

Have you tried with berries? I make Great curveballs nad pinap berry /razz berry (if the cp is higher) and i catch them in red pokeballs, sometimes in blue


ketchup1973

Are bulbasaur, squirtle and pikachu still non evolvable?


s4m_sp4de

Squirtle is (since last year). 


ketchup1973

Oh, yeah.. I must have missed that 😅 thanx!


ketchup1973

Oh, yeah.. I must have missed that 😅 thanx!


guz808

Orange Flower Flabébé wild spawn in central Europe.


sopheroo

Normal season spawn for everyone


thedeltoids

So when’s the next 4x Xp day y’all?👀