In a matter of a few hours, Pokémon GO will say goodbye to Season 10: Rising Heroes to welcome the Season 11: Hidden Gemswhich means that changes to the successful Niantic mobile game are coming over the next three months, such as the appearance of new Pokémon such as Sandygast and Palossand or also Carbink, among others that will be revealed later.
With this, Dark Raids will return and this time they won’t do it for a few days through an event. Instead they will remain available every day from June 5, although the one and three star raids will only appear on daily days, while the five star ones, ruled by Dark Articuno, will only activate on Saturdays and Sundays until further notice. warning.
And this is only the beginning, because throughout the month of June a multitude of events await you, Raids, many Pokémon to capture and other news that we are going to tell you about below.
June 2023 Events
During the next weeks they will be activated a total of six different eventseach one of them with its own characteristics, rewards, schedules and other surprises that will make you not want to put your phone down.
looking for gold
Date: June 3 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (local time)
In this event, which will only remain available for a few hours, the following Pokémon will appear more frequently than usual: Azumarill, Bellsprout, Buizel, Lickitung, Poochyena, Shelmet, Stufful, Tympole, and Weedle. In turn, a temporary research task will be enabled that can be accessed by buying its corresponding pass for one euro.
With this, certain PokéStops will turn gold in color which will be used to obtain Gimmighoul coins. Instead, those who activate a Gold Lure Module will have a chance to also spawn a wild Walking Forme Gimmighoul.
Water Festival: Beach Week
Date: June 6 at 10:00 a.m. to June 12 at 8:00 p.m. (local time)
Now that summer is coming and the weather is good, we feel like going to the beach, which is exactly what this temporary event that is already common every year and that on this occasion will have Sandygast’s debut and its evolution Palossand. Even so, the important thing is that during those days a global challenge will be activated in which players from all over the world will work as a team to achieve 300 million good shots.
In the case of reaching that amount, a bonus will be activated that will deliver more Candies than normal for each successful good, great or excellent launch, while those with level 31 or more will have a greater chance of receiving Candies ++.
There will also be new Raids, new Avatar items in the shop, a special research task that will require buying its corresponding ticket for 5 eurosa bonus that will make the Rainy Lure Modules last twice as long as normal and finally the following Pokémon will appear more frequently than usual: Clauncher, Dwebble, Alolan Exeggutor, Finneon, Frillish, Horsea, Krabby, Mantine, Marill, Popplio, Shellder, Spheal, Staryu, Tentacool, Wailmer, and Wingull.
Water Festival: Beach Week (Pokémon Spotlight Hour)
Date: June 6 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. (local time)
During the Aquatic Festival: Beach Week there will be a Featured Pokemon Hour, which will cause certain Pokémon to temporarily appear more frequently than normal, but best of all, each one you catch will give you triple experience points. The ones you will come across are Clauncher, Crabrawler, Corphish, Kabuto, and Krabby.
community day
Date: June 10 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (local time)
June’s Community Day has already been confirmed and this time it’s Axew, one of the rarest Dragon-type Pokémon, the one that will appear everywhere for three hours, including the possibility that one of them will appear in its shiny version. But why it will be important that you capture as many as you can is because by evolving it into Haxorus during the event will cause him to learn the Vast Impact charged attack, something that cannot be achieved otherwise.
There will also be a special research task to buy for one euro and during the event the following special bonuses will be activated: triple experience and double candy for each Pokémon caught, Lure Modules and Incense will increase their duration up to three hours, they will be able to perform up to three special trades and any trade will require 50% less Stardust.
Solstice on the Horizon
Date: June 16 at 10:00 a.m. to June 25 at 8:00 p.m. (local time)
At the moment there are no details of this event in which it is said that Team GO Rocket will do their thing for a few days.
dark flames
Date: June 29 at 10:00 a.m. to July 2 at 8:00 p.m. (local time)
No information has been provided about this other event either, beyond its name and the days and times in which it will take place.
June 2023 raids
As the various events unfold throughout the month, so too will the Raid Bosses. The one-star and three-star Pokémon will be constantly changing, but the ones that tend to stick around for a bit longer are the five-star Raid Legendary Pokémon.
For this month, the trio formed by Uxie, Mesprit y Azelfbut be very careful because Nihilegoone of the Ultra Beasts that first appeared in Pokémon Sun and Moon, will also be available to fight along with Heatran.
pokemon name
Pokémon
Type
Date
Uxie (Asia)
Psychic
From June 1 to 15
Azelf (America)
Psychic
From June 1 to 15
Mesprit (Europe and Africa)
Psychic
From June 1 to 15
DARK ARTICLE
Ice / Flying
From June 10 every Saturday and Sunday
Nihilego
Rock / Poison
From June 15 to 29
Heatran
Fire / Steel
From June 29 to July 6
Other Pokémon that you will be able to face, if you gather a good group of players to challenge them to a fight, are those that are mega evolved. This means that Mega Swampert will appear for several days and later Mega Sceptile will take over, but be careful because the next one on the list is a secret one that has not been seen in the game yet.
POKEMON NAME
Pokémon
Type
Date
Mega Swampert
Water earth
From June 1 to 15
Mega Sceptile
Plant / Dragon
From June 15 to 29
secret pokemon
???
???
From June 29 to July 6
As if all of the above was not enough, every Wednesday is celebrated the Hour of Raids, from 18:00 to 19:00 in your local time. During that hour, the Legendary Pokémon from five-star Raids will appear more frequently, so it’s a great time to go after them.
POKEMON NAME
Pokémon
Type
Date
Uxie
Psychic
June 7th
Azelf
Psychic
June 7th
Mesprit
Psychic
June 7th
XIE
Psychic
June 14th
AZELF
Psychic
June 14th
MESPRIT
Psychic
June 14th
Nihilego
Rock / Poison
June 21
NIHILEGO
Rock / Poison
June 28th
June 2023 Pokémon highlights
Like those temporary events on Wednesday afternoons, every Tuesday takes place Featured Pokemon Hour, from 18:00 to 19:00 (local time). It is important that you set an alarm because in that time slot a specific Pokémon will have a special role by appearing everywhere and on top of that it will do so accompanied by a very succulent bonus.
pokemon name
Pokémon
Type
Date
Bonus
Clauncher
Agua
June 6th
Triple experience for each Pokémon caught
Crabrawler
Lucha
June 6th
Triple experience for each Pokémon caught
Corphish
Agua
June 6th
Triple experience for each Pokémon caught
Kabuto
Rock / Water
June 6th
Triple experience for each Pokémon caught
krabby
Agua
June 6th
Triple experience for each Pokémon caught
Binnacle
Rock / Water
June 13th
Double the amount of candy for each Pokémon caught
Sunkern
Planta
June 20th
Double the amount of candy for each Pokémon transferred
Dodu
Normal / Flying
June 27th
Double experience for evolving Pokémon
For the bonuses to have a better effect, you can take advantage to use a Lucky Egg on June 6, in order to earn six times the experience points for each Pokémon you catch, although you can also reserve it for June 27 and thus obtain four times the experience points each time you evolve a Pokémon.
June 2023 Research Achievement
Finally, each field research task it will give you all kinds of rewards, but the first one you give each day will put a stamp on your trainer card. Once you collect seven stamps, either in seven consecutive days or whenever you want, you will receive in exchange a pack full of prizes and incidentally the opportunity to capture one of the following Pokémon:
Audino
Beldum
Furfrou
Goomy
Noibat
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