Get ready, Pokémon GO trainers! The Beloved Buddies event is bringing a wave of exciting surprises, bonuses, and challenging raids. This event, focusing on strengthening your bond with your Pokémon, runs from February 11th to 15th and features the highly anticipated debut of Dhelmise, the Sea Creeper Pokémon. Prepare for raids featuring this newcomer!
This event doubles your XP for catching Pokémon, and Lure Modules will last a full hour, attracting a variety of Pokémon including Diglett, Slowpoke, Shellder, Dunsparce, Cutiefly, and Fomantis. Catching any of these will also reward you with an extra 500 Stardust.
Shiny hunters, rejoice! Shiny Diglett and Shiny Dunsparce will be appearing more frequently in the wild, alongside Nidoran, Diglett, Slowpoke, Shellder, Dunsparce, Remoraid, Mantine, Plusle, Minun, Volbeat, Illumise, Cutiefly, and Fomantis.
Raids offer a diverse challenge: one-star raids feature Shellder, Dwebble, and Skrelp (with an increased shiny rate for Skrelp); three-star raids include Slowbro, Hippowdon, and the debuting Dhelmise; five-star raids bring Enamorus (Incarnate Forme); and Mega Raids feature the formidable Mega Tyranitar.
Download Pokémon GO from the Google Play Store and join the Beloved Buddies event! Don't forget to check out our coverage of the newly soft-launched Tetris Block Party on Android, featuring exciting multiplayer challenges.