Right now, Niantic is doing a rework of Pokémon GO with a change to the customization system of your avatar, but also with the addition of biomes on the map. To celebrate the arrival of this feature, an event highlighting the first generation is underway.
Rediscover Kanto Pokémon GO: Dates, bonuses and event content
With this event ofavailable from Monday, April 22 at 7 p.m. to Friday, May 10, 2024 at 5 a.m.Niantic offers us a return to the sources by highlighting the first creatures that we were able to meet in 2016 when the game was released. Enough to rekindle the flame of nostalgia in some of you while offering you a completely revisited map allowing certain creatures to appear in more suitable environments.
In addition, the Pokémon Conger Makes First Appearance in Mobile Game with the addition of biomes, while The three starters from the Kanto region are more likely to be found in their Shiny form.
To accompany these creatures, it will be possible to take part in a free special study which is unlocked at the start of the event as well as at Field research missions that give you Mega Energy for Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise. All of this will be accompanied by some bonuses that you can find below.
- Increased XP for any seven-day streak of PokéStop visits.
- Increased XP for every seven-day streak of Pokémon caught.
- Friendship Levels will increase faster than usual by opening Gifts, trading Pokémon, or battling as a team in Raids, Gyms, or Trainer Battles.
- You will have a higher chance of encountering a Shiny Bulbasaur, Shiny Charmander, and Shiny Squirtle in their respective biomes.
- Evolve Ivysaur (the evolution of Bulbasaur) to obtain a Venusaur that masters the Charged Attack Veggie-Attack.
- Evolve Charmander’s evolution, Reptile, to obtain a Charizard that masters the Charged Attack Fire Burst.
- Evolve Carabaffe (the evolution of Squirtle) to obtain a Blastoise that masters the Charged Attack Hydroblast.
Rediscover Kanto Pokémon GO: what creatures can be found in the biomes?
The addition of biomes in Pokémon GO allows you to diversify the encounters you can haveas is the case in other games of the license. What we mean by this is that some Pokémon can appear in a forest biome, where in a mountain biome, they will be less present.
Of course, depending on events and seasons, they may appear more often in any biome. In addition, theBiomes are very different from habitats present at certain major events such as the Pokémon GO Fest or the GO Tou Circuitr.
Currently, we only know of four biomes that have specific creatures related to this event. Here they are:
- The forest biome is home to Pokémon native to Kanto, such as Bulbasaur, Caterpillar, Weedle, and Mystherbet.
- The mountain biome, meanwhile, provides a haven for Pokémon like Sabertooth, Clefairy, Nosferapti, and Diglett.
- The Coastal biome is home to, among others, Squirtle, Psyduck, Sea Otter, and Magikarp.
- The urban biome, finally, welcomes Pokémon like Chenipan, Roucool, Machoc and Fantominus.
Rediscover Kanto Pokémon GO: Where to find Taupikeau and how to make it evolve?
While the “Rediscover Kanto” event is here to highlight the first generation, the arrival of the biomes also adds a new species from the Paldea region, namely Taupikeau. The latter will be available in coastal biomes and will be able to evolve into Triopikeau if you use 50 Taupikeau candies.
