Pokemon Go updates: Halloween festivities, new legendaries, and latest nest rotation
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It’s been a busy couple of weeks for Pokemon Go players. From Generation Four Pokemon to Halloween quests, Community Day, and more - there’s no shortage of opportunities to catch ‘em all.
New Generation Four Pokemon Drifloon and Stunky can now be found in the wild, including their evolutions and a shiny variation of Drifloon.
Spiritomb can be unlocked through the Special Research quests entitled, “A Spooky Message.” This is the third special research series, and the first non-mythical reward, meaning we can likely expect more story-line quests in the future.
From October 23rd through November 20th trainers will be able to battle Legendary Ghost-Dragon Giratina at five-star raids. This also means MewTwo will be leaving the raid roster for the time being.
These new additions bring the available Sinnoh roster to 32 of the 107 total Pokemon. We are still awaiting Kecleon, Jirachi, and the Clamperl and Nincada families from Hoenn, as well as Smeargle from Johto.
For the duration of October you’ll see a large boost in spawn rates of ghost and dark-type pokemon, many of whom have shiny variations. All caught-pokemon will reward double their normal amount of candy until November 1st at 1:00 p.m. PDT. The witch-hat adorned Pichu, Pikachu, and Raichu are back for the rest of the month, and now they can be shiny for the first time.
Beldum was featured as the Community Day Pokemon of the Month for October. Cyndaquil will be the next star, with his shiny variation being introduced Saturday, November 10th. From 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. CST trainers will see increased Cyndaquil spawns and will receive double stardust and double XP for all catches. Additionally, Quilava evolved during the event will have an as of yet unannounced exclusive move.
Suicine spotted at Case Community Park in Sand Springs.
Meltan, the new mythical Pokemon that will be unveiled along with Nintendo Switch, was also revealed to be the first-ever mythical Pokemon capable of evolution. When “Pokemon Let’s Go! Eevee” and “Let’s Go! Pikachu” are released on November 16, 2018, trainers will be able to link the Switch games with their Pokemon Go accounts for trading in order to unlock Meltan in both games. Its evolved form, Melmetal, will only be able to evolve in Pokemon Go, but can then be traded to the Switch games.
Trainers will have until November 1st to complete their weekly research tasks and catch a Suicune. The November research pokemon has yet to be announced by Niantic.
Finally, the nest at Case Community Park in Sand Springs has changed to Staryu. Nests typically rotate every other Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. local time, but will likely change again at the end of the Halloween event next Thursday.
Case Park is the only confirmed nest in Sand Springs at press time, but other known nesting locations include the Sand Springs Lake and Pratt Civitan Park.
Other nests in the Tulsa area include:
Chimchar - Mitchell Park
Electabuzz - Dennis Troyer Park
Pinsir - Riverside Park
Magmar - Jackson Park
Scyther - Nienhuis Park
*These nesting reports are courtesy of “TPG - Tulsa Pokemon Go” on Facebook.
Case Park is the flagship of the Sand Springs Parks Department and features 100 acres of fun for the whole family. Facilities include the Case Community Center, Jerry Adair Baseball Complex, Roger Bush Soccer Complex, Will Ramsey Softball Complex, Rotary Super Splash Pad, four sets of playground equipment, an 18-hole disc golf course, a BMX track, Arkansas River access, horsehoe pits, a Thunder Cares basketball court, volleyball courts, a skate park, and a 1.8 mile trail system. Pokemon trainers will find prolific nesting, seven pokestops, and two ex-raid gyms.
Helpful links:
TPG - Tulsa Pokemon Go Facebook
