Pokémon GO: Events and Rewards in June 2021 - What to Expect Now

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Niantic presents the innovations and events at Pokémon Go in June 2021. It starts next Tuesday when you save Crypto-Zapdos from Giovanni. He has control of the monster until June 17th. Complete the Team Go Rocket Special Research to earn a Super Rocket Radar. You can use this to track down the boss of Team Go Rocket and save Crypto-Zapdos. From June 17th, Giovanni will use a different Crypto-Pokémon. The developers want to announce shortly which one is involved.

From June 1 to July 1, 2021, you will encounter Perlu during a research breakthrough in Pokémon Go. As a bonus, you will also receive a free remote raid pass and twice as many XP as usual if you make a breakthrough. It is also worth paying a visit to the raid battles. Between June 1 and June 17, the Legendary Pokémon Regirock, Regice and Registeel will appear in Level 5 Raid Battles. This will be followed by an undisclosed Legendary Monster - details will follow shortly. In the mega-raids, in turn, you will meet mega-sloppy, mega-lame and mega-gardos in June.

Raid hours in June 2021

Wednesday, June 2, 2021: Regirock Wednesday, June 9, 2021: Registeel Wednesday, June 16, 2021: Regice Wednesday, June 23, 2021: To be announced Wednesday, June 30, 2021: To be announced

Spotlight hours at Pokémon Go in June 2021

The spotlight hours always take place on Tuesdays from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Pokémon Go.

Tuesday, June 1, 2021: Lithomith is in the spotlight and you get twice as many XP for catching Pokémon. Tuesday, June 8, 2021: Abra is in the spotlight and you'll get twice as many candies for catching Pokémon. Tuesday, June 15, 2021: Flegmon is in the spotlight and you'll get twice as many candies for sending Pokémon. Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021: Squeak is in the spotlight and you'll earn twice as much XP for developing Pokémon. Tuesday, June 29, 2021: Pen is in the spotlight and you'll get twice as much stardust for catching Pokémon. Community Day in Pokémon Go is on Sunday, June 6th. This time the land shark Pokémon Kaumalat is in the foreground.

Events at Pokémon Go in June 2021

Niantic has yet to provide specific details about the upcoming events at Pokémon Go in June 2021. However, there is already a first preview of the in-game events in the new month. In "A Very Slow Discovery" from June 8th to 13th, Galar-Flegmon, Galar-Lahmus and Mega-Lahmus appear for the first time in Pokémon Go. During this period, everything revolves around lazy and active Pokémon - and the associated Collector Challenge requires you to catch Flegmon and other Pokémon.

The Solstice event will take place from June 17th to 20th. Trainers in the northern hemisphere encounter summer Pokémon, while trainers in the southern hemisphere encounter winter Pokémon. Details should follow on June 16. A surprise event is also coming up for Pokémon Go: The event will run from June 25 to July 1, 2021. We will keep you up to date in our news section.

Via Niantic

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Pokemon Go Player Shares Cautionary Tale About Sylveon Evolution Trick after Missing Shiny

Pokemon Go fans will go to extreme lengths sometimes for Shiny Pokemon, and it can be a heartbreaking experience when a player misses out on snagging one. Reddit user thepenguinja shared their own tale of woe after trying to get a Shiny Sylveon in the game. As many Pokemon Go players know, there's a secret trick to evolving Eevee into Sylveon in the game. By naming the Pokemon 'Kira' a player should see a silhouette of Sylveon appear in the space where it says 'Evolve.' Unfortunately, thepenguinja did not look for that silhouette after changing the name, and hit 'Evolve' on a Shiny Eevee they had with a flower crown!

As a result, the player ended up with a Shiny Vaporeon with a flower crown instead of the Shiny Sylveon they were hoping to obtain. That's still an awesome Shiny Pokemon to get in the game, as Shiny Vaporeon has a gorgeous purple coloration (as opposed to its normal blue). However, thepenguinja had been saving that Shiny Eevee with the flower crown for this specific occasion, so it's a bit sad, to say the least. The original Reddit post can be found embedded below.

Pokemon players will often reset their game without saving when they don't get the Shiny they hoped for. Unfortunately, there's no way of resetting Pokemon Go, so thepenguinja is stuck with their decision. Making matters worse, the naming trick in the game only works one time; once the player has evolved one Eevee into Sylveon using the Kira trick, it goes back to being a random evolution in the game, no matter what it has been named. The odds of obtaining another Shiny Eevee with a flower crown are pretty slim, too, so getting that exact Pokemon just might be impossible, now. It's a sad loss, and a cautionary tale for those planning to use the Kira trick: make sure you plan ahead and watch for that silhouette before hitting the evolve button!

Pokemon Go is available now on iOS and Android devices. You can check out all of our previous coverage of the game right here.

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