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Luminous Legends Y - Part 1

Event
Starts:
Tuesday, May 18, 2021, at 10:00 AM Local Time
Ends:
Monday, May 24, 2021, at  8:00 PM Local Time

Following Xerneas’s recent arrival in Pokémon GO, the Legendary Pokémon Yveltal will soon be making its Pokémon GO debut in the Luminous Legends Y event! Dark-type Pokémon will also be appearing more often in the wild, and Pancham will be hatching from Strange Eggs.

It seems, however, that Team GO Rocket has gotten wind of Yveltal’s arrival—and naturally, they’re up to no good! They appear to be planning on turning more Pokémon into Shadow Pokémon during the first week of the Luminous Legends Y event, so we’ll need your help to save those Shadow Pokémon! We’re also receiving reports that some Team GO Rocket Grunts will be changing up their battle strategies. You might encounter some that specialize in different Pokémon types than in the past, and multiple Team GO Rocket Grunts may even challenge you at once!

During the second week of Luminous Legends Y, the focus will shift to Fairy-type Pokémon and Eevee. Why, exactly?

Because Sylveon will be making its Pokémon GO debut! The Intertwining Pokémon is an Evolution of Eevee first discovered in the Kalos region. There’s a Galarian fairy tale that describes a beautiful Sylveon vanquishing a dreadful dragon Pokémon—making Sylveon the perfect Pokémon to appear at the end of this dark-themed event. Look forward to this Fairy-type vanquisher of darkness, dread, and dragons during Part 2 of Luminous Legends Y!

Read details for Part 2 of the Luminous Legends Y event here.

Features Features Shadow Shadow Spawns Spawns Raids Raids Eggs Eggs Shiny Shiny Graphic Graphic




Features

  • Complete Team GO Rocket–themed Timed Research before the event concludes to encounter Dark-type Pokémon like Galarian Zigzagoon.
  • Event-exclusive AR Mapping tasks will lead to encounters with Galarian Zigzagoon!
  • Event-exclusive Field Research tasks will lead to encounters with Dark-type Pokémon, including Galarian Zigzagoon, Scraggy, and more.
  • You can use a Charged TM to help a Shadow Pokémon forget the Charged Attack Frustration.
  • In addition, you can work with other Trainers to defeat Team GO Rocket Grunts—and by doing so, you can unlock rewards during the second half of the event! From Saturday, May 15, 2021, at 12:00 a.m. to Sunday, May 23, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. UTC, you can work together with other Trainers worldwide to defeat 25 million Team GO Rocket Grunts in total. If that goal is met, the following special bonuses will be available from Tuesday, May 25, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. to Monday, May 31, 2021, at 8:00 p.m. local time.
    • A 3× Catch XP bonus will be active for the rest of the event.
    • If you’re lucky, you might find a Shiny Galarian Zigzagoon! Shiny Galarian Zigzagoon will continue to be available after the event.
    • Galarian Zigzagoon will be appearing in one-star raids for the rest of the event.

Shadow

Team GO Rocket Leaders have new teams with the start of the event. On the first day, they’ll only be available via GO Rocket Balloons. (This is because leaders at PokéStops are determined at 6 am local time and do not reroll with the start of the event.)

Arlo's Team

  • shiny
    Venonat
  • Ursaring
  • Crobat
  • Manectric
  • Scizor
  • Magnezone
  • Vileplume

Arlo’s first Pokémon is Shadow Venonat.
Arlo’s second Pokémon can be Shadow Ursaring, Shadow Crobat, or Shadow Manectric.
Arlo’s third Pokémon can be Shadow Scizor, Shadow Magnezon, or Vileplume.

Cliff's Team

  • shiny
    Seedot
  • Hariyama
  • Poliwrath
  • Kingler
  • Sharpedo
  • Tyranitar
  • Torterra

Cliff’s first Pokémon is Shadow Seedot.
Cliff’s second Pokémon can be Shadow Hariyama, Shadow Poliwrath, or Shadow Kingler. Cliff’s third Pokémon can be Shadow Sharpedo, Shadow Tyranitar, or Shadow Torterra.

Sierra's Team

  • shiny
    Sneasel
  • Gliscor
  • Granbull
  • Ampharos
  • Houndoom
  • Kingdra
  • Drapion

Sierra’s first Pokémon is Shadow Sneasel.
Sierra’s second Pokémon can be Shadow Gliscor, Shadow Granbull, or Shadow Ampharos.
Sierra’s third Pokémon can be Shadow Houndoom, Shadow Kingdra, or Shadow Drapion.

Rocket Leader Shiny Pokémon

  • Venonat
  • Sneasel
  • Seedot

Spawns

Dark-type Pokémon appearing more often in the wild.

Dark-type Pokémon in the Wild

  • shiny
    Alolan Rattata
  • shiny
    Alolan Grimer
  • shiny
    Murkrow
  • shiny
    Houndour
  • shiny
    Poochyena
  • Nuzleaf
  • shiny
    Carvanha

Missed out on some of the Pokémon that appeared during Luminous Legends X? Well, you’re in luck—because many of them are returning! You can look out for Pokémon like Spritzee, Swirlix, and Goomy appearing in the wild.

  • shiny
    Spritzee
  • shiny
    Swirlix
  • shiny
    Goomy

Eggs

In 7 km Eggs

  • shiny
    Alolan Rattata
  • shiny
    Alolan Meowth
  • shiny
    Alolan Grimer
  • shiny
    Sneasel
  • shiny
    Poochyena
  • shiny
    Stunky
  • shiny
    Purrloin

In 12 km Strange Eggs

  • shiny
    Qwilfish
  • shiny
    Larvitar
  • shiny
    Absol
  • shiny
    Skorupi
  • shiny
    Sandile
  • shiny
    Scraggy
  • shiny
    Pawniard
  • shiny
    Vullaby
  • shiny
    Deino
  • shiny
    Pancham

Raids

Appearing in 1-Star Raids

  • shiny
    Alolan Meowth
  • shiny
    Murkrow
  • shiny
    Sneasel
  • shiny
    Espurr

Appearing in 3-Star Raids

  • shiny
    Galarian Weezing
  • shiny
    Tyranitar
  • Cacturne
  • shiny
    Absol

Appearing in 5- Star Raids

  • shiny
    Yveltal

Appearing in Mega Raids

  • shiny
    Mega Ampharos
  • shiny
    Mega Houndoom
  • shiny
    Mega Altaria

Shiny

If Trainers worldwide defeat 25 million Team GO Rocket Grunts in total, Shiny Galarian Zigzagoon will available after Tuesday, May 25, 2021.

  • Galarian Zigzagoon
  • Galarian Linoone
  • Obstagoon

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