Pokémon GO Twinkling Fantasy: Mega Salamence debuts amid focus on Dragon, Fairy type
If you need more Fairy and Dragon type Pokémon, you're in luck
The latest Pokémon GO event, Twinkling Fantasy, is here! And this time, Dragon and Fairy-type Pokémon are the stars of the show.
The event will be from 10 January at 8am SGT until 16 January at 10pm SGT, during which players can catch more Dragon and Fairy type Pokémon like Togetic, Clefairy, Jigglypuff, Dratini, and more, or get photobombed by them at least twice a day.
Best of all, Mega Salamence is making its debut in Mega Raids!
What other things can you look forward to in this event? Here’s everything you should know.
Event Bonuses
Trainers who participate while Twinkling Fantasy is ongoing will get a variety of bonuses, especially if they successfully catch a Pokémon with a Nice Throw, Great Throw, or Excellent Throw.
You can get Double XP and Bonus Candy, and if you’re level 31 or above, you get a higher chance of receiving Candy XL too.
Surprise Encounters
Say cheese! Take a lot of snapshots during the event period because you might get a surprise encounter. Expect to get photobombed by a Dratini or Jigglypuff at least twice a day during the event period.
Featured Attack
Trainers take note, any Zekrom you manage to snag between 10am on 10 January and 10am 18 January local time will have learned the Fusion Bolt (Electric-type), with a 90 power in Trainer Battles and 140 power in Gym and raids. It's a skill that deals twice as much damage Reshiram's Fusion flare.
Most of the time, a Zekrom you catch will have Wild Charge instead of Fusion Bolt, and while the former may be better in some situations, there's no harm keeping the latter skill handy, if you want to a beat a Mewtwo or two.
Mega Salamence will appear in Event Raids
The newest Raid Pokémon, Mega Salamence, will debut in this event.
During the length of the event, this Dragon/Flying type Pokémon can be encountered in Mega Raids. Defeating it will give you Salamence Mega Energy and other in-game rewards.
In addition, the Pokémon discovered in all levels of Raids will change, all in keeping with the event's Dragon and Fairy-type theme.
One-Star Raids will feature Jigglypuff, Marill, Axew, and Deino. Three-Star raids will have Mawile, Druddigon, and Dedenne. Zekrom will be featured in Five-Star raids. And finally, Mega Salamence will appear in Mega Raids.
Spawns
More Fairy-type and Dragon-type Pokémon will appear in the wild like Clefairy, Clefable, Jigglypuff, Dratini, Togetic, Marill, Ralts, Vibrava, Bago, Deino and Dedene.
And, you might encounter a Goomy or Noibat if you’re lucky.
Shiny Dedenne will be made available to lucky Trainers for the first time too, so make sure to keep hunting during the event!
Field Research Tasks
There will be event Field Research Tasks available from spinning different PokeStop and Pokémon Gym Photo Discs. The completion of some of these Field Research Tasks will provide you with a Pokémon encounter, containing one of six event-themed Pokémon:
Catch 5 Pokémon: Dedenne (Max CP 789, Min CP 743)
Catch 5 Fairy-type Pokémon: Bagon (Max CP 495, Min CP 459)
Catch 30 Pokémon: Goomy (Max CP 418, Min CP 385)
Make 3 Nice Throws: Dratini (Max CP 430, Min CP 397)
Make 3 Great Throws: Clefairy (Max CP 495, Min CP 458)
Win 3 Raids: Goomy (Max CP 418, Min CP 385)
Event Collection Challenge:
A Twinkling Fantasy Collection Challenge will be available throughout the event, requiring you to collect various event-themed Pokémon.
When you complete this Collection Challenge, you will get in-game goodies like 50 Salamence Mega Energy, 1 Charged TM, and 1 Fast TM.
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