After more than a year, Pokémon GO is finally bringing back a popular Shiny for its 8th birthday

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Pokémon GO is celebrating its 8th birthday in a few days with an anniversary event. In addition to numerous spawns and bonuses, it is finally bringing a popular shiny back into the game. We’ll show you what it is and what other content you can look forward to here on MeinMMO.

What event is it about? Pokémon GO will be eight years old in July and is celebrating this milestone with its traditional anniversary event. Spawns and strong bonuses are a must. You shouldn’t miss out on a rare shiny on the event days either: Shiny Meltan. We’ve summarized the highlights that await you below.

When will the anniversary event take place? The Pokémon GO 8th Anniversary Celebration starts on June 28, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. local time and runs until July 3, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. local time.

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What kind of Pokemon is this? Meltan is a mysterious steel-type Pokémon from the seventh generation of games. It can be evolved into Melmetal with the help of 400 candies, which is a solid attacker in the Master League.

Why is Meltan worth it? Meltan can spawn from the so-called Wonder Box throughout the year, but usually cannot be caught there in its shiny form. Since its shiny release, the developers have kept the shiny monster particularly rare and only let it spawn on special occasions.

Meltan normal (left) and as Shiny (right)

It was last available in the game in March 2023 as part of the Let’s GO event. Now, after more than a year, it is finally returning for a short time on the occasion of the anniversary event. In addition, the Wonder Box can be activated more often for the event, which further increases your shiny chances on Meltan. So it is worth opening the Wonder Box during this time.

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Pokémon & Shinys for the 8th anniversary at a glance

In addition to Shiny Meltan, which you can catch from the Mystery Box with a bit of luck during the anniversary event, there are a few other monsters waiting for you that want to celebrate the 8th birthday of Pokémon GO with you. You can especially look forward to one or two costumed Pokémon. One of them is the poison Pokémon Slime, which will appear for the first time with a party hat.

In this costumed form, you can even evolve it into Slimmok. Below, we have summarized for you which other monsters are hiding in the wild and in raids and what special features the event has in store.

Slugawa with party hat (right) and its evolution Slugawa (picture from pokemongolive.com)

All wild spawns and raid bosses

Wild Spawns: In the wild, you can look forward to a lot of event spawns during the event, such as Pikachu with a party hat. There is a special feature here, however, because in addition to the monsters that you can catch in the wild throughout the entire birthday event, there will be other event spawns on selected days that can then be found more frequently.

PeriodWild Spawnentire event Bulbasaur with party hat*
Charmander with party hat*
Squirtle with party hat*
Pikachu with cake hat*
Slime with party hat*
Eevee with party hat*
Felori
Croquet
Kwaks
Alolan Slime* (rare)28 June 2024 at 10:00 a.m. to
June 29, 2024 at 11:59 p.m.Endive*
Fiery Gel*
Carnimani*
Geckocarp*
Flemmli*
Hydropi*30 June 2024 at 00:00 until
July 1, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. Chelast*
Panflam*
Plinfa*
Serpifeu*
Floink*
Ottaro*02 July 2024 at 00:00 until
03 July 2024 at 20:00Igamaro*
Fynx*
Froxy*
Bauz*
Flamia*
Robball

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With a little luck you can also find it as a shiny Pokémon in Raids:

  • And in the Level 1 raids, other raid bosses can also be found to mark the 8th anniversary. According to Pokémon GO, you can even benefit from a higher chance of getting shiny
  • than in the wild. The following awaits you:
  • Bulbasaur with party hat*
  • Charmander with party hat*
  • Squirtle with party hat*

    • Pikachu with cake hat*

    Slime with party hat*

    Strong bonuses for the 8th anniversary event For Pokémon GO’s 8th birthday, there are also some great bonuses. Many of them rely on interactions with your friends. But, as with the wild spawns, there will also be daily bonuses that you shouldn’t miss.

  • General bonuses:
  • You can benefit from these bonuses throughout the entire event:
  • increased chance of lucky friends
  • Increased chance of getting lucky Pokémon when trading
  • Friendship level increases faster with interaction (opening gifts, trading, fighting together)
  • Chance to get 8, 88 or more Greedy Coins when you spin PokéStops with Gold Lure Module
  • Wonderbox can be opened more often
  • Event field research
  • Rewards: Mega Energy for Bulbasaur, Charizard, Blastoise, Gewaldro, Blaziken, Swampert, and encounters with Bulbasaur, Cyndaquil, and Hydropi
  • Temporary research
  • Rewards: XP, Stardust, encounters with Raticate with Party Hat, Nidorino with Party Hat, Wobbuffet with Party Hat and Meltan
  • Limited-time research for $2 to spin PokéStops and evolve Pokémon
  • Rewards: Incubator, Super Incubator, Premium Battle Pass, Lucky Egg, Rocket Radar, Star Piece, Smoke, Crunch, 88,888 XP and an encounter with Meltan
  • Masterpiece Research Forest Whispers for $5
  • Encounter with Shiny Celebi
  • additional bonuses: double durability of smoke, adventure smoke and lucky eggs
  • Event stickers from PokéStops, gifts and the in-game shop
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    • Showcases with event Pokémon at PokéStops

    Anniversary box in the Pokémon GO webshop for $5You can benefit from additional bonuses during the following periods:Period
    bonus
    28 June 2024 at 10:00 a.m. to
    June 29, 2024 at 23:59Half hatching distance for eggsJune 30, 2024 at 00:00 to

    01 July 2024 at 23:592x EP when catching02 July 2024 at 00:00 to

    July 3, 2024 at 20:002x Stardust when catchingHow do you like the content of the anniversary event? Will you try to get a shiny Meltan? Or are you after another monster? Let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO and exchange ideas with other trainers. You can see what else is coming up in Pokémon GO in our event overview for June.

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