Pokémon GO Let’s GO Event – Get Shiny Meltan

Pokémon GO Let’s GO Event is upon us, and Professor Willow needs our help! Panpour, Pansage and Pansear are spawning globally, Ditto is appearing in new disguises, shiny Meltan is available, and Team GO Rocket are blasting off, with new shadow Pokémon!

Shiny Meltan is available from using a Mystery Box. Read our guide on How to get a Mystery Box in Pokémon GO for a quick reminder. Team GO Rocket Takeover is also a part of this event, and it starts on Saturday, March 25, 2022.

Event Overview 

  • Date and Time 📅

  • Event icon From Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 10:00am, to Wednesday March 29, 2023 at 8:00pm local time.
  • Bonuses ⭐

  • Pokemon Encounter icon Shiny Meltan is available from the Mystery Box during the event, with an increased chance of XXS and XXL Meltan. There will also be a reduced time for being able to open the Mystery Box
  • Pokemon Encounter icon Pansage, Panpour and Pansear will be spawning globally
  • General icon Ditto will have new disguises in the wild, and there will be an increased chance of encountering Ditto
  • Candy icon 2x Candy for transferring Pokémon during the event
  • Team Rocket icon Team GO Rocket takeover from March 25, 2023 10am to March 29, 2023 8pm local time. Full information below.
  • Field Research 🔍

  • Research icon Pansage, Pansear and Panpour
  • Wild Encounters 🍃

  • Pokemon Encounter icon Regular - Diglett, Grimer, Snubbull, Corphish, Starly, Pansage, Pansear, Panpour, Roggenrola, Tympole and Litleo. Rare - Trubbish, Galarian Stunfisk and Goomy
  • Raids ⚔️

  • Raid icon T5 - Lugia and Incarnate Forme Thundurus
  • Raid icon Mega - Mega Venusaur and Mega Alakazam

Shiny Meltan returns to Pokémon GO

Shiny Meltan will make a return during this event via the Mystery Box. You’ll also have an increased chance of encountering XXS and XXL Meltan during the event, and you’ll be able to open the Mystery Box more often than usual.

  • A Mystery Boy is obtained by sending a Pokémon from Pokémon GO to Pokémon Let’s Go, Pikachu! or Let’s Go, Eevee! on the Nintendo Switch, or to Pokémon HOME which is available for free on your phone as an app
  • You will get a Mystery Box for the first time you send a Pokémon
  • You can also get a Mystery Box for sending Pokémon to a friend’s Nintendo Switch game, but you can only have one Mystery Box at a time!
  • Meltan will begin to appear once a Mystery Box is opened in Pokémon GO, but be careful—they’ll only appear for the player that opened the Mystery Box.

The Elemental Monkeys GO Global

Pansage, Pansear and Panpour will appear globally in the wild during the event, as well as in Field Research tasks.

New Ditto disguises

Ditto will transform from new Pokémon in the wild, and during the event you’ll have increased chances of encountering it.

Ditto will appear in the following disguises:

Don’t forget, if you encounter any of these Pokémon as a shiny in the wild, it cannot transform into a Ditto. If it is not shiny, it can transform into Ditto, which can be shiny!

Wild Encounters

The following Pokémon will appear in the wild during the event:

If you are lucky, you may encounter the following:

Raids

The following Pokemon will appear in raids during the event:

Five-Star Raids

Related raid guides: Lugia and Thundurus Incarnate Forme.

Incarnate Forme Thundurus will appear in raids from March 21, 2023 10am local time to March 28, 2023 10am local time.

Lugia will appear in raids from March 28, 2023 10am local time to April 10, 2023 10am local time.

Mega Raids

Related raid guides: Mega Venusaur and Mega Alakazam.

Mega Venusaur will appear in raids from March 21, 2023 10am local time to March 28, 2023 10am local time.

Mega Alakazam will appear in raids from March 28, 2023 10am local time to April 10, 2023 10am local time.

Field Research Tasks

The following field research tasks with Pokémon rewards will be available during the event:

Task Reward
Catch 3 Ditto
Catch 10 Pokémon PokeBall icon 10× PokeBall
Catch 20 Pokémon Great Ball icon 15× Great Ball
Transfer 15 Pokémon PokeBall icon 10× PokeBall

Collection Challenge

An event-themed collection challenge will be available during the event. It will reward an encounter with Meltan, and 5000 XP.

Catch the following Pokémon to complete the challenge:

Rewards:

Seasonal Special Research: Let’s GO

Through the Season of Rising Heroes special seasonal research called Let’s GO Special Research will be available for free for all trainers. This special research will be available until the end of the Season of Rising Heroes, which ends on June 1, 2023 10am local time.

We got a separate guide on this quest line: Let’s GO Special Research Guide.

Season 10 Timed Research Ticket: Willow’s Wardrobe

Season 10 Ticketed Timed Research: Willow's Wardrobe

Willow’s Wardrobe is a Ticket-exclusive Timed Research that is available during Pokémon GO’s Season 10: Rising Heroes. Tickets cost $4.99 USD, or the equivalent in your local currency.

This Season-long research allows Trainers to unlock a new costume inspired by Professor Willow. It will also lead to an encounter with a Melmetal that knows the Charged Attack Double Iron Bash! Melmetal will also be able to learn Double Iron Bash with an Elite Charged TM in the future.

Timed Research must be completed by June 1, 2023, to access all rewards.

Team GO Rocket Takeover

  • Date and Time 📅

  • Event icon From Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 10:00am, to Wednesday March 29, 2023 at 8:00pm local time.
  • Bonuses ⭐

  • Pokemon Encounter icon For the first time ever, you may encounter a shiny Shadow Pokémon from a Team GO Rocket Grunt
  • Pokemon Encounter icon Save Shadow Regice from Team GO Rocket
  • Team Rocket icon Team GO Rocket will appear more frequently at Pokéstops and from balloons
  • General icon You can use a Charged TM to help a Shadow Pokémon forget the move Frustration
  • New Shadow Pokémon 🍃

  • Pokemon Encounter icon New Shadow Pokémon - Alolan Grimer, Phanpy, Treecko, Torchic and Drifloon
  • 12KM Eggs🥚

  • Egg icon 12km Eggs - Salandit, Larvitar, Absol, Skorupi, Sandile, Scraggy, Pawniard, Vullaby, Deino, Pancham and Skrelp

Save Shadow Regice

Giovanni is back and feeling icy, and this time he is armed with Shadow Regice! A new special research story will be available at the start of this event. Claim it to earn a Super Rocket Radar to chase down Giovanni.

TM Frustration Away

You can use a Charged TM to help a Shadow Pokémon forget the Charged Attack Frustration during the event. Shadow Pokémon are incredibly powerful, so be sure to take advantage of being able to remove Frustration from them! This only happens a few times a year. You can search ‘@frustration’ in your Pokémon search bar to discover which Pokémon currently have the move Frustration, so you know which to TM it away from.

New Shadow Pokémon

For the first time ever, Pokémon that Trainers rescue from Team GO Rocket Grunts may be Shiny Pokémon—if you’re lucky.

Team GO Rocket is armed with new Shadow Pokémon, including the following:

Eggs

During the event the following Pokémon will hatch from 12km eggs:

Field Research

Event themed field research tasks will be available during the event that reward Mysterious Components.

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