Pokémon GO Sustainability Week event returns once again in 2023, this time with the debut of Bounsweet, shiny Drillbur, a new Timed Research quest line, special 7 KM eggs and more.
We’re putting the spotlight on sustainability during a week-long event! Sustainability Week will take place from April 20, at 10 am to April 26, at 8 pm local time.
Alongside Pokémon GO Sustainability Week 2023, a free global Special Research featuring Shaymin will become available. Learn more here: Shaymin arrives in a free global Special Research and in the Shaymin Special Research Guide – Grass and Gratitude.
Event Date & Bonuses
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Thursday, April 20, 2023, at 10:00am to Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at 8:00pm
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If your Buddy Pokémon is an Ultra Buddy or higher, it will bring you souvenirs more frequently
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If your Buddy Pokémon is a Great Buddy or higher, it will bring you leaf-wrapped gifts more frequently. These gifts will contains Berries more often and they may even contain a Silver Pinap Berry!
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Your Buddy Pokémon will accompany you on the map longer when fed
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1/2 distance to earn hearts with your Buddy Pokémon
Bounsweet and Shiny Drilbur debut
Sustainability Week 2023 brings two Pokémon debuts: Bounsweet, the Fruit Pokémon, and the long awaited shiny Drilbur. Drilbur is a common encounter from event-specific Field Research, and Bounsweet can be found in the Sustianability Week Timed Research.
Bounsweet debuts
Bounsweet, the Fruit Pokémon, will make its Pokémon GO debut! Bounsweet evolves into Steenee, and Tsareena.
Shiny Drilbur debuts
If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny Drilbur for the first time in Pokemon GO!
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Wild encounters
The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild:
If you’re lucky you might encounter the following Pokémon:
Eggs
The following Pokémon will hatch from 7 km Eggs obtained during the event:
Field Research
Sustainability Week-themed Field Research tasks will be available! The following Pokémon will be available to encounter when you complete select Field Research tasks:
| Task Text | Reward |
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| Catch 3 Ground-type Pokémon |
Drilbur
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| Use 5 berries to help catch Pokemon” |
Drilbur
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| Feed your buddy 3 candies |
Drilbur
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| Catch 5 Rock-type Pokemon |
2×
Pinap Berry
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| Catch 5 Water-type Pokemon |
3×
Razz Berry
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| Catch 5 Grass-type Pokemon |
4×
Nanab Berry
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Sustainability Week Timed Research
Sustainability Week-themed Timed Research will be available! Complete the research tasks to earn items, encounters with Trubbish, Drilbur, Bounsweet and more!
Sustainability Week (1/4)
| Task | Rewards |
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| Use 5 Berries to help catch Pokémon |
Drilbur
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| Feed your buddy 5 times |
5×
Pinap Berry
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| Take 5 snapshots of your buddy |
Trubbish
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Rewards
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1000×
XP
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500×
Stardust
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1×
Star Piece
Sustainability Week (2/4)
| Task | Rewards |
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| Use 7 Berries to help catch Pokémon |
Trubbish
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| Earn 5 hearts with your buddy |
10×
Nanab Berry
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| Play with your buddy |
Bounsweet
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Rewards
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1500×
XP
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1000×
Stardust
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1×
Incense
Sustainability Week (3/4)
| Task | Rewards |
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| Use 9 Berries to help catch Pokémon |
Drilbur
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| Earn 2 candies exploring with your buddy |
Bounsweet
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| Use an Incense |
Grimer
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Rewards
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2000×
XP
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1500×
Stardust
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10×
Razz Berry
Sustainability Week (4/4)
| Task | Rewards |
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| Use 5 Berries to help catch Pokémon |
Binacle
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| Earn 3 candies exploring with your buddy |
Drilbur
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| Receive a Souvenir from your Buddy |
Bounsweet
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Rewards
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2000×
XP
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1500×
Stardust
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10×
Razz Berry
New Avatar Items
New Avatar Items will be available to purchase in the in game shop:
- Bounsweet Hat
- Steenee Shirt
- Tsareena Boots
Blast form the past – Remembering 2018 Earth Day cleanup event
Back in 2018, in partnership with Mission Blue, Niantic organised a Worldwide Cleanup event that took place on April 22. More than 30 local cleanup events took place in 12 countries around the world. We wrote about it extensively in our Pokémon GO Earth Day 2018 Cleanup event announced article.
The event was a slam dunk, bringing together more than 4200 trainers that participated in 68 cleanup events across 19 countries. In total, around 4300 kilograms and debris have been collected. Niantic shared a blog post about it, and Mission Blue, the organization founded by legendary ocean explorer and activist Dr. Sylvia Earle, received more than $5,000 in donations from players and a $250,000 donation from Niantic and The Pokémon Company.
We miss things like this – maybe we can get them back and get people out of their houses again?
