Sustainability Week 2023

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. 

Event Date & Bonuses

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.

Bounsweet

25 candy

Steenee

100 candy

Tsareena

Shiny Drilbur debuts

If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny Drilbur for the first time in Pokemon GO!

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
Catch 3 Ground-type Pokémon	Drilbur
Use 5 berries to help catch Pokemon”	Drilbur
Feed your buddy 3 candies	Drilbur
Catch 5 Rock-type Pokemon	2× Pinap Berry
Catch 5 Water-type Pokemon	3× Razz Berry
Catch 5 Grass-type Pokemon	4× Nanab Berry

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
Use 5 Berries to help catch Pokémon	Drilbur
Feed your buddy 5 times	5× Pinap Berry
Take 5 snapshots of your buddy	Trubbish

Rewards

Sustainability Week (2/4)

Task	Rewards
Use 7 Berries to help catch Pokémon	Trubbish
Earn 5 hearts with your buddy	10× Nanab Berry
Play with your buddy	Bounsweet

Rewards

Sustainability Week (3/4)

Task	Rewards
Use 9 Berries to help catch Pokémon	Drilbur
Earn 2 candies exploring with your buddy	Bounsweet
Use an Incense	Grimer

Rewards

Sustainability Week (4/4)

Task	Rewards
Use 5 Berries to help catch Pokémon	Binacle
Earn 3 candies exploring with your buddy	Drilbur
Receive a Souvenir from your Buddy	Bounsweet

Rewards

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?