Get ready for a brand new event in Pokémon GO, Weather Week! This special new event features a big first for Pokémon GO, a brand new shiny version that has never been available in the main series before!
‘Trainers,
As the Charge Up event fills the air with electricity, we receive predictions about wild weather on hand! We are excited to announce the very first Weather Week event, during which Pokémon that are rainy or windy will appear more frequently in the wild. ‘
Date and time
Wednesday 24 March 2021 at 10:00 to Monday 29 March 2021 at 20:00 local time
Bonuses
- Capture Pokémon with Weather Boost to earn extra Stardust.
- Shiny Rainy Form Castform debuts in Pokémon GO
- New avatar articles with a spring theme will be available in the store
Increased wild encounters
Castform will appear in the wild more frequently throughout the course of the event, along with other Pokémon that tend to appear when it is raining or windy, such as Wingull and Ducklett. If you are lucky, you might come across a Shiny Rainy Form Castform!
Shiny Rainy Form Castform is big news because it’s never appeared in any Pokémon game before! This makes Castform the first Pokémon to shine in Pokémon GO before any game that existed before Pokémon GO. While Meltan made his debut in Pokémon GO, it was a brand new Pokémon, while Castform was only available in all other Pokémon games as a glitter in its normal form.
The shiny sprites for the other forms of Castform were found by the PokeMiners in 2020, and now we finally have news about the first to come to Pokémon GO. Can we see more theme weekends in the future to release Sunny and Snowy? Who knows!
From Wednesday 24 March 2021 at 10:00 to Saturday 27 March 2021 at 10:00 local time, Pokémon enjoying rainy conditions will occur more frequently in nature.
From Saturday 27 March 2021 at 10:00 to Monday 29 March 2021 at 20:00 local time, Pokémon enjoying windy conditions will occur more frequently in nature.
Shiny rain-shaped shapes
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5KM Eggs
The following electric Pokémon will hatch from 5 km of eggs:
Attacks
The following Pokémon will appear in raids:
Level 1 raids
Level 3 raids
Level 5 raids
Mega raids
Field research
Event-exclusive field research tasks will be available during the event to encounter Pokémon like Rainy Form Castform and more. We will share more information if we have it.
Weather Week Exclusive Time Trial
Time research will be available during this event to encounter Pokémon like Rainy Form Castform and more. We will share more information if we have it.
Following
After Weather Week, Therian Forme Thundurus will be leaving five-star raids – with Therian Forme Tornadus making his Pokémon GO debut! Then only Therian Forme Landorus will be left unexplained – so watch out for more details!