The Pokemon GO Genesect Special Weekend is now live in few countries, The Event brings New Bug- and Steel-type Raid Bosses, Increased Pokemon Spawns, Egg Hatches, A New Wild Shiny and Research Tasks.
Please Note: This event starts on March 20, 2020, at 8:00 AM local time, You won’t see any changes until the event starts.
We’ve also updated the Egg Hatch List, Raids list and Research Task in the GO Field Guide App – Support GO Field Guide on Patreon ❤️
Normal-, Fire-, Water-, Electric- and Ice-type Pokemon Spawns have increased.
The list of below Pokemon Spawns has increased with the start of the Genesect Special Weekend event.
In this current world health situation, if you’re looking for any of the below of the Pokemon, We request you to use an incense instead of walking out.
| Nincada | Shiny | |
| Electrike | Shiny | |
| Growlithe | Shiny | |
| Houndour | Shiny | |
| Jigglypuff | ||
| Magnemite | Shiny | |
| Marill | ||
| Pidgey | Shiny | |
| Pikachu | Shiny | |
| Sneasel | Shiny | |
| Snover | Shiny | |
| Tentacool | Shiny | |
| Torchic | Shiny | |
| Totodile | Shiny |
Shiny Nincada has joined the Pokemon GO Shiny family with the start of the event.
New Research Tasks has been released and are now live available from the Pokestops.
| Task Text | Reward |
|---|---|
| A Drive to Investigate: Make 5 Nice Throws. | Nincada (s), Skarmory (s) |
| A Drive to Investigate: Make 2 Great Throws. | Nincada (s) |
| A Drive to Investigate: Make 2 Greats Throws in a row | Scyther (s), Nincada (s) |
| A Drive to Investigate: Catch 10 Pokemon | Nincada (s), Shieldon |
Raids have shuffled and New Raid Bosses have joined the raid battles as the Genesect Special Weekend Event starts.
You can check the complete Raid Boss list along with best counters at GO Field Guide App
Please Note: According to current world situation due to COVID-19 Virus, We request you to not to go outside and don’t go on raids that you can’t defeat solo. Although it’s tempting to gather friends to tackle that legendary Pokemon, it’s not worth it if it endangers everyone’s health.
Here’s the current Raid Boss List:
| Tier | Raid Bosses |
|---|---|
| 1 | Joltik, Caterpie(s), Venipede, Klink (s), Wurmple (s) |
| 2 | Pineco (s), Mawile (s), Venomoth, Yanma (s) |
| 3 | Scyther (s), Pinsir (s), Bronzong, Alolan Raichu (s), Skarmory (s) |
| 4 | Metagross, Beedrill, Alolan Marowak (s), Aggron, Excadrill |
| 5 | Thundurus, Cobalion (s) |
3 Pokemon have joined the 5KM Egg Hatch list, you can check the complete Egg hatch list at GO Field Guide Mobile App
| Karrablast | |
| Shelmet | |
| Nincada |
You can check-out the Countdown Timer of all Events at our All New Mobile App GO Field Guide for all Countdown Timers, Raid Boss Guides, Egg Hatch List, Shiny Checklist and much more…
iOS – App Store
Android – Google Play Store
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