It seems Hoopa's shenanigans at Pokemon Go Fest have had some far-reaching consequences. Portals leading to the Galar region are popping up and Sword & Shield Pokemon are popping out–not that anyone is complaining of course.
Niantic has just announced the third and final Ultra Unlock event will take place later this month and bring Galar Region's Pokemon into Pokemon Go. That means you'll soon have your chance to grab the Legendary duo Zacian and Zamazenta, along with Galarian forms of Meowth, Farfetch'd Weesing, and Stunfisk. They might even be shiny, too.
Ultra Unlock Part 3: Sword and Shield will start on Friday, August 20 at 10 AM local time and run until August 31 at 8 PM local time. During the event, Skwovet and Wooloo will appear more frequently in the wild, but expect to find some Galarian Darumaka, Trubbish, and maybe even a Falinks or two. If you crack open a 7 km Egg you could find a whole host of different Galarian Pokemon, including Galarian Meowth, Galarian Ponyta, Galarian Slowpoke, Galarian Farfetch’d, Galarian Zigzagoon, Galarian Darumaka, and Galarian Stunfisk.
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Event-exclusive Timed Research will give you even more chances at encountering Galar region Pokemon, while Field Research obtained from PokeStops will give you encounters with Skwovet, Wooloo, or Falinks.
As for those shiny Galar Pokemon, that'll require some raiding. For the first week of the event, one-star raids will include Galarian Slowpoke, Galarian Farfetch’d, Unown U, and Galarian Zigzagoon, with a chance for Shiny Galarian Farfetch'd or a Shiny Unown U!. Three-star raids will include Galarian Weezing, Lapras, and Falinks, with a possible Shiny Weezing, and Zacian will be available from five-star raids. In the second week, Galarian Meowth, Galarian Ponyta, Unown U, and Galarian Darumaka will come from one-star raids, Snorlax, Galarian Stunfisk, and Falinks from three-star raids, and Zamazenta from five-star raids.
For the full list of raid times and available shinies, head on over to Niantic’s event page here.
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