Pokémon GO: The big World Cup event starts tomorrow – all spawns and bonuses

The big World Cup event starts tomorrow, August 18, 2022 in Pokémon GO. We at MeinMMO show you which spawns and bonuses await you, which Shinys you can look forward to and which special features Niantic has planned.

Which event is it about? For a few months, the Pokémon Company, in cooperation with Niantic, has been looking for the Pokémon World Champion in Pokémon GO. In the coming days, the best players will finally face off in a live event in London.

But all other trainers will also be rewarded with a matching event in the mobile game. So you can look forward to numerous spawns, shinys and bonuses in the coming days. And one or the other special feature is waiting for you.

All highlights at a glance: You can look forward to the following highlights during the World Cup event:

• Pikachu in World Cup costume makes his debut
• special event attacks when evolving selected Pokémon
• Promo codes for a limited-time research and an avatar item
• Return of Zacian and Zamazenta to level 5 raids

We have summarized the additional content that you can expect below.

When does the event start? The Worlds event will start on August 18, 2022 at 10:00 local time and will run until August 23, 2022 at 20:00 local time.

Spawns and Shinys for the World Cup event

Throughout the event, you can encounter altered spawns in the wild and in raids. Also included is a new costumed Pokémon: Pikachu in World Cup costume. You can encounter this in the raids, but also in the event field research and the limited research.

Of course, you also have the opportunity to meet one or the other dazzling specimen during the World Cup event. We have therefore given you all monsters that can also be found as Shiny with one

marked.

We have summarized below where you can meet which Pokémon.

Wild spawns during the Worlds event

• In the wild, you can mainly meet Pokémon from the first and third generation of games. You will encounter the following monsters there:
• Nidoran (female)*
• haiman*
• mahollo*
• hydropi*
• zobiris*
• meditation*
• wablu*
• sea ​​pug*
• Glibuncle*

aqua

• A little rarer to find:
• lashing rokex

Galarian Flunschlik*

All raid bosses for the World Cup event

And you can also adapt to new raid bosses in the raids. In addition to the Pikachu in the World Cup costume, which you can get for the first time, the legendary Pokémon Zacian and Zamazenta and the Mega Pokémon Mega Lahmus are also returning to the raids.	difficulty
raid bosses	Level 1 Raid Pikachu with World Cup costume* Galarian Porenta* Marill* sore* practice bar*
lashing rokex	Level 3 Raid Rasaff Slurp*
shellon*	Level 5 Raid Zacian
Zamazenta	mega raid

mega lame*

If you want to secure the legendary Pokémon and Mega Slowmouse, then by all means use the best counters. You can find these in our counter-guides:

All bonuses and special features of the World Cup event

• In addition to the numerous spawns, you can of course also look forward to lots of bonuses during the World Cup event. Everything will revolve around the theme of “fighting”. We have summarized all the bonuses that await you in the game during the event below:
• 50 battles (10 battle sets) every day in GO Battle League
• Stardust x3 for winning battles in GO Battle League
  • Challengers at PokéStops
• Use the teams of the regional championship winners
  • Event Field Research
• Encounters with Bulbasaur*, Pikachu in World Cup costume*, Nebulak*, Rihorn*, Magikarp*, Endive*, Hydropi*, Galar Zigzax*, Tanhel*, Galar Flunschlik*, Dartiri*
  • Temporary research
• Reward: Top Instant TM, Top Charge TM, and an encounter with Pikachu in World Cup costume*
• Exclusive event attacks
  • Avatar items in the in-game shop

Dragon Sport Top, Dragon Sport Shorts, Dark Sport Top, Dark Sport Shorts

New Avatar Items

All event attacks for the World Cup event at a glance How can you secure the attacks?

If you evolve the following Pokémon during the event, the corresponding evolution will receive a special event attack:	attack
development	rock thrower
Rizeros to Rihornior	Dire Fist
Alpollo to Gengar	wet tail
Magikarp to Gyarados	Star Slash
Metang to Metagross	cremation

Darting to Fiaro Is it worth it?

Since the Pokémon are among the best attackers in Pokémon GO and are strong candidates in the GO Battle League, development can be really worthwhile for you. After the event is over, you can only teach them these attacks using a Top Instant TM or Top Charge TM for the time being.

Pokémon GO: The strongest attackers of all types in the video

Limited time team spirit research through promo code What is to be considered?

Unlike other events, during the Worlds event you can secure a special limited-time research that can only be obtained by redeeming certain promo codes. How do you get the codes?

These are part of the Pokémon World Championships live stream in London. The corresponding codes will be posted there in the chat during the live streams and can be redeemed for a limited time so that you can secure the research. What do we know about temporary research?

The research should also be about fighting in the PvP league. You should be able to choose between 3 different team variants. Each includes various rewards that should ultimately allow you to have a “PvP-ready team”:	Reward
Pokemon	Team variant 1 Araiados pelipper
Galarian Flunschlik*	Team variant 2 ranzaeron* Sumpex
Piondragi	Team variant 3 Fiaro Bisaflor*

Pokemon with one

with a bit of luck you can also encounter them in their dazzling form. Pokemon World Championship live stream in London

What is this event? In addition to the global event, which takes place in the game, the final tournaments of the Pokémon World Championship will take place from August 18th to 21st at the ExCel in London. The world’s best trainers will compete against each other. A winner for Pokémon GO will also be chosen for the first time. If you don’t want to miss this event, you can follow the event via live stream on Twitch. These start at the following times

• on the Pokémon GO Twitch channel
• (German time):
• 18 Aug at 09:30

Aug 19 at 9:45 am Aug 20 at 9:45 am

Is it worth watching?

Yes, because various promo codes will be announced during the streams, with which you can also secure a t-shirt as an avatar item, in addition to the limited-time team spirit research.

By the way: Those who take part in the event themselves will receive an exclusive World Cup T-shirt for their avatar.