Niantic is to celebrate the release of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl with a two-part Pokemon GO event. Part-1 features Diamond-themed, and part-2 features Pearl-themed Pokemon. Cresselia is coming back to conquer the gym for five-star raids. I’m dividing the article into two parts, and in this, let’s talk about Part-1: Pokemon GO Brilliant Diamond. Collection Challenges, Event-themed Pokémon, Bonuses, and a lot more are coming. So for you to get things ready, here’s everything you need to know.
Pokémon GO Brilliant Diamond Event (Part 1)
Date + Time
Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 10:00 AM to Thursday, November 18, 2021, 10:00 AM [local time].
Featured Pokémon
The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild during the event:
- Turtwig wearing Lucas’s hat
- Chimchar wearing Lucas’s hat
- Piplup wearing Lucas’s hat
- Seel
- Murkrow
- Poochyena
- Aron
- Bidoof
- Kricketot
- Buneary
- Stunky
- Scyther Rare
- Larvitar Rare
- Burmy (Plant Cloak) Rare
- Buizel Rare
If you’re lucky, you might get a chance to encounter Shiny ✨ versions of all the Pokémon above except for Stunky.
Raids
The following Pokémon will take gyms for raids in the event time frame:
- One-star Raids
- Cranidos
- Drifloon
- Bronzor
- Gible
- Three-star Raids
- Tyranitar
- Lopunny
- Drapion
- Toxicroak
- Gallade
- Five-star / Legendary Raids
- Cresselia that knows Grass Knot 🍃.
- Mega Raids
- Mega Lopunny
If you’re lucky, you might get a chance to encounter Shiny Cresselia ✨.
Egg Hatches
The following Pokémon will be hatching from 7 km Eggs that are collected during the event:
- Budew
- Bonsly
- Happiny
- Mime Jr.
- Riolu
Collection Challange
As the costumed Pokémon is making their debut, a Collection Challenge will be available that requires you to catch them all. Complete the challenge to earn 1,000 XP, 3,000 Stardust, and an encounter with Froslass.
Other Bonuses
In addition to even-themed Pokémon encounters, themed Field Research Tasks are also available. Completing them will reward you the encounters with some of the Pearl event-themed Pokémon listed below:
- Bagon
- Turtwig wearing Dawn’s hat
- Chimchar wearing Dawn’s hat
- Piplup wearing Dawn’s hat
- Burmy (Sandy Cloak)
- Burmy (Trash Cloak)
- Shieldon
You can read the official blog for more details regarding the Pokemon GO Brilliant Diamond event. Utilize the event and hope you Catch ‘em All.
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