Pokémon GO Power Plant Event Adds Helioptile and Heliolisk

Niantic brings Helioptile and Heliolisk, making their first appearance in Pokemon GO. The Power Plant event is a new story unlock of Season of Heritage and celebrates the debut of Helioptile. Genesect (Shock Drive) has already taken the Legendary five-star raids. Event bonuses, Featured Pokémon, Field Research encounters, and a lot more are coming. So for you to get things ready, here is everything you need to know.

Date + Time

Wednesday, January 19, 2022, at 10:00 AM to Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at 10:00 AM [local time].

Featured Pokémon

Pokémon Debuts

Helioptile and Heliolisk are making their debuts in Pokemon GO. You can evolve Helioptile into Heliolisk with 50 Helioptile Candy and a Sun Stone.

Wild Encounters

The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild during the event:

• Helioptile Debut
• Magnemite
• Grimer
• Voltorb
• Electabuzz
• Porygon
• Trubbish
• Electrode Rare
• Jolteon Rare

Raids

The following Pokémon will take gyms for raids in the event time frame:

• One-star Raids
  • Pikachu
  • Beldum
  • Shinx
  • Blitzle
  • Klink
• Three-star Raids
  • (Jan 15 to 24)
    • Scyther
    • Typhlosion
    • Mawile
    • Druddigon
  • (Jan 24 to Feb 1)
    • Dewgong
    • Piloswine
    • Monferno
    • Druddigon
• Five-star / Legendary Raids
  • (Jan 15 to 24)
    • Genesect (Shock Drive)
  • (Jan 24 to Feb 1)
    • Regice that knows Thunder

Field Research Task Encounters

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 event-themed Pokémon listed below:

• Magnemite
• Voltorb
• Electrike
• Joltik
• Helioptile
• Alolan Grimer Rare
• Trubbish Rare
• Emolga Rare

A Bad Feeling…

Beginning Monday, January 24, 2022, at 12:00 AM [local time].

Bonuses

• Team GO Rocket will appear more frequently at PokéStops and in balloons.
• You can use a Charged TM to help a Shadow Pokémon forget the Charged Attack Frustration.

Niantic said “more to come” and hasn’t disclosed the info yet. Let’s wait to see what’s coming.

You can read the official blog for more details regarding the Pokemon GO Power Plant event. Utilize the event and hope you Catch ’em All.

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