Pokémon GO Mythic Blade event announced

Mythic Blade: Tuesday, December 6, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. to Sunday, December 11, 2022, at 8:00 p.m. local time

For US$7.99 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), you’ll be able to pick up the exclusive Special Research story, Something Extraordinary, during the weekend.

Spark has taken a blurry picture by the waterfront—but of what? Could it be a Pokémon we haven’t seen before? You can work with Professor Willow to find the answer!

Tickets will be available to purchase this Special Research story leading to an encounter with Keldeo in its Ordinary Form from Tuesday, December 6, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. to Sunday, December 11, 2022, at 8:00 p.m. local time.

Ticket-holders will gain access to the Special Research story during the Mythic Blade event. To receive the Special Research, you must open Pokémon GO at some point between Saturday, December 10, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. and Sunday, December 11, 2022, at 8:00 p.m. local time. After you’ve received the Special Research, you can complete it at any time.

Other Special Research rewards include the following.

• Keldeo T-Shirt avatar item
• 14 Rare Candies
• 12 Silver Pinap Berries
• 2 Incubators
• 2 Super Incubators
• 2 Incense
• Various Fighting-type and Water-type Pokémon encounters
• And more!

Pokémon debuts

Keldeo, the Colt Pokémon, will make its Pokémon GO debut in its Ordinary Form as part of the Something Extraordinary ticketed event!

Increased Incense encounters

For ticket holders, the following Pokémon will appear more frequently when Trainers use Incense (excluding Daily Adventure Incense) during the event.

• Machop
• Hitmonlee
• Hitmonchan
• Hitmontop
• Beldum
• Tympole
• Ferroseed

And don’t forget—you’re now able to purchase and gift tickets to any of your friends that you’ve achieved a Friendship level of Great Friends or higher with.* To gift a ticket, tap the Special Research ticket in the in-game shop, then tap the Gift button instead of the Buy button.

Tickets are nonrefundable (subject to applicable law and the exceptions set forth in the Terms of Service). Please note that this Special Research will not include an in-game medal.

Certain restrictions apply. Gifting cannot be completed if the recipient has purchased a Special Research ticket or has been gifted one already.

Pokémon debuts

• Crabrawler
• Mankey
• Machop
• Hitmonlee
• Hitmonchan
• Hitmontop
• Combusken
• Makuhita
• Meditite
• Monferno
• Poliwrath

Raids: The following Pokémon will appear in raids.

One-Star Raids

• Meditite
• Buizel
• Timburr
• Tympole

Three-Star Raids

• Poliwrath
• Aerodactyl
• Skarmory
• Breloom

Five-Star Raids

• Terrakion
• Virizion

Virizion will appear in raids from Thursday, December 1, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. to Thursday, December 8, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. local time. Terrakion will appear in raids from Thursday, December 8, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. to Thursday, December 15, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. local time.

Mega Raids

• Mega Aggron

Featured attacks

Terrakion

Terrakion caught from Thursday, December 8, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. to Thursday, December 15, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. local time will know the following featured attack.

Virizion

Virizion caught from Thursday, December 1, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. to Thursday, December 8, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. local time will know the following featured attack.

Keldeo

Keldeo caught during Something Extraordinary, a ticketed Special Research story, will be able to learn the following featured attack.

Sacred Sword

• Trainer Battles:** 60 Power
• Gyms and raids:** 55 Power

Event-themed Field Research tasks will be available! The following Pokémon will be available to encounter when you complete Field Research tasks!

• Galarian Farfetch’d
• Hitmonlee
• Hitmonchan
• Hitmontop

An event-themed Collection Challenge is coming! Complete the Collection Challenge to receive one Fast TM and one Charged TM!