This Pokemon Go October guide will tell you everything you need to know about the month ahead, including details on Raid Bosses, Shiny Pokemon, and more.
Pokemon Go October is the real Oktoberfest you should be concerned with, as Niantic’s lineup shows what’s bound to be a pretty exciting month for players. From new Raid Bosses to yet another Community Day event, October has lots in store for fans of Niantic’s mobile title. Here’s your all-encompassing guide for what looks like one of the most exciting months Pokemon Go has seen to date.
To kick things off, Niantic has announced that it intends to extend the Regional Pokemon 7km egg hatches until October 8, according to Serebii.net. Kanghaskan, Mr. Mime, Farfetch’d, and Tauros are all region-exclusive Gen 1 Pokemon for Australia, Europe, Asia, and North America, respectively. Niantic previously announced that these Pokemon could be obtained worldwide from 7km Alolan eggs for the whole month of September.
However, these eggs can only be obtained by exchanging Gifts with friends. The Gifts don’t always reward the player with 7km eggs, and there isn’t a 100 percent chance of the eggs hatching Regional Pokemon during this period, either. Luckily for players who didn’t manage to get all four, Niantic is extending the event for another eight days. Get hatching, trainers!
New Raid bosses have already been identified by trainers. In case you didn’t know, Mewtwo is still up for grabs as a Tier 5 Raid Boss until October 23, too. These are the Pokemon we have come across for all five tiers so far:
Tier 1 Raid
Tier 2 Raid
Tier 3 Raid
Tier 4 Raid
Tier 5 Raid
Josh’s guide on Mewtwo will tell you all about Raid Times and Mewtwo counters if you’re looking to nab yourself a Mewtwo from a Tier 5 Raid. However, this Mewtwo has a different moveset to the Mewtwos that were previously obtained from EX Raids. As Josh wrote in his guide:
Other Mewtwo equipped with Shadow Ball are great counters, but Dark and Ghost moves like Bite, Crunch, and Lick really help, too, making Pokemon like Tyranitar, Gyarados, Gengar, and Alakazam fantastic choices. The latter two won’t survive many hits, but so long as Mewtwo isn’t rocking Focus Blast, a bunch of Tyranitar will make light work of Mewtwo raids.
If you follow Josh’s advice, Mewtwo will be a walk in the park — literally, if your local park is where you play Pokemon Go.
It has been confirmed that Beldum will be the Pokemon getting a Community Day in October. This means that players will be in for a chance to get themselves a brand new shiny Metagross, if they’re lucky. The Community Day move will likely be Meteor Mash, which is Metagross’ powerful signature move.
The October Community Day will be on October 21. The times for the event are as follows:
September provided players with insights into the brand new “Hex Nut” Pokemon, Meltan, as well as lots of other Gen 8 leaks. It is likely that October will contain even more information on the mysterious Mythical Pokemon, as the “Introducing Meltan!” video posted by The Official Pokemon YouTube channel ended with the line “To be continued…” It is likely that more videos like this will be made available to Pokemon Go players this month, as we await the release of the Pokemon Lets Go games for the Nintendo Switch on November 16.
According to YouTube user Reversal, Pokemon Go will offer players the chance to catch Shiny Krabbys throughout the month of October. This means that players will also be able to get a Shiny version of Krabby’s evolved form, Kingler. You can read through the full list of Shiny Pokemon in Pokemon Go here.
It has been confirmed that Suicune will be the Field Research reward for Pokemon Go players in October. Suicune will complete the Legendary Beasts trio, as Raikou and Entei have already had their months in the spotlight. Given that both the Gen 1 Legendary Birds and the Gen 2 Legendary Beasts have now all had their Research Breakthrough months, it’s likely that Niantic will soon add the Gen 3 Legendary Regi trio to the game — Regice, Regirock, and Registeel.
That’s it for Pokemon Go ‘s stacked October schedule. We’ll update this guide as more news for the month ahead comes in.
