Pokemon Go Wild Area Global Gives Players the Chance to Catch Shiny Toxtricity
A virtual worldwide event will take place after a real-world event in Fukuoka, Japan.
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Pokemon Go will expand its real-world event lineup in 2024 with Pokemon Go Wild Area, a two-day event taking place in Fukuoka, Japan November 16-17. The event will allow attendees to access a variety of exclusive content focused primarily on Electric- and Poison-type Pokemon.
Following the real-world Wild Area event in Fukuoka, a Global version of the event will take place for players around the world from November 23-24.
The Wild Area Global event will feature two sets of content. One set will be available for all players for free, while the other will only be available to ticket holders.
Tickets are on sale now for $11.99 (or the equivalent in your local currency). Tickets can be purchased in the game and in the Pokemon Go Web Store, and those who purchase on the Web Store will receive an Egg Incubator and a Max Particle pack with their purchase.
Players who purchase a ticket by October 22, and then also play Pokemon Go at least once between October 15 and October 22, will receive Timed Research that will give them the chance to collect the Toxel Mask avatar item.
Here’s a breakdown of everything going on during the Wild Area Global event.
Event date and time
The Pokemon Go Wild Area Global event will run from 10 a.m. local time until 6:15 p.m. local time on both Saturday, November 23 and Sunday, November 24, 2024.
New Pokemon added with this event (all players)
Toxtricity, Shiny Toxtricity, and Dynamax Toxtricity will become available globally once the Wild Area Global event begins.
A new kind of Poke Ball (all players)
The Wild Area Global event will allow players to use a new kind of Poke Ball called the Go Safari Ball. Go Safari Balls will have a better chance of catching Pokemon.
Unfortunately, Go Safari Balls won’t stick around for long. The Pokemon Go website said: “All unused GO Safari Balls will expire and disappear from your Item Bag at 6:15 p.m. local time each day of the event.”
Mighty Pokemon (all players)
The Wild Area event will introduce “mighty” Pokemon to the game, which developer Niantic said are “[m]ore likely to have high Attack, Defense, and HP ratings.” Mighty Pokemon will also be more likely to be XL or XXL in size, and will be more difficult to capture than regular Pokemon. Shiny versions of Mighty Pokemon will also be available.
Wild encounters (all players)
During the Wild Area Global event, one of two “habitats” will be active each hour, causing different Pokemon to appear more frequently in the wild. Here’s the lineup:
Electric Hour
- Alolan Geodude
- Magnemite
- Voltorb
- Hisuian Voltorb
- Electabuzz
- Electrike
- Shinx
- Blitzle
- Joltik
- Tynamo
- Stunfisk
- Helioptile
All of these Pokemon can be Shiny.
Poison Hour
- Bulbasaur
- Bellsprout
- Tentacool
- Spinarak
- Paldean Wooper
- Qwilfish
- Hisuian Qwilfish
- Skorupi
- Croagunk
- Venipede
- Skrelp
- Mareanie
All of these Pokemon can be Shiny.
Different mighty Pokemon will have the chance to appear in the wild on Saturday and Sunday during this event.
Saturday’s mighty Pokemon
- Pidgeot
- Golem
- Gyarados
- Luxray
- Scolipede
- Galvantula
- Tyrantrum
- Toxapex
All of these Pokemon can be Shiny.
Sunday’s mighty Pokemon
- Venusaur
- Poliwrath
- Dragonite
- Feraligatr
- Electivire
- Mamoswine
- Eelektross
- Dragalge
All of these Pokemon can be Shiny.
Raids (all players)
Different Pokemon will appear in Raids each day during the Wild Area Global event.
Saturday
- Three-Star Raids: Luxray and Scolipede
- Four-Star Raids: Toxtricity (Amped Form) and Toxtricity (Low Key Form)
- Five-Star Raids: Origin Forme Dialga and Origin Forme Palkia
All of these Pokemon have the chance to be Shiny.
Sunday
- Three-Star Raids: Venusaur and Electivire
- Four-Star Raids: Toxtricity (Amped Form) and Toxtricity (Low Key Form)
- Five-Star Raids: Origin Forme Dialga and Origin Forme Palkia
All of these Pokemon have the chance to be Shiny.
Origin Forme Dialga and Origin Forme Palkia captured during the Global event will have the chance to know their special moves – Roar of Time for Dialga and Spacial Rend for Palkia. Players can use these moves outside of battles to trigger different “Adventure Effects," which you can read about in the image below and on the game's website.
©Niantic
Max Battles (all players)
Toxtricity (Amped Form) and Toxtricity (Low Key Form) will appear in Max Battles during the Wild Area Global event. Toxtricity caught after completing these battles will have the ability to Dynamax in the future.
©Niantic
Pokemon can learn special attacks (all players)
When players encounter or evolve certain Pokemon during the Wild Area Global event, they’ll know special moves:
- Venusaur: Frenzy Plant
- Pidgeot: Gust
- Poliwrath: Counter
- Gyarados: Aqua Tail
- Feraligatr: Hydro Cannon
- Luxray: Psychic Fangs
In-game bonuses (all players)
Four special bonuses will be active during the Global event:
- Lure Modules will remain active for two hours when activated during the event.
- Pokemon captured after a four- or five-star Raid will have the chance to have a special background.
- Players will be able to complete Field Research tasks themed to the Electric- and Poison-type habitats.
- Players can receive one surprise encounter each day when taking a Snapshot of a Pokemon.
New avatar items (all players)
Beginning November 15, 2024, players will have the chance to collect the Pokemon Go Wild Area 2024 avatar t-shirt from the in-game shop.
Special Research story (ticket holders)
Ticket holders will receive Special Research during the Global event that will allow them to choose from two paths: Electric or Poison.
In-game bonuses (ticket holders)
Ticket holders will have access to exclusive in-game bonuses, on top of the bonuses that are available to everyone. Here’s the full breakdown:
- Increased chance of finding Shiny Pokemon
- Collection Challenges
- 2x catch Candy
- 1/2 Egg hatch distance when Eggs are placed into Incubators during the event
- 2x hatch Stardust
- 2x hatch XP
- 2x hatch Candy
- 5,000 extra XP when completing Raids
- Can collect up to five free Raid Passes each day by spinning the Photo Disc at Gyms
- One extra Candy XL when catching Pokemon after a four-star, five-star, Mega, Ultra Beast, or Primal Raid
- Can perform up to 6 Special Trades per day
- Trades will cost less Stardust to perform
- Can receive up to three surprise encounters each day when taking Snapshots of Pokemon
