Date + Time

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

Something Extraordinary Special Research

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!

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

Pokemon debuts

Crabrawler, the Boxing Pokémon, will make its Pokémon GO debut

Wild encounters

The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild.

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

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 (from Thursday, December 8, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. to Thursday, December 15, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. local time)
• Virizion (from Thursday, December 1, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. to Thursday, December 8, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. local time)

Mega Raids

• Mega Aggron

Featured attack

Sacred Sword

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

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 Sacred Sword.

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 Sacred Sword.

Keldeo caught during Something Extraordinary, a ticketed Special Research story, will be able to learn Sacred Sword.

Field Research task encounters

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

• Galarian Farfetch’d
• Hitmonlee
• Hitmonchan
• Hitmontop

Collection Challenges

Complete the Collection Challenge to receive one Fast TM and one Charged TM!