Pokemon Go April 2022: Tapu Bulu Raids, Sustainability Week, and More

As CNET spotted, Niantic, the developer of Pokemon Go, announced some of the updates and events that will be coming to Pokemon Go in April 2022.

Here’s a look at some of the content that’s coming soon.

Research Breakthrough Encounters

From April 1, 2022 at 1 p.m. PT until May 1 at 1 p.m. PT, players will receive an encounter with Alolan Marowak each time they achieve a Research Breakthrough. As a reminder, players achieve a Research Breakthrough each time they complete at least one Field Research task on seven separate days (it doesn’t have to be seven days in a row).

1 PokeCoin Bundles

Each Monday in April, a bundle will be added to the in-game shop that costs 1 PokeCoin. Each bundle will contain a Remote Raid Pass and other items.

Tier-5 Raids

Here’s the schedule for Tier-5 Raids for the month of April.

• Until April 5 at 10 a.m. local time – Tapu Lele
• From April 5 at 10 a.m. local time until April 12 at 10 a.m. local time – Therian Forme Thundurus
• From April 12 at 10 a.m. local time until April 26 at 10 a.m. local time – Tapu Bulu
• From April 26 at 10 a.m. local time until May 3 at 10 a.m. local time – Therian Forme Landorus

Mega Raids

The following Mega Evolved Pokemon will appear in Mega Raids in April:

• Until April 5 at 10 a.m. local time – Mega Charizard Y
• From April 5 at 10 a.m. local time until April 12 at 10 a.m. local time – Mega Manectric
• From April 12 at 10 a.m. local time until April 29 at 10 a.m. local time – Mega Pidgeot
• From April 29 at 10 a.m. local time until May 3 at 10 a.m. local time – An unannounced Pokemon

Raid Hours

A Raid Hour event will take place each Wednesday in April from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. local time. During these events, more Raids will appear at Gyms than normal, which feature the Pokemon that’s appearing in Tier-5 Raids at the time. Here’s the schedule:

• April 6 – Therian Forme Thundurus
• April 13 – Tapu Bulu
• April 20 – Tapu Bulu
• April 27 – Therian Forme Landorus

Spotlight Hours

Each Tuesday in April, a Spotlight Hour event will take place from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. local time. Here are the Pokemon and bonuses that will be featured during each event:

• April 5 – Stunky will appear more frequently than normal in the wild, and players will receive two times the normal number of Pokemon Candy when transferring Pokemon to Professor Willow
• April 12 – Bunnelby will be the featured Pokemon, and players will receive two times the normal number of experience points when evolving Pokemon
• April 19 – Oddish will be featured, and players will receive two times the normal amount of Stardust when catching Pokemon
• April 26 – The Sunshine Form of Cherrim will appear more frequently than normal in the wild, and players will receive two times the normal number of experience points when catching Pokemon

Limited-Time Events

In addition to Pokemon Go Community Day on April 23, 2022, a variety of limited-time events will take place in April. Here’s when these events will take place.

April Fools’ 2-Oh?-22 Event – This event will take place on April 1, 2022.

All-Hands Rocket Retreat – This event will run from April 3 until April 7. It will focus on Team Go Rocket.

Spring into Spring Event – This event will run from April 12 until April 18.

Sustainability Week – This event will run from April 20 to April 25. It will focus on the topic of sustainability. In addition, new Pokemon from the Alola region of the Pokemon universe will be added to the game.

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