The Season of Mythical Wishes is now underway and Pokemon GO trainers have a brand-new season's worth of bonuses, spawns, and Field Research to dig into in the mobile AR game. The first major event of the Season of Mythical Wishes is now just around the corner as the Mythic Blade event prepares to kick off.
The upcoming Pokemon GO event includes two new debuts for the mobile game, which means it's likely going to attract a lot of players who want to fill in two more empty Pokedex entries. The ticketed Special Research may be a turn off for players who prefer not to spend real world dollars and cents in the game, but the event does include some non-ticketed bonuses and features as well for that crowd.
The Something Extraordinary ticketed experience is going to be the main attraction of the event, but some powerful Battle Raid bosses may also draw out the PvE fans who aren't as interested in the main Keldeo debut attraction. Either way, players would benefit from studying up on everything that is going on as part of the event when it kicks off on Dec 6...
Mythic Blade Date and Time
Tuesday, December 6, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. to Sunday, December 11, 2022, at 8:00 p.m. local time
Special Research Ticket Price and Details
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.
Ticket-holders will gain access to the Special Research story during the Mythic Blade event. To receive the Special Research, you must open Pokemon 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.
Ticketed Special Research Rewards
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.
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
Wild Encounters
The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild.
- Mankey
- Machop
- Hitmonlee
- Hitmonchan
- Hitmontop
- Combusken
- Makuhita
- Meditite
- Monferno
If you’re lucky, you might encounter the following.
- Poliwrath
- Crabrawler
Battle 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
That should cover just about everything players need to know to decide if the ticketed experience is right for them. Exact details about each individual task and reward will be revealed in the coming days. Trainers will want to keep in mind that other tasks and rewards may pop up throughout the month based on other special events.
Be sure to check back in the near future for more Pokemon GO strategy guides, news, and updates. Until then, good luck out there, trainers!
Pokemon GO is available now on mobile devices.