Niantic is joining the April Fools' Day fun by putting on a one-day event inPokemon GO. April Fowl’s Day:Pidgey Pandemoniumkicks off on Saturday, April 1, at 1 PM local time and will end six hours later at 7 PM local time. And during this event, players will have an increased chance of finding one of the most basic Pokemon of all time: the gen 1 Normal/Flying-type Pokemon,Pidgey. Not only that, butPokemon GOplayers can partake in someFieldandSpecial Research tasks.
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Pidgey Pandemonium Field and Special Research Tasks and Rewards
To get it right out of the way, there’s oneField Research taskduring the event that requires players toTransfer 3 Pokemon. The rewards for this are a Pidgey encounter and 3 Poke Balls.
As for thePidgey Pandemonium Special Research, it’ll start to appear in-game around 3 PM local time. There are only steps for the research, and they are as follows:
If any of the research tasks for the Pidgey event aren’t popping up, trainers should restart the application to refresh the content.
Can Pidgey be Shiny?
Yes, Pidgey and its evolutions, Pidgeotto and Pidgeot, have shiny versionsinPokemon GO. During this event, there’s also a greater chance of finding XXS and XXL Pidgey. Two unlockable medals in the game can only be obtained by catching 500 XXS and XXL Pokemon.
How to Evolve Pidgey
Pokemon GOplayerscan head into their Pokemon storage to evolve their caught Pidgey. It takes 12 Pidgey Candy to evolve into Pidgeotto and then 50 Candy to evolve Pidgeotto into Pidgeot. When players find Pidgey in the wild, they shoulduse Pinap Berrieswhen possible to get more Pidgey Candy at the catch results screen.
Once the April Fool’s event ends,Pokemon GOplayers can look forward to theSpring into Springevent, which kicks off on April 4. Ribombee and Cutiefly will be making theirPokemon GOdebut, and some Pokemon will even have cherry blossoms on their head, like the Eevee and Pichu evolution lines.
