We are already in the second week of the Season of World of Wonders. This week, as usual, is loaded with specific events you should not miss. This post will summarize the main event, what you should look forward to, and how to make the best out of the events.
The first event of the week is Weather Week which starts on Thurday, March 14, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. and runs till Monday, March 18, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. local time.
Event bonuses
- You’ll gain extra Stardust when you catch Pokémon with Weather Boost.
- In addition to that, you’ll gain 2x Stardust for catching any Pokémon during the event.
- Everyone participating in the event will have an increased chance to encounter Shiny Castform.
Wild encounters
Since it’s the weather week, different Pokémon will be appearing more frequently the wild depending on the weather condition.
- Sunny: Cacnea and Sunny-form Castform.
- Rainy: Lotad and Rainy-form Castform.
- Snow: Snover and Snow-form Castform.
- Partly Cloudy: Roggenrola and Normal-form Castform.
- Cloudy: Spritzee.
- Windy: Swablu.
- Fog: Gastly.
However, regardless of the weather conditions, Paras, Drifloon, Helioptile and Amaura will appear more frequently in the wild. Some trainers might even encounter Lickitung. Also, Normal-form Castform may appear regardless of the weather condition.
Note: all the Pokémon in the wild can be shiny.
Raids
Different raid tiers will feature different Pokémon as follows
- Tier-1 Raids
- Poliwhirl
- Gastly
- Hippopotas
- Amaura
All can be shiny except Poliwhirl.
- Tier-3 Raids
- Charizard
- Lickitung
- Drampa
All can be shiny.
- Tier-5 Raids
- Regice (can be shiny)
- Mega Raids
- Mega Tyranitar (can be shiny)
Field Research tasks
There would be a few event-based Field Research tasks during the event. Few because you would still be getting non-event based Field Research tasks when you spin a PokéStop. However, when you get the event based Field Research tasks, you have the chance to encounter Paras, Castform (Normal, Sunny and Rainy), Drifloon, Helioptile and Amaura. Some trainers might encounter Showy Castform. Remember, all these encounters can be shiny.
Collection Challenges
There will be collection challenges during the event. These collection challenges will reward Stardus and Incense.
PokéStop Showcases
There will be Showcases at different PokéStops during parts of the event. You can enter your event-themed XXL Pokémon for a chance to gain different rewards like Lure Modules, Egg, Incense, Starpiece, XP etc when the showcases ends.
How to Make the best out of Weather Week
Since it’s weather week, what you should be looking out for is gaining a lot of Stardust. Here are tips to gain lots of stardust during this event.
- Use Starpieces when you are “free” to go out and gain a lot of Stardust. If you do not have a lot of Starpieces to use, you can use Dialga’s Origin-forme Roar of Time to pause your Starpiece for a maximum of two hours each time.
- Focus on the Pokémon that rewards more Stardust per catch. This Pokémon is Paras. It gives a base Stardust of 500. However, with the 2x Stardust per catch, this becomes 1000. You’ll even gain more if you catch Paras during Sunny and Rainy weather conditions.
- Use the quick catch method to be able to catch as many Pokémon as possible when you are using the Starpieces.
