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Pokémon Go’s Crackling Voltage event debuts two new Shiny versions

Team GO Rocket returns as well

Marco Wutz

Pokémon Go’s Crackling Voltage event debuts two new Shiny versions
Pokémon Go’s Crackling Voltage event debuts two new Shiny versions /

Contents

  1. Pokémon Go Crackling Voltage start time
  2. Pokémon Go Crackling Voltage bonuses
  3. Pokémon Go Crackling Voltage spawns

Details have been announced for Pokémon Go’s Crackling Voltage event, which includes the debuts of two fresh Shiny Pokémon variants. For the first time, players will be able to catch a Shiny Helioptile as well as a Shiny Tapu Koko.

One of the guardian deities of the Alola region, Tapu Koko and its fellow Legendaries have been introduced to the game last year.

Crackling Voltage also features the return of Giovanni and his stooges Arlo, Cliff, and Sierra in a new Rocket Takeover. This time, Team GO Rocket’s diabolical leader has enslaved Registeel in its Shadow form.

Pokémon Go Crackling Voltage start time

Pokémon Go’s Crackling Voltage event begins on January 27, 2023, at 10am and runs until February 5, 2023, at 11:59pm local time.

The Rocket Takeover sub-event starts on February 1, 2023, at 12am local time and remains active until Crackling Voltage ends.

Pokémon Go Crackling Voltage bonuses

Crackling Voltage is relatively stingy when it comes to bonuses, merely featuring an enlarged chance of getting a Shiny Helioptile out of 1-Star Raids and 7 km Eggs.

The Rocket Takeover sub-event makes Team GO Rocket appear more frequently in balloons and at PokéStops. It also enabled you to use a Charged TM to help a Shadow Pokémon forget the Charged Attack Frustration.

Pokémon Go Crackling Voltage spawns

Wild encounters

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  • Ekans(s)
  • Magnemite(s)
  • Grimer(s)
  • Electrike(s)
  • Stunky
  • Blitzle(s)
  • Ferroseed(s)
  • Helioptile(s)
  • Grubbin
  • Beldum(s)
  • Dedenne(s)

Pokémon marked with (s) can be found in the rare Shiny version.

1-Star Raids

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  • Alolan Grimer(s)
  • Shinx(s)
  • Bronzor(s)
  • Klink(s)
  • Helioptile(s)

3-Star Raids

Jolteon on the Pokémon Go Electric-type background.
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  • Venomoth
  • Galarian Weezing(s)
  • Jolteon
  • Mawile(s)

5-Star Raids

Tapu Koko on the Pokémon Go Fairy-type background.
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  • Tapu Koko(s)
  • Registeel(s)

Registeel will replace Tapu Koko on February 1, 2023, at 10am local time.

Mega Raids

Mega Gengar on the Pokémon Go Ghost-type background.
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  • Mega Aerodactyl(s)
  • Mega Gengar(s)

Mega Gengar will replace Mega Aerodactyl on February 1, 2023, at 10am local time.

7 km Eggs

Blitzle on the Pokémon Go Electric-type background.
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  • Alolan Sandshrew(s)
  • Skarmory(s)
  • Blitzle(s)
  • Stunfisk
  • Galarian Stunfisk(s)
  • Helioptile(s)
  • Dedenne(s)

Field Research encounters

Hisuian Voltorb on the Pokémon Go Grass-type background.
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  • Voltorb(s)
  • Hisuian Voltorb(s)
  • Plusle(s)
  • Minun(s)
  • Emolga
  • Helioptile(s)

12 km Eggs

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  • Larvitar(s)
  • Absol(s)
  • Skorupi(s)
  • Sandile
  • Scraggy
  • Pawniard(s)
  • Vullaby(s)
  • Deino(s)
  • Pancham
  • Skrelp
  • Salandit

The pool of Pokémon available from 12 km Eggs changes at the start of the Rocket Takeover, not at the beginning of Crackling Voltage.

For more Pokémon Go, check out the overviews of the monthly Spotlight Hours and 5-Star Raids as well as our weekly event calendar.

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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg

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