Pokémon GO Steeled Resolve Event (Local Times)
- Pokémon GO’s Steeled Resolve event starts Tuesday, April 28, at 10 a.m. local time, adding Orthworm for the first time through May 4. - Orthworm can appear Shiny from debut, while Mystery Box cooldowns drop and Shiny Meltan returns; Orthworm also headlines three-star raids during the event. - The event also folds into a GO Pass track tied to Team GO Rocket rewards and a May 6 claim deadline. (pokemongo.com)
Pokémon GO opens its Steeled Resolve event on Tuesday, April 28, at 10 a.m. local time, with Orthworm making its in-game debut through Monday, May 4. (pokemongo.com) Orthworm, the Paldea-region Earthworm Pokémon, can appear as a Shiny from day one. During the same event window, players can use the Mystery Box to hunt Shiny Meltan. (pokemongo.com) Niantic says the wait to reopen the Mystery Box will be reduced during the event. Wild spawns will lean Steel-type, including Magnemite, Aron, Ferroseed, and occasional Pawniard. (pokemongo.com) Event Field Research can reward encounters with Magnemite, Pineco, Nosepass, Bronzor, Drilbur, and Ferroseed, with Beldum and Shieldon listed as rarer finds. Raids will feature Honedge, Shieldon, and Beldum in one-star tiers, and Orthworm in three-star raids. (pokemongo.com) The event is also tied to a free progression track called GO Pass: Steeled Resolve – Taken Over. Players begin receiving it on April 28 at 10 a.m. local time and can earn GO Points for rewards until May 4 at 8 p.m. local time. (pokemongo.com) From Saturday, May 2, at 12 a.m. to Monday, May 4, at 7:59 p.m. local time, Niantic says the usual daily cap on GO Points will be removed. A paid GO Pass Deluxe upgrade costs $4.99, while a Deluxe + 6 Ranks option costs $6.99. (pokemongo.com) A separate Team GO Rocket tie-in, Steeled Resolve: Taken Over, starts Thursday, April 30, at 12 a.m. local time and runs to May 4 at 8 p.m. local time. That event adds Shadow Incarnate Forme Landorus through Giovanni and lets players remove Frustration with a Charged Technical Machine. (pokemongo.com) Taken Over will also increase Team GO Rocket balloon and PokéStop appearances, widen stat variance for one-star and three-star Shadow Raid catches, and add a first chance to hatch Shiny Varoom from 12-kilometer Eggs. (pokemongo.com) The clock that matters after the event ends is Wednesday, May 6, at 7:59 p.m. local time. That is the deadline to claim rewards already unlocked in the GO Pass. (pokemongo.com)
