Sustainability Week (Pokémon GO)
Pokémon GO's Sustainability Week begins Tuesday, April 14 and will include three debuts: a shiny debut, a costumed‑Pokémon debut, and a species finally making its first appearance in the game, plus both a GO Pass and a GO Pass Deluxe for extra encounters. Nintendo Wire also notes that Showcase Tuesday is scheduled to return on April 21, 2026. (nintendowire.com) (nintendowire.com)
Pokémon GO’s Sustainability Week starts Tuesday, April 14, with new debuts tied to wild spawns, Routes, Eggs, and a new event pass. (nintendowire.com) Nintendo Wire says the event runs from 10 a.m. local time on April 14, 2026, to 8 p.m. local time on April 20, 2026. The guide lists Shiny Toedscool, costumed Galarian Corsola, and Silicobra as the headline additions, with Sandaconda available through evolution. (nintendowire.com) Shiny Toedscool can appear in the wild in certain biomes, and Silicobra is set to appear in desert-like environments during the event. Costumed Galarian Corsola is listed as an encounter on certain days while following Routes and as a hatch from 7 kilometer Eggs. (gamingdeputy.com) The event also uses the Season of Memories in Motion system that is replacing many paid tickets with GO Passes. Pokémon GO’s season page says event GO Passes are part of a broader schedule change this season, alongside a more regular event calendar and new Daily Discoveries. (pokemongo.com) For Sustainability Week, all players who log in during the event get the free pass, while a GO Pass Deluxe is sold separately. Nintendo Wire’s guide, mirrored in a Japanese repost, lists the Deluxe version at $4.99, with a $6.99 web store bundle that adds six ranks. (gamingdeputy.com) The pass rewards are built around extra encounters and temporary bonuses. The same guide says the free pass unlocks 2 times experience points from spinning PokéStops at one tier and half Egg hatch distance at another, while the Deluxe track raises the PokéStop bonus to 3 times experience points. (gamingdeputy.com) Serebii’s April schedule separately lists Sustainability Week from April 14 through April 20, matching Nintendo Wire’s dates. That same season calendar places the event in a month that also includes Steeled Resolve later in April, part of Pokémon GO’s tighter weekly cadence in 2026. (serebii.net) Nintendo Wire also says Showcase Tuesday is due back on April 21, 2026, one day after Sustainability Week ends. Its April 7 guide says the showcase window now runs from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. local time after Niantic changed the hours in March following player feedback. (nintendowire.com) That leaves Sustainability Week as the next beat in Pokémon GO’s April schedule: a six-day event with one shiny debut, one costumed debut, one new species line, and a pass system Niantic is now using across the season. (nintendowire.com)