Pokémon GO — The Steeled Resolve
- Niantic’s Pokémon GO starts Steeled Resolve on April 28, adding Orthworm to the game and letting players find a Shiny Orthworm from debut. - The event also reopens Shiny Meltan through the Mystery Box, cuts the cooldown between boxes, and sells a $4.99 GO Pass Deluxe. - Steeled Resolve lands during Memories in Motion, the season that changed Pokémon GO event scheduling and pass structure. (pokemongo.com)
Pokémon GO’s Steeled Resolve event starts Tuesday, April 28, and brings Orthworm into the game for the first time. (pokemongo.com) Orthworm, the Earthworm Pokémon from Paldea, will be available from 10:00 a.m. local time on April 28 through 8:00 p.m. local time on May 4. Niantic said players can also encounter a Shiny Orthworm during its debut event. (pokemongo.com) The same event brings back Shiny Meltan, but only through the Mystery Box system. Players get a Mystery Box by sending a Pokémon from Pokémon GO to Pokémon HOME or to Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! or Let’s Go, Eevee on Nintendo Switch. (pokemongo.com) Niantic said the wait time before opening the Mystery Box again will be reduced during the event. That gives players more chances to spawn Meltan during the six-day window. (pokemongo.com) Wild spawns during Steeled Resolve include Magnemite, Aron, Ferroseed and, for luckier players, Pawniard. Field Research can award Magnemite, Pineco, Nosepass, Bronzor, Drilbur, Ferroseed, Beldum and Shieldon. (pokemongo.com) Raids are built around Steel-types too: Honedge, Shieldon and Beldum in one-star raids, and Orthworm in three-star raids. Niantic said the raid Orthworm can also be Shiny. (pokemongo.com) The event is also tied to Pokémon GO’s newer pass system. Trainers get a free GO Pass: Steeled Resolve – Taken Over at 10:00 a.m. local time on April 28, while a GO Pass Deluxe costs $4.99 and a Deluxe + 6 Ranks option costs $6.99. (pokemongo.com) Niantic said players can earn GO Points and rank up through 8:00 p.m. local time on May 4, with the daily GO Point cap removed from May 2 through May 4. Rewards stay claimable until 7:59 p.m. local time on May 6. (pokemongo.com) Steeled Resolve arrives inside Memories in Motion, the season running from March 3 to June 2, 2026. Niantic said that season introduced updates to the scheduling and structure of Pokémon GO events, which helps explain why another limited-time pass now sits at the center of a standard event week. (pokemongo.com)
