{"id":375905,"date":"2026-04-05T06:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/375905\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T06:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:55:09","slug":"pokemon-go-a-shockingly-good-time-event-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/375905\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Go ‘A Shockingly Good Time’ event guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/a>\u2019s “A Shockingly Good Time” event runs from March 31 until April 6 and it features electric-type Pok\u00e9mon and the debut of Mimikyu.<\/p>\n

Like other recent events, “A Shockingly Good Time” has a specialized Go Pass where you can earn points by winning raids, catching Pok\u00e9mon, and hatching eggs. After you reach certain tiers, you’ll get specific bonuses in addition to the usual rewards like Pok\u00e9mon encounters and candy. At rank 10, you’ll unlock doubled Incense duration. At rank 20, you’ll get doubled catch candy. If you buy the deluxe pass for $4.99, you’ll also get double catch Stardust at rank 20.<\/p>\n

Below we list the various perks of the Pok\u00e9mon Go “A Shockingly Good Time” event, as well as explain how to get Mimikyu in Pok\u00e9mon Go.<\/p>\n

How to find Mimikyu in Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/p>\n

As part of the “A Shockingly Good Time” event, there are a few ways to catch Mimikyu:<\/p>\n

Reach rank 30 and 60 in the event Go Pass. You’ll get a Mimikyu encounter at these ranks, even if you don’t pay for the deluxe pass.<\/p>\n

Players in New Zealand<\/a> have pointed out that Mimikyu appears to be spawning in the wild on April 1, perhaps as part of an April Fools’ Day prank. (After all, Mimikyu isn’t even electric-type. It’s ghost- and fairy-type!)<\/p>\n

That being said, just keep your eyes out for Mimikyu on April 1 to try to nab as many as you want.<\/p>\n

\"Mimikyu
\n Graphic: Julia Lee\/Polygon | Source images: Niantic<\/p>\n

Mimikyu has a battle-only form referred to as its “Busted Form.” After it tanks a charged attack, its disguise will break. That attack will do no damage to Mimikyu, but its defense will be lowered for the rest of the battle.<\/p>\n

Mimikyu is not available to catch shiny yet.<\/p>\n

Pok\u00e9mon Go ‘A Shockingly Good Time’ event Field Research and rewards<\/p>\n

Spinning a Pok\u00e9Stop during the event period may yield one of these tasks:<\/p>\n

\u200b<\/a>Catch 3 Pikachu (Pikachu encounter)<\/p>\n

Catch 5 different species of electric-type Pok\u00e9mon (Alolan Raichu encounter)<\/p>\n

Catch 8 electric-type Pok\u00e9mon (Magnemite, Chinchou, Mareep, Dedenne, or Pawmi encounter)<\/p>\n

Power up electric-type Pok\u00e9mon 5 times (Pikachu, Magnemite, Chinchou, Mareep, Joltik, or Dedenne encounter)\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n

Pok\u00e9mon Go ‘A Shockingly Good Time’ event boosted spawns<\/p>\n

These Pok\u00e9mon will spawn more frequently during the event period, according to the event blog:<\/p>\n

Pikachu*<\/p>\n

Chinchou*<\/p>\n

Dedenne*<\/p>\n

Pawmi<\/p>\n

Players have also noticed these spawning more frequently:<\/p>\n

Magnemite<\/p>\n

Mareep<\/p>\n

Electrike<\/p>\n

Joltik<\/p>\n

*There is an “increased chance” of finding this shiny in the wild as part of the event.<\/p>\n

Pok\u00e9mon Go ‘A Shockingly Good Time’ event spotlight hours<\/p>\n

Though there are no more weekly spotlight hours, this event introduces a daily spotlight hour from 6-7 p.m. in your local time during the event. There are no bonuses for these spotlight hours outside the featured Pok\u00e9mon spawning in abundance. The spotlight hours for this event are as follows:<\/p>\n

March 31: Mareep<\/p>\n

April 1: Pikachu<\/p>\n

April 2: Magnemite<\/p>\n

April 3: Chinchou<\/p>\n

April 4: Pawmi<\/p>\n

April 5: Dedenne<\/p>\n

April 6: Joltik<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Go\u2019s “A Shockingly Good Time” event runs from March 31 until April 6 and it features electric-type…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[85,46,125,340,341,342],"class_list":{"0":"post-375905","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-virtual-reality","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-virtual-reality","12":"tag-virtualreality","13":"tag-vr"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}