

Watch on YouTube Mega Levels list and new Mega Evolution bonuses in Pokémon Go You can read more about the changes, and Niantic's thinking about them, in the April 2022 Dev Diary: The bonuses from higher levels are well worth working towards too - which we'll discuss in the next section. In summary - the existing bonuses still remain, and though you still need to find Mega Energy to evolve a Pokémon in the first place, beyond that, the ability to evolve without needing more is a welcome one. You can now Mega Evolve from the raid and battle prep screens.Mega Raids "will be easier", according to Niantic.(These are all detailed in the next section.) This will introduce additional bonuses across several tiers - including increased Candy XL drop rate, an XP catch bonus and a reduced rest rate. Each time you Mega Evolve a Pokémon, it will increase in Mega Level.The shorter the rest period, the less Mega Energy is required. Mega Energy can be spent to Mega Evolve that Pokémon before the cooldown ends.Once you have Mega Evolved a Pokémon once, it is free to evolve again in future, once a cooldown has ended.The Mega Evolution update is now available worldwide. Though the core concepts remained the same - that certain Pokémon could Mega Evolve once you have collected enough Mega Energy - you can now Mega Evolve for free after the first use and level up Mega Evolutions for additional bonuses. In April 2022, Mega Evolutions underwent a significant update.

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The game underwent a significant Mega Evolution update in April 2022, which allowed you to evolve without Mega Energy after the first use - and more Mega Evolution bonuses by increasing your Mega Evolution levels. Introduced into Pokémon Go in August 2020, Mega Evolutions remain a temporary transformation, and requiring the use of a new item type - Mega Energy. Mega Evolutions allow you to power-up existing creatures into a much more powerful form in Pokémon Go.įirst introduced in the mainline games with Pokémon X and Y, Mega Evolutions took place by using specific stones in battle.
