Pokémon Go ‘Legendary Heroes’ event guide

As part of the “Legendary Heroes” Pokémon Go event, shiny Zacian makes its debut. We list out all of the event perks in our guide.

By Julia Lee

This article references relevant content from the polygon.com website. Original article link: [https://www.polygon.com/pokemon-go-guide/456742/legendary-heroes-event-zacian-collection-challenge]

Pokémon Go ‘Legendary Heroes’ event guide
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Pokémon Go is hosting a Galarian-themed event bringing Zacian back to raids and focusing a bit on trading Pokémon. The event runs from Sept. 26 until Oct. 1.

The bulk of this event is a Timed Research set that forces you to choose a path between sword and shield. Other than that, special trades will cost half the Stardust and Koffing will be able to evolve into Galarian Weezing (which usually isn’t a thing). Zacian (Hero of Many Battles) is also available shiny for the first time, a somewhat big deal for the Pokémon as you cannot shiny hunt this legendary in the game it’s from and this shiny was only given out via an old code distribution.

Zacian with its shiny form in Pokémon Go, which turns light and dark blue.

Below we list out all the event perks for Pokémon Go’s “Legendary Heroes” event, including its Collection Challenge, boosted spawns, and event Field Research.

Pokémon Go ‘Legendary Heroes’ event Collection Challenge

There are a few Collection Challenges to complete that involve you catching and evolving specific Pokémon. The Collection Challenges you get depend on which path you pick.

Catch the following to get the rewards:

Rewards: 1,000 XP, Skwovet encounter

Trade the following to get the rewards:

Rewards: 5,000 XP, Larvitar encounter

Catch the following to get the rewards:

Rewards: 1,000 XP, Skwovet encounter

Trade the following to get the rewards:

Rewards: 5,000 XP, Deino encounter

Pokémon Go ‘Legendary Heroes’ event Field Research and rewards

Spinning a PokéStop during the event period may yield one of these tasks:

Pokémon Go ‘Legendary Heroes’ event boosted spawns

These Pokémon will spawn more frequently during the event period:

These will spawn from Incense, depending on which path you picked:

Pokémon Go ‘Legendary Heroes’ event raid targets

These Pokémon will be in raids during the event: