Pokemon Go has a Beldum Community Day event on Sunday, August 18, 2–5 p.m.in your local time.
As expected at a Community Day event, Beldum will appear in large numbers and there is a high chance that it will appear shiny. There are also several other bonuses and perks that we list below.
How do I catch a shiny Beldum?
According to old research from the now defunct website The Silph Road (via Wayback Machine), shiny rates on Community Days are around 1 in 24, meaning you should find a lot of shiny Pokémon if you play through the entire three-hour window.
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If you’re short on time or Poké Balls, you can pop an incense and then quickly tap each Beldum to check for shiny ones, and run away from any that aren’t shiny. In particular, any Beldum you’ve already tapped will point to where your player is standing, so this should help you figure out which ones you may have already checked.
What the Community Day campaign achieves BeldumLearn about evolution?
If you develop further Metang in Metagross from 14:00 to 19:00 local time it learns the charged movement Meteor Mash.
If you miss evolving it during this time, you will likely be able to evolve it during a Community Day weekend event in December to Meteor MashIf you don’t want to wait, you can perform the move with an Elite TM.
How does Metagross perform in the meta?
Metagross is one of the best Steel-type Pokemon in the game, second only to Dusk Mane Necrozma (an event-only Legendary Pokemon/Ultra Beast, so take that as you will). Even better is a Shadow Metagross, so if you get the chance to snag a Shadow Beldum from a member of Team Go Rocket and have the resources to level it up, you should definitely do so.
Metagross’ best moveset is Bullet impact And Meteor Mash and it will make short work of most opponents – especially Fairy, Ice, and Rock-type Pokémon.
Mega Metagross was not added Pokemon Go yet, but you should use this as an opportunity to grab a good Beldum, with the intention of using it at some point to get a Mega Metagross. Although we can’t confirm any details yet since it’s not in the game, it will very likely extremely powerful and worth having.
How do I make the most of Beldum Community Day?
The following bonuses are active during Beldum Community Day:
- 1⁄4 hatching distance for eggs laid in incubators during the event
- Frankincense lasts three hours
- Bait modules last three hours
- Beldum’s special photobombs when taking snapshots
This means that you should definitely Place some eggs in incubators and pop an incense stick and try to grab some powerful Beldum.
If you can Mega Evolve Alakazam, Slowbro, Steelix, Scizor, Gardevoir, Latias, Latios, or Lucario, you will receive additional Beldum Candy per catch.
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