Earth Day led to some successful Pokémon GO events last year and this year things weren’t any different. “For the second year in a row, Niantic is hosting our annual Earth Day Cleanup alongside NGOs from around the world. We invite Niantic players and community members to join us in attending a cleanup near you and help protect the planet,” announced Niantic.
Game developer Niantic partnered up with Playmob in order to organize the Earth Day events. More than 14,800 persons took part in these events and now Pokémon GO released some rewards as a thank you.
The rewards
Players can now find Ground type Pokémon more often in the wild. The list includes Diglett, Sandshrew, and others. This event will be available for a limited period of time and it will end on May 2. More than that, Shiny Diglett is also available for the first time in the game.
Until May 2 players will also have a chance to encounter the Legendary Ground Pokémon Groudon as a Raid boss. When an event Pokémon is captured, the amount of Candy and Stardust is doubled. The rewards are based on how many people signed up for the cleanup events.
If 2,000 players attend and clean up, global rewards will be as follows:
Pokémon GO
Ground-type Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild.
Ingress
Increased probability of getting heatsinks, multihacks, shields (all kinds) and power cubes (all kinds including Lawson)
If 5,000 players attend and clean up, global rewards will be as follows:
Pokémon GO
Ground-type Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild.
You’ll have the chance to catch Shiny Diglett!
Ingress
Increased probability of getting heatsinks, multihacks, shields (all kinds) and power cubes (all kinds including Lawson)
2× AP linking
If 7,000 players attend and clean up, global rewards will be as follows:
Pokémon GO
Ground-type Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild.
You’ll have the chance to catch Shiny Diglett!
You’ll have the chance to encounter Groudon in Raids!
You’ll receive 2× Catch Stardust and 2× Catch Candy for Pokémon appearing as part of this event.
Ingress
Increased probability of getting heatsinks, multihacks, shields (all kinds) and power cubes (all kinds including Lawson)
2× AP linking
2× AP fielding
The next Community Day event will take place on May 19.
Nora Reynolds is a major in biology and a minor in Biological Basis of Behavior, writing about science in general. She also likes to try new gadgets and sports about the AI new era.