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Hey Trainers! Congratulations on Level 41!
At this point, you may have realized that these challenges are slightly more difficult than initially anticipated. For many Trainers, especially our rural friends, these challenges can take quite a lot of time to overcome. This is especially true for those who cannot get out to walk around and do not have much chance to get theirBuddylevels up.
Unfortunately, this challenge may take some time for those of you for whom this difficulty applies. Much more time if you have already used your Eevee name tricks to evolve all of your Eeveelutions.
The tasks you need to complete to ascend to Level 42 are as follows:
Evolving Eevee
Those of you who held onto your naming tricks for Eevee, you will find this challenge incredibly easy to do. Before we get into how to get every Eeveelution, here is a list of all the names and which Eevee evolution they correspond to:
Flareon, Jolteon, and Vaporeon
Flareon, Jolteon, and Vaporeonarerandomchance evolutions that you get just byevolving Eevee normally. Unfortunately, whichever you get is the luck of the draw, and there are no ways to manipulate your odds of getting any specific evolution. That said, unless you are very unlucky, it should not take too many Eevee to get through this part. It only took me around 5 Eevee.
My best advice is tosave your Eeveesand take advantage ofCommunity Daysoreventsif Eevee is part of the spawn rotation.
Leafeon and Glaceon
These two evolutions are slightly more challenging to achieve than the original three.
You have to go and find a PokéStop out in the wild and drop a specialLure Moduleon them. These specific modules can be purchased from the in-game shop with200PokéCoins.
ForLeafeon, you will use aMoss Lure Moduleon the PokéStop. From here, you can open up your Pokémon inventory, find the Eevee you want to evolve, and you will see thesilhouetteof Leafeon on theevolve button.
As forGlaceon, you will follow the same process, but you will use aGlacier Lure Moduleon the PokéStop instead.
If you get lucky, you may find aPokéStopthat already has a module activated on it. This works just as well and means you save onPokéCoins!
Espeon and Umbreon
Now, this is where things start getting a bit more complicated. To evolve Eevee into its Gen 2 mons, you need to make Eevee yourbuddy.
If you played the main games, you know that Eevee evolves into Espeon or Umbreon based on itsfriendship levelwith you and the time of day. In the main games, you raise friendship levels by walking around.
Walking around is precisely what you need to do. Either evolution will cost you10 km a piece. Once you finish walking around, wait until eitherday or night(Eevee evolves intoEspeon during the dayandUmbreon at night). Then,keeping Eevee as your buddy, evolve it to Espeon or Umbreon.
Make sure you do not just slam that evolution button when you consider it day or night. Pleasewait for the game to go into its nighttime or daytime cycleand pay attention to thesilhouetteon the evolve button before you press it to avoid any mistakes.
Like Espeon and Umbreon,Sylveon’sevolution is based onfriendshipin the base games. This Eeveelution, however, needs a bit more love than the other two.
You can evolve Eevee into its Fairy-type evolution by making it your buddy and earning70 heartswith it. You will want to ensure you areplaying with it, taking snapshots with it, and feeding it treats dailyto get the most hearts you can. Of course, you should also bewalking aroundwith it, as that gets the most hearts you can achieve per day.
Use Items to Evolve Pokémon 15 Times
If you have spare Pokémon and evolution items, you are lucky because this challenge will be quick and easy. For those of you who were like me and did not hold onto either, we have made our lives difficult.
The items you can use to evolve Pokémon are these:
To get these items,spin PokéStops. Spin all of them. Camp them. Pray to Niantic for drops.
You can completetraining battlesdaily (in thePvP menuat the bottom of that screen) to give yourself a chance to findSinnoh Stones. There is also a chance of getting a Sinnoh Stone as a reward forcompleting 7 days of Field Research.
There is a chance that you can loot anUnova Stoneoff ofTeam Rocket GO Leaders. I recommend you fight them whenever you can.
Make 3 Excellent Throws
Getting this challenge done will likely happen organically as you catch200 Pokémonin the next challenge. However, you’re able to do a couple of things to make this more manageable if you have trouble getting these Throws.
First of all, use aPokéballto give yourself the smallest possible chance at catching the Pokémon. Secondly, remember thatWailmer, Ponyta, and Slowbroall have huge catching circles, so your window for anExcellent Throwis much larger on these Pokémon.Legendary Pokémonalso have big catching circles.
Another trick you can use is to go intoAR mode. Before touching a Pokémon you want to catch on the map,point your phone camera low at the ground.This will position the Pokémon closer, or make it easier to reach them with your Throw by tilting your camera up. This method is hit-or-miss but worth trying out.
Use 200 Berries to Help Catch Pokémon
This task is just as it sounds – you useBerriesandcatch Pokémon. Youmust catch the Pokémon for your Berry usage to count, though.
You can get Berries fromPokéStops, gifts, PvP rewards, and Research rewards. Raids will also award you withGolden Razz Berries; if you raid a lot, you will have a surplus. These Berries count whether you use them to catch the Pokémon you just raided or use them on an overworld Pokémon.
Pokémon Go January 2024: Raid Schedule
January is proving to be absolutely loaded with all things Pokémon Go raiding goodness.
Community Daysare an excellent time to get this challenge done because there is new research and a ton of Pokémon on the map to Throw at. Camp your favorite set of PokéStops so you can spin them as often as possible, restocking your supply of Berries as you need.
Trainers should make use ofPinap Berrieshere if they have the option to do so. You can use the extra candies to power up your Pokémon for the raid challenges in future levels!
Pokémon Go: Level 40 to 50 All Tasks and Rewards
Ascending the levels from Level 40 onward is no easy task. This guide exists to help you navigate and prepare for these tough challenges.
