It was back in November when Pokémon GO announced that a big update was arriving in the game. The GO Beyond update was set to introduce a lot of changes. Some of those are already available in the game. Recently, the game revealed that some new updates have gone live.
New Updates
So what updates can Trainers expect? Well, here’s some them:
- Pokémon encounters
- The chance of encountering Smeargle after Trainers take a snapshot has been increased.
- Nanab Berries are now more effective, fully calming Pokémon down in encounters.
- Trainers can now earn more Candies from catching a Pokémon they’ve given a Silver Pinap Berry.
- Research
- The “Make 3 Excellent Throws in a row” task now leads to an encounter with Gible instead of Larvitar.
- Buddy Adventure
- Trainers can now earn up to three hearts each day from battling with their buddy.
- Trainers’ buddy can now more easily get excited.
- Golden Razz Berries and Silver Pinap Berries are more effective when Trainers give them to their buddy.
- Stardust
- The Stardust Trainers earn from giving a Pokémon a Berry at a Gym has been increased from 20 to 30.
- Starting December 7, Trainers earn more Stardust from weekly Adventure Sync rewards.
More XP
One of the biggest changes that arrived with the GO Beyond update was the increase in the level cap to 50. You can learn more about that here.
For those new to the game or recently returned, there’s no need to worry as it is now relatively easier to catch up. This is because the XP earned for these activities have been increased:
- Catching a Pokémon with a Nice Throw
- 10 XP to 20 XP
- Catching a Pokémon with a Great Throw
- 50 XP to 100 XP
- Catching a Pokémon with an Excellent Throw
- 100 XP to 1,000 XP
- Catching a Pokémon with a Curveball Throw
- 10 XP to 20 XP
- Evolving a Pokémon
- 500 XP to 1,000 XP
- Catching a Pokémon or spinning a PokéStop the first time in a day
- 500 XP to 1,500 XP
- Achieving a Pokémon catch streak or PokéStop spin streak of seven days
- 2,000 XP to 6,000 XP
- Giving a Pokémon a Berry at a Gym
- 20 XP to 50 XP
- Spinning a PokéStop
- 50 XP to 100 XP
- Defeating a Gym
- 100 XP to 1,000 XP
- Defeating a Pokémon at a Gym
- 100 XP to 300 XP
- Hatching a 2 km Egg
- 200 XP to 500 XP
- Hatching a 5 km Egg
- 500 XP to 1,000 XP
- Hatching a 10 km Egg
- 1,000 XP to 2,000 XP
- Hatching a Strange Egg
- 2,000 XP to 4,000 XP
- Catching a Pokémon in AR mode
- 100 XP to 300 XP
- Unlocking a new Pokédex entry
- 500 XP to 1,000 XP
What are you waiting for? It’s time to catch them all!
