Pokemon Go Psychic Spectacular 2023 event: Date & time, shiny Solosis, bonuses, more

Niladri Sarkar
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The Psychic Spectacular event is back to Pokemon Go and players are beyond excited to find out all the details of the event. So here’s everything to know about Pokemon Go Psychic Spectacular 2023, including the schedule, featured species, new shiny, and more.

The much-awaited Psychic Spectacular 2023 event is now available in Pokemon Go and it brings several Psychic-type species for you to capture. This year’s event is full of exciting bonuses, a new shiny Pokemon, as well as several event-exclusive features for fans of the mobile game.

Now, the Pokemon Go community is looking forward to finding out what the event looks like so we will break down everything you need to know, such as the date and time, shiny debuts, and featured Pokemon in this Psychic-type extravaganza.

Here are all the details about the Pokemon Go Psychic Spectacular 2023 event.

Pokemon Go Psychic Spectacular date & time

The Pokemon Go Psychic Spectacular event runs from September 20, 2023, at 10 AM until September 24, 2023, at 8 PM local time.

You can encounter various Psychic-type Pokemon in the game throughout this duration.

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Solosis is the highlight of the Psychic Spectacular event.

Pokemon Go Psychic Spectacular bonus

You can enjoy increased XP as a bonus for catching Pokemon with Curveball Throws.

We recommend using a Lucky Egg and getting more Excellent Throws to get the highest possible XP from each throw.

Pokemon Go Psychic Spectacular new shiny

The Psychic Spectacular event marks the debut of shiny Solosis in Pokemon Go.

Lucky players who catch a shiny Solosis will be able to evolve it to shiny Duosion with 25 Candy. Shiny Duosion can then be evolved into shiny Reuniclus with 100 Candy.

The odds of encountering a shiny Solosis in Pokemon Go will be 1 in 500 or 0.2% chance.

The following species are featured as wild spawns during the Pokemon Go Psychic Spectacular event:

  • Abra
  • Slowpoke
  • Drowzee
  • Exeggcute
  • Girafarig
  • Ralts
  • Meditite
  • Gothita
  • Spoink
  • Elgeym
  • Solosis
  • Bronzor
  • Galarian Ponyta
  • Galarian Slowpoke

Players should note that Bronzor, Galarian Ponyta, and Galarian Slowpoke will be rarer than the other spawns.

pokemon go psychic spectacular event featured spawn bronzor
Bronzor is the best Pokemon to use in Little Cup PvP formats.

Pokemon Go Psychic Spectacular Egg pool

The following species can be hatched from 7km Eggs during the Pokemon Go Psychic Spectacular event:

  • Smoochum
  • Wynaut
  • Chingling
  • Solosis

Pokemon Go Psychic Spectacular Raids

Here are the Raid Bosses during the Pokemon Go Psychic Spectacular event:

1-Star Raids

  • Unown P
  • Unown S
  • Unown I
  • Espurr

3-Star Raids

  • Alolan Raichu
  • Galarian Mr.Mime
  • Hisuian Braviary

5-Star Raids

  • Genesect Burn Drive
  • Raikou
  • Entei
  • Suicune

Mega Raids

  • Mega Gardevoir

Pokemon Go Psychic Spectacular Field Research encounters

Players can encounter these species from Field Research tasks during the Pokemon Go Psychic Spectacular event:

  • Kadabra
  • Galarian Slowpoke
  • Wobbuffet
  • Metang
  • Solosis
  • Inkay

In addition, you can also find tasks that will reward you with Mega Energy for Alakazam, Gardevoir, Slowpoke, and Medicham.

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Mega Alakazam has the highest Attack stat of any non-Legendary Mega Pokemon.

Pokemon Go Psychic Spectacular Timed Research

A Timed Research based on Curveball Throws is available for free throughout the Pokemon Go Psychic Spectacular event.

You will have several encounters with Solosis through the tasks of this Research quest.

Pokemon Go Psychic Spectacular Collection Challenges

The Collection Challenges during the Pokemon Go Psychic Spectacular event include rewards such as Mega Energy for four Psychic-type species, Stardust, and XP.

The four quests in the Collection Challenge focus on Medicham, Gradevoir, Slowbro, and Alakazam.

That’s all you need to know about the Pokemon Go Psychic Spectacular event. While you’re here, be sure to check out our other guides:

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