It isn’t an entire walkback of the 2023 nerf, however it’s a slight buff.
Pokemon Go is loosening the strings on the flexibility to battle in dangerous climate or different circumstances.
In a put up on the sport’s web site, the next modifications have been introduced to be coming to the raiding system this month:
- The restrict of 5 distant raids per day launched in Could of 2023 will likely be raised to 10 on Could 13 (2pm EDT), with the choice to lift or take away the restrict for particular occasions remainin. The restrict will likely be raised to twenty for occasions on Could seventeenth and twenty fifth, and is eliminated for occasions resembling Pokemon Go Fest or this yr’s Unova Tour
- Starting on Could 13, “Shadow Raids” will likely be accessible remotely; these had been beforehand local-only barring a trial of distant Shadow Raids in February
- On Could 19, “Dynamax Battles” and the bigger cousin “Gigantamax Battles” will turn out to be accessible remotely, although one other foreign money in “Max Particles” will nonetheless even be required; the capability for holding particles will elevate to 1500 right now, and native battle will present extra rewards than battling remotely
- In response to our inquiry, 2023 modifications to the price and stock capability for distant passes will stay in place: a single distant go prices roughly US$2 (195 cash) and a pack of three is bought for $5.25 (525 cash), with a smooth restrict of three and onerous restrict of 5 distant passes that may be saved. For comparability, in-person passes are $1.00 for a single, $2.50 for 3, bigger amount reductions, and no restrict on passes that may be held
Distant raiding was one of many modifications launched to Pokemon Go at first of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, and initially shared value construction and limits with in-person “premium” passes past the one free go per day. In Could 2023, the value was elevated and the restrict established to re-encourage in individual play, exacerbated by the introduction of local-only Shadow Raids in June 2023 and Dynamax / Gigantamax Battles in September 2024.
