How To Farm 500,000 XP For Free In Pokemon Go’s Bug Out Event

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Pokemon Go’s Bug Out event has now been upgraded to an Ultra Unlock Bug Out event because we collectively managed to complete enough Field Research tasks during Go Fest: Sapporo, whether you attended in person or not. However, the Bug Out event may impact Spotlight Hour more than Go Fest impacted it. Confused? I don’t blame you. Luckily, I’m here to explain.

I completed seven whole Field Research tasks during the Go Fest: Sapporo event (from England), so you can thank me now for your extra bonuses. If you saw anyone on your friends list do more than that, even racking them up into the triple figures, no you didn’t. Pokemon Go players collectively hitting Niantic’s arbitrary milestone has given us a bunch of extra special bonuses for the Bug Out event, which begins on August 10. These bonuses include Unown T appearing (very Bug-y), Pansage releasing globally (like it did in the last event), and bonuses to Candy and XL Candy, which are nice. But it’s the regular spawns that will provide the biggest rewards of the week-long bugfest.

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The particular creepy crawlies to watch out for are Karrablast and Shelmet. And newcomer Grubbin of course, but that won’t help you get free XP. You see, trading Karrablast or Shelmet means you can evolve them for free, like Machoke or Boldore. “This is all well and good, Ben Sledge, features editor at The Gamer [sic],” I hear you say, “but I already have Accelgor and Escavalier!” We’re not here to complete the PokeDex, dear reader. Well, we are, but we’re also here to claim some free XP.

You see, during the Pidove Spotlight Hour on August 30, two weeks after the Bug Out event finishes, the lovely little bonus is 2x Evolve XP. You can see where this is