Pokemon Go Mega Evolution Levels Up With New Mega Level Mechanic

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After introducing Mega Evolution into Pokemon Go in August 2020, Niantic has announced a few changes to the way the superpowered Pokemon will work.

The main addition to Mega Evolution is Mega Levels, which increase each time a Pokemon uses Mega Evolution. As a Pokemon Mega evolves, the Mega Level will increase, which in turn earns the player more bonuses while the Mega Evolution is active. Also, once a Pokemon Mega Evolves for the first time, there will be no cost to Mega Evolve again, the secondary cost replaced with a fatigue timer that determines when it can power up again.

The full list of updates coming to Pokemon Go Mega Evolution is below:

Mega Levels

Every time a Pokémon Mega Evolves, it works towards increasing its Mega Level. As the Mega Level increases, players will get more bonuses when the Pokemon's Mega Evolution is active.

Bonuses include the following (varies by Pokemon):

Increased Candy when you catch a Pokémon whose type matches the Mega-Evolved Pokémon

Increased chance of earning Candy XL when you catch Pokémon that are the same type as your Mega-Evolved Pokémon.

When joining a raid or gym battle with a Mega-Evolved Pokemon, other Trainers’ Pokémon challenging that same raid or Gym will deal more damage.

The damage increases further if the attack is the same type as your Mega-Evolved Pokémon.

Increased XP gained for catching Pokémon that are the same type as your Mega-Evolved Pokémon.

A Pokémon’s rest period decreases as its Mega Level increases.

One-Time Mega Evolution Cost

After Mega Evolving, your Pokémon will be fatigued and need time before it can Mega Evolve again.

Once this rest period is over, that Pokémon can Mega Evolve again without using Mega Energy.

You can use Mega Energy to decrease a