Niantic: ‘Go Beyond: Level up redesign coming soon; level cap increased to 50! [Update 12/7/2020]’

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GO Beyond: Level up redesign coming soon; level cap increased to 50!

 

December 7, 2020

 

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UPDATE: 12/7/2020: Trainers, you can now GO Beyond level 40! In addition to the level-cap increase, some exciting Pokémon GO gameplay updates are now live!

 

Updates to XP

XP has been increased for the following activities.

  • 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

 

Pokémon encounters

  • The chance of encountering Smeargle after you take a snapshot has been increased.
  • Nanab Berries are now more effective, fully calming Pokémon down in encounters.
  • You’ll now earn more Candies from catching a Pokémon you’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

  • You can now earn up to three hearts each day from battling with your buddy.
  • Your buddy can now more easily get excited.
  • Golden Razz Berries and Silver Pinap Berries are more effective when you give them to your buddy.

 

Stardust

  • The Stardust you’ll earn from giving a Pokémon a Berry at a Gym has been increased from 20 to 30
  • Beginning on December 7, you’ll earn more Stardust from weekly Adventure Sync rewards.

 

The Pokémon GO team

 

Source: Niantic.

 

 

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