Pokémon GO Earth Day event features new rewards, Shiny Diglett, more Ground-type Pokémon, double Stardust, double Candy and Groudon

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Niantic has announced plans for its Earth Day activities for 2019 in Pokémon GO. If enough participants take part in the event, Shiny Diglett and Shiny Dugtrio will make their Pokémon GO debuts. Read on below for more details from the development team:

Because of the huge success of last year’s Earth Day campaign, we’ve teamed up again with Playmob, gaming-for-good engagement platform, and 15 NGOs to host cleanups in communities near you, working to shatter last year’s goals. As an organization with millions of players around the world, we see it as part of our responsibility to help ensure things such as ocean pollution and global warming are at the forefront of conversation and action.

We’re inviting all Niantic players to participate and help battle important issues such as ocean pollution, damaged ecosystems, and unhealthy environments, sign up here! If you know of an NGO that could help organize a cleanup, nominate them here. Or, if you’re a player that wants to participate on your own or with a small group, tag @NianticLabs using #AugmentingReality to tell us about your cleanup, and we’ll count your efforts towards the participation totals. Players can expect to earn in-game rewards based on their participation as following:

If 2,000 players attend and cleanup, global rewards will be:

  • Pokémon GO – Increased appearances of Ground-type Pokémon
  • Ingress – Increased probability of getting heatsinks, multihacks, shields (all kinds) and power cubes (all kinds including Lawson)

If 5,000 players attend and cleanup, global rewards will be:

  • Pokémon GO – Shiny Diglett + Increased appearances of Ground-type Pokémon
  • Ingress – 2× AP linking

If 7,000 players attend and cleanup, global rewards will be:

  • Pokémon GO – 2× Stardust and Candy for Event Spawns / Groudon in Raids + Shiny Diglett + Increased appearances of Ground-type Pokémon
  • Ingress – 2× AP fielding

You can find all of the details of the campaign on our website be sure to tell your friends and have fun out there! #AugmentingReality

Source: Official Niantic blog