6th Anniversary

The 6th Anniversary was an event to celebrate the sixth anniversary of Pokémon GO. The bonuses of the event were upgraded as part of Ultra Unlock 2022.

Pokémon Spotlight Hour featuring Machop was available during this event.

Features
Ultra Unlock bonus:

Featured Pokémon
The following Pokémon was released with the start of the event:

These Shiny Pokémon were released with the start of the event: PS Charmeleon PS Charizard PS Pikachu

Selected Pokémon had increased spawn rates in the wild and from Incense or Lure Modules. Pansear was included as an Ultra Unlock bonus:

The following Raid Bosses were available for a time of this event. Unown E and Pansear were included as an Ultra Unlock bonus.

Field Research event tasks
There were several Field Research tasks exclusively for the duration of the event.

Avatar items
These avatar items were released during the event.

Stickers
These stickers were available during the event:

Featured Pokémon
These Shadow Pokémon were released with the start of the event:

Exclusive move
In order to obtain Frenzy Plant, Blast Burn, Hydro Cannon or Dragon Breath, Trainers had to evolve the Pokémon into Venusaur, Meganium, Sceptile, Torterra, Serperior, Charizard, Typhlosion, Blaziken, Infernape, Emboar, Blastoise, Feraligatr, Swampert, Empoleon, orSamurott during the event. Trainers cannot use TMs to obtain the attacks.