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
These Pokémon were released at the start of the event:

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

These Pokémon had increased spawn rates in the wild and from Incense or Lure Modules:

These Raid Bosses were available during the event. Unown E and Pansear were included as an Ultra Unlock bonus.

Field Research event tasks
These Field Research tasks were available during the event:

Timed Research
Anniversary Event Research Timed Research was available during the event:

Avatar items
These avatar items were released at the start of the event:

Stickers
These stickers were released at the start of the event:

Shop special offer
These stickers were released at the start of the event:

Battle Weekend
Ultra Unlock bonus:

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

These Shiny Shadow Pokémon were released with the start of the event: PS Bulbasaur PS Ivysaur PS Venusaur PS Charmander PS Charmeleon PS Charizard PS Squirtle PS Wartortle PS Blastoise

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, or Samurott during the event. Trainers cannot use TMs to obtain the attacks.

Timed Research
During this event there was a Timed Research campaign that was titled Battle Weekend Challenge in game. The Charizard in this research knows Dragon Breath and Blast Burn.

Shop special offer
The following offers were available from the shop from the start of the event.