As per the latest news post on thePokemon GOwebsite, Palkia and Dialga’s Origin Formes have been confirmed as additions to the game and will be available to obtain as soon as February 2023. These special additions are key to the Pokemon GO Tour: Sinnoh live event, taking place in Los Angeles, United States, and will be obtainable to players throughout the duration of this event. However, the special forms of these Legendary Pokemon won’t be sticking around permanently, meaning players have a tight window to secure one of these specimens.
If you’re planning to head out and grabOrigin Forme Palkia or Dialgaon yourPokemon GOadventures in February, then you’ll first need to know exactly how you can obtain these Legendaries, to make the most of the limited-time window, which we’ve covered in full in our guide below, with additional details regarding the shiny chances for these special creatures of space and time.
How to Get Palkia and Dialga’s Origin Formes in Pokemon GO
inPokemon GO,Palkia and DIalga’s Origin Formeswill be available for the first as part of the Pokemon GO Tour: Sinnoh live event, which takes place at Rose Bowl Stadium in Los Angeles, California. The even will occur between Feburary 17-18, 2023, and run during 9AM-5PM. It is mentioned that these Pokemon will appear as part of events named space-time anomalies, meaning they may very well return in the future, but until further notice, they will only be obtainable duringPokemon GO Tour: Sinnoh. During this live event and in the possible future, both DIalga and Palkia’s Origin Formes will be available to be encountered in-game as Five-star Raids. Unfortunately, it seems that Origin Forme Palkia and Dialga are restricted to participants of the GO Tour: Sinnoh event, which is an in-person event that requires ticket purchase.
Tickets for the Pokemon GO Tour: Sinnoh event can be purchased fromthe official Pokemon GO website, starting at $30 USD each. In addition to the base price of this ticket, players can also purchase differehnt ticket add-ons to provide themselves with various perks and benefits to make their event experiences even more worthwhile. These add ons are as follows:
Raid Lover add-on - $15 USD
Egg-thusiast add-on - $15 USD
During Pokemon GO Tour: Sinnoh, players will have the opportunity to choose between two different versions of the event. This appears to affect your chances of obtaining these Pokemon, with your encounters being restricted to one Legendary or the other, depending on the selection you make. Trainers who select the Diamond version of the event will encounter an Origin Forme Dialga that knows Roar of Time, while Trainer who decided to opt in for the Pearl version of the event will encounter an Origin Forme Palkia who knows Spacial Rend.
For the first time inPokemon GO, these attacks will have special bonus effects that can be used outside of battle. These are known as Adventure Effects, which will offer a series of perks and short-time benefits for you gameplay, at the cost ofsome CandyandStardust. For Origin Forme Dialga, Trainers can spend 5,000 Stardust and 5 Dialga Candy to activate the Roar of Time Adventure Effect and receive a series of bonuses in their game:
For Origin Forme Palkia, Trainers can spend 5,000 Stardust and 5 Palkia Candy to activate the Spacial Rend Adventure Effect and receive a series of bonuses in their game:
Can Origin Forme Palkia and Dialga Be Shiny in Pokemon GO?
With the addition of both Origin Forme Palkia and Dialga during the Pokemon GO Tour: Sinnoh event, you may be wondering if there is also a chance for these Legendary Pokemon to appear in their shiny variants. As confirmed by the official news post on the Pokemon GO website,both Palkia and Dialga will have the possibility of appearing as shiny during the entirety of the Pokemon Go Tour: Sinnoh event.
Of course, while there is a definite possibility of a shiny Origin Dialga or Palkia appearing, this will be no common occurrence for all players. The average shiny rate for a standard Pokemon during a normal day in Pokemon GO was estimated to be one in five hundred, as per data collection and study performed by The Silph Road, prior to the ending of their partnership with Niantic. However, luck will be on your side this time around, asFive-star Raidshave an improved one in twenty chance, and Five-Star Raid events can have even further improved rates, at one in ten.
As Dialga and Palkia’s Origin Formes are both obtainable via Five-star Raids, there will very likely be some sort of increased rates for stumbling upon the shiny variants of these Pokemon. On top of this, since the Pokemon GO Tour: Sinnoh is a special event, these odds are likely to be the best possible at one in ten encounters. However, from the wording of the news post on the officialPokemon GOwebsite, it seems players may only get to experience one Five-star Raid encounter for these Legendaries, meaning they may not be able to complete these encounters in repetition for better chances at securing a shiny. Because of this, it seems it will be left up to pure luck for Trainers to encounter one of these sparkly beasts of space and time.
