Pokemon News & Spec

• Level from 40 to 50
• Friends from 200 to 400
• Maximum storage limit for your Pokémon boxes is 4,000.
• You can hold a maximum of 20 Gifts in your Bag at any given time. However, Gifts do not take up any of your inventory space.
• 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

https://www.pockettactics.com/pokemon-go/news

The new Pokémon Go level cap will be level 50, increasing ten levels from the previous level cap of 40 set at the game's debut in the summer of 2016. The Pokémon Go level cap increases arrives on November 30th, 2020 for players across the world, alongside the Season of Celebration.

STORAGE LIMIT INCREASED

The maximum storage limit for your Pokémon boxes has been increased to 4,000. You need to buy storage upgrades from the shop as usual.

AR MAPPING RESEARCH

Trainers level 20 and up can now complete special AR mapping tasks. Certain PokéStops will have a special design and will give you a task that will involve scanning the area around the stop with the camera of your device. Completing this research will count towards your daily Field Research task. Check out the full details below.

THE POKÉSTOP SCAN FEATURE IS NOW AVAILABLE TO TRAINERS LEVEL 20 AND UP

In this tiny bit of Pokémon Go news, Niantic has opened up the PokéStop scan feature to trainers level 20 and up. This feature allows you to take and upload videos of real-life PokéStops and Gyms, which will allow Niantic to generate dynamic 3D maps of these locations, allowing for improved AR functionality.

You can learn more about it on the official Pokémon Go blog.

EGG-MANAGEMENT TESTS

A test will begin on December 11 at 10:00 PST / 18:00 GMT and will continue for an indefinite amount of time. Based on the results, more trainers will be brought into the tests over time. Here are the full test details.

Certain trainers will be able to store up to three additional eggs from weekly Adventure Sync rewards and Team GO Rocket Leader battles if they already have nine Eggs in storage

Some trainers will see all 12 eggs in the egg-storage tab, others will see the additional eggs in a bonus storage section in the egg-storage tab

POKÉMON GO: BEYOND

This update brings huge changes to Pokémon Go, including the following:

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.