Pokémon Go Mountains of Power guide

Pokémon Go’s Mountains of Power event continues the Season of Heritage story from Jan. 7-13, 2021. Mountains of Power focuses on Pokémon you might find in caves and dark areas, and it introduced Shiny Slugma to the game, as well as Mega Aerodactyl. Our Pokémon Go guide will list out the spawns for Mountains of Power, and provides information on the event-exclusive Field Research and Timed Research Tasks.

Mountains of Power Timed Research

Step 1 of 2

• Catch 5 Pokémon (Slugma encounter)
• Earn 2 candies walking with your buddy (Ferroseed encounter)
• Hatch an egg (Alolan Geodude encounter)

Rewards: Absol encounter, 1,000 Stardust, 10 Great Balls

Step 2 of 2

• Catch 6 different species of Pokémon (Chimecho encounter)
• Earn 2 candies walking with your buddy (Onix encounter)
• Hatch 2 eggs (Beldum encounter)

Rewards: Mawile encounter, 2,000 Stardust, 10 Ultra Balls

Pokémon with increased spawn during Mountains of Power

• Zubat
• Machop
• Geodude
• Onix
• Slugma
• Nosepass
• Barboach
• Ferroseed

Slugma can also appear Shiny, which is new to this event.

Graphic: Julia Lee/Polygon | Image sources: Niantic/The Pokémon Company

Mountains of Power raid target Pokémon

• Alolan Geodude
• Onix
• Beldum
• Bronzor
• Ursaring
• Donphan
• Medicham
• Absol
• Mega Aerodactyl
• Heatran