Pokemon GO Crown Clash event overview: Best tips and tricks, hunt-worthy shinies, and more

Pokemon GO Crown Clash is the latest event in the mobile game. It starts at 10 am local time on Saturday, May 10, and ends at 8 pm local time on Sunday, May 18, 2025. The event marks the debut of Kingambit in Pokemon GO, as well as those of Nidoqueen wearing a crown and Nidoking wearing a crown.

This article covers all the features and bonuses from the Crown Clash event in Pokemon GO and tells you how to make the most out of it.

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Pokemon GO Crown Clash features and bonuses

Features

Wild encounters

• Slowpoke*
• Slakoth*
• Piplup*
• Combee*
• Snivy*
• Litleo*

Raids

One-star Raids

• Sneasel*
• Klink*
• Pawniard*

Three-star Raids

• Nidoqueen wearing a crown*
• Nidoking wearing a crown*

* - Shiny available

Bonuses

• 2× XP for evolving Pokemon.
• Increased chance to encounter Shiny Nidoqueen wearing a crown, Shiny Nidoking wearing a crown, Shiny Slowpoke, Shiny Combee, and Shiny Litleo.
• Catching Slowpoke may award a King’s Rock.

Apart from this, you also get Field Research and a Collection Challenge. This is the first Pokemon GO event in a long time to not feature a paid ticket, a trend which has become an everyday affair in the game, for better or worse.

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Best tips and tricks for Pokemon GO Crown Clash

Do the following things to make the most out of the Crown Clash event:

Evolve Bisharp

With three one-star Steel- and Dark-type raids available, it will never be easier to evolve Bisharp into Kingambit.

Get together with a couple of other players

Playing with others will make the process more fun, and it will be easier for you to share resources using the Party Play feature.

Use a Lucky Egg

Evolving will give you twice the amount of XP. Therefore, store your resources before you are ready to evolve multiple Pokemon together. At this point, use a Lucky Egg to increase XP gains.

Mega Evolve a Dark- or Steel-type

This will give you extra Pawniard Candy that can help you get Kingambit easily. Here are the best options:

• Mega Tyranitar
• Mega Gyarados
• Mega Steelix
• Mega Lucario
• Mega Scizor

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Best shinies and PvP picks during the Pokemon GO Crown Clash

Here are the top shinies to hunt for during Pokemon GO Crown Clash:

• Nidoking wearing a crown
• Nidoqueen wearing a crown
• Female Combee
• Sneasel
• Pawniard

Here are the best PvP picks to farm during the event:

• Kingambit
• Serperior
• Nidoqueen
• Pyroar
• Empoleon

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In other news, the details of the Pokemon GO Fest 2025 have been announced.

Check out our other Pokemon GO guides:

• Ditto disguises
• Buddy Evolution Adventure Together guide
• Best Fast Attacks in Pokemon GO
• Sierra counters
• Cliff counters
• Arlo counters
• Giovanni counters
• Team GO Rocket Grunts