Pokemon Gohas hosted several Catch Mastery Events over the years, limited-time events centered around catching Pokemon accurately. This continues with their latest rendition of this, theCatch Mastery: Archen Event, combining both returning features from previous events and new ones debuting for the first time.

The Catch Mastery: Archen Event will only be taking place over the course of one day, active onSunday, June 02, 2025, from 10am local time to 8pm local time. Although it’ll be brief, this event will be packed with tons of features and bonuses; read our complete guide below to make sure you don’t miss anything.

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Archen will be the featured Pokemon for this Catch Mastery Event, coming with several bonuses and features centered around this specific Pokemon. First, and most notably, you will haveincreased chances of encountering a Shiny Archen throughout this event.

You will have many opportunities to encounter Archen during this event, mainly throughEvent Field Research Tasks, requiring you to catch Pokemon using accurate throws. Collect these Field Research Tasks fromdifferent PokeStops,each rewarding you with an Archen encounterwhen completed.

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Event Wild Encounter Pokemon

During this event, there will be a couple of Pokemon that spawn more frequently in the wild,both Omanyte and Kabuto. In addition to this, both of these Pokemon will haveincreased chances of being Shinyduring the hours of this event.

Event Bonuses

There will betwo bonuses active throughout this event, available for all players to benefit from. Both of these bonuses will reward players for catching Pokemon using accurate throws, including:

Event Research

Free Timed Research

All players who log in during the Catch Mastery: Archen Event will be granted access tofree Timed Research. Catch different Rock-type Pokemon to complete this Timed Research, rewarding you with a total of40 Archen encountersfor its completion.

You will also have the option of purchasing additional Timed Research for this event, costing$2.00 USDat the Pokemon Go in-game shop. Completing this Timed Research will provide you with anadditional 40 Archen encounters.

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