NIANTICKingambit’s long-awaited debut will finally take place during Pokemon Go‘s Crown Clash event, featuring Nidoking, Nidoqueen, and plenty of surprises. Don’t miss out on how to get the Big Blade Pokemon!
The Paldean Pokedex is still reduced in Niantic’s mobile game, with less than half of them currently available. However, one more is joining the ranks, as Kingambit will finally be introduced during an event focused on the Big Blade Pokemon.
Its pre-stages from the Unova region, Pawniard and Bisharp, have been part of Pokemon Go since 2020, so its arrival was imminent. What wasn’t expected was an entire event focused on the Dark/Steel-type samurai, so here are all the details.
Crown Clash event: Date & time
The Pokemon Go Crown Clash event will run from Saturday, May 10, 2025, at 10:00 AM until Sunday, May 18, 2025, at 8:00 PM local time.
This means players will have around eight days to gather enough Candy to evolve Pawniard into Bisharp and finally into its final stage.
DEXERTOKeep in mind that evolving Pawniard into Bisharp will require 50 Candy. Then, to get Kingambit, you must gather another 100 Candy and defeat 15 Dark or Steel-type Pokemon in Raid battles while having Bisharp as your Buddy.
Pokemon debuts
As mentioned above, the event will center on Kingambit’s debut. However, the Big Blade Pokemon is not coming alone.
Besides Kingambit, two new costumed creatures will appear:
- Nidoqueen wearing a crown*
- Nidoking wearing a crown*
Pokemon marked with an (*) can appear as Shiny.
Wild encounters
The following creatures will spawn more often in the wild during the Crown Clash event days:
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- Slowpoke*
- Slakoth*
- Piplup*
- Combee*
- Snivy*
- Litleo*
- Pawniard*
Raids
Here are the Pokemon that will take over Raids:
1-Star Raids
- Sneasel*
- Klink*
- Pawniard*
3-Star Raids
- Nidoqueen wearing a crown*
- Nidoking wearing a crown*
DEXERTOEvent bonuses
These are the bonuses trainers will be able to enjoy during the Crown Clash event:
- x2 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.
Field Research task rewards
Event-themed Field Research tasks will be available during Kingambit’s celebration. Players who manage to complete them will get useful rewards, including encounters with event-themed Pokemon.
| TASK | REWARD |
|---|---|
| Catch 10 Pokemon | Piplup* encounter Litleo* encounter |
| Win a Raid | Sneasel* encounter |
| Win 2 Raids | Nidoqueen wearing a crown* Nidoking wearing a crown* |
| Evolve 2 Pokemon | Slowpoke* encounter Combee* encounter Snivy* encounter |
| Power up Pokemon 5 times | Sneasel* encounter Klink* encounter |
Collection Challenge
During the Crown Clash, event-themed Collection Challenges will be available for all trainers. Those who complete the Catch and Evolution-focused Collection Challenges will receive XP, Stardust, and an encounter with Pawniard.
THE POKEMON COMPANYAdditionally, trainers Level 31 or higher will receive one guaranteed Candy XL for evolving Pokemon after completing the Collection Challenge.
The Crowned Collection Challenge
| Catch a Snivy | Evolve a Serperior |
| Catch a Piplup | Evolve an Empoleon |
| Catch a Slakoth | Evolve a Slaking |
| Catch a Combee | Evolve a Vespiquen |
| Catch a Slowpoke | Evolve a Slowking |
| Catch a Litleo | Evolve a Pyroar |
PokeStop Showcases
As with most events, PokeStop Showcases will be taking place in different PokeStops, so search for them to enter event-themed competitions and earn extra items.
Pokemon Go Web Store
The Pokemon Go Web Store will have incredible deals during the Crown Clash celebration.
Moreover, trainers can get a 15% discount on their first web store purchase of any item that costs US$ 9.99 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency) or more.
Track Pokemon
Don’t forget to use the recently released Pokemon Alert feature to go after Pawniard and gather all the Candy you’ll need to evolve it all the way into Kingambit.
The feature enables players to track a specific creature in the wild by sending them an alert once it is nearby.
That’s all the information available about the Crown Clash event in Pokemon Go. Don’t forget to check the other events like the Spotlight Hour schedule and all of the Raid Bosses and Shadow Raid bosses available.