Pokemon Go’s Equinox Event Brought Massive Changes to Eggs

Pokemon Go used its recent Equinox Event to massively overhaul its egg pools, drastically reducing […]

November 9, 2017, 5:03pm

Pokemon Go used its recent Equinox Event to massively overhaul its egg pools, drastically reducing the number of species that come from eggs.

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The Silph Road, a Pokemon Go research group based on Reddit, reported on the changes after compiling data from over 9,000 egg hatches over the last few days. They discovered that Pokemon Go cut the number of species that hatch from eggs to under 30 species, which means that many popular species are now impossible to hatch…at least from eggs obtained during the event.

In Pokemon Go, basic Pokemon species (that is, Pokemon that haven’t evolved from other species) are divided into one of three egg pools that correspond to 2 KM eggs, 5 KM eggs, and 10 KM eggs. Each Pokemon species has its own rarity, which means that players are more likely to hatch certain Pokemon species from eggs than others.

Pokemon Go has tinkered with the egg pools before, usually by removing common species from the pools to make hatching eggs more rewarding for players. However, this is the first time we’ve seen the game make such drastic changes.

Luckily (or unluckily, depending on how you view the changes), these are likely temporary changes. Pokemon Go promised that certain species are more likely hatch during the Equinox, and it’s clear that the easiest way for them to follow through on that promise was to pull many other species out of the egg pool during the event.

Keep scrolling down to see what Pokemon you can hatch during the event:

2 KM Eggs

Players have about a 40% chance of pulling a 2 KM egg during the Equinox event, which contains a mix of highly desirable Pokemon and some surprisingly common species. The 2 KM egg pool includes the following Pokemon:

Slowpoke
Oddish
Togepi
Chansey
Mareep
Larvitar
Remoraid
Tyrogue

Many believe that both Oddish and Slowpoke were both included in the 2 KM eggs to give players a last chance to obtain Slowking and Bellossom before rolling out Gen 3 Pokemon and thus reducing the chances of finding both those Pokemon in the wild. Obviously, the most desirable Pokemon in this batch include Mareep and Larvitar, two of Gen 2’s rarest Pokemon.

5 KM Eggs

While the 5 KM egg pool remains the biggest egg pool in the game, it was drastically reduced for the event. The 5 KM egg pool includes a mix of “common” Pokemon that players have a 5% chance of pulling and “uncommon” Pokemon that players only have a 2.5% chance of finding when they get an egg. The three common Pokemon in the egg pool includes:

Mankey
Horsea
Stantler

Horsea has a Gen 2 evolution, which is why Pokemon Go likely included it in the event.

The uncommon Pokemon include:

Scyther
Pinsir
Grimer
Eevee
Omanyte
Kabuto
Houndour
Pineco
Teddiursa

There’s no real rhyme or reason to this egg pool, but we’re guessing that Pokemon Go noticed that these Pokemon weren’t being caught as often as other species, so they included them in the event.

10 KM Eggs

We reported previously that players could hatch Porygon from eggs hatched in the Equinox. However, we incorrectly reported that they came from 2 KM eggs. Porygon is one of the two “common” species that hatch from 10 KM eggs, with a pull rate of about 5%. The full list of common 10 KM Pokemon are:

Dratini
Porygon

Dratini is still highly sought after, as Dragonite is still one of Pokemon Go‘s most powerful Pokemon. Like some of the other species mentioned earlier, Porygon has a Gen 2 evolution that many players likely still don’t have.

Players also have a 2.5% chance of pulling one of the following 10 KM Pokemon: