The Ed Sheeran event is perhaps the most unique collaboration in Pokémon Go to date.
There will be a special Ed Sheeran performance you can watch in-game, new music playing in the evenings, and to celebrate Ed Sheeran’s favourite starter – water Pokémon – increased spawns of each generation’s water type throughout the week.
This also sees the return of sunglasses Squirtle, both in the wild and in a field research task, who we haven’t seen in the game since July 2018. Now’s the time to pick one up!
On this page:
Niantic has said you can watch the performance in the in-game News area of the app during the above event hours.
You can find this by opening the menu (the Pokéball on the main screen) then pressing News in the upper right corner.
For us, we then had to scroll to the bottom of the news list to find the concert.
We also had a pop-up news item when we first loaded the page, allowing us to access the concert that way.
However, know that technically the performance isn’t ‘in’ the game, but just a link to a webpage with a YouTube embed:
So the Pokémon Go Ed Sheeran concert is just a link to a webpage with a YouTube embed, and not a performance ‘in’ the game itself: pic.twitter.com/ZsSuFKs9NQ
In short, if you can’t find it, you can simply watch it here:
The Ed Sheeran performance lasts for just under 23 minutes, and features the following songs:
As well as the dedicated performance, track ‘Overpass Graffiti’ will also be played in the evenings throughout the event.
As well as a special performance, the Ed Sheeran event will have the following water starter spawns throughout the week:
All of the above bar Froakie has the potential to be shiny. Sunglasses Squirtle, meanwhile, is a costume Pokémon with the unusual ability to keep its costume through its evolutions.
It’s also the first time Squirtle with sunglasses has appeared in the game since July 2018 – so it’s worth grabbing a few while you can!
As well as water spawns, there are the following Ed Sheeran event bonuses:
As part of the Ed Sheeran collaboration, there will be event-specific field research rewards.
Only one field research task has been confirmed so far, with a sunglasses Squirtle reward:
Thanks to SilphScience on reddit for helping with the above.
As with previous events, these research tasks will only appear during the event period – but can be completed after the event ends if you hang onto them.
Currently live is the Evolving Stars event, which includes the release of quest steps 5 to 8 of A Cosmic Companion – the Season of Light special research quest. Elsewhere, be sure to use Daily Adventure Incense for the chance of encountering Galarian Articuno, Galarian Zapdos and Galarian Moltres. There’s also a new special research quest – A Mysterious Incense. Finally – don’t forget about the new Prime Gaming rewards every fortnight.
The Ed Sheeran event end time is on Tuesday, November 30th 2021 at 1pm PST, or the following end times:
Hope you enjoy the Ed Sheeran performance and the starter spawns!
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Matthew Reynolds
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Matthew edits guides and other helpful things at Eurogamer.net. When not doing that, he’s out and about playing Pokémon Go or continuing to amass his amiibo collection.
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