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Spring is coming! And to celebrate, a new Pokémon Go event will spotlight the Grass-type Pokémon.

During the Equinox event in Pokémon Go, trainers will see spawns of Grass-type Pokémon more often as well as changes to some research tasks, raids and much more. Niantic confirms that Pokémon Go trainers will see more Oddish, Exeggcute, Shroomish, and Sunkern in the overworld.

There's something for every type of Pokémon Go trainer during this new event. There will likely be shinies for the Shiny Hunter, changes to raids and trainer battles for the battlers and increased spawns for the collectors.

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If you want to know all the information about the Pokémon Go Equinox/Grass event including the start time, read on below.

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POKEMON GO EQUINOX/GRASS EVENT START AND END TIME

The Equinox/Grass event in Pokémon Go will begin Tuesday, March 19 at 4 p.m. EST and end Tuesday, March 26 at 4 p.m. EST.

SHINY ODDISH?

Niantic didn't confirm if any Shiny Pokémon will be introduced to the mobile game during the event, but the official image for the Equinox event shows just Oddish, the Grass and Poison-type Pokémon from Gen 1.

Oddish and its evolutionary line have not had their Shinies introduced in Pokémon Go so it seems that players will have a chance at catching this rare variant.

Shiny Oddish turns from Blue to Green so it's not hard to miss. We will update this section with confirmation when the event starts.

UPDATE: It seems Lunatone and Solrock's Shiny forms have been released.

NEW RESEARCH TASKS

During the event, new research tasks can be obtained by spinning PokeStops. These tasks are still unknown, but Pokémon Go players can expect the rewards for most of the new quests to be Grass-type Pokémon.

We will update this section with more information when the event begins.

The Equinox event is live and there have been two reported tasks found, they are:

SOLROCK AND LUNATONE

The mysterious Hoenn region Pokémon, Solrock and Lunatone, will shift their habitat with this event. Currently, Lunatone is found in the West while Solrock can be found in the East. They will swap when the event starts at 4 p.m. EST, giving trainers a chance to catch the one they don't have.

Solrock and Lunatone will stay in their new habitats after the event concludes.

NEW RAIDS

The Raid Bosses in Pokémon Go will also go through a change during the week-long event. Bosses will be replaced with Grass-type Pokémon.

The new Raid Bosses are live. Here's the full list.

NEW MOVES

Two new moves are getting permanently added to Pokémon Go during the event.

Acid Spray, a Poison-type move can be learned by the following Pokémon:

Leaf Tornado, a Grass-type attack can be learned by the following Pokémon:

What do you think of this latest Pokémon Go event? What are you hoping to accomplish? Let us know in the comments section below.

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