How to get Falinks in Pokemon GO, and can it be shiny? 

You will soon be able to get your hands on Falinks in Pokemon GO, thanks to the Pocket Monster's Raid Day. The creature's shiny variant will also be available to catch during the event. The Falinks Raid Day is set to run on September 8, 2024, from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm local time.

Falinks and its shiny form are Fighting-type Pokemon and do not evolve from or into any species.

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All known and possible ways to get Falinks in Pokemon GO

Falinks, as seen in Pokemon GO (Image via TPC)

Here are a few confirmed and possible ways to encounter Falinks in Pokemon GO:

• Catch Wild Falinks
• Beat Falinks Raid Battles
• Complete Research Tasks
• Hatch Pokemon Eggs
• Win GO Battle League
• Trade

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1) Catch wild Falinks

Falinks cannot be encountered in the wild normally. This means you have to participate in events that feature it as a wild spawn.

The Weather Boost effect boosts the spawn rate of wild Falinks. For this reason, you should find in-game locations with Cloudy weather to easily come across the critter.

Using the Lure Module and Incense in such weather is ideal, as these items also increase the wild spawn rate of Falinks in Pokemon GO.

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2) Beat Falinks Raid Battles

Falinks is a single Fighting-type Pokemon in Raid Battles, which makes it 160% weak to Fairy-, Flying-, and Psychic-type moves. These attacks are super-effective against the creature.

If counters of these typings can learn these moves, you will be able to deal significant damage due to STAB and defeat Falinks in Pokemon GO 3-star raids.

Counters to beat Pokemon GO Falinks Raid Day:

• Mega Rayquaza with Air Slash and Dragon Ascent
• Shadow Mewtwo with Psycho Cut and Psystrike
• Dawn Wings Necrozma with Psycho Cut and Moongiest Beam
• Mega Gallade with Confusion and Psychic
• Lugia with Extrasensory and Aeroblast++
• Therian Enamorus with Fairy Wind and Fly
• Tapu Lele with Confusion and Nature’s Madness

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3) Complete Research Tasks

Trainers received Falinks encounters via Research Tasks in Pokemon GO during the Ultra Unlock Part 3: Sword and Shield event in August 2021. They may still be able to do get enounters with the creature via Research Tasks, but this method is unreliable right now.

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4) Hatch Pokemon Eggs

As of writing, you cannot encounter Falinks by hatching Pokemon GO eggs because Niantic hasn’t featured the Pocket Monster in them yet. In the past, the critter was added to 7 KM Pokemon eggs for a few days during Blaze New Trails. This may happen again soon.

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5) Trade

A friend can send you their Falinks (or its shiny form) via trade in Pokemon GO. Both parties have to meet in person and be within a 100-meter trade distance to complete the process.

Lastly, traders must have enough Stardust to initiate the process, otherwise, it will be incomplete.

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Every way to get shiny Falinks in Pokemon GO

Shiny Falinks, as seen in the games (Image via The Pokemon Company)

Shiny Falinks is available to encounter during Falinks Raid Day. There are only two approaches to obtaining it in the game. They are:

• Beat 3-star Falinks Raid Battles
• Trade a Shiny Falinks

Please note that the likelihood of encountering shiny Falinks is very low, so you have to play the game strategically to come across one.

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Check out our other Pokemon GO guides:

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• Buddy Evolution Adventure Together guide
• Best Fast Attacks in Pokemon GO
• Sierra counters
• Cliff counters
• Arlo counters
• Giovanni counters
• Team GO Rocket Grunts