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

Necrozma debuted in Pokemon GO during the GO Fest 2024, where this creature invaded Niantic's mobile title from Ultra Space alongside several Ultra Beasts. During this while, Necrozma was available in its blue-tinted shiny variant as well. Most recently, Necrozma will reappear during the Fusion Raid Day in Pokemon GO which will run from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm local time on December 14, 2204.

Once players are taking part in the event, they'll want to ready their battle teams and prepare to complete as many raids as they can, as Necrozma won’t be walking around in the wild.

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How to get Necrozma in Pokemon GO

Currently, there's only one way to catch Necrozma in Pokemon GO (Image via The Pokemon Company)

If you had failed to take part in the Pokemon GO Fest 2024 or catch Necrozma during that event, the Fusion Raid Day will offer you another lucrative chance. During this while, Dusk Mane and Dawn Wings Necrozma will appear as raid bosses, and you can catch a Necrozma after defeating them.

The Fused Necrozma will be appearing as a Tier-5 raid boss and players will get a lot of opportunity to rack up plenty of Necrozma candy for their new Prism Pokemon.

When battling Necrozma's fused forms in raids, trainers will want the strongest possible team consisting of Dark-, and Ghost-type Pokemon with high CP and IV stats. These two elemental types will exploit both Dawn Wings and Dusk Mane Necrozma's weaknesses.

As long as the trainers participating in the raid are following suit and are exploiting Necrozma's weaknesses to Dark, and Ghost-type attacks, the raid boss should fall with plenty of time left on the raid timer. If all else fails, players can also use Mega Evolutions to amp up the damage, though this isn't necessarily a requirement.

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How to get shiny Necrozma in Pokemon GO

Getting shiny Necrozma in Pokemon GO will require raiding and a bit of luck (Image via The Pokemon Company)

Normally, debuts in Pokemon GO do not see the inclusion of the shiny variant. One of the nice things about Necrozma is that it arrived along with its blue shiny form during the Pokemon GO Fest 2024.

That said, the only way to snag shiny Necrozma at the moment is to keep doing the fused Necrozma repeatedly. Since it's classified as a legendary species and a Tier-5 raid boss, the critter should have a 1/20 chance of appearing as a shiny after finishing a raid.

With that in mind, it doesn't hurt to stock up on raid passes as much as possible and find a few friends willing to run back-to-back raids. It may take quite a few raids to lure a shiny Necrozma out of hiding.

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