Pokémon Go is having a Tinkatink Community Day event on Saturday, April 11 from 2-5 p.m. in your local time.
As expected with a Community Day event, Tinkatink will spawn in huge numbers with a high chance for it to appear shiny. There are also several other bonuses and perks, which we have listed out below.
How do I catch a shiny Tinkatink?
As per old research by the now-defunct website The Silph Road (via Wayback Machine), Shiny rates on Community Days are about 1 in 24, which means that if you keep playing throughout the three-hour window, you should find quite a few shiny Pokémon.
If you’re short on time or Poké Balls, you can pop an Incense, then quickly tap each Tinkatink to check for shiny ones, running from any that aren’t shiny. Notably, any Tinkatink you’ve already tapped will face where your player is standing, so that should help identify which ones you may have already checked.
If you evolve Tinkatuff into Tinkaton from 2-9 p.m. in your local time, it will learn the charged move Gigaton Hammer.
If you miss out on evolving it during this period, you will likely be able to evolve it during a Community Day weekend event in December to get Gigaton Hammer. If you don’t want to wait, you can use an Elite TM to get the move.
In PvE content (raids and gyms), Tinkaton is a pretty good steel-type attacker. If you aren’t swimming in Necrozma fusions or Crowned Zacian and Zamazenta, this pink pal can fit into your team nicely with Fairy Wind and Gigaton Hammer. Note that it doesn’t have a steel-type fast move yet, but it could get one in the future.
In PvP, Tinkaton is about to take over the meta in both Great and Ultra Leagues. According to PvPoke, it’s sitting at #3 in the Great League and #5 in the Ultra League. Set it up with Fairy Wind, Gigaton Hammer, and Bulldoze to start causing a ruckus in the lower leagues.
The following bonuses will be active during Tinkatink Community Day:
- Tripled Stardust for catching Pokémon
- Doubled candy for catching Pokémon
- Doubled chance for level 31+ trainers to get XL candy from catching Pokémon
- Incense lasts three hours
- Lure Modules last one hour
- Tinkatink special photobombs when taking snapshots
- One additional special trade
- Stardust cost halved for trading
That said, you should definitely pop a Star Piece and an Incense and try to nab some powerful Tinkatink.
If you can Mega Evolve Steelix, Scizor, Gardevoir, Mawile, Aggron, Altaria, Metagross, Lucario, Audino, or Diancie, you’ll score additional Tinkatink Candy per catch.
After the event ends until 9 p.m., Tinkatink will continue to spawn around placed Lure Modules, keeping the increased shiny rate during the event. If you miss out on the initial three-hour window, plunk down some lures, and you’ll be able to find Tinkatink.