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Hey there, Trainers! Congratulations on Level 42!
You are in luck. This is one of the easier Levels to achieve, although some of the requirements may take some time to complete if you are not a very active player. That said, the challenges this time around are quite straightforward.
Earn 100000 Stardust
This one is tough. Tough in that it takes time and persistence.
Niantic feeds us Stardust through a drip tube; there is no easy way to farm Stardust. The best way to do it is thereby simply doing what you enjoy most in the game, as almost everything in the game will award you with some amount of Stardust here and there.
In terms of getting through this particular challenge, I recommend instead an approach that allows you to simultaneously complete the fourth requirement in this list – the Platinum medals. You should catch a lot of Pokémon, and just keep on catching them. You earn Stardust by catching Pokémon, and this approach is a kind of two birds, one stone way to tackle the Level 43 challenges.
Here are all of the ways that you can earn Stardust in Pokémon Go:
Decide for yourselves which of these options is worth putting your best efforts into.
Don’t forget to pop yourStar Pieceswhen you’re setting out to play, too. This will make your life so much easier.
Use 200 Supereffective Charged Attacks
This challenge will take a lot of time for our rural friends, as it requires Trainers to take part in any of the following:Gym Battles, Raids,orGo Rocket battles. If you haveremote raid tickets, you can join raids from afar and get some progress that way. However, that method will get expensive quickly.
The best advice I have for this is to head out with a friend or two to a location with a lot ofGyms. Party up with your friends for that juicy bonus and take onGymsandRaidstogether.
If you get some lucky Legendary spawns, you should also be able to complete the next challenge this way!
If you have any questions about which Pokémon type is weak against what, Pokémon Go Hub has a great Type chart you may follow. I suggest you head over there to give yourself some ideas as to which Pokémon you will use in araid battle.
Pokémon Go January 2024: Raid Schedule
January is proving to be absolutely loaded with all things Pokémon Go raiding goodness.
Catch 5 Legendary Pokémon
Again, a very straightforward challenge. You just have to catch the Pokémon active in the 5-tier raid rotation.
Now, if you do not have friends to go out and hunt Pokémon with regularly, I suggest you join one of the active Pokémon Go Raiding communities on Discord. The most active one that I have seen is PoGO Raids, which you can join through this link.
If you do not have Discord, you can try the Niantic Campfire apps also, they are available in both Apple and Google stores. You can also try searching for other Trainers on Pokémon Go Reddit communities.
Check back in every once in a while to get a Raid guide and give yourself the best chances possible to complete the raids and catch some Legendary mons!
Earn 5 Platinum Medals
This. This challenge.
Or, rather,thesechallenges. Unfortunately, achieving Platinum Medals is a challenge you will have to complete 3 separate times, with the requirement for Medals increasing each time. Luckily, the medals you received previously count towards this challenge. If you already have a Platinum medal or two, you will already have some progress towards all these subsequent challenges.
But they are still a headache.
There are tons of Medals you can get in this game, and some of them are just impossible to get if you do not travel (theSightseerMedal, particularly).
I am a staunch advocate for making use ofLuresandIncensesfor this challenge, because the easiest way that I can tell to complete this challenge is to just catch a ton of Pokémon.
There is a Platinum Medal for every Pokémon Type in the game. You have to catch 2500 Pokémon of a specific Type in order to get the Platinum Medal. Catching dual-Typed Pokémon will count towards progress for both of that Pokémon’s Typings.
For example, Pidgey is a Normal- and Flying-Type Pokémon. Catching Pidgey will advance your progress in both the Schoolkid (Normal-Type) and Bird Keeper (Flying-Type) Medal challenges.
Additionally, completing getting Platinum in these Medals gives you a +4 Catch Bonus, increasing your odds of catching Pokémon within the same type as the Platinum Medal in question. This is exceptionally handy against Pokémon in Raid Battles, or Shadow Pokémon.
There are18Type challenge Medals you can achieve in Pokémon Go. You will have to earn a total of35Platinum Medals in order to progress from Level 49-50, so do not slack on these challenges. They can take a lot of time.
It may be worth your while to plot ahead which of the other Medals are worth your time. Here are some of the other ones I recommend focusing on:
Good luck out there, Trainers. We’ll see you back next level!
Pokémon Go: Level 40 to 50 All Tasks and Rewards
Ascending the levels from Level 40 onward is no easy task. This guide exists to help you navigate and prepare for these tough challenges.
