The 'Strength of Steel' Ultra Unlock event in Pokémon Go presents a thrilling opportunity for trainers to put their skills to the test! From July 1 to July 7, participants can take part in three distinct challenges, each with its own unique rewards. Here's what you need to know: **Challenge 1: Team Rocket Takeover** Capture 15 Shadow Pokémon within the first week of the event (July 1-7). This challenge requires trainers to battle and capture a total of 15 Shadow Pokémon during the designated timeframe. **Challenge 2: Ultra Unlock Research Tasks** Complete four special research tasks, each focusing on specific species. The research tasks will be available throughout the event period, allowing you to catch up or complete them at your own pace.

Secondly, the recurring event, “Steel Saturday,” takes place every six months and focuses on steel-type Pokémon, running from mid-October to mid-April.

This opportunity presents an added incentive to achieve exceptional tosses, elevating the chances of securing a coveted Sweet XL reward when succeeding in such endeavors. If you’re fortunate enough to reach level 31 or higher, your chances of encountering Sweet XL increase, and you’ll also reap the reward of triple stardust when capturing Pokémon.

For the first time, players can experience a truly unique adventure, but the real excitement lies in the Assortment Challenges that offer generous rewards of Mega Vitality for steel-type Pokémon.

During the “Power of Metal” event, participants can look forward to numerous assortment challenges, a complimentary timed analysis, and various sweet perks, all of which are listed below.

Can I catch at least 50 steel-type Pokémon starting with my Beldum?
Boost steel-type Pokémon power with 15 Togedemaru encounters!
Elevate your team with these evolved steel-type Pokémon!
1. Klink → Klinklang: Unleash its powerful hammer swings and impressive defense stats.
2. Scyther → Scizor: Take advantage of this Bug/Steel hybrid’s incredible speed and sharp claws.
3. Magnemite → Magneton: Harness the power of electromagnetism with this evolved form’s increased attack damage.
4. Magnezone → Magnetón: Boost your team’s defense and HP with its high special defense stat.
5. Metagross → Meta-Groos: Unleash devastating blows with its incredible attack power and decent special attack stat.
6. Bronzong → Bronzium Z: Tap into this ancient artifact’s impressive HP and defense stats, perfect for tanking damage.
7. Lucario → Mega-Lucario: Unlock the full potential of this martial arts master’s incredible speed and powerful attacks.
8. Honedge → Doublade: Wield the power of the sword with this evolved form’s increased attack power and decent special attack stat.
9. Genesect → Shiny-Genesect: Take advantage of its incredible defense stats and ability to adapt to any situation.
10. Melmetal → Mega-Melmetal: Unleash a barrage of powerful attacks with its incredible attack power and decent special attack stat.
Earn 25,000 Stardust (Skarmory encounter)
Win 3 raids (Mawile encounter)
What’s the current catch rate for Steel-type Pokémon?

Pawniard Battle Encounter: 1x Magnetic Lure Module, 10,000 XP

Several sets of Assortment Challenges require you to capture and evolve specific Pokémon.

Catch a Galarian Stunfisk
Catch a Magnemite
Evolve Magnemite into Magneton
Evolve Magneton into Magnezone

You’ve acquired 5,000 Stardust from the wild and encountered a Steelix with an impressive 100 Steelix Mega Vitality!

Catch an Aron
Evolve a Lairon into Aggron
Catch a Bronzor
Evolve a Bronzor into Bronzong

50,000 Stardust, Legendary Aggron Encounter, 1,000 Aggron Mega Evolutions

Catch a Nosepass
Catch a Togedemaru
Catch a Skarmory
Catch a Beldum

5000 Stardust, rare Scizor encounter, and a bonus of 100 Mega Vitality.

During the designated time frame, spinning a PokéStop has a chance to reward you with one of the following tasks:

Cultivate a collection of 10 steel-type Pokémon through Togedemaru encounters.
Amass a collection of 15 steel-type Pokémon.
Discover 2 km (Togedemaru encounter)
Boost energy to five Steel-type Pokémon encounters with Togedemaru.
Elevate three Steel-type Pokémon to their highest potential by honing in on their Mega Evolutions and boosting their Mega Vitality.

During the event period, these Pokémon will appear more frequently than usual.