Swarming Pokémon

What are Swarming Pokémon?

Swarming Pokémon events are the successor to the defunct Buneary Madness, which was last held in 2014. First introduced with Swarming Bunnelby for Easter 2017, the challenge is to capture as many swarming Pokémon as you can by the end of the time limit. The event durations have varied from 24 hours to 96 hours and events have been hosted for Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Shrimpy's birthday.

Due to the success of the first Swarming Pokémon event, Swarm Saturdays was also introduced as permanent reoccurring challenge on the RPG.

Details

During a swarm event, escaped Pokémon randomly appear on pages of the RPG. If you spot one, you can click the image. A page appears with a captcha code. After entering the correct code, the Pokémon is logged as being caught by you. Rankings can be checked along with the number of Pokémon logged under the Swarming Pokémon tab in Challenges.

The Pokémon will look like this: [1]

History

Swarming Bunnelby was held a total of four times throughout both 2017 and 2018 in celebration of Easter. In 2017, the events were held over the course of two weekends (April 15-16 and April 22-23) with both events lasting 48 hours. In 2018, the events were instead held over the course of a single weekend (March 31 and April 1) with both events lasting just 24 hours.

Swarming Mimikyu occurred throughout the entirety of Halloween on October 31, 2018. Mimikyu became the first generation 7 Pokémon added to the RPG.

Swarming Pidgey happened on August 3, 2019, one day after Shrimpy's birthday. Unlike previous events which gave out a golden Pokémon to just the winner, Swarming Pidgey gave out a GoldenPidgey to everybody in the top 10, with the grand prize being a second GoldenPidgey.

Swarming Togepi and Swarming Exeggcute were held back-to-back for Easter 2020. Togepi's event ran from April 11th to April 12th while Exeggcute's occurred from April 13th to April 15, notably being the first three day long swarm event.

Swarming Horsea ran concurrently with Golden Day on August 2, 2020.

Swarming Ducklett ran for four days in celebration of Thanksgiving from November 25th to November 29th, 2020. In addition to rewarding the top 10 with GoldenDucklett, all participants who collected 20 or more Ducklett received a DarkDucklett.

Swarming Togedemaru was held three times alongside Golden Day on December 25, 2020, December 31, 2020, and January 1, 2021. Trainers who collected 25 or more Togedemaru on the 25th, 35+ on the 31st, and 45+ on the 1st received a GoldenTogedemaru, with the top 10 prizes also being GoldenTogedemaru.

Swarming Comfey was held on April 4, 2021 in celebration of Easter.

Swarming Hoopa was held daily from October 25th, 2021 to October 31st, 2021 for Halloween. First place received a GoldenHoopa while everybody in the top 10 received a ShinyHoopa or a DarkHoopa (alternating daily) and a Prison Bottle. Anybody who collected 50 Hoopa would additionally get a regular Hoopa.

For Easter 2022, an event called "Swarming ???" was held three times from April 15th to April 17th. While functionally identical to previous swarm events, a purely black model resembling Cherrim (Sunshine) began swarming instead of a regular Pokemon. In the end, GoldenCherubi and DarkCherubi were given out as prizes.

Swarming Zubat happened on October 31, 2022 for Halloween.

Swarming Munna happened twice in celebration of Easter 2023. However, it was delayed from Easter weekend to the following weekend on April 15-16 instead. First place uniquely received a level 5 GoldenMunna while those in the top 10 received a level 100 GoldenMunna. Anybody who collected at least one Munna received a DarkMunna.

Past Prizes

Top 10 Prizes

Event	Grand Prize	Top 10 Prize
Swarming Bunnelby	GoldenBunnelby	ShinyBunnelby or DarkBunnelby
Swarming Mimikyu	GoldenMimikyu	DarkMimikyu
Swarming Pidgey	GoldenPidgey	GoldenPidgey
Swarming Togepi	GoldenTogepi	GoldenTogepi
Swarming Exeggcute	GoldenExeggcute	GoldenExeggcute
Swarming Horsea	GoldenHorsea	GoldenHorsea
Swarming Ducklett	GoldenDucklett	GoldenDucklett
Swarming Togedemaru	GoldenTogedemaru	GoldenTogedemaru
Swarming Comfey	GoldenComfey	GoldenComfey
Swarming Hoopa	GoldenHoopa	ShinyHoopa or DarkHoopa and Prison Bottle
Swarming ???	GoldenCherubi	GoldenCherubi
Swarming Zubat	GoldenZubat	GoldenZubat
Swarming Munna	GoldenMunna (Level 5)	GoldenMunna (Level 100)

Additional Prizes

Event	Minimum Requirement	Prize
Swarming Ducklett	Collect 20 Ducklett	DarkDucklett
Swarming Togedemaru	Collect 25-45 Togedemaru	GoldenTogedemaru
Swarming Comfey	Collect 25 Comfey	ShinyComfey
Swarming Hoopa	Collect 50 Hoopa	Hoopa
Swarming ???	Collect 25 ???	DarkCherubi
Swarming Zubat	Collect 25 Zubat	GoldenZubat
Swarming Munna	Collect 1 Munna	DarkMunna

Credits

ToxiCity for the image.