Events
Recurring Events
Rapidash Trivia
Rapidash Trivia is a biannual trivia event that asks participants to answer several Pokémon-related questions, ranging from simple anime trivia to complex and obscure factoids. There are 12 rounds, each usually lasting up to an hour long and consisting of 150 questions. Overall, there are 12 rounds per occurrence of Rapidash Trivia, each 4 hours apart from each other.
The top 3 players at the end of each round receive a medal and a prize pack for their respective position. As part of the 1st place prize pack, the player will receive a Mewtwo. This is the only known way to obtain this Pokémon.
Rotom's Quest
Rotom's Quest is a month long event that requires players to work together in order to free Rotom. All participating players will earn 1,000 . If the quest is complete, all participating players will earn a Small Corda Balls Pack and three days of Premium. If the quest is complete, one participating player, selected at random, will receive a Rotom; the form of Rotom obtained from Rotom's Quest cycles. This is currently the only known way to obtain this Pokémon.
Month | Objective | Status | Winner |
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October 2019 | Trading Pokémon on the GTS generates GTS points. Reach 1,000 GTS points to complete the quest. | Success | silvpokkii |
November 2019 | Participate in Elaria's second Pokémon tournament! 32 participants are required to complete the quest. | Success | Pika_pika42#7922 |
December 2019 | Buying Pokémon on the Black Market generates Black Market points (BM points). Reach 200,000 BM points to complete the quest. | Failure | None |
March 2020 | Buying Corda Balls and items of the shop. Reach 1,000,000 Corda Bucks spent to complete the quest! | Success | jeffy#2349 and mrjonesy53 |
May 2020 | Don't let Pokémon escape. If 100 Pokémon escape before the end of the event, the quest fails. | Success | bananacupcake and lily ♪#0208 |
June 2020 | Catch 100 Fire-Type Pokémon! | Success | The_Maxine#9348 |
September 2020 | Catch 666 Pokémon whose weight is at most 10.0 kg! | Success | yash_sonbhurra |
October 2020 | Catch 1,000 Gen V Pokémon! | Success | Jayme#9130 and sakorro |
Elaria Pokémon Tournament
Elaria Pokémon Tournament is a monthly double-elimination tournament that takes place on Pokémon Showdown. Players can use either one or two teams of Pokémon that fit into the tournament's format and special rules. The winner will receive a Star Chip: Silver and either Lugia or Ho-Oh, depending on their choice. All participants will receive a Small Corda Balls Pack and a Star Chip: Copper. Forfeiting players do not receive any reward.
Month | Format and Special Rules | Bracket | Winner |
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November 2019 | Gen 7 OU | https://challonge.com/elaria01 | Andy Snype#9304 |
December 2019 | Gen 7 OU + Must include a Rotom on your team | https://challonge.com/elaria02 | _chillie_ |
March 2020 | Gen 8 BSS | https://challonge.com/elaria03 | _chillie_ |
April 2020 | Gen 8 Metronome | https://challonge.com/elaria04 | yash_sonbhurra |
May 2020 | Gen 8 LC | https://challonge.com/elaria05 | parissong |
July 2020 | Gen 8 Monotype | https://challonge.com/elaria06 | linktheheroofwinds |
September 2020 | Gen 8 Doubles Metronome | https://challonge.com/elaria07 | danielcm |
Day of the Month Events
Each month, corresponding to a real world event or holiday, there will be 24 hours in which spawns are affected, starting at midnight Eastern Time. Some of these events will feature exclusive forms which cannot spawn outside of their event day.
Month | Day | Holiday/Event | Effect | Exclusive Forms |
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January | ??? | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Febuary | 14 | Valentine's Day | Only Psychic-Type and Fairy-Type Pokémon and Luvdisc will spawn. | Unknown |
March | 21 | Spring Solstice | Only Grass-Type Pokémon will spawn. | Unknown |
April | ??? | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
May | ??? | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
June | 21 | Summer Solstice | Only Fire-Type Pokémon will spawn. | Solrock (Solstice Form) and Lunatone (Solstice Form) |
July | ??? | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
August | 19 | World Humanitarian Day | Only Water-Type Pokémon will spawn. | Unknown |
September | 21 | Autumnal Equinox | Only Bug-Type and Poison-Type Pokémon will spawn. | Solrock (Equinox Form) and Lunatone (Equinox Form) |
October | 31 | Halloween | Only Dark-Type and Ghost-Type Pokémon will spawn. | Emolga (Halloween Form) |
November | ??? | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
December | 21 | Winter Solstice | Only Ice-Type and Dark-Type Pokémon will spawn. | Solrock (Solstice Form) and Lunatone (Solstice Form) |
Questions for a Latias
Questions for a Latias is an event where the host asks the Tilia Trainers questions in the voice chat. In a similar method to the game show, "Jeopardy!", players must 'buzz in' while or after the host asks the question. If they answer correctly, they receive a point. The first two players to obtain ten points move onto the finals, where they will alternate answering questions until one of the finalists runs out of time. The finalist who doesn't run out of time will receive a Latias.
Date | Theme | Winner |
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May 26, 2020 | Video Games | linktheheroofwinds |
August 1, 2020 | Mythology | kungfuferret |
Silvadash Trivia
Silvadash Trivia is a trivia event where silvpokkii asks participants to answer several Tilia-related questions, ranging from naming a Pokémon from its silhouette to obscure facts about version numbers. There are 6 rounds, each usually lasting up to an hour long and containing 30 questions, spaced 12 hours apart.
Winning players received a Yellow and Black Poké Ball, which contained one of the five Costume Pikachu Forms, decided at random. Participating players received a Cosplay Pikachu. For each round the player scored 5 or more points, they received a Field Item Pack.
Ongoing Events
Past Events
Mega Seaking Event
Start Date: June 4th, 2019
End Date: June 24th, 2019
The Mega Seaking Event was a special event where users were allowed to submit Mega Seaking Designs (exclusive to Tilia) as a special form Seaking will evolve to when Mega Evolution will be introduced. Three winners' designs won, who each received a Big Corda Balls Pack and a generation VI Seaking (Normal Form).
Unown Event
Start Date: April 17th, 2019
End Date: May 6th, 2019
The Unown Event was a contest that required users to solve twelve riddles that were given over the course of a few weeks. Each riddle's solution was one non-Legendary or Mythical Pokémon that was somehow related to the solution of the final riddle. The first six players to answer all twelve riddles correctly were declared the winners, and were given either an Entei or a Raikou depending on their answer to the final riddle.
Aurora Event
Start Date: April 20th, 2019
End Date: May 20th, 2019
The Aurora Event was a contest that tasked participants with creating a special "Aurora Form" of a Pokémon from Generation I, II, or III that did not already have any alternate forms or mega evolution. Participants were required to submit both a standard and a shiny variant of their Pokémon. At the end of the event, the submissions were judged by an undisclosed third party, and the submissions were ranked based on their theming and effort. The results can be found here.
Three winners were awarded the grand prize. This included a Suicune, a non-shiny variant of their Aurora Form submission, and the potential for the Aurora Form to spawn naturally in the game.
Pokémon Let's Go Event
Start Date: November 16th, 2018
End Date: May 16th, 2019
The Pokémon Let's Go Event was a special event that allowed users to send a picture of their Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! games to Saphir and be given a Pikachu or Eevee depending on which game was shown. The given Pokémon would be from Kanto and have the Generation I indicator.
Crystal Snowflakes Event
Start Date: December 4th, 2019
End Date: January 15th, 2020
The Crystal Snowflakes Event was a special event where players had a 1-in-32 chance to acquire a Crystal Snowflake when they caught any Pokémon. After the event ended, players could take the snowflake out of the box and, before those who are truly pure of heart, a Suicune would appear.
Stay Safe Event
Start Date: March 16th, 2020
End Date: March 31st, 2020
The Stay Safe Event was a special event to provide players with some entertainment while at home to not spread COVID-19. The mean spawn time was reduced from 10 minutes to 5 minutes, increased the maximum number of Pokémon of each species/form combination a player can capture from 2 to 3, and players no longer lost a Corda Ball when they caught a Pokémon.
Elemental Art Contest
Start Date: April 10th, 2020
End date: May 10th, 2020
The Elemental Art Contest was a contest that tasked participants with creating a special "Elemental Form" of a Pokémon from Generation I, II, III, IV, or V, excluding Event-Only Pokémon, Magikarp, Pichu, Unown, Castform, Deerling, and Sawsbuck. There were three different themes for the event - Earth, Sea and Sky. Participants were required to submit both a standard and a shiny variant of their Pokémon. The results can be found here for Earth, here for Sea, & here for Sky.
Six winners (two for each theme) were awarded the grand prize. This included a Kyogre, Groudon, or Rayquaza depending on the theme, a non-shiny variant of their Elemental Form submission, and the potential for the Elemental Form to spawn naturally in the game.
Generation VI Pre-Launch Event
Start Date: November 9th, 2020
End date: November 15th, 2020
The Generation VI Pre-Launch Event was a celebratory event for the launch of Generation VI in Tilia, on her 2-year anniversary. Spawn times were shortened and the chance to find a Shiny or ζ-Rift Pokémon was increased.
In additions, there was a 60% chance to find a Pretty Wing on every Pokémon caught. Players could acquire a maximum of 50 Pretty Wings, and each Pretty Wing gave the player an additional 2% chance in earning Latios. Players who obtained 50 Pretty Wings were guaranteed to obtain Latios.
Poké Ball Plus Event
End date: November 15th, 2020
The Poké Ball Plus Event is an event that requires users to send Saphir a picture of a Poké Ball Plus accessory. Once done, the user will be given a Mew. This is one of the two ways to obtain a Mew in-game, the other one being through the Mythical Redeem Ticket - Mew.
Pokémon GO Event
End date: November 15th, 2020
The Pokémon GO Event is an event that requires users to send a screenshot of their Pokémon GO trainer profile to Saphir. The user is then given either an Articuno, Zapdos, or Moltres depending on the team they are a part of. The account must be Level 10 or above.
Sword and Shield Event
End date: November 15th, 2020
The Sword and Shield Event is an event that requires users to send either a picture of the game cartridge in its plastic box or a picture of the console, with the eShop open to the game's page, showing a greyed-out "purchased" button. The user is then given a choice amongst Bulbasaur (Normal form), Charmander (Normal form), Squirtle, Pikachu (Normal form), Seaking (Normal form), Eevee, Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Totodile, Treecko, Torchic, or Mudkip. Supporters can request two Pokémon from the list. Users can claim this prize once for Pokémon Sword and once for Pokémon Shield.