‘s and Research quests have been taken over by (UBs). While getting XL Candies for them is a major challenge due to their low drop rates, you can use . With an active Mega-evolved species in your collection, you earn bonus XL Candies by catching sharing any of the Mega’s types.
So you can take advantage of this trick while catching from the Timed Research. Further, the community revealed certain Megas whose bonuses cover multiple species. Reddit user ‘TYRONNEsaur’ suggested the / -type to get bonus XL Candies from and .
Additionally, Mega , with its and combo, includes , , , , and . Although rare, you can use any for the powerful . Luckily, a fan came to the rescue, saying: “Primal Kyogre also works for Xurkitree candy if you don’t have an electric mega.
” Primal Kyogre is a species but its Reversion affects Electric types as well, hence the bonus from this . Another mentioned a popular Mega to farm XLs from several Ultra Beasts. They advised using Beedrill to get more XLs for Bug types and since you can get for this Gen 1 icon simply by spinning Gyms.
Finally, you can also grab extra XLs for all Ultra Beasts in one go. To do this, stack the Timed Research rewards and then catch them with the associated Megas or active. Remember that you don’t need the active Mega to be your Buddy or on the map.
As long as you have it Mega-evolved, the XL bonuses will be available for eight hours. Also, keep in mind that you can get the bonus from Raid UBs as well. Once you cat.
