Event, some extras

So, I verified a small but nice addition to the event rewards. You get double stardust from feeding berries as well.

For the first hour there was the usual Niantic error as usual. In this case it turned out you didn't actually get double stardust but an extra 100 dust instead, so I ended up with 400 dust for caching an evolved version of a pokemon. After one hour that bug was fixed.


And... there are package deals this event as well. Let's have a lok at them.

Special box

• 480 coins
• 3 super incubators
• 5 lure modules

Great box

• 980 coins
• 5 super incubators
• 4 lucky eggs
• 10 lure modules

Ultra box

• 1480 coins
• 8 super incubators
• 8 lucky eggs
• 15 lure modules

If you, like me, aren't interested in lucky eggs, then the special box it is. Basically it offers three superior incubators for a 30 coins premium price, and then you get five lure modules for rounding off a day hatching eggs.

It's a perfectly decent deal.

Both the great and ultra boxes pretty much require that you're interested in getting a bunch of lucky eggs. If not then they're awful deals. For that reason we need to look at them from a lucky egg point of view.

For 980 coins you get 250 coins worth of lucky eggs. Are the remaining 730 coins well spent? Five super incubators for 750 coins is probably the best way to look at the remaining coins. Arguably a super incubator is worth more than 150 coins, but just to make the comparison easier.

That leaves you with 10 lure modules. If you're interested in those the great box is a great deal. If not, well...

Lastly the ultra box sets you back 1480 coins. There's 500 coins worth of lucky eggs but let's call it 480 in order to round the remaining coins off to 1000. The eight super incubators could be said to be worth 1200 coins, so you're already ahead here.

If you're interested in lure modules then the ultra box is a killer deal since not only do you save 200 coins for lucky eggs and super incubators alone, but you get a whopping 15 lure modules thrown in for good measure.

In fact...

Let's assume you're discarding all eight lucky eggs immediately upon delivery. That makes them worth zero coins.

Eight super incubators are still worth 1200 coins.

Fifteen lure modules are worth in the order of 1300 coins.

So, if you planned to shop an eight pack lure modules before the event, then the ultra box is still a perfectly valid deal even if you're trashing the lucky eggs.