Pokémon Go Easter Event kicks off TOMORROW giving players the best chance to find rare characters

Easter is a time for eggs - and that hasn't escaped the notice of Niantic Labs, creators of the hit mobile game Pokémon Go .

The company is hotly tipped to launch a special Easter Event that looks likely to kick off tomorrow.

Like previous Valentine's Day and Thanksgiving events, the Easter event will last for a week and give players a handy boost .

They will receive double the XP and, of course, a better chance of hatching a rare Pokémon from one of their eggs.

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The likes of Snorlax and Lapras can be hatched from eggs that require players to walk a specific distance while playing the game.

News of the Easter event was posted on Pokémon Go fan site The Silph Road by a group known as Team Eevolution.

"From tomorrow, there will be a DOUBLE EXPERIENCE EVENT that will last a week. There will also be better egg hatch rates. This means that there will be more chances of rare Pokemon coming out as Lapras or Snorlax more easily," the group posted on the site .

It's important to note, however, that there has been no official announcement from Niantic regarding any special changes to the game.

The last we heard from the developers was that the 'Legendary' Pokémon would be arriving in the game by the end of the year.

“We’re going to take advantage of the wearables that exist today while we wait and work with partners to bring to market A.R. glasses and other forms of advanced A.R. technology," Niantic CEO John Hanke recently told a German newspaper.

“With Pokemon Go, we’re only getting started with the game.”

Hatching (Easter) eggs

Meanwhile, Pokemon Go data miners have cracked how the Generation 2 egg tier works.

Hatching certain species from an egg has always been a bit of a mystery. However, the people at the Silph Road have worked out how things work.

A player's phone is decorated with Pokemon stickers (Photo: Getty)

“Egg species is determined according to hidden rarity 'tiers' that are not the same as the egg distance tiers (i.e. 2 km, 5 km, 10 km),” a new post explains.

“In simple English, this means that not all 10 km egg species are rarer than 2 km egg species or 5 km egg species. A simple example of this is that Dratini is presently a very common hatch, despite being in 10 km eggs.

“It is currently easier to acquire a 10 km egg with a Dratini inside than a 2 km egg with a Machop inside.”

Research done using a over 8,000 egg hatches has revealed that there might now be four rarity tiers in play, each twice as common as the one before.

Pokemon moves from Generation 7

Name Type Cat. Power Acc. PP Effect 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt ELECTRIC 195 — 1 Pikachu-exclusive Z-Move. Accelerock ROCK 40 100 20 User attacks first. Acid Downpour POISON — — — 1 Poison type Z-Move. All-Out Pummeling FIGHTING — — — 1 Fighting type Z-Move. Anchor Shot STEEL 80 100 20 The user entangles the target with its anchor chain while attacking. The target becomes unable to flee. Aurora Veil ICE — — 20 Halves damage from Physical and Special attacks for five turns. Baneful Bunker POISON — — 10 In addition to protecting the user from attacks, this move also poisons any attacker that makes direct contact. Beak Blast FLYING 100 100 15 The user first heats up its beak, and then it attacks the target. Making direct contact with the Pokémon while it’s heating up its beak results in a burn. Black Hole Eclipse DARK — — — 1 Dark type Z-Move. Bloom Doom GRASS — — — 1 Grass type Z-Move. Breakneck Blitz NORMAL — — — 1 Normal type Z-Move. Brutal Swing DARK 60 10...

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