Pokémon GO players have had plenty of reasons to hunt for Applin since the apple-dwelling Pokémon arrived in the game. Catching one is only part of the job: Evolving it means collecting the right kind of apple, and the one you need depends on which evolution you’re after. The upcoming Harvest Festival is giving players a chance to fill their bags before those choices come up again.
There is another reason to go apple picking this year. Mossy Lure Modules will work differently during the event, and players will be able to choose a reward path that gives them a particular kind of apple. Anyone who has been putting off an Applin evolution might want to make room in their schedule.
Shiny Applin will make its Pokémon GO debut during Harvest Festival: Applin Picking, which runs from Tuesday, September 29, at 10:00 a.m. through Monday, October 5, at 8:00 p.m. local time. Applin may appear in the wild, and catching one during the event will have an increased chance of yielding a Tart Apple, Sweet Apple, or Syrupy Apple once players unlock the first bonus on the event’s GO Pass. As always, finding a Shiny is a matter of luck, so the extra Applin encounters should be welcome.
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Collider Exclusive · 8 Questions · 2 Minutes Which Netflix Character Would Be Your Best Friend? Dustin · Emily · Wednesday · Gi-hun
Some friends drag you out of the house. Some sit with you on the worst night of your life. Netflix has written both, plus the one who tells you the truth you have been avoiding all week. Answer eight quick questions about how you actually do friendship, and find out which of them was always going to end up in your corner.
🧢Dustin(Stranger Things)
🗼Emily(Emily in Paris)
🕷️Wednesday(Wednesday)
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🟢Gi-hun(Squid Game)
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How do you usually end up making a new friend? The origin story says a lot about the friendship that follows it.
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02
What is a perfect Saturday with your best friend? Friendship is mostly built out of very ordinary hours.
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03
You call them at two in the morning. What happens? This is the real test of a friendship, and everybody knows it.
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04
What do you want from them when you are clearly wrong? The best friendships are the ones that survive being corrected.
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05
What do your friends actually value about you? The friend you attract says something about the friend you are.
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06
You have a falling out. How does it go? How a friendship repairs itself matters more than how it breaks.
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What do you actually need a best friend for? Everybody is missing something. The right friend fills that gap.
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Ten years from now, what keeps the two of you close? Eight questions in, this is the one that decides who you get.
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The Group Chat Has Spoken Your Best Friend Is…
Four Netflix characters, four completely different ways of showing up
for somebody. This is the one who fits how you actually do friendship, and what having them in your
life would be like.
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Stranger Things · Netflix · Since 2016
Dustin Henderson
You do not do friendship at half volume, and neither does he.
What you want is somebody who says yes to the plan before you have finished describing the
plan.
Dustin is the friend the entire show runs on: loyal past the point of sense,
enthusiastic about everything, and incapable of leaving anybody behind.
You have the same instinct. Your friendships are loud, specific and slightly ridiculous,
and they last for decades because of it.
He is also the one person who would take your strangest interest completely seriously,
which is far rarer than it sounds.
You would have a group chat. It would never once be quiet.
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Emily in Paris · Netflix · Since 2020
Emily Cooper
You are the friend who makes things happen, and so is she.
Together you would be mildly exhausting to everyone around you and completely delighted with
yourselves.
Emily treats an ordinary Tuesday as something that could be turned into an occasion,
which is either the best or the worst quality in a friend depending on your energy
levels.
You share her refusal to sit still. Neither of you has ever accepted a night in when
something was happening somewhere else.
She is far more loyal than people give her credit for. She defends her friends loudly,
publicly, and occasionally before checking the facts.
She would post the photo without asking. You would forgive her, because it is a very
good photo.
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Wednesday · Netflix · Since 2022
Wednesday Addams
You have no patience for pleasant lies, and she has no ability to
tell them. What looks like coldness from the outside is the most reliable friendship on this
list.
Wednesday never says a kind thing she does not mean, which makes the rare ones count for
an enormous amount.
You would rather be told the truth than be made comfortable. She is constitutionally
incapable of offering you anything else.
Underneath all of it she is ferociously protective. She simply refuses to make a
performance out of caring.
Do not expect a birthday message. Do expect her to ruin anyone who wrongs you.
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Squid Game · Netflix · 2021–2025
Seong Gi-hun
You look after whoever is having the worst day. So does he. It is
the least strategic way to move through the world and the best possible quality in a friend.
Gi-hun is not the strongest player in Squid Game, or the cleverest. He is the one who
keeps choosing to protect somebody else, over and over, at genuine cost to himself.
You have the same instinct. You notice who is struggling and you stay with them, long
after anybody would blame you for leaving.
He is a flawed friend, and that is part of why it lands. He lets people down, then comes
back and tries again, which is more than most manage.
He would give you his last chance and never once mention that he had done it.
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Shiny Applin Isn’t the Only Reason To Go Apple Picking
Some rewards for the 2026 Pokémon GO Harvest Festival.Image via Scopely
Mossy Lure Modules will attract only apples during the event. Tapping those apples can award one of the three evolution items or trigger an encounter with an event Pokémon, including Applin and flower-crown Cottonee. Wild encounters will also include Skwovet, Lechonk, and Smoliv, with an increased chance of finding Shiny Smoliv. Players who reach Rank 10 on the event GO Pass can make their Mossy Lure Modules last for an hour, giving them more time to search. The event also includes branching Timed Research with a choice between Tart Apples, Sweet Apples, and Syrupy Apples as rewards. Pick the path that matches the evolution you want, then finish the tasks and claim the rewards by October 5 at 8:00 p.m. local time. Event-themed Field Research will offer additional Pokémon encounters.
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Every player will automatically receive the free Harvest Festival GO Pass when the event begins. Ranking it up can earn Pokémon encounters, apples, a Mossy Lure Module, and a Super Rocket Radar, while Rank 20 unlocks extra Stardust from defeating Team GO Rocket Grunts and Leaders, although doing so is considerably less frequent now. A paid GO Pass Deluxe costs $4.99, or $6.99 with enough GO Points to reach Rank 7, and adds rewards such as more encounters, apples, and Mossy Lure Modules. Players can upgrade later and still collect paid rewards from ranks they have already unlocked. There is a little breathing room after the event for claiming GO Pass rewards: They expire on Wednesday, October 7, at 8:00 p.m. local time. The Shiny hunt itself ends with the Harvest Festival on October 5.
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