Sunsteel Strike And Moongeist Ray are the Adventure effects For Twilight Mane Necrozma And Necrozma Dawn Wings retrospectively in Pokémon Go.
Adventure effects provide additional information useful bonuses to your time in Pokémon Go and were first introduced during Go Tour: Sinnoh in February 2024 with Roar of Time and Spacial Rend. While these adventure effects focused on the bending of time and space, Sunsteel Strike and Moongeist give you night and day themed powers. (So we bend time again, really…)
Like the previous adventure effects, each of these is tied to a specific Pokémon: Sunsteel Strike for Dusk Mane Necrozma and Moongeist Beam for Dawn Wings Necrozma. For this reason, you will need to use fusion to create one of these Pokémon.
Below we look at the Bonuses and Cost for Sunsteel Strike and Moongeist Beam in Pokémon Gonext to How Adventure Effects Work.
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Bonus and cost of the Solar Steel Strike Adventure effect in Pokémon Go
The Sunstrike adventure effect can only be used by Duskmane Necrozma in Pokémon Go. For this reason, the first step to using this adventure effect is to fuse Necrozma and Solgaleo.
It allows you to evolve Pokémon that evolve based on the time of day whenever you want, and spawns Pokémon that usually only appear during the day at your location. With these abilities, it’s a good adventure effect to use if you typically play Pokémon Go during the late hours.
The Pokémon that Sunsteel Strike spawns are:
Level 1
Level 2
- Helioptile
- Tyrant
- Fomantis
- Solrock
Level 3
Level four
Level five
- Rockruff with the ability to evolve into Duskform Lycanroc
Thanks to sorros3 from reddit for help with this information.
Using Sunsteel Strike costs 3,000 Stardust and 3 Necrozma Candy for 10 minutesYou can increase this duration in 10 minute increments up to a maximum of two hours, which will cost you 36,000 Stardust and 36 Necrozma Candy.
The duration of the Sunsteel Strike can be increased to a maximum of 24 hours. And that’s provided, of course, that you’re willing to spend 432,000 Stardust and 432 Necrozma Candies…
At the time of writing, Duskmane Necrozma also cannot learn Sunsteel Strike via a Charged TM or Elite Charged TM. Instead, the Pokémon will automatically learn this attack upon fusion.
It is also important to note that Sunsteel Strike cannot be used with any other Adventure Effect, Incense, Daily Adventure Incense, Mystery Box, or Coin Bag.
Finally, Sunsteel Strike can be used in combat and has the following power:
- Coach Battles – 135 Power
- Gyms and raids – 230 Power
Moongeist Beam Adventure Effect Bonus and Cost in Pokémon Go
The Moongeist Ray adventure effect can only be used by Necrozma Dawn Wings in Pokémon Go. Due to this, you must first use Fusion on a Necrozma and Lunala to obtain this Pokémon and move.
Using Moongeist Beam allows you to evolve Pokémon that evolve during the night whenever you want. It also allows Pokémon that typically appear at night to appear at your location no matter what time of day it is. These abilities make Moongeist Beam a great Adventure Effect to use if you prefer to play Pokémon Go during the day.
Here are the causes of the appearance of Pokémon Moongeist Beam:
Level 1
Level 2
- Munna
- Amaura
- Galar Zigzagoon
- Lunatone
Level 3
Level four
Level five
- Rockruff who can evolve into Lycanroc’s Twilight Form
Thanks to Pandanoko-Fan137 from Reddit for help with this information.
Moongeist Ray costs 3,000 Stardust and 3 Necrozma Candy for 10 minutes. You can increase its duration in 10-minute increments up to a maximum of two hours. This will cost you 36,000 Stardust and 36 Necrozma Candy for two hours.
You can then further increase the duration of the Moongeist Beam to a maximum of 24 hours. However, you will first need 432,000 Stardust and 432 Necrozma Candy…
At the time of writing, Necrozma Dawnwing cannot learn Moongeist Ray via a Charged TM or Elite Charged TM. However, it will automatically learn this attack after being fused.
You also cannot use Moongeist Beam with any other adventure effect, incense, daily adventure incense, the mystery box, or the bag of coins.
Finally, Moongeist Beam can be used in combat and has the following power:
- Coach Battles – 135 Power
- Gyms and raids – 230 Power
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How to Use an Adventure Effect in Pokémon Go
To use an adventure effect in Pokémon Go, you must first make sure that you have a Pokémon that knows the attack linked to that effect. In this case, these Pokémon are Necrozma Twilight Mane for Sunsteel Strike And Necrozma Dawn Wings for Moongeist Beam. If, however, you wish to use the other adventure effects, you will need Dialga Origin Form for Time’s Roar and Palkia Origin Form for Space Rip.
Before we begin, it’s important to note that neither Sunstrike nor Moongeist Ray can be learned via a Charged TM or an Elite Charged TM. Instead, Duskmane Necrozma and Dawnwing Necrozma will automatically learn their Adventure Effect attacks after being created via Fusion. This means that you don’t need to hunt down a specific Pokémon that knows this attack.
Another thing to remember is that you can only use one Adventure Effect at a time. So if you’ve activated Sunsteel Strike to evolve a daytime Pokémon at night, you can’t use Moongeist Beam to increase the number of nighttime spawns. Instead, you’ll either have to wait for the Adventure Effect to end or end it yourself to use another one. Thankfully, Pokémon Go will warn you when you try to use a second Adventure Effect, but it’s worth keeping this rule in mind if you plan on using the effects often.
With these rules established, let’s see how to use an adventure effect in Pokémon Go.
The first step is to find the Pokémon whose Adventure Effect you want to use in your Pokémon Storage. (However, in the case of Dusk Mane and Dawn Wings Necrozma, technically the first step is to create them via Fusion.) After finding the Pokémon, open its dedicated summary page and scroll down until you find the Adventure Effect section under its moveset.
Press “Use” to open the window where you decide how much Stardust and Necrozma Candy you want to spend on the adventure effect.
The more Stardust and Necrozma Candy you are willing to part with, the more time you will have for this adventure effect. The timers for Solar Steel Strike and Moon Spirit Ray increase in 10-minute increments up to a maximum of two hours. This time can be further increased up to 24 hours in total. However, extending the time to its limit will cost you a large amount of Stardust and Necrozma Candy, so if you are planning on doing so, we highly recommend making sure you can take full advantage of the adventure effect to ensure you do not waste any resources.
After setting the duration of the Adventure Effect, simply press “Use” again and watch a short cutscene of your Pokémon using the attack. Congratulations! The Adventure Effect is now active and you can freely enjoy its bonuses! At least for now, as the on-screen timer will turn off to mark the end of the effect’s duration.
Good luck with Sunsteel Strike and Moongeist Beam!