The Golden Magikarp
| The Golden Magikarp 金のコイキングを追え！ Chase the Golden Magikarp! | |
 Event notification image | |
| Type | Daily Battle |
|---|---|
| First run | May 5 to 16, 2022 |
| Rerun(s) | May 4 to 17, 2023 April 27 to May 10, 2024 |
| Featured Pokémon | Magikarp |
The Golden Magikarp (Japanese: 金のコイキングを追え！ Chase the Golden Magikarp!) was a Daily Battle event in Pokémon Masters EX. It was focused on Magikarp.
During this event, players could obtain Pokémon Eggs that hatched into Magikarp, with which they could form sync pairs. The hatched Magikarp's role could be strike, tech, or support, and Magikarp of any role could hatch as Shiny Pokémon. In addition, like egg events, players could not obtain Eggs from Professor Bellis by completing areas outside of the event, and a limited-time Egg incubator was added to Bellis's Lab for the duration of the event.
While the battle Retrieve the Eggs! could be challenged an unlimited number of times, Spectacular Splash could only be challenged once per day. This battle rewarded players with Golden Magikarp Tickets, which could be redeemed in the shop for items. Event missions could be completed by hatching lots of Eggs and using Splash in battle, rewarding players with Gems and items for raising Egg Pokémon.
First run
The event first ran from May 5 to 16, 2022. It ran alongside the story event A Golden Future and the solo event Pasio Gold Rush.
Second run
The event reran from May 4 to 17, 2023. The amount of Golden Magikarp Tickets earned from Spectacular Splash each day was greater than the first run. Pasio Gold Rush reran alongside it, but A Golden Future did not.
Third run
The event reran again from April 27 to May 10, 2024. Everything was the same as the previous run.
Plot
Area info
| Area name | Unlock condition | Completion Rewards |
|---|---|---|
 The Egg Swap
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Available from start |  Gems ×10 Spectacular Splash Retrieve the Eggs!
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Battles
| Name | Difficulty | Trainer | Pokémon | First-Time Rewards | Completion Rewards | Egg Chance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | Middle | Right | ||||||
| Retrieve the Eggs! | Normal |  Swimmer Carsten |
 Magikarp Weakness: 
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Magikarp Weakness:
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Magikarp Weakness:
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Gems ×30 3★ Egg(  Magikarp)
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None | 75% 3★ Egg ( Magikarp)
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| Spectacular Splash | Normal |  Collector Barnes |
 Magikarp  Weakness:
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Magikarp Weakness:
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Magikarp Weakness:
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Gems ×30 3★ Egg ( Magikarp)
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3★ Egg ( Magikarp)First run:  Golden Magikarp Ticket ×15Second/third runs: Golden Magikarp Ticket ×21
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None |
Event missions
| Mission Name | Objective | Reward |
| Mission 1 | Hatch an Egg ×1 |  1★ Power-Up ×60 |
| Mission 2 | Hatch an Egg ×2 |  1★ Berry Tart ×60 |
| Mission 3 | Hatch an Egg ×3 |  2★ Power-Up ×40 |
| Mission 4 | Hatch an Egg ×5 |  2★ Berry Tart ×40 |
| Mission 5 | Hatch an Egg ×8 |  3★ Berry Tart ×40 |
| Mission 6 | Hatch an Egg ×10 |  3★ Power-Up ×3 |
| Mission 7 | Use the following move ×5: • Splash |
Gems ×50 |
| Mission 8 | Use the following move ×10: • Splash |
Gems ×50 |
| Mission 9 | Use the following move ×15: • Splash |
Gems ×50 |
| Mission 10 | Use the following move ×20: • Splash |
Gems ×50 |
| Mission 11 | Use the following move ×25: • Splash |
Gems ×100 |
| Reward for completing all missions |  Egg Move Candy ×3
| |
Shop
| Item given | Item received | Max exchanges | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Magikarp Ticket ×3 |
→ |  5★ Power-Up ×1 |
1 |
| Golden Magikarp Ticket ×3 |
→ |  5★ Scout Ticket ×1 |
4 |
| Golden Magikarp Ticket ×3 |
→ | 3★ Berry Tart ×5 |
4 |
| Golden Magikarp Ticket ×3 |
→ |  3★ Dragon Bandanna ×1 |
1 |
| Golden Magikarp Ticket ×3 |
→ |  3★ Dragon Bracelet ×1 |
1 |
| Golden Magikarp Ticket ×3 |
→ |  3★ Dragon Pin ×1 |
1 |
| Golden Magikarp Ticket ×3 |
→ |  3★ Crunchy Lucky Cookie ×1 |
5 |
| Golden Magikarp Ticket ×3 |
→ |  3★ Creamy Lucky Cookie ×1 |
5 |
| Golden Magikarp Ticket ×3 |
→ |  3★ Crispy Lucky Cookie ×1 |
5 |
| Golden Magikarp Ticket ×2 |
→ | 2★ Power-Up ×5 |
4 |
| Golden Magikarp Ticket ×2 |
→ | 2★ Berry Tart ×5 |
4 |
| Golden Magikarp Ticket ×2 |
→ |  2★ Crunchy Lucky Cookie ×1 |
5 |
| Golden Magikarp Ticket ×2 |
→ |  2★ Creamy Lucky Cookie ×1 |
5 |
| Golden Magikarp Ticket ×2 |
→ |  2★ Crispy Lucky Cookie ×1 |
5 |
| Golden Magikarp Ticket ×2 |
→ |  Lucky Scroll ×1 |
5 |
| Golden Magikarp Ticket ×1 |
→ | 1★ Power-Up ×5 |
4 |
| Golden Magikarp Ticket ×1 |
→ | 1★ Berry Tart ×5 |
4 |
| Golden Magikarp Ticket ×1 |
→ |  3★ Level-Up Manual ×3 |
Unlimited |
| Golden Magikarp Ticket ×1 |
→ |  Coins ×3,000 | |
Gallery
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| Event banner |
Music
| Situation | Song key | Song name | Arrangement |
|---|---|---|---|
| In menu |  No. 00004
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Adventure Awaits | Unknown |
| During battle | No. 00015
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Shenanigans | Unknown |
| The Egg Swap From start |
— | Bellis's Lab | Unknown |
| Song names without a song key listed are unofficial, as they have not been added to the Jukebox. | |||
Script
- The Egg Swap
| Name | Text |
|---|---|
| (Professor Bellis's lab; the professor looks frustrated, then notices the player and turns to them) | |
| Professor Bellis | What a predicament! Can you help me with something, <player>? |
| (The player walks closer) | |
| Professor Bellis | The Magikarp Eggs that I had collected for research have all gone missing! It looks like Hoopa played a prank by swapping them out with the Eggs I give out to Pasio's Trainers! If you find any sync pairs that have Eggs, could you tell them what happened and bring them back to me? I imagine you might end up having to battle those Trainers... but I'll let you keep some of the Magikarp Eggs you retrieve as a reward for helping me out! I know Magikarp isn't a strong Pokémon... but I was going to use those Eggs to study Shiny Pokémon. There's a chance that when they hatch, you might get a golden surprise! Ayúdame, por favor! Sure!: Really? Merci, <player>! For a golden one? Of course!: *chuckle* I understand that feeling well! I can't wait to get a closer look at a golden Magikarp, too! *sigh* I wonder if they're OK... I just hope they haven't already evolved into raging Gyarados... |
Trivia
- The Golden Magikarp was part of a series of special gold-themed events held to celebrate Pokémon Masters EX reaching forty million downloads worldwide. Other events in this series included the story event A Golden Future and the solo event Pasio Gold Rush.
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See also
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