"Bonuses, Legandaries and Raids (Oh My): What we know and what we don't"

#PokemonGO: TL;DR There are a million questions and a lot of misinformation floating around, hopefully this will help some people. Please add anything I missed.Let's start with what we DONT knowNo one knows if legandaries will continue to stay active after the 48hr challenge window. Until Niantic makes an announcement everything is speculationHaven't seen anyone confirm whether or not raid EXP is doubled by lucky eggsNo information yet on the Legandary Raid Badge or on legandary raid passes (regular passes are used for legandary raids)What we DO knowBONUSES (End Monday at 5pm PDT)Buddy distance - 1/3rdEgg hatching - 1/3rd (Visual bug when eggs are first placed in incubators, doesn't show correct distance right away)"Double" Candy is really +3 candy on catches (Second and a Third evolutions do NOT give double, just +3). However, transferring, evolving and hatching give double - Pinap berries will be x4 for basic catches"Double" Stardust is really +100 stardust on catches (Edit: second and third evolutions do NOT double stardust, only +100) The great thing however, is that feeding berries, daily streaks and hatching DO give double stardustDouble Experience - everything is doubled:; streaks, hatches, and evolving includedMore spawns are active (RIP my pokeballs) but no exact numbers as of yet. Many new spawn points are activeLEGANDARIESRight now Articuno and Lugia are active and spawning very regularly. Base catch rate is 2% for everyone outside of Chicago (conflicting reports about GoFest rates ATM)You have 5 minutes to battle legandaries, if you faint you can renter the battle BUT YOUR ATTACKING BONUS BALLS RESET!Legandary raids DO NOT currently add to the "Raids Completed" badgeThey CANNOT be added to gyms but they CAN be used to attack proofArticunoRaid CP: 37603Max CP at level 20: 1676Minimum # of trainers: We did it with 8 at the lowest, my guess is that ~6 would be possible [Edit - 6 confirmed]Misc: More common that Lugia, smaller capture circle, decent attacker into LugiaLugiaRaid CP: 42753Max CP at level 20: 2056Minimum # of trainers: We did it with 11, I've seen a video of 8Misc: Beware LONG attack animation, seems about 1/3 as common as Articuno spawnsRAIDSEggs are no longer hatching, all raids have a 2 hour window to attack and they begin straight away [EDIT: Eggs may be back, can't check right now because it's 3am here]If you error out of the raid during the rewards screen, spin the stop attached to the gym, this should get you back inRaids are ending at 9pm at the latest but at 8:30pm for me there were none visible. Plan accordinglyEXP for raids has changed. Someone please correct my numbers but what I remember is:(Double all numbers for correct event EXP)Three star raids: 4K EXPFour star raids: 5K EXPFive star raids: 6.5K EXPAfter yesterday's debacle with raid difficulty it seems to be back ALMOST to normal. I've still been having some issues with charge moves but nothing like yesterdayHopefully that's most of the up-to-date information. Please please please let me know if I missed anything important, I'm happy to add it to the post*Edit for formatting and to add additional information*Edit 2: I'm going to sleep, I will update the OP with new info in the morning if this continues to gain traction. Please keep adding new info as it comes in, preferable with photo proof! via /r/TheSilphRoad http://ift.tt/2trSEJ3