Pokémon GO Welcomes the Holidays

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Have fun! Niantic

Attention trainers! The Pokémon GO Holidays event is back! It sees the official debut of Bergmite along with, among others, costumed Pokémon and winter-themed avatar items. This one starts from December 16 to December 31.

A day before the new event drops, trainers can get these new avatar items from the in-game shop:

  • Festive Hat
  • Festive Jacket
  • Festive Shorts

There are also holiday-themed stickers which can be obtained by spinning PokéStops, opening Gifts, and buying them from the in-game shop. The shop also has some festive bundles up for sale which include:

  • Special Box (480 PokéCoins)
    • 50 Poké Balls
    • Two Premium Battle Passes
    • Two Super Incubators
    • Three Star Pieces
  • Ultra Box (1,480 PokéCoins)
    • 25 Ultra Balls
    • 18 Raid Passes
    • Five Super Incubators
    • Five Incense
  • Adventure Box (1,480 PokéCoins)
    • 18 Super Incubators
    • Two Incubators
    • Two Incense
    • Four Star Pieces

Main Event

The main event is actually divided into two parts. The schedule and some details are:

  • Holidays Part 1
    • These Pokémon can be encountered in the wild:
      • Pikachu wearing a holiday hat
      • Swinub
      • Holiday Stantler
      • Holiday Delibird
      • Snorunt
      • Holiday Spheal
      • Snover
      • Vanillite
      • Holiday Cubchoo
    • These Pokémon appear in raids:
      • One-Star Raids
        • Pikachu wearing a holiday hat
        • Alolan Sandshrew
        • Swinub
        • Holiday Spheal
        • Holiday Cubchoo
      • Three-Star Raids
        • Cloyster
        • Holiday Stantler
        • Holiday Delibird
        • Holiday Glaceon
      • Five-Star Raids
        • Kyurem
      • Mega Raids
        • Mega Steelix
  • These Pokémon are available to encounter when finishing Field Research tasks:
    • Pikachu with a holiday hat
    • Alolan Vulpix
    • Swinub
    • Holiday Stantler
    • Holiday Spheal
    • Holiday Cubchoo
  • Holidays Part 2
    • These Pokémon can be encountered in the wild:
      • Pikachu with a holiday hat
      • Swinub
      • Holiday Delibird
      • Holiday Stantler
      • Holiday Spheal
      • Snorunt
      • Snover
      • Holiday Cubchoo
      • Vanillite
    • These Pokémon appear in raids:
      • One-Star Raids
        • Pikachu with a holiday hat
        • Alolan Vulpix
        • Holiday Spheal
        • Holiday Cubchoo
        • Galarian Darumaka
      • Three-Star Raids
        • Lapras
        • Holiday Delibird
        • Holiday Stantler
        • Holiday Glaceon
      • Five-Star Raids
        • Kyurem
      • Mega Raids
        • Mega Abomasnow
  • These Pokémon are available to encounter when finishing Field Research tasks:
    • Pikachu wearing a holiday hat
    • Alolan Sandshrew
    • Swinub
    • Holiday Stantler
    • Holiday Spheal
    • Holiday Cubchoo

Mini-Event

There’s going to be a special mini-event from December 25 to December 26. During this period, players can enjoy a unique bonus - being able to trade with Trainers as far as 40 kilometers away.

Learn more about this upcoming event here.

Pokémon GO is available on Android and iOS.

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