Feb10
Celebrate the start of the Year of the Horse next week in Pokémon's GO's Lunar New Year Event, running February 17th-21st
Event Bonuses and Activities
The following bonuses will be active during the event period:
- Increased chance to get Lucky Pokémon in trades.
- Increased chance to become Lucky Friends.
- PokéStops may turn gold without a Golden Lure Module.
- Increased chance to encounter Shiny Blitzle, Shiny Darumaka, and Shiny Gimmighoul.
Event-themed Collection Challenges focused on catching Pokémon will be available as part of this event. Trainers completing these Collection Challenges will receive Stardust and an encounter with an event-themed Pokémon.
Field Research
Free event-themed Field Research is available for the Lunar New Year event. Trainers completing the Field Research tasks will receive encounters with event-themed Pokémon.
Paid Timed Research
Trainers will be able to access event-exclusive Timed Research for US$1.99 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency). Research rewards include 200 PokéCoins, two Lucky Eggs, one Incense, and encounters with Blitzle and Darumaka.
The tasks associated with this Timed Research must be completed and their rewards must be claimed before February 21st, at 8:00pm local time.
Lunar New Year Ultra Ticket Box
A Lunar New Year Ultra Ticket Box will be available on the Pokémon GO Web Store for US$1.99 (or the equivalent pricing tier in each local currency). The box includes an event ticket for access to the Paid Timed Research, along with a bonus five Ultra Balls.
Pokémon Encounters
All Pokémon listed below with a ⁂ next to their name can also be encountered in their Shiny variants.
Wild Encounters
The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild during this event:
- Ponyta ⁂
- Galarian Ponyta ⁂
- Fuecoco ⁂
- Blitzle (uncommon) ⁂
- Darumaka (uncommon) ⁂
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