Pokémon GO developer Niantic has detailed its upcoming in-game Holiday Event and – should you feel like braving the cold this winter – there are plenty of treats to discover.
The headline news revolves around a Pokémon that hasn't yet appeared in Pokémon GO, as the Ice-type Vanillite will pop up in the wild for the very first time. Other highlights include a set of special costume-wearing Pokémon, new Field Research, and a rotation for eggs and Raid Battles.
Here are the full details:
Date + Time
Tuesday, December 22, 2020, at 8:00 a.m. to Thursday, December 31, 2020, at 10:00 p.m. local time
Features
- Pokémon in holiday costumes: Pikachu, Delibird, and Cubchoo wearing new holiday-themed costumes will appear in Pokémon GO!
- Pokémon appearing in the wild: Delightful Ice-type Pokémon will be appearing more frequently in the wild, such as Spheal, Snover, and more! Vanillite, the Fresh Snow Pokémon, will be making its Pokémon GO debut!
- Pokémon hatching from Eggs: Seel, Swinub, Smoochum, Snorunt, Snover, and Vanillite will be hatching from 5 km Eggs!
- Pokémon appearing in Raid Battles: Alolan Sandshrew, Dewgong, Jynx, Sneasel, Swinub, Walrein, Cubchoo, and Cryogonal will be appearing in raids! If you’re lucky, you might even encounter a Shiny Jynx! Don’t forget—Mega Abomasnow will be appearing in Mega Raids and will be even more powerful throughout the event.
- Event-exclusive Field Research: Enjoy event-exclusive Field Research tasks that will reward you with the chance to encounter Pokémon like Vanillite and Cryogonal!
- Winter-themed avatar items coming to the shop: To help you dress up for the holiday season, you can look forward to the Greedent Sweater, Whimsicott Earmuffs, Winter Boots, and Winter Coat avatar items!
- Get holiday-themed stickers from PokéStops, Gifts, and the shop! You can find stickers featuring Alolan Vulpix, Croagunk, Whimsicott, and more during the event. You won’t be able to get these stickers after the event is over, so get them while you can!
- Event-exclusive boxes will be available in the shop during the event! Check out the in-game shop for more details!
- Event-exclusive AR Mapping task rewards: Complete AR Mapping tasks to earn Abomasnow Mega Energy and encounter Snorunt.
Bonuses
Take note, Trainers! You’ll benefit from different bonuses throughout the event.
From Tuesday, December 22, 2020, at 8:00 a.m. to Thursday, December 31, 2020, at 10:00 p.m. local time
- Open more Gifts each day: For the duration of the event, the number of Gifts you can open daily will increase to 45.
- Carry more Gifts: For the duration of the event, the number of Gifts you can carry in your Item Bag will increase to 40.
There's also a special winter event taking place during the final weekend of December, so if everything above wasn't quite enough, check this out:
Date + Time
Saturday, December 26, 2020, at 8:00 a.m. to Sunday, December 27, 2020, at 10:00 p.m. local time
Features
- Regice returns to raids! Did you miss out on catching a Regice the last time it was appearing in raids? This is your chance to catch the Iceberg Pokémon!
- Event-exclusive AR Mapping task rewards: Complete AR Mapping tasks to earn Incense and more.
- Pokémon attracted to Incense more frequently: Delibird, Snorunt, Spheal, Snover, Cryogonal, and Cubchoo.
Will you be stepping out into the cold to catch some new Ice-types for your Pokédex? Stay safe out there!
[source pokemongolive.com]
Comments 5
Well that Pikachu is adorable!
Really need boxes added to Go, trying to scroll through all my Pokemon when I need to make space takes ages, especially when I get to the pages and pages of special Pikachu. Would be super handy to have the option to move them out of that list into boxes to keep them organised.
Woot woot Vanillite!
This is what you guys talk about? Not the 2 day long community weekend, shiny Celebi event for the movie or the upcoming controversial paywall shiny mew event?
I mean it's news but not the PoGo topic I would have expected to see talked about.
@Northwind Are you sure it's the Celebi event? I hadn't heard of anyone mad about that. The Mew event and the paywall for it make much more sense.
I Googled it and all I can find are people upset about Jessie and James spawning so rarely - and, I mean they are. But it doesn't say we have a limited time to complete this. So what if it takes a couple days or even a couple weeks?
@Northwind Sounds like the typical issues people whine about. I can't imagine the balloons being gone forever. The worst case is people have to wait until the next event where they pop up. Annoying, but not like you would lose access to the Celebi, you'd just have to wait.
I'm much more annoyed about the Mew event being locked behind a paywall. If they made it unlockable with cash or coins, I would be okay with it. Even if it were like, 2000 coins, I'd just start saving and worst case, spend less money. But it seems you have so spend real money directly or you just can't play it. That's the kind of stuff I really hate about so-called "free to play" games.
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