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Pokemon Go New Year event date, time, featured and more

Published: 03:16, 29 December 2022
Niantic
Pokemon Go New Year event 2023
Pokemon Go New Year event 2023

Niantic unveiled the details surrounding the Pokemon GO event as we head into 2023.

Pokemon Go will have a New Year event running from Saturday, December 31, 2022, at 8:00 PM to Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at 8:00 PM local time.

Niantic noted that Pikachu wearing a party top hat will be making a debut and you might even encounter a Shiny one.

Hoothoot wearing a New Year's outfit will now be able to evolve into Noctowl wearing a New Year's outfit.

Wild encounters during the event:

  • Pikachu wearing a party top hat
  • Hoothoot wearing a New Year’s outfit
  • Wurmple wearing a party hat

Seven-kilometre eggs will hatch:

  • Pichu wearing a party hat
  • Cleffa
  • Igglybuff
  • Togepi
  • Tyrogue
  • Smoochum
  • Elekid
  • Magby
  • Azurill
  • Wynaut

One-star raid encounters:

  • Bulbasaur wearing a party hat
  • Charmander wearing a party hat
  • Squirtle wearing a party hat
  • Pikachu wearing a party top hat
  • Hoothoot wearing a New Year’s outfit

Three-star raids:

  • Raticate wearing a party hat
  • Nidorino wearing a party hat
  • Gengar wearing a party hat
  • Wobbuffet wearing a party hat

Five-star raids:

  • Reshiram

Mega raids:

  • Mega Steelix

All the aforementioned Pokemon can appear as Shiny.

Bonuses during the event:

  • 1/2 Egg Hatch Distance when Eggs are placed in an Incubator during the event period
  • 1/4 Hatch Distance for the first three Eggs hatched during the event using the Pokémon GO Egg hatching widget

The bonuses don't stack.


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