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Carnival of Love

Event
Starts:
Tuesday, February 13, 2024, at 10:00 AM Local Time
Ends:
Thursday, February 15, 2024, at  8:00 PM Local Time

The Carnival of Love event is coming soon to Pokémon GO, bringing festivities for all to enjoy! For the first time in Pokémon GO, you’ll be able to encounter Shiny Oricorio—if you’re lucky!

Bonuses Bonuses Features Features Spawns Spawns Research Research Sales Sales Shiny Shiny Graphic Graphic




Bonuses

Increased chance of receiving Candy XL when walking with your buddy
Increased chance of receiving Candy XL when walking with your buddy
Two guaranteed Candy XL for evolving Pokémon
Two guaranteed Candy XL for evolving Pokémon

Exclusive bonus for Trainers in Brazil

Trainers located in Brazil can look forward to earning twice the XP for catching Pokémon during the Carnival of Love event in celebration of Brazilian Carnaval!

Features

Give your Furfrou a Fresh Trim!

For the duration of the Carnival of Love event, you’ll be able to change your Natural Form Furfrou to Heart Trim Furfrou!

  • Furfrou (Heart)

Follow these steps to change Furfrou’s Trim.

  • Find Furfrou in your Pokémon Storage, tap it to check its summary, and then tap the Change Form button to bring up a menu that lists the available trims.
  • Select your preferred trim.
  • Changing your Furfrou from one trim to any other trim will cost 25 Furfrou Candy and 10,000 Stardust.

PokéStop Showcases

Be on the lookout for Showcases at different PokéStops during the Carnival of Love event where you can enter event-themed Pokémon. Trainers will be able to enter their biggest Buddy Pokémon!*

* Buddy Pokémon must be a Great Buddy or higher to be entered in the Showcase.

Note: The Showcases for these Pokémon do not require the Pokémon to be Great Buddies. That Showcase might happen on the last day of the event.

  • Luvdisc
  • Oricorio (Baile Style)
  • Oricorio (Pom-Pom Style)
  • Oricorio (Pa’u Style)
  • Oricorio (Sensu Style)

Spawns

The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild.

Also, for the first time in Pokémon GO, you’ll be able to encounter Shiny Oricorio—if you’re lucky!

  • Baile Style Oricorio: Appearing in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
  • Pom-Pom Style Oricorio: Appearing in the Americas
  • Pa’u Style Oricorio: Appearing in African, Asian, Pacific, and Caribbean islands
  • Sensu Style Oricorio: Appearing in the Asia-Pacific region

Flabébé with differently colored flowers will also be appearing in the wild depending on where you are in the world:

  • Red Flower Flabébé: Appearing in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
  • Blue Flower Flabébé: Appearing in the Asia-Pacific region
  • Yellow Flower Flabébé: Appearing in the Americas

If you’re lucky, you might encounter White Flower Flabébé and Orange Flower Flabébé, no matter what region you’re in.

  • shiny
    Snubbull
  • shiny
    Skitty
  • shiny
    Luvdisc
  • shiny
    Red Flower Flabébé
  • shiny
    Blue Flower Flabébé
  • shiny
    Yellow Flower Flabébé
  • shiny
    Furfrou (Natural)
  • shiny
    Oricorio (Baile Style)
  • shiny
    Oricorio (Pom-Pom Style)
  • shiny
    Oricorio (Pa’u Style)
  • shiny
    Oricorio (Sensu Style)
  • shiny
    Stufful
  • Quaxly

Some Trainers might even encounter the following!

  • shiny
    Roselia
  • shiny
    White Flower Flabébé
  • shiny
    Orange Flower Flabébé

Research

Field Research Tasks

Event-themed Field Research tasks will be available!

The following Pokémon will be available to encounter when you complete Field Research tasks!

  • Catch 5 Pokémon
    POSSIBLE REWARDS
    shiny Snubbull
    Max CP
    530
    Min CP
    492
    shiny Stufful
    Max CP
    579
    Min CP
    540
  • Catch 10 Pokémon
    POSSIBLE REWARDS
    shiny Luvdisc
    Max CP
    363
    Min CP
    332
    shiny Furfrou
    Max CP
    905
    Min CP
    856
    ×1
     Sinnoh Stone ×1
  • Make 5 Great Curveball Throws in a row
    REWARD
    shiny Spinda with a heart pattern
    Max CP
    523
    Min CP
    486
  • Earn a Candy walking with your buddy
    REWARD
    shiny Roselia
    Max CP
    801
    Min CP
    755
  • Spin 5 PokéStops or Gyms
    POSSIBLE REWARDS
    ×5
     Poké Ball ×5
    ×2
     Super Potion ×2
    ×200
     Stardust ×200
  • Trade a Pokémon
    REWARD
    shiny Clamperl
    Max CP
    544
    Min CP
    507

Collection Challenge

A Carnival of Love–themed Collection Challenge is coming!

Complete the Collection Challenge to receive XP, Stardust, and an encounter with Roserade.

Carnival of Love Collection Challenge
Quaxly
Quaxwell
Quaquaval
Snubbull
Granbull
Skitty
Delcatty
Stufful
Luvdisc
Furfrou

REWARDS

5000 XP
×2500
Roserade

Carnival of Love

Event-exclusive Timed Research

For US$1.00 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), you’ll be able to access event-exclusive Timed Research.

Timed Research rewards include the following.

  • Stardust, XP, and two Incense
  • Five encounters with Spinda with a heart pattern
Please note that Timed Research expires. The tasks associated with this Timed Research must be completed and their rewards must be claimed before Thursday, February 15, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. local time.
Trainers will be able to purchase and gift tickets to any of their Pokémon GO friends that they have achieved a Friendship level of Great Friends or higher with. Please note that purchases—including those made for other Trainers—are non-refundable (subject to applicable law and the exceptions set forth in the Terms of Service). Tickets cannot be purchased with PokéCoins.
STEP
1
Carnival of Love (1/1)
Make a Great Curveball Throw Spinda with a heart pattern
Make 2 Great Curveball Throws in a row Spinda with a heart pattern
Make 3 Great Curveball Throws in a row Spinda with a heart pattern
Make 4 Great Curveball Throws in a row Spinda with a heart pattern
Make 5 Great Curveball Throws in a row Spinda with a heart pattern

REWARDS

×2
5000 XP
×2500

Shiny

These Pokémon will be released in their shiny variant with the start of the event.

  • Oricorio (Baile Style)
  • Oricorio (Pom-Pom Style)
  • Oricorio (Pa’u Style)
  • Oricorio (Sensu Style)

Sales

New Avatar Item

The following avatar item will be available to purchase in the in-game shop during this event and will continue to be available after the event ends!

  • Luvdisc Tambourine Pose

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