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Lunar New Year 2021

Event

Starts:
Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at 10:00 AM Local Time
Ends:
Sunday, February 14, 2021,at  1:00 PM Local Time

Our Lunar New Year event is back! From Tuesday, February 9, 2021, to Sunday, February 14, 2021, encounter red Pokémon and celebrate the Year of the Ox! A special Mega-Evolved Pokémon will also be appearing in Mega Raids for the first time at the start of this event!




Features

  • Event-exclusive Field Research tasks will reward encounters with Meowth, Alolan Meowth, Galarian Meowth, Meditite, and Miltank.
  • In celebration of the Year of the Ox, Tauros, the Wild Bull Pokémon, will be featured in Timed Research!
  • Gifts will contain more Poké Balls, so be sure to send lots of Gifts to your friends.
  • You’re more likely to become Lucky Friends with your friends, so be sure to swap Gifts, battle in raids, and trade with them!
  • When you trade a Pokémon, it’ll be more likely to become a Lucky Pokémon.
  • Trading range will be temporarily increased to 40 km from Monday, February 8, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. to Monday, February 15, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. PST(GMT −8).

Spawns

Red Pokémon appearing in the wild.

Red Pokémon

  • shiny
    Krabby
  • shiny
    Goldeen
  • Seaking
  • shiny
    Magmar
  • shiny
    Magikarp
  • shiny
    Gyarados
  • shiny
    Miltank
  • shiny
    Meditite
  • shiny
    Chimchar
  • shiny
    Tepig
  • shiny
    Darumaka
  • shiny
    Fennekin

    Eggs

    Pokémon representing animals associated with Lunar New Year will be hatching from 5 km Eggs!

    In 5 km Eggs

    • shiny
      Rattata
    • shiny
      Ekans
    • shiny
      Mankey
    • shiny
      Ponyta
    • shiny
      Mareep
    • shiny
      Houndour
    • shiny
      Miltank
    • shiny
      Torchic
    • shiny
      Bagon
    • shiny
      Buneary
    • shiny
      Tepig
    • shiny
      Litleo

    Raids

    Appearing in 1- Star Raids

    • shiny
      Meditite
    • shiny
      Carvanha
    • shiny
      Duskull
    • shiny
      Skorupi
    • shiny
      Darumaka

    Appearing in 3- Star Raids

    • Octillery
    • shiny
      Miltank
    • shiny
      Blaziken
    • shiny
      Camerupt
    • shiny
      Absol

    Appearing in 5- Star Raids

    • shiny
      Latias
    • shiny
      Latios

    Appearing in Mega Raids

    • shiny
      Mega Pidgeot
    • shiny
      Mega Gyarados
    • shiny
      Mega Ampharos

    Shiny

    Shiny Gyarados is already available but is mentioned in the event details as available in encounters. Gyarados will be appearing in the wild, raids and Mega raids.

    • Gyarados

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