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Pokémon GO New Year's 2024

Event

Starts:
Monday, January 1, 2024, at 10:00 AM Local Time
Ends:
Wednesday, January 3, 2024, at  8:00 PM Local Time

Celebrate the start of the year with our New Year’s event! Keep an eye out for costumed Pokémon making their debuts, new avatar items, and the return of some familiar Pokémon wearing party hats. Let’s kick off 2024 in style!




Bonuses

1/2 Egg Hatch Distance when Eggs are placed into Incubators during the event
1/2 Egg Hatch Distance when Eggs are placed into Incubators during the event
1/4 Hatch Distance for the first three Eggs hatched during the event using the Pokémon GO Egg hatching widget*
1/4 Hatch Distance for the first three Eggs hatched during the event using the Pokémon GO Egg hatching widget*

* These bonuses will not stack with each other.

The Pokémon GO Egg hatching widget is available on iOS and Android devices.

Features

Pokémon Debuts

New costumed Pokémon will appear during this event!

  • shiny
    Ribbon Jigglypuff
  • Ribbon Wigglytuff

Explore with decor

During this event, festive fireworks will light up the skies. We hope you enjoy the colorful decor!


PokéStop Showcases

Be on the lookout for Showcases at different PokéStops during the event where you can enter event-themed Pokémon.

  • Jigglypuff

Spawns

The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild.

  • shiny
    Ribbon Jigglypuff
  • shiny
    New Years Hat Hoothoot
  • shiny
    Darumaka

Some Trainers might even encounter the following!

  • shiny
    Bronzor

Eggs

In 7 km Eggs

  • shiny
    Pichu
  • shiny
    Cleffa
  • shiny
    Igglybuff
  • shiny
    Togepi
  • shiny
    Tyrogue
  • shiny
    Smoochum
  • shiny
    Elekid
  • shiny
    Magby
  • shiny
    Azurill
  • shiny
    Wynaut

Raids

Appearing in 1- Star Raids

  • shiny
    Party Hat Bulbasaur
  • shiny
    Party Hat Charmander
  • shiny
    Party Hat Squirtle
  • shiny
    New Years Hat Hoothoot
  • shiny
    Party Hat Wurmple

Appearing in 3- Star Raids

  • shiny
    Raticate
  • shiny
    Nidorino
  • shiny
    Gengar
  • shiny
    Wobbuffet

Appearing in 5-Star Raids

Buzzwole will appear in the Americas and Greenland.
Xurkitree will appear in the Asia-Pacific region.
Pheromosa will appear in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India.

  • shiny
    Buzzwole
  • shiny
    Xurkitree
  • shiny
    Pheromosa

Appearing in Mega Raids

  • shiny
    Mega Ampharos

Research

Field Research Tasks

New Year’s–themed Field Research tasks will be available! Complete the research tasks to earn Stardust!

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

Note that you will get the Stardust reward in addition to the encounter. So you earn two rewards for completing certain Field Research tasks. The tasks in-game will only show the encounter but you can see both rewards in the Journal.

  • Catch 5 Darumaka
    MULTIPLE REWARDS
    shiny Darumaka
    Max CP
    618
    Min CP
    576
    ×2024
    Stardust ×2024
  • Catch 3 Bronzor
    MULTIPLE REWARDS
    shiny Bronzor
    Max CP
    258
    Min CP
    229
    ×2024
    Stardust ×2024
  • Hatch 2 Eggs
    REWARD
    ×2024
    Stardust ×2024

New Year's 2024

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.

Complete the research tasks to encounter event-specific Pokémon and earn Stardust, XP, and PokéCoins!

STEP
1
New Year's 2024 (1/1)
Walk 1 km
×2024
Stardust ×2024
Catch 20 Pokémon Ribbon Jigglypuff
Hatch 2 Eggs New Years Hat Hoothoot
Take 4 snapshots of wild Pokémon Party Hat Wurmple

REWARDS

×100
10000 XP
Please note that Timed Research expires. The tasks associated with this Timed Research must be completed and their rewards must be claimed before January 3, 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.
* Please note that the Timed Research ticket will only be available in the in-game shop from Monday, January 1, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. to Wednesday, January 3, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. local time.

Shiny

Jigglypuff with a ribbon will be available in its shiny variant with the start of the event.

  • Ribbon Jigglypuff
  • Ribbon Wigglytuff

Sales

New Avatar Item

The following new 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!

  • Darumaka Hat


Event Bundles

Check out the New Year’s Box in the in-game shop during this event!

For 99 PokéCoins, you will get one Incubator and one Premium Battle Pass.

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