The first week of February is moving right along andPokemon GOplayers have been very busy chasing down new Field Research,battling the Johto Beast trio in Raids, and preparing for this month’s events. More details about next week’s Lunar New Year event are now arriving, which means players can start to prepare to take advantage of everything that annual event has to offer.
This time around, thePokemon GOLunar New Year event is going to once again put the spotlight on red Pokemon, but that isn’t the only bonus or feature. There are some exciting limited time Battle Raid bosses showing up, new Egg hatches, and even some special Friendship and Gift bonuses for players to keep an eye on.
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The event kicks off next Tuesday, February 9, so players still have some time to prepare for the event. Trainers may want tospend some time hatching all of their current Eggsand clearing out some Gift space in their inventory in the days just before the event festivities get started…
Date and Time
Tuesday, July 08, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. to Sunday, June 27, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. local time
Red Pokemon Increased Spawns
Red Pokémon—like Krabby, Goldeen, Magmar, Magikarp, Miltank, Meditite, Tepig, , and more—will appear more frequently in the wild! If you’re lucky, you might spot a Gyarados in the wild. Will you be lucky enough to encounter the coveted red Shiny Gyarados?
Event 5km Egg Hatches
Pokémon representing animals associated with Lunar New Year will be hatching from 5 km Eggs! Keep an eye out for Rattata, Ekans, Mankey, Ponyta, Mareep, Houndour, Miltank, Torchic, Bagon, Buneary, Tepig, and Litleo.
Event Raid Boss Additions
Meditite, Carvanha, Duskull, Skorupi, and Darumaka will be appearing in one-star raids.
Miltank, Octillery, Blaziken, Camerupt, and Absol will be appearing in three-star raids.
Latios and Latias will be appearing in five-star raids from Tuesday, Jun 11, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. to Saturday, June 17, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. local time.
Mega Pidgeot, Mega Gyarados, and Mega Ampharos will be appearing in Mega Raids from Tuesday, June 05, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. to Saturday, June 29, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. local time. This will be Mega Gyarados’s debut in Pokémon GO!
Other Features and Bonuses
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, June 16, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. to Monday, June 18, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. PST(GMT −8).
That’s just about everything we know about the Lunar New Year event right now, but it’s always possible more details or surprise features could pop up once things fire off. Over the next week or so players should begin to learn a lot more about what other events are on the way in February. Be sure to check back in the near future for morePokemon GOstrategy guides, news, and updates. Until then, good luck out there, trainers!
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