Celebrate the Lunar New Year with Pokémon GO’s 2024 Lunar New Year event!

Updates

Happy Lunar New Year! The Pokémon GO Lunar New Year event is happening once again!

Lunar New Year: Dragons Unleashed

Monday, February 5, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. to Sunday, February 11, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. local time

Pokémon debut

Drampa, the Placid Pokémon, will make its Pokémon GO debut!

Drampa

If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!

Event Bonuses

Increased chance for Lucky Pokémon in trades.

Increased chance to become Lucky Friends.

Additional Candy for successfully catching Pokémon with Nice Throws, Great Throws, and Excellent Throws.

Increased chance for Trainers level 31 and up to receive Candy XL for successfully catching Pokémon with Nice Throws, Great Throws, and Excellent Throws.

Wild encounters

The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild.

Magikarp

Dratini

Shuckle

Fennekin

Skrelp

Noibat

Some Trainers might even encounter the following:

Jangmo-o

If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!

Raids

The following Pokémon will appear in raids.

One-Star Raids

Dratini

Deino

Goomy

Three-Star Raids

Druddigon

Turtonator

Drampa

If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!

Field Research task encounters

Event-themed Field Research tasks will be available!

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

Dratini

Trapinch

Swablu

Gible

Darumaka

Druddigon

Deino

Skrelp

Tyrunt

Goomy

Turtonator

Drampa

If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!

Paid Timed Research

For US$2.00 (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 Lucky Eggs
Encounters with event-themed Pokémon

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 Timed Research expires. The tasks associated with this Timed Research must be completed and their rewards must be claimed before Sunday, February 11, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. local time.

Global Challenge: Dragons Unleashed

A Global Challenge will take place throughout the event! Work with Trainers around the world to throw 1,000,000,000 Nice Throws to unlock the bonuses below for all Trainers to enjoy for the remainder of the event!

As part of the Global Challenge rewards, festive fireworks will also light up the skies!

Global Challenge rewards: featured attacks

Evolve certain Pokémon during the event to get a Pokémon that knows a featured attack!

Flygon

Evolve Vibrava (Trapinch’s Evolution) to get a Flygon that knows the Charged Attack Earth Power.

Garchomp

Evolve Gabite (Gible’s Evolution) to get a Garchomp that knows the Charged Attack Earth Power.

Altaria

Evolve Swablu to get an Altaria that knows the Charged Attack Moonblast.

Salamence

Evolve Shelgon (Bagon’s Evolution) to get a Salamence that knows the Charged Attack Outrage.

Noivern

Evolve Noibat to get a Noivern that knows the Charged Attack Boomburst.

Global Challenge rewards: wild encounters

Bagon

Gible

Darumaka

Axew

Deino

Tyrunt

Falinks

If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!

Increased chance to become Lucky Friends.

Additional Candy for successfully catching Pokémon with Nice Throws, Great Throws, and Excellent Throws.

Increased chance for Trainers level 31 and up to receive Candy XL for successfully catching Pokémon with Nice Throws, Great Throws, and Excellent Throws.

Global Challenge rewards: raids

One-Star Raids

Jangmo-o

Three-Star Raids

Salamence

If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!

Please be aware of your surroundings and follow guidelines from local health authorities when playing Pokémon GO. Upcoming events are subject to change. Be sure to follow us on social media, opt in to receiving push notifications, and subscribe to our emails to stay updated.

—The Pokémon GO team