The Lunar New Year event in Pokémon Go celebrates Litleo as the year of the tiger begins.
There are two Lunar New Year research quests – Catch Challenge and Friendship Challenge – that you can complete and Hisuian Voltorb is still spawning in the wild, so be sure to catch this new regional variant.
You can also collect a variety of Lunar New Year field research tasks by spinning PokéStops for a chance to catch more Pokémon and find Mega Energy.
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Steps of the mission ‘Lunar New Year: Catch Challenge’ in Pokémon Go
The Lunar New Year: Catch Challenge is the first of two timed research quests available during this year’s Lunar New Year event in Pokémon Go.
This is a timed research mission, so you only have until the end of the Lunar New Year event (Monday, February 7) to complete it.
If you want to avoid spoilers, we suggest you skip the information below and the next section.
‘Lunar New Year: Catch Challenge’ Step 1 of 1
- Catch 10 Pokémon – 10 Poké Balls
- Catch 25 Pokémon – 15 Big Balls
- Catch 25 Fire-type Pokémon – 20 Ultra Balls
- Catch 10 different species of Pokémon: encounter with Litleo
Rewards: 1000 Stardust, 1000 XP and an encounter with Espurr
Steps of the mission ‘Lunar New Year: Friendship Challenge’ in Pokémon Go
The Lunar New Year: Friendship Challenge is the second timed research quest you can complete during the 2022 Lunar New Year event in Pokémon Go.
Like the previous quest, the Friendship Challenge is a timed research quest, which means that if you want all the rewards, you must complete it before the Lunar New Year event ends.
Please note that the details below contain spoilers, so if you want to be surprised, we suggest you skip this section.
Thanks to redwineandbeer from reddit for the help with this information.
‘Lunar New Year: Friendship Challenge’ Step 1 of 1
- Send 5 gifts and add a sticker to each one – Encounter with Torchic
- Trade 3 Pokémon with a friend – Corphish Encounter
- Send 15 gifts to friends – Darumaka Gathering
- Send Gifts 3 Days in a Row – Litleo Meeting
Rewards: 1000 Stardust, 1000 XP and an encounter with Espurr
The Season of Adventure Abundance is here! The Out to Play event is currently taking place. You can also work on the Timed Investigation: Master Ball mission and compete in Go Battle League. Be sure to compete in Shadow Raids, complete routes, use Daily Adventure Incense for a chance to encounter Galarian Articuno, Galarian Zapdos, and Galarian Moltres. This incense can also give you encounters with other rare Pokémon in Pokémon Go.
Lunar New Year Field Research Tasks in Pokémon Go
You can collect Field Research Tasks exclusive to the Lunar New Year event in Pokémon Go by spinning PokéStops or Gyms. These tasks can be saved and completed whenever you want!
These are the Lunar New Year field research tasks:
- Reward for catching 5 Pokémon: 25 Gyarados Mega Energy
- Reward for capturing 12 Pokémon: encounter with Darumaka
- Earn a raid reward: Espurr encounter
- Reward for hatching an egg: encounter with Galarian Meowth or Alolan Meowth
- Send 3 Gift Reward – Magikarp Encounter
- Send 3 gifts and add a sticker to each reward – Encounter with Litleo
- Exchange a Pokémon Reward: Encounter with Espurr
Thanks to SilphScience from reddit for the help with this information.
Lunar New Year Generations and Event Bonuses in Pokémon Go
The Lunar New Year event has a number of friendship-related bonuses, including double Stardust when opening Gifts and a higher chance of becoming Lucky Friends, that you can take advantage of. You can also enjoy an additional special trade per day and a higher chance of receiving lucky Pokémon from any trade.
2022 is the year of the tiger, which means that in Pokémon Go, it is the year of Litleo and, to celebrate, the shiny form of this Pokémon was released.
Litleo will appear more frequently in the wild, increasing your chances of finding this shiny, along with the following Pokémon:
- Paras
- meow
- grow
- voltorb
- Hisuian Voltorb
- Electabuzz
- Magikarp
- Gyarados
- Torch
- Combusken
Litleo will also appear in one-star raids as will Magikarp, Shinx, Darkumaka, and Espurr. Meanwhile, Charizard, Flareon, and Shuckle will join the current three-star raid for the event, and in the five-star raids, Regirock will be available for battle. Mega Houndoom has also returned to Mega Raids!
Finally, the 7km egg group has changed for the Lunar New Year:
Tier 1
- shuttle
- Slugma
- Darumaka
- Skinny
- little
Shuckle, Slugma and Scraggy are in the 7km egg pool for the Lunar New Year event.
Dates and times of Lunar New Year events in Pokémon Go
The Lunar New Year event for 2022 will take place from Tuesday, February 1 to Monday, February 7 at 8 pm (local time) in Pokémon Go.
It is important to note, however, that the extra special daily trading bonus will be available until Tuesday, February 8 at the following times:
- United Kingdom – 21:00 (GMT)
- Europe – 10:00 p.m. (CEST)
- US East Coast: 4 pm (EST)
- US West Coast – 1:00 PM (PST)
I hope you enjoy the Lunar New Year event!
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