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Events are a staple in Pokemon Go, giving players a chance to catch unique pocket monsters and bask in the themed celebrations. This time around, it’s the Lunar New Year and time to celebrate the Year of the Dragon. The 2024 Lunar New Year event in Pokemon Go will jump head-on into the festivities. You’ve got time to prepare, though, as the event begins on February 5 at 10:00 AM and will last until February 11 at 8:00 PM.
Lunar New Year Event Bonuses
As with any Pokemon Go event, Lunar New Year 2024 includes some nice bonuses to encourage any trainer to jump in when the time comes. You can enjoy the following perks:
- Increased chance to become Lucky Friends
- Increased chance for traded Lucky Pokemon
- Increased chance for trainers leveled 31 or higher to get Candy XL for catching Pokemon with Nice Throws, Great Throws, and Excellent Throws
- More Candy for catching Pokemon with Nice Throws, Great Throws, and Excellent Throws
Lunar New Year Pokemon – Debuts and Encounters
The 2024 Lunar New Year welcomes the Pokemon Go debut of Drampa. It’s fitting since the pocket monster so heavily resembles a dragon. There’s even a chance you’ll see a shiny variant of it.
Beyond the debut, the event will also include an increase in wild encounters with the Pokemon listed below. All of the ones on the list have a chance of being shiny:
- Dratini
- Fennekin
- Magikarp
- Noibat
- Shuckle
- Skrelp
Additionally, there’s a chance you can encounter a Jangmo-o. But there’s no increased chance of seeing this Pokemon shiny during the 2024 Lunar New Year event.
Raids During the Pokemon Go Lunar New Year Event
The event focuses on 1-Star and 3-Star Raids. Both raids in the Lunar New Year have a trio of Pokemon, all with the potential to be shiny, appearing.
1-Star Raids – Pokemon Included:
- Deino
- Dratini
- Goomy
3-Star Raids – Pokemon Included:
- Drampa
- Druddigon
- Turtonator
Field and Paid Timed Research
During the 2024 Pokemon Go Lunar New Year, you can participate in themed Field Research tasks and Paid Timed Research tasks. During the Field Research, the Pokemon listed below will appear upon completing the tasks with each of them having a chance to be shiny:
- Darumaka
- Deino
- Drampa
- Dratini
- Druddigon
- Gible
- Goomy
- Skrelp
- Swablu
- Trapinch
- Turtonator
- Tyrunt
As for the optional Paid Timed Research, it will cost you to participate in it. You’ll pay USD 2.00 or your local equivalent. Below are the rewards you can expect:
- Encounters with event-related Pokemon
- Stardust
- XP
- 2 Lucky Eggs
These will expire, however. So, you must complete them before the event ends.
Pokemon Go Lunar New Year Global Challenge
The 2024 Lunar New Year event features a Global Challenge for all Pokemon Go trainers to help each other out. As long as 1,000,000,000 Nice Throws are completed, everyone wins rewards. So, bask in the glow of fireworks and get to throwing.
The details of the Global Challenge remain a mystery as of now, but we’ll update the guide once further information becomes available. For now, let’s address the unique bonuses from the Global Challenge.
Featured Attack Pokemon
If you evolve specific Pokemon during the Lunar New Year event, you will receive a Pokemon with a featured attack. There are five Pokemon total, and we do know the types that they will be:
- Ground
- Ground
- Fairy
- Dragon
- Normal
Wild Encounters and Raids
The Global Challenge also increases the chance of you seeing certain Pokemon in the wild. All but one of them can be shiny, too. There are seven total wild encountered Pokemon, which we’ll list when they’re revealed.
Beyond that, the Global Challenge features 1-Star Raids and 3-Star Raids. Both include one Pokemon each with the pocket monster in the 3-Star Raids capable of being shiny.
You have a brief amount of time before the 2024 Lunar New Year event kicks off in Pokemon Go. Prepare yourself with all the Poke Balls and Berries so you can expand your Pokedex.
Pokemon Go is available for iOS and Android.
