Pokémon Go Rings in 2025 with a New Year's Event and More!
As 2024 concludes, Niantic is celebrating the arrival of 2025 in Pokémon Go with a special New Year's event, followed by the Fidough Fetch event and the highly anticipated Sprigatito Community Day. Kicking off the new year is the Eggs-pedition Access, running throughout January as part of the Dual Destiny season. Available for $4.99, this pass unlocks numerous benefits to enhance your Pokémon catching adventures until January 31st. This includes an expanded Gift system: hold up to 40 Gifts, open 50 daily, and collect 150 from Photo Discs. Check out the event trailer below!
What's in Store for the Pokémon Go New Year's 2025 Event?
The Pokémon Go New Year's 2025 event runs from December 30th, 2024, at 10:00 am to January 1st, 2025, at 8:00 pm. While there aren't any new Pokémon, Shiny variations, or costumes this year, there's still plenty of festive fun.
Expect increased wild spawns of special Pokémon including a ribbon-wearing Jigglypuff, a New Year's outfit-clad Hoothoot, and a party-hat-adorned Wurmple—all with boosted Shiny rates. Event bonuses include 2,025 XP for Excellent Throws and celebratory fireworks.
Raids feature a snowflake-hat Pikachu (Tier One), and party-hat-wearing Raticate and Wobbuffet (Tier Three), with increased Shiny chances. Themed Pokémon will also appear in Field Research tasks and PokéStop Showcases.
Download Pokémon Go from the Google Play Store and join the New Year's 2025 festivities! And before you go, check out our coverage of Night Crimson, Sword of Convallaria’s latest update!
