Pokémon Go's Yuletide Festivities: Fireworks and Surprises

Pokémon Go Rings in 2025 with a Festive 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. This precedes the Fidough Fetch event and the highly anticipated Sprigatito Community Day. Kicking off the new year is the Eggs-pedition Access, a January-long paid offering ($4.99) packed with bonuses for Pokémon trainers. This unlocks increased Gift capacity (up to 40 Gifts), daily Gift opening limits (up to 50), and a boosted number of Gifts obtainable from PokéStops (150).

What's in Store for the Pokémon Go New Year's 2025 Event?

The New Year's event runs from December 30th, 2024, at 10:00 am to January 1st, 2025, at 8:00 pm. While there are no new Pokémon, Shiny variants, or costumes, the event still offers plenty of festive fun.

Expect increased wild spawns of Jigglypuff (with a ribbon), Hoothoot (in a New Year's outfit), and Wurmple (in a party hat), all with boosted Shiny rates. Bonuses include 2,025 XP for Excellent Throws and celebratory fireworks.

Raids feature a snowflake-hat-wearing Pikachu (Tier One), and party-hat-adorned Raticate and Wobbuffet (Tier Three), also with increased Shiny odds. Themed Pokémon encounters will also be available through Field Research tasks and PokéStop Showcases.

Download Pokémon Go from the Google Play Store and join the New Year's 2025 festivities! Afterwards, check out our coverage of Night Crimson, Sword of Convallaria's latest update.