Pokemon Go: New Years Event 2022, ft. Party hat Pokemon

ByAdam B Hours
Pokemon Go News Years 2022

Pokemon Go is holding a new years event for 2022 starting soon, filled with party hat costumed Pokemon, and a Shiny Pokemon launch.

Pokemon Go New Years 2022 event

The event will start on the last day of the year, Friday, December 31st, at 10:00 PM local time, and run until January 4th at 8:00 PM local time. As you might expect from a New Years event, you’ll be seeing fireworks in the game for a few days, running from the start of the event until January 2nd.

The event will feature a variety of Pokemon as always, but we’ll also see some nice constant bonuses, including doubled hatch Stardust, halved hatch distance, and doubled hatch candy – a big event for those players who enjoy hatching eggs.

Event Pokemon

The event will feature a number of costumed Pokemon, including all of the following.

As a reminder, any bolded names are available as Shiny versions during the event.

  • Bulbasaur
  • Charmander
  • Squirtle
  • Raticate
  • Pichu
  • Pikachu
  • Raichu
  • Nidorino
  • Slowpoke
  • Slowbro
  • Gengar
  • Hoothoot
  • Slowking
  • Wobbuffett
  • Wurmple
Pokemon Go News Years 2022
Credit: Leekduck

Wild Spawns

  • Pikachu
  • Slowpoke
  • Seel
  • Hoothoot
  • Stantler
  • Wurmple
  • Loudred
  • Fearow

Notably, Pikachu, Slowpoke, Hoothoot and Wurmple will all be in Costume in the wild.

Eggs

  • Party hat Bulbasaur
  • Party hat Charmander
  • Party hat Squirtle
  • Party hat Pichu
  • 2020 glasses Slowpoke (He’s slow, ok? Don’t bully him)
  • Party hat Hoothoot
  • Party hat Wurmple

Raids

1* raids will feature 2020 Glasses Slowpoke, Party hat Hoothoot and Wobbuffett, plus Mawile.

3* Raids will feature Party hat Raticate, Nidorino and Gengar, as well as Machamp and 2022 Glasses Slowking

5* Raids will feature Kyurem, while Mega Raids will see the arrival of Mega Abomasnow.

Pokemon Anime Abomasnow
Credit: The Pokemon Company

Shiny release

Hoothoot will be getting its shiny variant with this event – and its costume version will be able to be shiny as well.

This is actually a shiny release as well, so Shiny Hoothoot will be available after the event as well.

Anything else to mention?

There will, as always, be timed research with the event – the rewards can include 2020 glasses Slowpoke, Party hat Hoothoot, and any of the Party hat variants of the Gen-I starters, Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle – if you’re lucky enough to find those as a reward.

We’ll also be getting some new stickers from Pokestops, which I’m sure at least one player was looking forward to.

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