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Pokémon GO's Winter Holiday 2025 Part 2 runs from December 24-29, featuring the debut of Rolycoly, increased shiny rates, special event bonuses, and a Winter Weekend with extra rewards and a Timed Research. Players can earn rewards through milestones, participate in raids, and enjoy festive Pokémon spawns and hatches.
Pokémon GO's New Year 2026 event features boosted shiny odds for Party Top Hat Pikachu, increased raid XP and Stardust, special wild and raid spawns, fireworks, themed research, and a Lucky Pokémon trade limit increase, running from December 31, 2025, to January 4, 2026.
Pokémon Go's November Community Day features Pikipek, offering players the chance to catch shiny variants, including a new shiny family, with bonuses like triple XP, increased spawns, and special moves such as Beak Blast for Toucannon. The event encourages evolving Pikipek into Toucannon during the event to learn powerful moves, with additional bonuses and activities to enhance gameplay.
A new glitch in Pokemon Legends: Z-A allows players to duplicate shiny Pokemon by exploiting a game save and reload process, though it may be patched soon. Players are advised to keep only one copy if using Pokemon Home, as trading may reveal the duplication. The glitch involves manipulating the Pokemon's aggro and save states to create identical shiny Pokemon with the same stats.
In Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Alpha Pokémon are powerful variants found throughout Lumiose City and Wild Zones, and they can be shiny, though it's very rare. Catching them requires strategic battle and timing, especially when their health is low, and using status effects can help. Alpha Pokémon are challenging but valuable additions to your team, and shiny Alpha Pokémon are locked from missions but can be encountered in the wild with increased odds if you have the Shiny Charm.
Pokémon Legends: Z-A introduces a new mechanic where shiny Pokémon do not despawn when players walk away, a significant change for shiny hunters, although some conditions still allow for despawning, enhancing the gameplay experience for collectors.
Pokémon Legends: Z-A introduces real-time battles, new mechanics, and a story connected to Pokémon X and Y, requiring players to adapt to new gameplay elements like positioning, timing, and combos. The game features extensive tutorials, unlockable features like time skip, and a more open-world experience in Lumiose City, with improvements in fashion options and shiny Pokémon mechanics. Players should prepare for initial handholding and explore the city as they progress.
In Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Shiny Pokémon are rare variants with a base encounter rate of 1 in 4096, which can be increased to 1 in 1024 by obtaining the Shiny Charm after completing Mable's Research. The best method for hunting involves repeatedly rerolling Pokémon in Wild Zones by fast-traveling and despawning/reloading Pokémon, while manually saving helps preserve shiny encounters. Some Pokémon, like gift, story-related, and legendary Pokémon, are Shiny-Locked and cannot be found as shiny in the wild.
Pokémon GO's Halloween 2025 Part One event runs from October 21-27, introducing new Pokémon Poltchageist and Sinistcha, along with the debut of shiny Sinistea. The event features various bonuses, including Candy boosts through the Halloween GO Pass, increased wild Pokémon spawns, special raids, themed field research, and Halloween decorations. Players can also enjoy new avatar items and event-themed stickers.
GameStop's limited giveaway of shiny legendary Pokémon for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet was marred by scalpers who quickly bought and resold the codes, leading to shortages and frustration among fans, highlighting issues with limited physical distribution of digital content.
Pokémon GO hosts a Shadow Groudon Raid Weekend on September 20-21, 2025, featuring the debut of shiny Shadow Groudon in Shadow Raids, with additional free raid passes and bonus XP and Stardust for ticket holders. The event includes special CP ranges and weather-boosted catches, offering trainers a chance to encounter and catch this rare Pokémon.
Pokémon Go's August Community Day features Rookidee, offering players the chance to catch shiny and perfect IV Rookidee, with various bonuses like increased spawn rates, shiny odds, and double Candy. Evolving Rookidee into Corviknight during the event unlocks exclusive moves and benefits PVP gameplay, especially in Ultra League. The event runs from August 30th, 2pm to 5pm local time, with tips to maximize catches and rewards.
Pokémon Go's July Community Day features increased spawn rates for Quaxly, including shiny variants and perfect IVs, with special bonuses like triple Stardust and double Candy. Players can evolve Quaxly into Quaquaval during the event to unlock Hydro Cannon, a powerful Water-type move, and enjoy various in-game rewards and bonuses to enhance their gameplay experience.
Hisuian Lilligant, a Grass and Fighting-type Pokémon, has been introduced in Pokémon Go raids, with a shiny form now available. It is weak to Flying-type attacks and resistant to several others, making Flying Pokémon like Mega Rayquaza the best counters. The raid is soloable with optimal Pokémon, and the recommended moveset includes Magical Leaf, Solar Beam, and Upper Hand. Its shiny form features a paler green body with blue and pink accents, and it has a CP range of 1364-1435 CP, boosted to 1705-1794 CP in sunny or cloudy weather.
Hisuian Lilligant debuts in Pokémon GO during a Raid Day event on July 12, 2025, featuring boosted Shiny odds, free and remote Raid Passes, and special ticket bonuses including increased XP and Stardust, with the event running from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time.