Pokemon Go is capping off 2021 with a New Year’s event. The festivities kick off on Dec. 31 and include costumed Pokemon, new avatar items and various other in-game bonuses.
As they put it in their official pokemongolive.com site:
Happy 2020 from Slowpoke! Wait, no—it’s about to be 2022! Why is Slowpoke still wearing those glasses? At least Slowking got the memo! That’s right—our New Year’s celebration event is right around the corner! Look forward to Pokémon wearing new costumes, themed avatar items, the return of some familiar Pokémon wearing party hats, and a certain Shiny Pokémon will be appearing for the first time in Pokémon GO.
CNET has broken the New Year’s Eve event all down for you:
Costumed Pokemon
Throughout the New Year’s event, special festive Pokemon will be appearing in the wild and hatching from eggs, including party hat-wearing versions of Gengar, Wobbuffet and Pikachu. You’ll also have a chance to encounter Slowpoke and its evolutions wearing New Year’s glasses. You can see a list of the featured event Pokemon below:
- New Year’s Hat Pikachu
- Party Hat Gengar
- 2020 Glasses Slowpoke
- 2021 Glasses Slowbro
- New Year’s Hat Hoothoot
- 2022 Glasses Slowking
- Party Hat Wobbuffet
Bonuses
In addition to the costumed Pokemon, a few in-game bonuses will be active throughout the New Year’s event. Pokemon eggs that are placed in incubators will hatch at half the distance they normally require, and you’ll earn twice the usual amount of Stardust and candy for hatching monsters. On top of that, there will be in-game fireworks to view from Dec. 31 to Jan. 2.
Pokemon Go’s New Year’s event runs until 8 p.m. local time on Jan. 4. In the meantime, the game’s winter holiday event is underway and features various ice-type Pokemon, including the debuting Bergmite. There’s already a handful of events lined up for next month as well, including January’s Community Day.
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