Pokémon GO: Lunar Year 2025 Event Guide
The annual celebration of the Chinese New Year in is set to take place this week with the Lunar Year 2025 event. While not one of the biggest events in the calendar, it has previously provided some great rewards for trainers, and this year's edition is no different. There are no changes in raids for the event, with legendary Zapdos featuring in Max Mondays.
The Lunar Year 2025 will run from Wednesday, 29 January, at 10 am until Sunday, 2 February, at 8 pm local time. While there are no new additions, it will allow trainers to catch several Pokémon that rarely appear in the chance to get some even rarer Shiny versions. While there is a paid ticket as part of the event, most bonuses are available for all players for free.
As with most events in, key Pokémon have increased spawn rates during the period. For the Lunar Year 2025 event, several Pokémon that resemble animals from the Chinese Zodiac. These include Generation One favorites Ekans and Onix. The former, Ekans, is more likely to be found in its shiny form during the event. On top of this, Dunsparce, Snivy, and Darumaka also have an increased chance of spawning during the event.
All five of these Pokémon have the possibility of spawning as their shiny variants.
The above five Pokémon will all spawn regularly, but two additional rare Gen One originals also have an increased rate but remain much more challenging to find. These are the powerhouse Gyarados and Dragon-type Dratini, who evolves into one of the most meta Pokémon for battles in Dragonite. Both Gyarados and Dragonite remain some of the best Pokémon to use in the current Ultra League Cups.
The other significant change for the event is the Pokémon that can be hatched from 2km Eggs. The normal Pokémon in the rotation will not be able to be found during the event; instead, they will be replaced by Makuhita, Nosepass, Meditite, Duskull, and Skorupi.
These Pokémon have featured in previous events, so most trainers will likely already have them in their Pokédex.
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