Pokémon Go Rings in the New Year with Pyro Spectacular

Pokémon Go rings in 2025 with a New Year's event! Niantic is kicking off the new year with festivities, including the New Year's 2025 event, followed by Fidough Fetch and the Sprigatito Community Day. January also brings the Eggs-pedition Access, a month-long paid event ($4.99) offering numerous benefits for Pokémon trainers. This includes increased Gift capacity (up to 40 Gifts), daily Gift opening limits (up to 50), and increased Gift acquisition from PokéStops (150).

New Year's 2025 Event Details:

While this year's New Year's event (December 30th, 2024, 10:00 am – January 1st, 2025, 8:00 pm) lacks new Pokémon, Shiny variations, or costumes, there's still plenty of celebratory fun. Expect increased Shiny rates for wild Jigglypuff (with ribbon), Hoothoot (New Year's outfit), and Wurmple (party hat). Bonuses include 2,025 XP for Excellent Throws and festive in-game fireworks.

Raids feature a snowflake-hat Pikachu (Tier One), and party-hat-wearing Raticate and Wobbuffet (Tier Three), all with boosted Shiny odds. Field Research tasks and PokéStop Showcases will also offer themed Pokémon encounters.

Ready to celebrate? Download Pokémon Go from the Google Play Store and join the fun! Afterwards, check out our coverage of Night Crimson, Sword of Convallaria's latest update.