Pokémon Go Lights Up the Night with Festive NYE Fireworks

Pokémon Go Rings in 2025 with a New Year's Event and Exciting January Plans!

As 2024 concludes, Niantic is celebrating the arrival of 2025 in Pokémon Go with a special New Year's event, followed by the Fidough Fetch event and the highly anticipated Sprigatito Community Day. Kicking off the new year is the Eggs-pedition Access, running throughout January as part of the Dual Destiny season. For $4.99, this pass unlocks numerous benefits to enhance your Pokémon catching experience until January 31st. This includes an increased Gift capacity (up to 40 Gifts), allowing you to open up to 50 Gifts daily and collect 150 from Photo Discs.

What's in Store for the Pokémon Go New Year's 2025 Event?

The New Year's 2025 event in Pokémon Go runs from December 30th, 2024, at 10:00 am to January 1st, 2025, at 8:00 pm. While there aren't any new Pokémon, Shiny variations, or costumes this year, the event still offers plenty of festive fun.

Expect increased wild spawns of Jigglypuff (with a ribbon), Hoothoot (in a New Year's outfit), and Wurmple (in a party hat), all with boosted Shiny rates. Event bonuses include 2,025 XP for Excellent Throws and celebratory fireworks.

Raids will feature a snowflake-wearing Pikachu (Tier One), and party-hat-adorned Raticate and Wobbuffet (Tier Three), also with increased Shiny chances. Themed Pokémon encounters will also be available through Field Research tasks and PokéStop Showcases.

Download Pokémon Go from the Google Play Store and prepare for the New Year's 2025 event! Afterwards, check out our coverage of Night Crimson, Sword of Convallaria’s latest update.