Niantic is bringing Halloween to Pokemon GO with a two-part event. The first part features Psychic- and Poison-type, and the second part features Ghost-type Pokemon and some new debuts. Altered Forme Giratina and Darkrai take legendary raids during the two parts of the Pokemon GO Halloween events, respectively. The Season of Mischief Story continues as the event unlocks new parts of the special research story. I’m dividing the article into two parts and in this, let’s talk about Part 2 of Pokémon GO Halloween. Huff! A lot more is coming, so for you to get things ready, here’s everything you need to know.
Pokémon GO Halloween Part 2: Ghoulish Pals
Date + Time
Friday, October 22, 2021, at 10:00 AM to Sunday, October 31, 2021, at 8:00 PM [local time].
New Size Mechanic
Niantic is bringing a new feature to Pokémon GO, which shows Pokémon in its actual size.
Featured Pokémon
The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild during the event:
- Halloween Mischief Pikachu
- Gastly
- Murkrow
- Misdreavus
- Shuppet
- Halloween Mischief Piplup
- Purrloin
- Phantump
- Small Size Pumpkaboo Debut
- Average Size Pumpkaboo Debut
- Haunter Rare
- Yamask Rare
- Litwick Rare
- Large Size Pumpkaboo Rare Debut
- Super Size Pumpkaboo Rare Debut
If you’re lucky, you might get a chance to encounter Shiny Yamask✨.
Raids
Niantic is bringing back the mighty ghost legendary Darkrai to Pokemon GO. Make sure to catch it every day to increase the chances of catching a shiny one.
The following Pokémon will take gyms for raids in the event time frame:
- One-star Raids
- Murkrow
- Yamask
- Galarian Yamask
- Phantump
- Average Size Pumpkaboo
- Three-star Raids
- Alolan Marowak
- Banette
- Halloween Mischief Drifblim
- Lampent
- Five-star / Legendary Raids
- Darkrai
- Mega Raids
- Mega Absol
Egg Hatches
The following Pokémon will be hatching from 7 km Eggs that are collected during the event:
- Spinarak
- Misdreavus
- Shuppet
- Litwick
- Phantump
- Galarian Yamask
- Golett
Other Bonuses
A Collection Challenge will be available in celebration of Pumpkaboo and the new size mechanic debut. The challenge requires you to collect Pumpkaboo of various sizes.
In addition to even-themed Pokémon encounters, themed Field Research Tasks will also be available. Completing them will reward you the encounters with some of the event-themed Pokémon listed above.
You can read the official blog for more details regarding the Pokemon GO Halloween event. Utilize the event and hope you Catch ‘em All.
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