Niantic is to celebrate the holidays with a two-part Pokemon GO event. Holidays 2021 Part-1 and Part-2 features several Pokemon with holiday costumes. Kyurem is coming back to conquer the gym for five-star raids. And the most anticipated Pokemon Bergmite is making its Pokemon GO debut. I’m dividing the article into two parts, and in this article, let’s talk about Pokémon GO Holidays 2021 Part 1. Event-themed Pokémon, Raids, Bonuses, and a lot more are coming. So for you to get things ready, here’s everything you need to know.
Pokémon GO Holidays 2021 Event (Part 1)
Date + Time
Thursday, December 16, 2021, at 10:00 AM to Thursday, December 23, 2021, at 10:00 AM [local time].
Featured Pokémon
The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild during the event:
- Pikachu wearing a holiday hat
- Stantler Holiday-themed
- Delibird Holiday-themed
- Spheal Holiday-themed
- Cubchoo Holiday-themed
- Swinub
- Snorunt
- Snover
- Vanillite
- Alolan Sandshrew Rare
- Cryogonal Rare
If you’re lucky, you might get a chance to encounter Shiny ✨ versions of all the Pokémon above except for Vanillite and Cryogonal.
Raids
The following Pokémon will take gyms for raids in the event time frame:
- One-star Raids
- Pikachu wearing a holiday hat
- Alolan Sandshrew
- Swinub
- Spheal Holiday-themed
- Cubchoo Holiday-themed
- Three-star Raids
- Cloyster
- Stantler Holiday-themed
- Delibird Holiday-themed
- Glaceon Holiday-themed
- Five-star / Legendary Raids
- Kyurem
- Mega Raids
- Mega Steelix
If you’re lucky, you might get a chance to encounter Shiny ✨ versions of all the Pokémon above except for Cloyster.
Holiday Cup
The Holiday Cup will be available in the GO Battle League during the entire Holidays 2021 event.
- Pokémon must be at or below 1,500 CP to enter.
- Only Normal-, Grass-, Electric-, Ice-, Flying-, and Ghost-type Pokémon are permitted.
Field Research Task Encounters
In addition to holiday-themed Pokémon encounters, themed Field Research Tasks are also available. Completing them will reward you the encounters with some of the event-themed Pokémon listed below:
- Pikachu with a holiday hat
- Alolan Vulpix
- Stantler Holiday-themed
- Spheal Holiday-themed
- Cubchoo Holiday-themed
- Swinub
- Cryogonal
Other Bonuses
- During the event, trainers can open up to 45 Gifts per day and hold up to 40 Gifts in their Item Bag.
- Team GO Rocket Grunts will have more Water- and Ice-type Pokémon during the event.
- In addition, the Mega Abomasnow will have the CP boost in the event time frame.
You can read the official blog for more details regarding the Pokemon GO Brilliant Diamond event. Utilize the event and hope you Catch ‘em All.
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