Winter Holiday: Part 1 - Leek Duck | Pokémon GO News and Resources (2024)

Celebrate the season with the Pokémon GO debut of the Terra Whale Pokémon, Cetoddle and Cetitan! You’ll also encounter some familiar festive faces during the wintery fun, and don’t forget to deck the halls with new avatar items and stickers. Additional revelry includes updated winter-themed Postcard Book backgrounds, a sprinkling of snow on the in-game map, and the Pokémon GO debuts of Pikachu wearing holiday attire and Raichu wearing holiday attire!

Bonuses

During the Winter Holiday event, Trainers can choose the bonus they want to receive for completing Timed Research. Trainers can choose one of the following.

All Trainers will have this bonus:

Features

Pokémon Debuts

Cetoddle and its Evolution, Cetitan—the Terra Whale Pokémon—will make their Pokémon GO debuts!

You can use 50 Cetoddle Candy to evolve Cetoddle into Cetitan.

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  Cetoddle

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  Cetitan

New Costumed Pokémon

New costumed Pokémon will appear during this event!

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  Holiday Attire Pikachu

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  Holiday Attire Raichu

PokéStop Showcases

Be on the lookout for Showcases at different PokéStops during the event where you can enter event-themed Pokémon.

Spawns

The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild.

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  Holiday Attire Pikachu

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  Alolan Sandshrew

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  Seel

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  Holiday Hat Eevee

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  Swinub

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  Holiday Stantler

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  Holiday Spheal

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  Galarian Darumaka

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  Cryogonal

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  Bergmite

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  Cetoddle

Some Trainers might even encounter the following!

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  Sneasel

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  Piloswine

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  Amaura

Eggs

2 km Egg

The following Pokémon will hatch from 2 km Eggs. Eevee wearing a holiday hat hatched from Eggs will have a greater chance of being a Shiny Pokémon than when found in the wild.

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  Holiday Hat Eevee

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  Smoochum

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  Galarian Darumaka

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  Amaura

Raids

The following Pokémon will appear in raids. Pikachu wearing holiday attire will have a greater chance of being a Shiny Pokémon than when found in the wild.

Appearing in 1- Star Raids

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  Holiday Attire Pikachu

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  Alolan Sandshrew

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  Holiday Spheal

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  Crabrawler

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  Cetoddle

Appearing in 3- Star Raids

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  Dewgong

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  Lapras

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  Holiday Stantler

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  Undersea Holiday Glaceon

Appearing in 5-Star Raids

Kyurem will be available in 5-star Raid battles until Saturday, December 23, 2023, at 10 am local time. Regigigas will be available afterwards.

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  Kyurem

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  Regigigas

Appearing in Mega Raids

Mega Abomasnow will be available in 5-star Raid battles until Saturday, December 23, 2023, at 10 am local time. Mega Glalie will be available afterwards.

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  Mega Abomasnow

  See Also

  Season 10: Rising Heroes - Leek Duck | Pokémon GO News and ResourcesPokémon GO Fest: Global - Sunday - Leek Duck | Pokémon GO News and ResourcesPokémon GO Tour: Hoenn - Global - Leek Duck | Pokémon GO News and ResourcesOut to Play - Leek Duck | Pokémon GO News and Resources

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  Mega Glalie

Research

Field Research Tasks

The following Pokémon will be available to encounter when you complete Field Research tasks.

• Catch 5 Ice‑type Pokémon

  POSSIBLE REWARDS

  

  ×5

  Poké Ball ×5

  

  ×3

  Ultra Ball ×3

  

  ×3

  Razz Berry ×3

  +1

  

  ×3

  Pinap Berry ×3

• Catch 7 Ice‑type Pokémon

  POSSIBLE REWARDS

  Shellder

  Max CP

  463

  Min CP

  428

  Snover

  Max CP

  497

  Min CP

  460

  Vanillite

  Max CP

  443

  Min CP

  409

• Catch 5 different species of Pokémon

  POSSIBLE REWARDS

  Holiday Delibird

  Max CP

  469

  Min CP

  433

  Holiday Spheal

  Max CP

  412

  Min CP

  379

• Catch 10 different species of Pokémon

  POSSIBLE REWARDS

  Holiday Cubchoo

  Max CP

  458

  Min CP

  422

  Jynx

  Max CP

  1095

  Min CP

  1040

• Win araid

  POSSIBLE REWARDS

  Lapras

  Max CP

  1131

  Min CP

  1076

  Holiday Glaceon

  Max CP

  1340

  Min CP

  1280

• Open 5Gifts

  POSSIBLE REWARDS

  Holiday Attire Pikachu

  Max CP

  402

  Min CP

  369

  Alolan Sandshrew

  Max CP

  554

  Min CP

  516

• Send 3 Gifts and add a sticker toeach

  POSSIBLE REWARDS

  Crabrawler

  Max CP

  584

  Min CP

  544

  

  

  ×25

  Abomasnow Mega Energy ×25

  

  

  ×25

  Glalie Mega Energy ×25

Winter Wishes

Event-exclusive Timed Research

Trainers will be able to access free branching Timed Research that grants their bonus-based wish: pick between 2× XP for catching Pokémon or 2× Stardust for catching Pokémon.

The path you choose will determine which bonus and tasks you have for the whole event!

No matter which wish you pick, all Trainers who complete the research will receive items and encounter winter-themed Pokémon. The Timed Research will last throughout both parts of the Winter Holiday event.

Catching Pokémon Path

These are the tasks and rewards if you choose ‘Catching Pokémon’. You will earn 2× XP for catching Pokémon until December 31, 2023, at 8. pm local time.

Collecting Stardust Path

These are the tasks and rewards if you choose ‘Collecting Stardust’. You will earn 2× Stardust for catching Pokémon until December 31, 2023, at 8. pm local time.

Winter Holiday Timed Research

Event-exclusive Timed Research

For US$2.00 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), you’ll be able to access event-exclusive two-part Timed Research.* Purchasing this ticket will grant you Timed Research for both parts of the Winter Holiday event.

Timed Research rewards for Winter Holiday Part 1 include the following.

• Event-themed Pokémon encounters, such as Spheal wearing a holiday scarf, Cryogonal, and the first peek at a new costumed Pokémon—Psyduck wearing holiday attire!
• Two Premium Battle Passes.

Winter Holiday Part 2 Timed Research

Event-exclusive Timed Research

This Timed Research is Part 2 of the US$2.00 ticket.

Timed Research rewards for Winter Holiday Part 2 include the following.

• Event-themed Pokémon encounters, such as Psyduck wearing holiday attire and Cubchoo wearing a holiday ribbon!
• Two Premium Battle Passes.

Trainers who purchase this ticket during the Winter Holiday Part 2 Timed Research will be able to access the Winter Holiday Part 1 Timed Research as well.

Frosty Festivities

Event-exclusive Timed Research

For US$5.00 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), you’ll be able to access event-exclusive Timed Research.*

Complete the research tasks to earn an event-themed avatar pose! Other Timed Research rewards include the following.

• 2× Candy for catching Pokémon.
• Various event-themed Pokémon encounters, such as Pikachu wearing holiday attire and Delibird wearing a holiday ribbon, and an early encounter with a new costumed Pokémon—Psyduck wearing holiday attire!

Trainers can purchase one—or both!—of these tickets. Each ticket features different Timed Research tasks. Tickets can be purchased any time throughout the Winter Holiday event period, and the tasks and rewards for all the Timed Research described above will be available until the expiration date listed below.

* Please note that Timed Research expires. The tasks associated with this Timed Research must be completed and their rewards must be claimed before Sunday, December 31, 2023, at 8:00 p.m. local time.

Trainers will be able to purchase and gift tickets to any of their Pokémon GO friends that they have achieved a Friendship level of Great Friends or higher with. Please note that purchases—including those made for other Trainers—are non-refundable (subject to applicable law and the exceptions set forth in the Terms of Service). Tickets cannot be purchased with PokéCoins.

* Please note that the Timed Research tickets will only be available in the in-game shop until Friday, December 29, 2023, at 8:00 p.m. local time.

Sales

New avatar items and stickers

The following avatar items will be available to purchase in the in-game shop during this event, and they will continue to be available after the event ends!

• Delibird Onesie
• Cetoddle Hat
• Holiday Boots
• Holiday Gloves
• Holiday Sweater with Scarf

New Stickers

You’ll be able to get event-themed stickers by spinning PokéStops, opening Gifts, and purchasing them from the in-game shop.

Prime Gaming avatar item and Partner Research

As part of this year’s collaboration with Prime Gaming, we’re offering Trainers an extra-festive gift!

Amazon Prime members can get the Holiday Sweater with Scarf avatar item via the Prime Gaming website before this item goes live in the in-game shop! This offer is yours to claim starting December 15, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. PST until January 19, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. PST.

For more information, head over to the Prime Gaming Pokémon GO page.

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