Pokémon Go Winter Holiday Part 2 2025: Field Research, boosted spawns, eggs, and raids
Pokémon Go’s “Winter Holiday Part 2” 2025 event runs Dec. 24–29 and brings the coal Pokémon, Rolycoly, into the mix.
Throughout the event, certain holiday-themed catches can drop bonus items when caught (Fast TMs, Charged TMs, Silver Pinap Berries, Golden Razz Berries, and Rare Candy). Costumed Stantler and Dedenne also have an increased shiny rate during this window.
The Go Pass: Winter Holiday 2025 remains active, so you can still climb tiers and pick up its bonuses. Progressing the pass grants doubled XP for sending gifts, extra items from gifts, and 50% more XP from raids. The premium track adds doubled Stardust from gifts, halved egg hatch distance, and doubled catch XP.
Here’s everything else happening in Part 2, from Field Research to spawns, eggs, and raids.
Field Research and rewards
Spin PokéStops during the event for a shot at these tasks:
- Catch 10 Pokémon (1,500 Stardust)
- Catch 15 Pokémon (Pikachu [festive hat] or Pikachu [holiday attire] encounter)
- Send 15 gifts to friends (Psyduck [holiday] encounter)
- Send 5 gifts to friends (Delibird encounter)
Boosted spawns
Expect to see these Pokémon more frequently during the event period:
- Galarian Darumaka
- Dedenne (holiday attire)*
- Bergmite
- Rolycoly
- Cetoddle
Players have also reported increased sightings of:
- Stantler (holiday)*
- Delibird (holiday)
- Cubchoo
*These have an increased chance to be shiny in the wild during the event.
7 km egg hatches
Any 7 km Eggs collected during the event may hatch the following:
- Pichu (festive hat)
- Smoochum
- Cubchoo (holiday ribbon)
- Cryogonal
- Snom
Note: These Pokémon have an increased chance of hatching shiny.
Raid targets
Raid lineups shift for the event as follows:
| One-star raids | Three-star raids |
|---|---|
| Alolan Sandshrew | Galarian Mr. Mime |
| Galarian Darumaka | Sudowoodo (holiday attire) |
| Rolycoly | Charjabug (holiday attire) |
