{"id":653045,"date":"2025-12-24T21:49:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T21:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/653045\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T21:49:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T21:49:12","slug":"pokemon-go-winter-holiday-part-2-2025-event-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/653045\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Go &#8216;Winter Holiday Part 2&#8217; 2025 event guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/game\/pokemon-go\/38713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/a>\u2019s <strong>&#8220;Winter Holiday Part 2&#8221; 2025<\/strong> event runs from <strong>Dec. 24-29<\/strong> and introduces the coal Pok\u00e9mon, <strong>Rolycoly<\/strong>, to the game.<\/p>\n<p>During this special holiday event, &#8220;event-themed&#8221; Pok\u00e9mon may reward items (Fast TMs, Charged TMs, Silver Pinap Berries, Golden Razz Berries, and Rare Candy) when caught and both the <strong>costumed Stantler and Dedenne have higher chances to be shiny<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The<strong> Go Pass: Winter Holiday 2025<\/strong> is still active, meaning you can still rank up and make use of the bonuses from that. As you rank up, you&#8217;ll get doubled XP for sending gifts, additional items from gifts, and 50% more XP from raid battles. If you get the premium version of the pass, you&#8217;ll also unlock doubled Stardust from gifts, halved egg hatch distance, and doubled XP from catching Pok\u00e9mon.<\/p>\n<p>Below, we list the rest of the perks for Pok\u00e9mon Go&#8217;s &#8220;Winter Holiday Part 2&#8221; 2025 event, including the Field Research, boosted spawns, and egg hatches.<\/p>\n<p>                        Pok\u00e9mon Go &#8216;Winter Holiday Part 2&#8217; 2025 event Field Research and rewards<\/p>\n<p>Spinning a Pok\u00e9Stop during the event period may yield one of these tasks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n                                        Catch 10 Pok\u00e9mon (1,500 Stardust)\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Catch 15 Pok\u00e9mon (Pikachu [festive hat] or Pikachu [holiday attire] encounter)\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Send 15 gifts to friends (Psyduck [holiday] encounter)\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Send 5 gifts to friends (Delibird encounter)\n                        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>                        Pok\u00e9mon Go &#8216;Winter Holiday Part 2&#8217; 2025 event boosted spawns<\/p>\n<p>These Pok\u00e9mon will spawn more frequently during the event period, according to Niantic&#8217;s blog post:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n                                        Galarian Darumaka\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Dedenne (holiday attire)*\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Bergmite\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Rolycoly\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Cetoddle\n                        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.reddit.com\/r\/TheSilphRoad\/comments\/1pu4zi1\/winter_holiday_part_2_event_megathread\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Other players<\/a> have reported seeing the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n                                        Stantler (holiday)*\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Delibird (holiday)\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Cubchoo\n                        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There may be more boosted spawns, but these are the ones we were able to confirm as of writing this.<\/p>\n<p>*There is an &#8220;increased chance&#8221; of finding this shiny in the wild as part of the event.<\/p>\n<p>                        Pok\u00e9mon Go &#8216;Winter Holiday Part 2&#8217; 2025 event egg hatches<\/p>\n<p>These Pok\u00e9mon have a chance to hatch from any 7 km eggs obtained during the event:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n                                        Pichu (festive hat)\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Smoochum\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Cubchoo (holiday ribbon)\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Cryogonal\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Snom\n                        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*These Pok\u00e9mon have an &#8220;increased chance&#8221; of being hatched shiny.<\/p>\n<p>                        Pok\u00e9mon Go &#8216;Winter Holiday Part 2&#8217; 2025 event raid targets<\/p>\n<p>The following changes to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/pokemon-go-guide\/24168766\/raid-schedule-legendary-mega-shadow-five-star\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">raid schedule<\/a> will take place as part of the event:<\/p>\n<tr>\n<p>One-star raids<\/p>\n<p>Three-star raids<\/p>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Alolan Sandshrew<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Galarian Mr. Mime<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Galarian Darumaka<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Sudowoodo (holiday attire)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Rolycoly<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Charjabug (holiday attire)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Go\u2019s &#8220;Winter Holiday Part 2&#8221; 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