Pokémon GO announces the 2023 Lunar New Year event with several special catches

Pokémon GO closed the first Community Day in style and announced that there will be a second world event scheduled for January 21. Larvitar will appear more frequently and by evolving into Tyranitar it will gain the special move called Anti-Aircraft.

As if this were not enough, Niantic he also works on the Chinese New Year event, which he has called Lunar New Year 2023.

“Let’s celebrate the Lunar New Year in Pokémon GO! Some Pokémon, such as Bunnelby and Buneary, will appear more frequently in the wild along with other themed Pokémon that will also appear in the wild, in raids, and from hatching Eggs.

It looks like Trainers’ luck will also increase during the event, with you having a better chance of encountering Shiny Darumaka, receiving lucky Pokémon in trades, and gaining lucky friendships!”, details the developer company on its official blog.

Since red and yellow are the lucky colors in China, Pokémon GO will highlight creatures in those shades. These are the wild encounters that will arrive from the 19th to the 23rd of January.

wild encounters

• Ponyta
• Magmar
• magikarp
• slugma
• number
• combee
• bunery
• fennekin
• bunnelby
• flareon
• darumaka

Lunar New Year 2023 Bonuses

• Shiny Darumaka more likely to be found!
• Increased chance of getting lucky Pokémon in trades.
• Higher chance of making a lucky friendship.
• Double Stardust when opening gifts.
• It is possible to make one additional special trade up to the maximum of two per day.
• During the Lunar New Year event, Trainers can choose from various bonuses as a reward for completing the Temporary Research.

7 km eggs

• chingling
• riolu
• darumaka
• Galar Darumaka
• scraggy

one star raids

• Hisui’s Voltorb
• shinx
• darumaka
• Galar Darumaka

three star raids

• flareon
• Shuckle
• blaziken
• Druddigon
• diggersby

five star raids

• regise
• Mega Raids
• Mega Lopunny

In turn, New Year’s themed backpacks will arrive in Pokémon GO: Red Lantern Backpack. “These new avatar items will be available for sale in the in-game store during the event and will continue to be available after it’s over!”.

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