Pokemon Go New Year 2025 Event Guide and Tips

Celebrate the dawn of 2025 in Pokémon GO with a dazzling New Year’s event that lights up the skies with festive fireworks and brings back beloved party-hat-wearing Pokémon like Wurmple, plus a chance to earn a whopping 2,025 XP for every excellent throw! From December 30 to January 1, trainers can dive into special Timed Research, encounter shiny costumed Pokémon more frequently, and take on unique raid challenges-all while enjoying colorful in-game decorations that make this brief but bright event a perfect start to the year.

Notably, you’ll get 2,025 XP for each Pokémon caught with an excellent throw. The extended time bonus on Adventure Incense that began during the “Holiday Part 2” event is also continuing until Jan. 5, so take advantage of that while you can.

Below we list all the other perks for Pokémon Go’s “New Year’s 2025” event, including the Timed Research, spawns, and Field Research Tasks.

Pokémon Go ’New Year’s 2025’ event free Timed Research and reward

The Pokémon Go ’New Year’s 2025’ event features a free Timed Research quest available from December 30, 2024, to January 1, 2025. Players can complete tasks such as catching various numbers of Pokémon to earn rewards including Stardust, encounters with Ribbon Jigglypuff, New Years Hat Hoothoot, and a Beanie Pikachu. This research offers a festive way to collect event-themed Pokémon and valuable in-game resources during the celebration.

If you complete this research before the event ends, you’ll get some of the featured costumed Pokémon.

New Year’s 2025 step 1 of 1

• Catch 20 Pokémon (Jigglypuff [ribbon] encounter)
• Catch 24 Pokémon (2,024 Stardust)
• Catch 20 Pokémon (Hoothoot [New Year’s] encounter)
• Catch 25 Pokémon (2,024 Stardust)

Reward: Pikachu (beanie) encounter

Pokémon Go ’New Year’s 2025’ event paid Timed Research and reward

The Pokémon Go New Year’s 2025 event offers a paid Timed Research quest available for $2.00 (or local equivalent), providing players with exclusive tasks and rewards. This premium Timed Research consists of one step with multiple tasks, including catching various Pokémon, evolving a Pokémon, and more. Completing these tasks grants rewards such as three Premium Battle Passes, three Lucky Eggs, 2,025 Stardust, and encounters with special event-themed Costumed Pokémon like Beanie Pikachu, Party Hat Wobbuffet, Party Hat Raticate, Ribbon Jigglypuff, and New Years Hat Hoothoot. The paid Timed Research is available from December 30, 2024, at 10 AM local time until January 1, 2025, at 8 PM local time, and players must complete it before it expires to claim the rewards.

For $2, you can get a paid set of Timed Research to complete that rewards three Premium Battle Passes, three Lucky Eggs, and several encounters with the costumed New Year’s-themed Pokémon. Is the “New Year’s 2025” paid ticket worth it? Yes, for the value alone, $2 for three raid passes and three Lucky Eggs is a great deal. You do, however, have to complete the research fully before Jan. 1 at 8 p.m. in your local time to get the rewards.

We list the steps for this research below.

New Year’s 2025 Premium research step 1 of 1

• Catch 20 Pokémon (Jigglypuff [ribbon] encounter)
• Catch 24 Pokémon (Wobbuffet [party hat] encounter)
• Catch 20 Pokémon (Hoothoot [New Year’s] encounter)
• Catch 25 Pokémon (Raticate [party hat] encounter)
• Evolve a Pokémon (Pikachu [beanie] encounter)

Rewards: 3 Premium Raid Passes, 3 Lucky Eggs, 2,025 Stardust

Pokémon Go ’New Year’s 2025’ event Field Research and rewards

The Pokémon Go New Year’s 2025 event features special Field Research tasks that reward players with encounters with costumed Pokémon such as Ribbon Jigglypuff and New Years Hat Hoothoot, as well as Stardust and a Beanie Pikachu upon completion. There is also a Premium Timed Research available for $2, offering additional tasks and rewards including Party Hat Wobbuffet and Party Hat Raticate encounters, Lucky Eggs, and Premium Battle Passes. Players can complete these tasks by catching Pokémon and other in-game activities before the event ends on January 1, 2025, at 8 PM local time.

Spinning a PokéStop during the event period may yield one of these tasks:

• Catch 10 Pokémon (Jigglypuff [ribbon], Hoothoot [New Year’s], or Wurmple [party hat] encounter)
• Make an excellent throw (Raticate [party hat], Pikachu [beanie], Jigglypuff [ribbon], Hoothoot [New Year’s], Wobbuffet [party hat], or Wurmple [party hat] encounter)
• Win a raid (Raticate [party hat], Pikachu [beanie], Jigglypuff [ribbon], Hoothoot [New Year’s], Wobbuffet [party hat], or Wurmple [party hat] encounter)

Pokémon Go ’New Year’s 2025’ event boosted spawns

The Pokémon Go New Year’s 2025 event, running from December 30, 2024, to January 1, 2025, featured boosted spawns of several festive Pokémon, including Jigglypuff wearing a ribbon, Hoothoot in a New Year’s outfit, and Wurmple sporting a party hat. These Pokémon appeared more frequently in the wild, with an increased chance of encountering their shiny variants. This short event also rewarded players with 2,025 XP for every Pokémon caught with an excellent throw, enhancing the overall experience for trainers celebrating the new year in-game.

These Pokémon will spawn more frequently during the event period:

• Jigglypuff (ribbon)
• Hoothoot (New Year’s)
• Wurmple (party hat)

Pokémon Go ’New Year’s 2025’ event raid targets

During the Pokémon Go New Year’s 2025 event, players can participate in special raids featuring festive costume Pokémon. The raid lineup includes one-star raids with Pikachu wearing a snowflake beanie, and three-star raids featuring Raticate and Wobbuffet both adorned with party hats. All these raid Pokémon will have a chance to appear in their shiny variants, offering players exciting opportunities to catch rare and themed Pokémon during the event, which runs from December 30, 2024, to January 1, 2025.

The following changes to the raid schedule and Max Battle schedule will take place as part of the event:

New Year’s 2025 raid line-up

The New Year’s 2025 raid line-up in Pokémon GO features festive-themed Pokémon including Pikachu wearing a snowflake beanie, Raticate with a party hat, and Wobbuffet also donning a party hat. These special raid bosses add a celebratory touch to the event, giving trainers unique opportunities to catch these costumed Pokémon during the festivities from December 30, 2024, to January 1, 2025.

How can I maximize XP gains during the Pokémon Go New Year’s 2025 event

To maximize XP gains during the Pokémon GO New Year’s 2025 event, focus on the following strategies:

• Aim for Excellent Throws when catching Pokémon, as each Excellent Throw awards a massive 2,025 XP during the event, far exceeding normal catch XP.

• Use a Lucky Egg to double all XP earned for 30 minutes, boosting your Excellent Throw XP from 2,025 to 4,050 per catch.

• Practice and perfect your throw technique before and during the event to consistently land Excellent Throws and maximize XP gains.

• Take advantage of event-themed Timed Research and Field Research tasks that reward encounters and Stardust, helping you progress efficiently.

• Coordinate with friends to time friendship level-ups and open multiple gifts during a Lucky Egg activation to gain large friendship XP bonuses simultaneously.

• Participate in raids, especially if you can join Dynamax or Gigantamax battles, which grant substantial XP, further amplified by Lucky Eggs.

By combining these tactics-excellent throws, Lucky Eggs, timed friendship bonuses, and event research tasks-you can significantly boost your XP during the New Year’s event window from December 30, 2024, to January 1, 2025.

How much XP can I earn by catching Pokémon with Excellent Throws during the event

During the Pokémon GO New Year’s 2025 event, each Excellent Throw on a Pokémon catch grants a base bonus of 1,000 XP. When combined with the standard 100 XP for catching the Pokémon, 50 XP for first throw, 20 XP for curveball, and other bonuses, a single Excellent Throw catch typically yields around 1,170 XP. This can be further multiplied by event XP bonuses and Lucky Eggs, potentially doubling or even quadrupling the XP gained per catch.

Specifically, the event offers a special bonus of 2,025 XP for every Excellent Throw, which is a significant increase from the usual 1,000 XP bonus, making it an exceptional opportunity to rack up XP quickly. Using a Lucky Egg during the event can double this amount, meaning you could earn over 4,000 XP per Excellent Throw catch.

In summary, you can earn:

• Around 2,025 XP per Excellent Throw catch during the event (base catch + Excellent Throw bonus + event bonus),

• Potentially over 4,000 XP per catch if using a Lucky Egg simultaneously.

This makes Excellent Throws the most efficient way to maximize XP gains during the New Year’s event.