Pokémon Go Precious Pals Event Guide

Trainers are in for a charming celebration as Pokémon Go’s “Precious Pals” event brings friendly faces, themed rewards, and a premium Timed Research packed with bonuses that highlight the heart of companionship in Niantic’s hit mobile game.

Pokémon Go ‘Precious Pals’ event premium Timed Research and reward

The premium Timed Research for the Pokémon Go “Precious Pals” event offers trainers extra challenges alongside the main event tasks. Purchasing the ticket grants access to exclusive research stages focused on bonding with partner Pokémon and completing friendship-themed activities. Completing each stage rewards players with encounters featuring rare Pokémon, bonus Stardust, experience points, and avatar items tied to the event’s theme. These rewards add more depth for players who want to make the most of the celebration and deepen their connection with their Pokémon partners.

If you pay $4.99, you can access this Timed Research set. This set isn’t really worth it unless you want the Heart Pose trainer cosmetic, or if you’re really jonesing for more of these Pokémon spawns. You can see the steps below.

‘Precious Pals’ step 1 of 1

Earn 5 hearts with your buddy (Wimpod encounter)
Earn 10 hearts with your buddy (Swablu encounter)
Earn 15 hearts with your buddy (Pancham encounter)
Feed your buddy 1 time (Magikarp encounter)
Feed your buddy 3 times (Espurr encounter)
Take a snapshot with your buddy (1 Poffin)

Rewards: Heart Pose cosmetic, Fidough encounter, 3,000 Stardust

Pokémon Go ‘Precious Pals’ event Collection Challenges

The Precious Pals Collection Challenges feature themed tasks that ask players to catch or evolve specific Pokémon tied to friendship and partner species. Completing these challenges often rewards Stardust, XP, and encounters with event Pokémon, encouraging participation throughout the event. Each challenge showcases Pokémon connected by friendship, offering a fun way to round out collections and earn rewards while exploring the event’s features.

The following Collection Challenges will be live throughout the duration of the event:

‘In Knead of a Friend’ Collection Challenge

Catch a Fidough
Evolve a Fidough into a Dachsbun

Shiny Fidough encounter rates and best hunting methods

Shiny Fidough is available during the Precious Pals event with an increased shiny rate compared to normal wild “full odds” spawns, but Niantic has not published an exact number; community consensus treats it as a “shiny-boosted” event spawn, not a guaranteed or extremely high-rate feature.

Understanding the shiny rate (realistically)

Niantic almost never discloses exact shiny odds for specific event Pokémon; Fidough during Precious Pals follows this pattern. Players only infer “boosted” from marketing text and anecdotal data.
In past events, boosted but non-raid shinies (like some wild/event-featured Pokémon) typically land somewhere in the 1/64-1/128-ish community-estimated range, versus the usual ~1/500 “full odds”. This is an extrapolation from earlier events, not official data.

Best ways to hunt Shiny Fidough in Pokémon Go

Focus on methods that maximize total Fidough checks per hour.

Play during peak event hours in high-density spawn areas (city centers, parks with many PokéStops); more total spawns = more shiny rolls.
Walk constantly with Incense active while looping PokéStops and Gyms to stack wild Fidough encounters alongside other event spawns.
Prioritize any event tasks that reward Fidough encounters (e.g., “earn a Candy with your Buddy”-type tasks, if they are live in your region), since research encounters are easy, fast checks and sometimes feel slightly luckier due to concentrated hunting.

Egg-based hunting

If Fidough is in 2 km or 5 km event eggs with boosted shiny odds, egg-hatching can be very efficient because each hatch is a guaranteed roll on the specific species pool.
Use these optimizations:
- Use the shortest-distance eggs that contain Fidough.
- Walk in straight, uninterrupted paths to trigger frequent distance updates.
- Use your limited Super Incubators only on the longest eggs if you’re also hatching higher-distance pools.

Practical “strong” strategy for the event

For someone who wants to maximize their chances without spending heavily:

Run regular Incense the entire time you actively play and stay moving.
Stick to a route with many PokéStops; spin every stop to pick up and complete any Fidough-related research tasks quickly.
Keep your buddy set (for buddy-related Fidough tasks) and avoid swapping to prevent slowing research progress.
If you’re comfortable spending coins, add one or two Super Incubators and commit to walking-focused sessions while eggs that contain Fidough are in your inventory.

If you tell me your typical play style (rural vs city, walking vs mostly stationary, free-to-play vs spending), I can turn this into a concrete “per-hour” plan tailored to your situation.

Shiny Dachsbun hunting methods and rates

Shiny Dachsbun has no special “published” shiny rate; it uses the same base odds as other shinies in its game, and your methods simply stack the usual shiny-boost tools.

If you mean Pokémon Scarlet & Violet

Base shiny odds and boosts

Standard wild/Fidough-Dachsbun encounters: base odds are /1/40961/4096 with no boosts.
Shiny Charm only: improves to about /1/13651/1365.
Masuda Method (breeding with a foreign Ditto) without Charm: about /1/6831/683.
Masuda + Shiny Charm: about /1/5121/512.
Mass Outbreaks (for Fidough, then evolve) with 60+ KOs: about /1/13651/1365, or /1/8191/819 with Shiny Charm, before sandwiches.

If you also use a Sparkling Power Lv. 3 sandwich for the right type on top of Charm and outbreak, real odds get close to the /1/6831/683-ish range per spawn, letting you see hundreds of eligible Fidough in 30 minutes.

Best hunting methods (Scarlet/Violet)

To get Shiny Dachsbun efficiently, hunt Shiny Fidough and then evolve:

Mass Outbreak method:
- Find a Fidough outbreak and KO at least 60 to max its outbreak shiny bonus.
- Make a Fairy-type Sparkling Power Lv. 3 + Encounter Power Lv. 3 sandwich if possible.
- Loop through the outbreak area or use the “picnic reset” trick (set up and pack up a picnic to reroll spawns) until a shiny appears.
Isolated encounter sandwich:
- Go to a spot where Fidough is one of very few Fairy-types, then use a Fairy Sparkling/Encounter sandwich to “isolate” mostly Fidough, giving you very dense spawns.
Breeding (Masuda):
- Breed Fidough with a foreign Ditto using Egg Power sandwiches, then hatch large batches of eggs; this is the most consistent non-outbreak method.

Once you have a Shiny Fidough, evolve it normally into Shiny Dachsbun (no extra shiny roll; evolution keeps the shiny).

If you mean Pokémon Go (Precious Pals event)

During Precious Pals, Dachsbun’s “rate” is indirectly tied to how you get it:

Shiny Fidough has boosted odds during the event (especially from specific sources like 2 km event eggs), but Niantic does not publish an exact percentage; it’s simply treated as “shiny-boosted”.
Shiny Dachsbun comes only by evolving a Shiny Fidough, so its “rate” is whatever your effective shiny rate is on Fidough encounters or hatches.

Best methods in Pokémon Go during Precious Pals:

Prioritize 2 km event eggs that specifically list Fidough; these are called out as having boosted shiny odds for Fidough compared with wild spawns.
Grind all Collection Challenges and research that reward Fidough encounters, which give fast, guaranteed-species checks.
Then evolve any Shiny Fidough you get into Shiny Dachsbun before the event ends (no extra roll; it stays shiny on evolution).

If you tell me which game you’re hunting in (Scarlet/Violet vs Pokémon Go), I can give you a step-by-step, minute-by-minute route tailored for that game.