Pokémon GO Winter Holiday Part 2 Event Timed Research Tasks and Rewards Guide

Snow falls across Pokémon Go as the Winter Holiday Part 2 event arrives, bringing new Timed Research tasks, returning ice-type favorites, and a few frosty surprises from Niantic to close out the season’s celebrations.

Notably, this event introduces holiday hat versions of Eevee and its evolutions. Note that this is a holiday hat and is a different costume from the previously released Glaceon with the holiday cape. You can also evolve your Cubchoo with a holiday ribbon into a Beartic.

The paid Timed Research from the first part of the event is also still active, if you want to buy that pass.

Below we list out the Timed Research, Field Research, spawns, eggs, and raid targets for the “Winter Holiday Part 2” event.

Winter Wishes Timed Research and rewards

The Winter Wishes Timed Research offers Trainers special tasks focused on catching and evolving Ice-type Pokémon, spinning PokéStops, and opening gifts during the Winter Holiday Part 2 event. By completing each stage, players can earn rewards such as Stardust, rare Pokémon encounters, and themed avatar items. The choices made in the research path influence which bonuses appear, adding a layer of customization to how players experience the seasonal celebration.

Winter Wishes step 1 of 2

• Catch 5 Pokémon (Glacial Lure Module)
• Spin 3 PokéStops or gyms (Eevee [holiday hat] encounter)
• Power up Pokémon 5 times (2 Silver Pinap Berries)

Rewards: 500 Stardust, 500 XP

After this part, you’ll be able to pick from a branch of choices, which will impact what your final step will look like. Below you can see the rewards and options of each choice.

Winter Wishes step 2 of 2 – Hatching Eggs

• Catch 10 Pokémon (Stantler [holiday costume] encounter)
• Catch 25 Pokémon (Cubchoo [holiday ribbon] encounter)
• Catch 40 ice-type Pokémon (Lapras encounter)
• Catch 8 different species of ice-type Pokémon (Delibird [holiday ribbon] encounter)
• Hatch 3 eggs (Galarian Darumaka encounter)
• Send 25 gifts to friends (Eevee [holiday hat] encounter)

Rewards: Galarian Mr. Mime encounter, 1 Incubator

Winter Wishes step 2 of 2 – Catching Pokémon

• Catch 10 Pokémon (Stantler [holiday costume] encounter)
• Catch 25 Pokémon (Cubchoo [holiday ribbon] encounter)
• Catch 40 ice-type Pokémon (Lapras encounter)
• Catch 8 different species of ice-type Pokémon (Delibird [holiday ribbon] encounter)
• Earn 25,000 XP (Galarian Darumaka encounter)
• Send 25 gifts to friends (Eevee [holiday hat] encounter)

Rewards: Galarian Mr. Mime encounter, 1 Lucky Egg

Winter Wishes step 2 of 2 – Collecting Stardust

• Catch 10 Pokémon (Stantler [holiday costume] encounter)
• Catch 25 Pokémon (Cubchoo [holiday ribbon] encounter)
• Catch 40 ice-type Pokémon (Lapras encounter)
• Catch 8 different species of ice-type Pokémon (Delibird [holiday ribbon] encounter)
• Earn 7,500 Stardust (Galarian Darumaka encounter)
• Send 25 gifts to friends (Eevee [holiday hat] encounter)

Rewards: Galarian Mr. Mime encounter, 1 Star Piece

Pokémon Go Winter Holiday Part 2 event Field Research and rewards

During the Pokémon Go Winter Holiday Part 2 event, Field Research tasks offer encounters with Galarian Weezing, Swinub, and Bergmite. Completing one task grants 3,000 Stardust, two tasks yield a Swinub encounter, and three tasks provide a chance at Galarian Weezing. Five tasks unlock an Incense and a Poffin. Additional rewards include Snowy Castform, while special Timed Research tasks add encounters with Cetoddle, Cetitan, and Frigibax.

Increased Pokémon spawns for Winter Holiday Part 2

Trainers will notice a higher number of winter- and Ice-type Pokémon appearing in the wild during the Winter Holiday Part 2 event. Popular species like Spheal, Snover, and Delibird will show up more frequently, along with a few costumed surprises exclusive to this celebration. Incense and Lure Modules will also attract seasonal Pokémon more often, giving players extra chances to expand their collection during this festive period.

• Pikachu (holiday costume)
• Alolan Sandshrew
• Eevee (holiday hat)
• Swinub
• Stantler
• Delibird (holiday ribbon)
• Snorunt
• Spheal
• Snover
• Vanillite
• Cubchoo (holiday ribbon)
• Cryogonal
• Bergmite

Winter Holiday Part 2 event specific 7 km eggs

During the Winter Holiday Part 2 event, 7 km eggs offer exclusive seasonal Pokémon that fit the festive theme. Trainers can find creatures like Alolan Sandshrew, Alolan Vulpix, Smoochum, and other winter-related species inside these eggs. Collecting them requires receiving gifts from friends during the event and hatching the eggs before it ends. The pool focuses on Ice-type and colder-climate Pokémon, making these 7 km eggs an appealing choice for collectors aiming to expand their event-specific Pokédex entries.

• Sneasel
• Smoochum
• Amaura
• Bergmite
• Crabrawler

Winter Holiday Part 2 event specific raid targets

Winter Holiday Part 2 introduces a fresh lineup of raid targets featuring seasonal and Ice-type Pokémon. Trainers can encounter Pokémon such as Cryogonal, Alolan Sandslash, and Vanilluxe in three-star raids, while the five-star slot features Kyurem, which may appear in its Shiny form. Mega Glalie also returns as the Mega Raid boss, giving players another chance to collect Mega Energy. These raids provide great opportunities to gather strong Ice-types for both PvE and PvP battles during the winter season.

• Pikachu (holiday costume)
• Alolan Sandshrew
• Eevee (holiday hat)
• Galarian Darumaka
• Cubchoo (holiday ribbon)
• Cloyster
• Lapras
• Delibird (holiday ribbon)
• Glaceon (holiday costume)

What are all boosted spawns and shiny chances in Winter Holiday Part 2

For Winter Holiday Part 2 (the modern versions of the event, like 2025), Niantic distinguishes between “boosted spawns” (Pokémon appearing more frequently) and a smaller set with explicitly increased shiny odds in the wild or from encounters.

Wild boosted spawns

For Winter Holiday Part 2 2025, the following are called out as appearing more frequently in the wild:​

• Galarian Darumaka

• Dedenne (holiday attire)

• Bergmite

• Rolycoly

• Cetoddle

Other commonly reported boosted spawns during the event include:​

• Stantler (holiday outfit)

• Delibird (holiday)

• Cubchoo (often with holiday ribbon in some encounters)

These are the main “event-boosted” wild spawns confirmed by official notes and community reports; there can be a few additional background winter spawns, but these are the stand-outs.

Pokémon with explicitly increased shiny chance

Niantic only directly confirms shiny boosts for a subset of the event Pokémon, so anything not listed here should be treated as standard (unboosted) shiny odds unless proven otherwise by datamining or large-sample testing.

From Winter Holiday Part 2 2025:

• Stantler wearing a holiday outfit – increased chance to be shiny in the wild and from encounters.

• Dedenne wearing holiday attire – increased chance to be shiny in the wild and from encounters.

• Eevee wearing a holiday hat – increased chance to be shiny specifically from the event’s Timed Research tasks and GO Pass progress, not general wild spawns.​

Community graphics and write-ups for the same event also summarize the “increased shiny chance” group as: Holiday Stantler and Holiday Attire Dedenne in the wild, with Eevee (holiday hat) flagged as boosted via research.

What is not boosted

• Other event Ice-types and winter spawns (e.g., Bergmite, Rolycoly, Cetoddle, Delibird, Cubchoo, Galarian Darumaka) are featured but are not officially described as having boosted shiny rates; they are assumed to be on standard wild or raid odds.

• Event 7 km egg Pokémon (like festive-hat Pichu, Smoochum, holiday Cubchoo, Cryogonal, Snom) are strongly themed but again are only described as having better availability, not explicitly boosted shiny odds beyond the usual “event egg” level.​

How to target the boosted shinies

If your goal is to maximize your odds within Winter Holiday Part 2:

• Prioritize catching Holiday Stantler and Holiday-attire Dedenne whenever they appear on your nearby radar, as both are explicitly called out as having increased shiny odds.

• Make sure you complete the associated Timed Research and GO Pass progress that award extra encounters with Eevee wearing a holiday hat, since those Eevee encounters are specifically noted as having an increased shiny chance.​

If you tell me which exact year’s Part 2 you’re playing (e.g., 2023 vs 2025) and whether you’re focusing on wild, raids, or eggs, I can narrow this down further to just the spawns and encounters you should grind.

What are the raid bosses and shiny rates in Winter Holiday Part 2

For Winter Holiday Part 2 2025, you can think of two parts to your question: which raid bosses appear, and which of them have explicitly boosted shiny odds.

Raid bosses in Winter Holiday Part 2 (2025)

During Winter Holiday Part 2 2025, the event raid pool looked like this (not counting the usual non-event 5★ or Shadow rotations):​

One-star raids

• Alolan Sandshrew (shiny possible)​

• Galarian Darumaka (shiny possible)​

• Rolycoly (shiny possible, event debut)​

Three-star raids

• Galarian Mr. Mime (shiny possible)

• Sudowoodo wearing Winter attire (costume, shiny possible)​

• Charjabug wearing Winter attire (costume, shiny possible)​

Alongside these, the global raid rotation at that time also featured Zekrom in five-star raids and a concurrent Mega raid (such as Mega Glalie, depending on the exact days you play), but these are not “Winter Holiday-exclusive” bosses.​​

Shiny availability and “boosted” rates

Explicitly boosted shinies

Niantic’s Winter Holiday Part 2 2025 announcement calls out only a small set of Pokémon as having an increased chance to be shiny during the event:

• Stantler wearing a holiday outfit (mainly wild and event encounters, not a raid boss).

• Dedenne wearing holiday attire (wild and certain encounters, not a raid boss).

• Eevee wearing a holiday hat from specific Timed Research / GO Pass encounters.

Those three are the only ones with a clearly stated boost over normal shiny odds, and they are not the raid bosses listed above.

Shiny-possible raid bosses and their rates

All of the Winter Holiday Part 2 2025 raid bosses listed earlier are shiny-eligible, but Niantic does not publish exact raid shiny odds. Community research for standard raids across events generally suggests:

• Regular 1★ and 3★ raid bosses that are shiny-enabled tend to have “raid-boosted” odds, commonly modeled by players around roughly 1 in 20 or so, but this is based on community data, not official numbers.​

• There is no special statement that Winter Holiday Part 2 2025 gives extra shiny boosts to the raid pool beyond those normal “raid-tier” odds. So Alolan Sandshrew, Galarian Darumaka, Rolycoly, Galarian Mr. Mime, Winter Sudowoodo, and Winter Charjabug should all be treated as standard shiny-raid odds, just with increased availability in raids.

In other words:

• Stantler (holiday), Dedenne (holiday), and certain Eevee (holiday hat) encounters are the only ones with explicitly increased shiny rates for the event.

• All Winter-themed raid bosses are shiny-possible, but they use the usual “shiny-eligible raid boss” odds, not a special event-only multiplier.

If you tell me which shiny you care most about (Rolycoly, Winter Sudowoodo, Galarian Mr. Mime, etc.), I can suggest whether to prioritize raids, wild spawns, or research for it.