Pokémon GO: Lunar New Year date and bonuses

niantic He already has everything ready for a big event at the end of the month. That’s right, the mobile gaming company announced today that it will hold the Lunar New Year in Pokémon GO. But what will this celebration have? What will be the exact days? Well, here we tell you the dates and bonuses of the Lunar New Year in Pokémon GO.

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Through social networks, Niantic announced this morning that the Lunar New Year in Pokémon GO will start this Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (local time) and will end on Monday, January 23, 2023 at 20:00 (local time). For this celebration, the company prepared several surprises.

Here we list the bonuses of the Lunar New Year 2023 in Pokémon GO:

• Darumaka shiny: More likely to find Darumaka shiny.
• Lucky Pokemon: Increased chance of getting lucky Pokémon in trades.
• Lucky Friendship: Higher chance of making a lucky friendship.
• Double Stardust: when opening gifts.
• It is possible to make an additional special exchange: until you reach the maximum of two a day.
• Trainers can choose between several bonuses: as a reward for completing the temporary event research.
• Objects for the avatar and stickers: The Red Lantern Backpack will be available for sale in the in-game store during the event and will remain available after the event.

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with Pokémon GO!

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– Pokémon GO Latin America (@PokemonGoAppLA) January 12, 2023

Niantic also confirmed that a new temporary research called Lucky Wishes will be available during the event. Here, players will be able to access different temporary research tracks that grant wishes with bonuses that have to do with hatching eggs. No matter which wish you choose, Trainers who complete the research will receive a Lucky Egg and more items, plus a chance to encounter the following Pokémon:

• magikarp
• Azumarill
• Combusken
• darumaka
• Galar Darumaka
• bunnelby

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Finally, these are the wild Pokémon that will appear most frequently during the event (the asterisk means that they have a chance to appear shiny):

• Ponyta*
• Magmar*
• Magikarp*
• Slugma*
• number*
• Combee*
• Buneary*
• fennekin
• Bunnelby*
• flareon
• Darumaka*

And these are the Pokémon that will appear in 7 km eggs:

• chingling
• Riolu*
• Darumaka*
• Galar Darumaka*
• scraggy

What do you think of this event? Will you participate? Tell us on social networks.