Niantic announced that Pokemon Go will celebrate the start of the year 2022 with a seasonal-themed event, which will give its Trainers the opportunity to catch costumed Pokemon both in the wild and during the Raids.
As part of its ongoing Season of Heritage, the said event will also give them new Avatar Items, as well as bonuses, and a chance to complete Timed and Field Research Tasks.
Welcome the New Year in Pokemon Go
As mentioned earlier, Trainers will have the chance to encounter, and catch, several costumed Pokemon during Pokemon Go's New Year's Event.
According to a post in the game's website, they will encounter New Year's Hat Pikachu and Party Hat Wurmple, as well as New Year's Hat Hoothoot, which will make its debut in the game.
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They will also encounter 2020 Glasses Slowpoke, as well as Seel, Stantler, and Loudred.
If they are lucky enough, they will also encounter the Shiny versions of the above mentioned Pokemon, including a debuting Shiny Hoothoot, which will be appearing without a costume even after the event ends, as well as Fearow.
Those who caught 2020 Glasses Slowpoke will have the chance to Evolve it into either 2021 Glasses Slowbro or 2022 Glasses Slowking, which will also make a debut.
In terms of Raids, they will be facing 2020 Glasses Slowpoke, New Year's Hat Hoothoot, Party Hat Wobbuffet, and Mawile during the 1-Star Raids, while they will encounter Party Hat Raticate, Party Hat Nidorino, Party Hat Gengar, 2022 Glasses Slowking, and Machamp during the 3-Star Raids.
If they are lucky enough, they will encounter their Shiny counterparts, except 2022 Glasses Slowking and Machamp.
Trainers will also encounter Kyurem, and its Shiny version if they are lucky enough, in the 5-Star Raids. The said raid is one of the new Raids in Pokemon Go that Niantic will launch for the month of January.
Aside from the Dragon/Ice-type Legendary Pokemon, according to Gamesradar, they will also encounter Heatran, Gensect, and Regice during the aforementioned new 5-Star Raids for the first month of 2022, and they will also be in Raid Hours every Wednesdays of January.
Trainers will also encounter Mega Abomasnow during the event's Mega Raids, which will be a new one for the said month. If they are lucky enough, they will encounter its Shiny counterpart.
Aside from the said encounters, they will also be given the chance to accomplish event-themed Timed and Field Research Tasks, all of which will reward them in-game items, as well as Pokemon encounters.
According to Gamespot, they can also hatch costumed Pokemon from 7 kilometer Pokemon Eggs, while they will be receiving 2x Hatch Stardust bonus, as well as 2x Hatch Candy and a half of Hatch Distance.
The New Year's Event in Pokemon Go will be starting on Friday, December 31st, 2021 at 10:00 PM, local time, and it will last until Tuesday, January 4th, 2022 at 8:00 PM, local time, with Fireworks appearing in the game from December 31st at 11:00 PM, local time, until January 2nd at 12:00 AM, local time.
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