Pokemon GO debuts Volcanion during the 2025 GO Fest Osaka event. Volcanion is known as the Steam Pokemon with dual typing of Fire and Water. There is only one way to encounter the Mythical Pokemon.
The 2025 GO Fest in-person event participants get early access to Volcanion, and other trainers can catch it during the 2025 GO Fest Global event. The Mythical Pokemon has impressive in-game stats and powerful and versatile move pool. That said, this guide details how to get Volcanion in Pokemon GO and if Shiny Volcanion is available in the game.
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Pokemon GO: Get Volcanion By Completing Research Tasks
The Pokemon GO Fest Global and In-person 2025 event participants can encounter a Volcanion. The Mythical Pokemon comes as a Research task completion reward. The event ticket holders can access a GO Fest 2025 Special Research quest that leads to a guaranteed Volcanion encounter upon completion. Each trainer can encounter Volcanion only once, no matter how many GO Fest 2025 Special Research stories they complete. Additional stories will reward you with Volcanion Candies instead of another encounter.
Pokemon GO: Is Shiny Volcanion Available
No, you cannot get a Shiny Volcanion in Pokemon GO. Currently, the developers have only debuted Volcanion’s Standard variant. It is a rare occurrence for a Standard and Shiny variant of a Mythical or Legendary Pokemon to debut at the same event. You might encounter a Shiny Volcanion in future events featuring the monster.
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Pokemon GO: More About Volcanion
Pokemon GO Volcanion has a maximum Combat Power of 4102 CP and a stat spread comprising 252 ATK, 216 DEF, and 190 HP. The Legendary Pokemon’s best moveset combines Water Gun (Water) and Overheat (Fire) with Damage Per Second of 15.03 DPS. The monster’s dual Water and Fire typing makes it weak and resistant to different typings.
Volcanion Weakness In Pokemon GO
- Electric-type moves
- Ground-type moves
- Rock-type moves
Volcanion Resistance In Pokemon GO
- Bug-type moves
- Fairy-type moves
- Fire-type moves
- Ice-type moves
- Steel-type moves
Volcanion’s Pokemon GO damage output increases in areas with sunny and rainy weather.
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- Genre(s)
- Augmented Reality, RPG
