Pokemon GO Winter Holiday Part 1 2025

The Winter Holiday Part 1 event in Pokemon GO is here to help get us all into the festive mood, with holiday attire versions of new Pokemon to add to our collections, exclusive event bonuses, a new GO Pass, changes to the 7km Egg pool, and more.

If you want a rundown of everything that's available during this first part of the mobile game's festive celebrations, then keep reading for details on the Field Research Tasks and Rewards for Winter Holiday Part 1 in Pokemon GO, plus everything else featured during the merry event.

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Field Research Tasks and Rewards for Winter Holiday Part 1 in Pokemon GO

Here are all the Field Research Tasks and what they reward in Winter Holiday Part 1:

Field Research	Reward
Send 5 Gifts to friends	Delibird
Send 15 Gifts to friends	Holiday Costume Spheal
Catch 10 Pokemon	1,500 Stardust
Catch 15 Pokemon	Holiday Pikachu or Holiday Attire Pikachu

Winter Holiday Part 1 Event Guide in Pokemon GO

Winter Holiday Part 1 runs from December 18 at 10am local time, to December 24 at 10am local time. From event bonuses, to wild spawns, to new Pokemon, here's everything you need to know about the Winter Holiday Part 1 event in Pokemon GO.

New Pokemon

Here's how to get all of the new costumed Pokemon appearing during Holiday Part 1:

Pokemon	How to Get	Can it be Shiny?
Holiday Attire Sudowoodo	Wild encounters and Three-Star Raids	Yes
Holiday Attire Charjabug	Wild encounters and Three-Star Raids	Yes
Holiday Attire Vikavolt	Evolve Holiday Attire Charjabug near an active Magnetic Lure Module	No

Event Bonuses

During Winter Holiday Part 1, there is an increased chance to hatch shiny Pichu wearing a festive hat and a shiny Cubchoo wearing a holiday ribbon from 7km Eggs.

Other event bonuses only activate once you reach Major Milestones on GO Pass: Winter Holiday 2025. These GO Pass bonuses are:

GO Pass Tier	Bonus	Deluxe Bonus
Tier 1	Double XP from sending Gifts	Double Stardust from opening Gifts
Tier 2	Additional items may be rewarded from opening Gifts	Halved Egg hatch distance when Eggs are placed in an Incubator during the event period
Tier 3	50% more XP for winning Raid Battles	Double XP from catching Pokemon

Wild Encounters

The Pokemon you can catch via wild encounters during Holiday Part 1 are:

Alolan Vulpix
Swinub
Delibird
Snorunt
Spheal
Snover
Galarian Darumaka
Holiday Attire Sudowoodo
Holiday Attire Charjabug

You can encounter all of these Pokemon in their shiny forms as well, if you're lucky.

Eggs

Here's what can hatch from 7km Eggs during Winter Holiday Part 1:

Festive Hat Pichu
Smoochum
Holiday Ribbon Cubchoo
Cryogonal
Snom

All of these Pokemon can be shiny except for Snom.

Raids

The Pokemon appearing during three-star raids during Holiday Part 1 are:

Holiday Attire Sudowoodo
Holiday Attire Charjabug
Hisuian Avalugg

Everything else we know about Winter Holiday Part 1

There will be two new avatar items available to buy from the in-game shop during Winter Holiday Part 1: the Charjabug Bag and the Sudowoodo Holiday Sweater.

Also, GO Pass: Winter Holiday 2025 is running from the start of Holiday Part 1 (December 18 at 10am local time) to December 29 at 10am local time. That's five days past the end date of the Winter Holiday Part 1 event. The regular GO Pass is free for all to take part, but GO Pass Deluxe costs $7.99.

You can earn the following rewards from the regular GO Pass: