Niantic, Inc. developers of game Pokémon GO announced on their official Pokemon GO website an upcoming New Year’s event for the mobile game takes place on January 1, 2024, to January 3, 2024. The event will feature a Mega Raid with Mega Ampharos and exclusive Five-Star Raid Pokemon for each area, making it an excellent chance to catch some of the rarest shinies in the game. Players can also expect bonuses such as halved or quartered Egg Hatch.
Launching Story of Pokémon GO :
When Niantic, Inc. initially released Pokémon GO in 2016, it swept the world by storm because it was getting harder and harder to ignore a lot of kids including adults starting playing the Game. This resulted from the enormous interest in Niantic, Inc. A.R game, which caused people to actually go outside their houses to play video games and capture Pokémons.
But now compared to all the modern games, the excitement around Pokemon GO eventually declined, but it appears that the developers have a lot more plans for the game’s future. So, they are going to introduce a 3 day Mega event for all the Game lovers on this upcoming New Year,2024.
Features of the Pokemon GO New Year’s Event :
The Event starts with Festive fireworks that light up the skies.
New costumed Pokémon will appear during this event! Jigglypuff and Wigglytuff both wearing a ribbon.
Event Bonuses:
1/2 Egg Hatch Distance when Eggs are placed in Incubators during this event. 1/4 Hatch Distance for the first three Eggs hatched during this event, using widget.
-Wild encounters
These Pokémons will appear most frequently in the wild:
Jigglypuff, Hoothoot,Darumaka and Bronzor.
-Raids
These Pokémons will be participating in raids:
One-Star Raids
Bulbasaur, Charmander,Squirtle and Hoothoot wearing a New Year’s outfit and Wurmple wearing a party hat.
Three-Star Raids
Raticate ,Nidorino,Gengar, and Wobbuffet wearing a party hat.
Five-Star Raids
Buzzwole (Americas), Xurkitree (Asia-Pacific), Pheromosa (Europe)
Mega Raids
Mega Ampharos
Eggs
These Pokémons will hatch Eggs from 7 km :
Pikachu, Cleffa, Igglybuff, Togepi, Tyrogue, Smoochum, Elekid, Magby, Azurill and Wynaut
Field Research task encounters :
New Year’s–themed Field Research tasks will be available! Complete the research tasks to earn Stardust!
These Pokémons will also be available to encounter when you complete Field Research tasks!
Darumaka but Some Trainers might even encounter the Bronzor.
New avatar item :
Darumaka Hat
For further Event Information you may visit Pokemon GO official website.