Event Bonuses and Activities
The following event bonuses will be active during the event period for all Trainers:
- 1/2 Egg Hatch Distance when Eggs are placed in an Incubator during the event period
- The Remote Raid Pass limit will be increased to 10 from February 19th to February 22nd
- There will be no limit on Remote Raids from February 23rd to February 25th
The following avatar items will be available to purchase in the in-game shop starting from this event:
- Giratina Helmet
- Giratina Wings
- Giratina Jacket
- Diamond Clan Outfit
- Diamond Clan Boots
- Pearl Clan Outfit
- Pearl Clan Boots
- Team Galactic Outfit
All of these new avatar items will continue to be available after the end of the this event.
Timed and Field Research
Free Pokémon GO Tour: Sinnoh–themed Timed Research and Field Research will be available as part of this event. Trainers completing the Timed Research tasks will receive encounters with a selection of different regionally appropriate Pokémon, while Trainers completing Field Research tasks will receive a collection of items intended to help Trainers prepare for Pokémon GO Tour: Sinnoh – Global.
Paid Tickets
Two separate paid tickets for this event will be available for purchase for US$5.00 (or the equivalent pricing tier in each local currency) from February 19th at 10:00 a.m. to February 25th at 6:00 p.m. local time. Each ticket features unique Timed Research tasks, rewards, and bonuses. The tickets are not mutually exclusive, and Trainers can purchase either or both of these tickets as they wish. These tickets can also be gifted to any friend with a Friendship level of Great Friends or higher.
The bonuses from these tickets will remain active up until February 25th at 8:00pm local time. All tasks associated with these Timed Research opportunities must be completed and their rewards must be claimed before this time.
The following event bonuses will be active during the event period for Trainers who have purchased this ticket:
- Additional 5,000 XP from completed raids
- 1 additional Candy awarded for catching Pokémon in raids
- 2 additional Raid Passes from spinning Photo Discs at Gyms each day
- 10 Dialga Candy
- 10 Palkia Candy
- 5 Heatran Candy XL
- 5 Giratina Candy XL
- 5 Cresselia Candy XL
- 5 Darkrai Candy XL
- Eevee Fan Mask
The following event bonuses will be active during the event period for Trainers who have purchased this ticket:
- 2× Hatch XP
- 2× Hatch Candy
- 2× Hatch Stardust
Pokémon Encounters
All Pokémon listed below with a ⁂ next to their name can also be encountered in their Shiny variants.
Wild encounters
The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild during this event:
- Turtwig ⁂
- Chimchar ⁂
- Piplup ⁂
- Grotle (uncommon)
- Monferno (uncommon)
- Prinplup (uncommon)
The following Pokémon will appear in raids during this event:
- One-Star Raids
- Turtwig ⁂
- Chimchar ⁂
- Piplup ⁂
- Three-Star Raids
- Grotle
- Monferno
- Prinplup
- Five-Star Raids
- Darkrai (February 19th) ⁂
- Cresselia (February 20th) ⁂
- Uxie (February 21st; Asia-Pacific) ⁂
- Mesprit (February 21st; Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India) ⁂
- Azelf (February 21st; The Americas and Greenland) ⁂
- Heatran (February 22nd) ⁂
- Origin Forme Giratina (February 23rd) ⁂
The following Pokémon will hatch from 2 km Eggs during this event:
- Budew ⁂
- Chingling ⁂
- Bonsly ⁂
- Happiny ⁂
- Munchlax ⁂
- Riolu ⁂
- Mantyke ⁂
Completing free Event-themed Timed Research tasks will award encounters with the following Pokémon:
- Heatran ⁂
- Origin Forme Giratina ⁂
- Cresselia ⁂
- Darkrai ⁂
- Field Research tasks
- Pachirisu ⁂
- Chatot ⁂
- Carnivine
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