Fashion week is coming, bringing with it new Pokémon, new shiny Pokémon, new Costume Pokémon, and an exciting new mechanism in Pokémon GO with form changes!
‘Trainers,
Furfrou, the Poodle Pokémon, is making its Pokémon GO debut during our Fashion Week event—along with many of its forms!’
Keep an eye out for a variety of stylishly dressed Pokémon in the wild and in raids, along with new avatar items in the shop. In celebration of the event, the shop will be having a first-of-its-kind sale on select avatar items!
Date & Time
Tuesday, September 21, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. to Tuesday, September 28, 2021, at 8:00 p.m. local time
Features
Furfrou Debut
Furfrou will be making its Pokémon GO debut! Some of its different forms will be available in certain regions around the world. Please reference the bottom of this post to learn how to use the new form-change mechanic.
- Natural Form: Available in the wild globally
- Matron Trim: Available as a form change globally
- Dandy Trim: Available as a form change globally
- Debutante Trim: Available as a form change in the Americas
- Diamond Trim: Available as a form change in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
- Star Trim: Available as a form change in the Asia-Pacific
- La Reine Trim: Available as a form change in France
- Kabuki Trim: Available as a form change in Japan
- Pharaoh Trim: Available as a Form change in Egypt
- Heart Trim: Stay tuned!
Spawns
Look forward to Pokémon like Butterfree, Sneasel, and Blitzle wearing fashionable costumes for the first time! Costumed Pokémon that starred during last year’s Fashion Week event—like Smoochum, Kirlia, Shinx, and Croagunk—will return as well!
In addition to Furfrou, costumed Pokémon like Kirlia, Blitzle, and Croagunk will be appearing in the wild. If you’re lucky, you might also encounter costumed Butterfree!
Season of Mischief Special Research Story Continues
The next part of the Season of Mischief Special Research story, Misunderstood Mischief, will unlock. Help Professor Willow study up on how Pokémon like Furfrou—and others that might surprise you—change their appearances!
Meloetta Special Research
Complete Special Research to earn an encounter with the beautifully voiced Meloetta! If you have already accessed the Pokémon GO Fest 2021–exclusive Special Research, completing this new Special Research will instead earn you Meloetta Candy.
Stage 1/6
| Take a Snapshot of your Buddy | 1000 XP |
| Catch 30 Normal Type Pokémon |
Glameow
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| Evolve 15 Pokémon | 10 Pokeballs |
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Stage 2/6
| Use 30 Berries to help catch Pokémon | 20 Pinap Berries |
| Earn 5 Candies walking with your Buddy | 1 Poffin Berry |
| Give your Buddy 3 treats |
Chansey
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Stage 3/6
| Win 3 Gym battles |
Monferno
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| Battle in 3 raids | 3 Max Potions |
| Battle 3 Team Go Rocket Grunts | 2 Premium Raid Passes |
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Stage 4/6
| Earn 20,000 Stardust |
Chimecho
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| Catch 30 different species of Pokémon |
Loudred
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| Spin 3 PokéStops |
Kricketune
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Stage 5/6
| Take a Snapshot of Meloetta | 20 Meloetta Candy |
| Make a new friend | 1 Lucky Egg |
| Send 3 gifts to friends | 3 Revives |
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Stage 6/6
| Claim Reward | 3000 XP |
| Claim Reward | 3000 XP |
| Claim Reward | 3000 XP |
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Pokéstop Trainer Challenges
Fashionable Trainers with fashionable Pokémon and more will be appearing at PokéStops throughout the event. Challenge these Trainers to earn rewards!
Timed Research
Complete Timed Research for a chance to earn encounters with fashionable event-themed Pokémon! You can also earn an exclusive Furfrou Wig avatar item as a final reward. For Trainers that do not complete the research during the event, the Furfrou Wig will also be available for purchase in the shop after the event is over, beginning Wednesday, September 29, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. PDT (GMT –7).
Stage 1/5
| Take a Snapshot of Shinx, Blitzle or Furfrou in the wild |
Kricketot
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| Make 5 Nice Throws |
Skitty
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| Battle a Fashion Challenger | 1000 XP |
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Stage 2/5
| Use 5 Supereffective Charged Attacks |
Mareep
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| Make 5 Curveball Throws |
Roselia
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| Hatch an Egg |
Cottonee
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Stage 3/5
| Take a Snapshot or Kirlia or Skitty in the wild |
Roselia
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| Make 5 Curveball Throws in a row |
Croagunk
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| Battle 3 Fashion Challengers | 3000 XP |
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Stage 4/5
| Complete 5 Field Research Tasks |
Kirlia
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| Make 3 Great Throws in a row |
Gothita
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| Win a raid in under 60 seconds |
Burmy
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Stage 5/5
| Take a Snapshot of Sneasel, Croagunk or Frillish in the wild |
Shinx
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| Make 3 Great Curveball Throws in a row |
Minccino
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| Battle 5 Fashion Challengers | 5000 XP |
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Event Research Tasks
| Research Task | Pokémon Reward |
| Make 3 Nice Throws in a row |
Furfrou
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| Make 3 Curveball Throws in a row |
Blitzle
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| Make 2 Great Throws in a row |
Frillish
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| Take a Snapshot of Butterfree, Shinx, or Blitzle in the wild |
Sneasel
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Avatar Items
Starting on Monday, September 20, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. PDT (GMT –7), Fashion Week avatar items, like Hoopa Bangles, will be available in the shop.
Certain avatar items will be on sale for a limited time! Make sure to check out the shop and find your next fashionable outfit at a bargain.
Raids
One Star Raids
Costumed Pokémon like Sneasel and Shinx will be appearing in one-star raids.
Thee Star Raids
Costumed Pokémon like Butterfree and Kirlia will be appearing in three-star raids.
Five Star and Mega Raids
The Pokémon appearing in five-star raids and in Mega Raids will not change from what has been announced previously.
7km Eggs
The following Pokémon will be hatching from 7 km Eggs: Alolan Meowth, Galarian Meowth, Smoochum in a fashionable costume, and Shinx in a fashionable costume.
New Shiny Pokemon
If you’re lucky, you might encounter a Shiny Butterfree, Shiny Sneasel, Shiny Smoochum, Shiny Kirlia, Shiny Shinx, Shiny Croagunk, or Shiny Blitzle—all wearing fashionable costumes! You may encounter Shiny Blitzle without a costume after Fashion Week has concluded, but you won’t see Blitzle in the wild very often.
| Shiny Blitzle | Shiny Zebstrika |
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| Shiny Butterfree | Shiny Sneasel | Shiny Smoochum |
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| Shiny Kirlia | Shiny Croagunk | Shiny Shinx |
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We don’t have the sprites for shiny Butterfree, shiny Sneasel and shiny Blitzle yet, but we will update the sprites when we can!
New Form-Change Mechanic
Furfrou’s debut in Pokémon GO also marks the arrival of a new feature that will allow you to change the forms of certain Pokémon. Follow these steps to change Furfrou’s Trim!
- Furfrou begins in its Natural Trim.
- Select Furfrou in your Pokémon storage and then tap the ‘Change Form‘ button to bring up a menu that lists the available Trims.
- Select your preferred Trim.
- Changing your Furfrou from one Trim to any other Trim will cost 25 Furfrou Candy and 10,000 Stardust.
