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Pokémon GO Winter Holiday 2025 Part 1

Celebrate the season with new costumed Pokémon, shiny debuts, and festive bonuses in Pokémon GO’s Winter Holiday 2025 Part 1 event.

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Pokémon GO’s Winter Holiday Part 2025 1 runs from Thursday, December 18, at 10:00 a.m. to Wednesday, December 24, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. local time. Celebrate the season with new costumed Pokémon debuts, bonus rewards, and increased shiny chances, all wrapped in festive spirit!

This complete guide covers all event bonuses, shiny Pokémon, spawns, raids, research tasks, and everything you need to know to get the most out of Winter Holiday Part 1. Check out more festive events in our December 2025 events guide.

Professor Willow icon Event Highlights

General icon Bonuses
  • Several bonuses on reaching Major Milestones on GO Pass: Winter Holiday 2025:
Shiny icon Shiny
  • Increased chance to hatch Shiny Pichu wearing a festive hat and Shiny Cubchoo wearing a holiday ribbon from 7 km Eggs.
Appraisal Star icon Debuts
  • Debut of Sudowoodo, Charjabug, and Vikavolt wearing holiday attire
Pokemon Encounter icon Spawns Swinub, Snorunt, Spheal, holiday attire- wearing Sudowoodo and Charjabug

Event Bonuses

You can enjoy the following bonuses by reaching Major Milestones on GO Pass: Winter Holiday 2025:

Tier Free Rewards GO Pass Deluxe Rewards
Tier 1 2× XP from sending Gifts 2× Stardust from opening Gifts
Tier 2 Extra items from opening Gifts ½ Egg Hatch Distance for Eggs placed during the event
Tier 3 50% more XP from Raid Battles 2× XP from catching Pokémon

Customed Pokémon Debut

The following Pokémon make their holiday debut and can be shiny:

You can evolve Charjabug wearing holiday attire into Vikavolt (also in costume!) using 100 Grubbin Candy near an active Magnetic Lure Module.

Wild Spawns

These Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild during the event:

Egg Hatches

These Pokémon may hatch from 7 km Eggs:

✨ Increased shiny chance: Shiny Pichu wearing a festive hat and Shiny Cubchoo wearing a holiday ribbon.

Raids

Raid Egg (3-Star) icon 3-Star Raids

Related guides:

Field Research

Task Reward
Catch 10 Pokémon
  • Stardust icon 1500× Stardust
Catch 15 Pokémon
Send 5 Gifts to friends
Send 15 Gifts to friends

Avatar Items

Available during the event (and after) in the in-game shop:

  • Charjabug Bag 🎒
  • Sudowoodo Holiday Sweater 🧶

avatar items in pokemon go winter event part 1

GO Pass: Winter Holiday 2025

From December 18 (10 a.m.) to December 29 (8 p.m.) local time, both the GO Pass: Winter Holiday and GO Pass Deluxe: Winter Holiday will be available. GO Pass Deluxe costs US $7.99, and GO Pass Deluxe + 10 Ranks costs US $9.99.

All of the Winter Holiday GO Pass rank rewards are available below:

GO Pass Winter Holiday 2025
Rank Free Track Paid Track
1 XP icon 5000× XP Stardust icon 5000× Stardust
2 Poke Ball icon 5× Poke Ball Premium Battle Pass icon 1× Premium Battle Pass
3 Sprite of Cryogonal from Pokémon GO Cryogonal Dynamax Candy XL icon 5× Cryogonal Candy XL
4 Candy XL icon 5× Cryogonal Candy XL Candy XL icon 3× Cryogonal Candy XL
5 Stardust icon 500× Stardust Stardust icon 1500× Stardust
6 Great Ball icon 5× Great Ball Premium Battle Pass icon 1× Premium Battle Pass
7 Sprite of Spheal from Pokémon GO Spheal Candy XL icon 5× Spheal Candy XL
8 Candy XL icon 5× Spheal Candy XL Candy XL icon 3× Spheal Candy XL
9 Rare Candy icon 2× Rare Candy Rare Candy XL icon 1× Rare Candy XL
10 2× XP from sending Gifts 2× Stardust from opening Gifts
11 Candy XL icon 3× Cubchoo Candy XL Candy XL icon 3× Cubchoo Candy XL
12 Candy XL icon 3× Cubchoo Candy XL Sprite of Cubchoo from Pokémon GO Cubchoo
13 Candy XL icon 20× Mr. Mime Candy XL Candy XL icon 50× Mr. Mime Candy XL
14 Candy XL icon 2× Mr. Mime Candy XL Sprite of Galarian Mr. Mime from Pokémon GO Galarian Mr. Mime
15 Great Ball icon 5× Great Ball Premium Battle Pass icon 1× Premium Battle Pass
16 Stardust icon 750× Stardust Stardust icon 2250× Stardust
17 Sprite of Delibird from Pokémon GO Delibird Candy XL icon 5× Delibird Candy XL
18 Candy XL icon 5× Delibird Candy XL Candy XL icon 3× Delibird Candy XL
19 Rare Candy icon 2× Rare Candy Rare Candy XL icon 1× Rare Candy XL
20 XP icon 2500× XP XP icon 5000× XP
21 Rare Candy icon 2× Rare Candy Rare Candy XL icon 1× Rare Candy XL
22 Sprite of Psyduck from Pokémon GO Psyduck Candy XL icon 5× Psyduck Candy XL
23 Candy XL icon 5× Psyduck Candy XL Candy XL icon 3× Psyduck Candy XL
24 Ultra Ball icon 5× Ultra Ball Ultra Ball icon 25× Ultra Ball
25 Extra items from opening Gifts ½ Egg Hatch Distance for Eggs placed during the event
26 Candy XL icon 10× Pikachu Candy XL Candy XL icon 5× Pikachu Candy XL
27 Candy XL icon 10× Pikachu Candy XL Candy XL icon 5× Pikachu Candy XL
28 Candy XL icon 10× Pikachu Candy XL Candy XL icon 5× Pikachu Candy XL
29 Candy XL icon 10× Pikachu Candy XL Candy XL icon 5× Pikachu Candy XL
30 Sprite of Pikachu from Pokémon GO Pikachu Sprite of Pikachu from Pokémon GO Pikachu
31 Sprite of Pikachu from Pokémon GO Pikachu Sprite of Pikachu from Pokémon GO Pikachu
32 Sprite of Ekans from Pokémon GO Ekans Sprite of Pikachu from Pokémon GO Pikachu
33 Sprite of Pikachu from Pokémon GO Pikachu Sprite of Pikachu from Pokémon GO Pikachu
34 XP icon 1000× XP XP icon 3000× XP
35 Ultra Ball icon 10× Ultra Ball Premium Battle Pass icon 1× Premium Battle Pass
36 Candy XL icon 3× Stantler Candy XL Candy XL icon 3× Stantler Candy XL
37 Sprite of Stantler from Pokémon GO Stantler Sprite of Stantler from Pokémon GO Stantler
38 Candy XL icon 20× Frigibax Candy XL Candy XL icon 50× Frigibax Candy XL
39 Sprite of Frigibax from Pokémon GO Frigibax Sprite of Frigibax from Pokémon GO Frigibax
40 50% more XP from Raid Battles 2× XP from catching Pokémon
41 Rare Candy icon 2× Rare Candy Rare Candy XL icon 1× Rare Candy XL
42 Sprite of Dedenne from Pokémon GO Dedenne Candy XL icon 5× Dedenne Candy XL
43 Candy XL icon 5× Dedenne Candy XL Candy XL icon 3× Dedenne Candy XL
44 XP icon 3000× XP Premium Battle Pass icon 1× Premium Battle Pass
45 Candy XL icon 5× Wooloo Candy XL Sprite of Wooloo from Pokémon GO Wooloo
46 Candy XL icon 5× Wooloo Candy XL Candy XL icon 3× Wooloo Candy XL
47 Sprite of Delibird from Pokémon GO Delibird Sprite of Delibird from Pokémon GO Delibird
48 Candy XL icon 5× Delibird Candy XL Candy XL icon 3× Delibird Candy XL
49 Rare Candy icon 5× Rare Candy Rare Candy XL icon 3× Rare Candy XL
50 Sprite of Snom from Pokémon GO Snom Snom Beanie *

Exclusive items such as Snom Beanie, Premium Battle Passes, Rare Candy XL, and more are also available:

snom beanie avatar item featured in pokemon go winter holiday part 1 event

Shop

Upgrading to GO Pass Deluxe: Winter Holiday 2025 or GO Pass Deluxe: Winter Holiday 2025 + 10 Ranks on the Pokémon GO Web Store will give you the following as gifts:

  • 10 Ultra Balls, 5 Max Revives, 1 Premium Battle Pass, 5 Max Potions

Or, you can opt for the web-exclusive GO Pass Deluxe: Winter Holiday 2025 + 10 Ranks Ultra Box and get the following:

  • 20 Ultra Balls, 10 Max Revives, 10 Max Potions, 2 Premium Battle Passes, 1 Incubator, 1 Super Incubator

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