The Lunar New Year is upon, and 2024 is the year of Dragon! Pokémon GO’s Lunar New Year 2024 event brings the debut of Drampa, increased Lucky odds while Trading, increased chance to become Lucky friends, and a ton of Candy for special throws!
Aside from these bonuses, Trainers will collaborate together to complete the global Lunar New Year 2024 Global Challenge, and unlock new Pokémon in Wild Encounters and Raid Battles. Get ready, as this event runs from February 5, 2024 to February 11, 2024, and every throw counts towards the Global Challenge!
Lunar New Year: Dragons Unleashed
Date & Time 📅
- Starts: Monday, February 5th, 2024 from 10:00 am local time
- Ends: Sunday, February 11, 2024 8:00 pm local time
Bonuses ⭐
Drampa, the Placid Pokémon, will make their Pokémon GO debut, and it can be shiny!
Increased chance for Lucky Pokémon in trades.
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Increased chance to become Lucky Friends.
Additional Candy for successfully catching Pokémon with Nice Throws, Great Throws, and Excellent Throws.
Increased chance for Trainers level 31 and up to
receive Candy XL for successfully catching Pokémon with Nice Throws, Great Throws, and Excellent Throws.
Drampa Debuts in Pokémon GO!
Drampa
Drampa, the Placid Pokémon, will make their Pokémon GO debut, and they can be shiny! They are an unusual typing, Normal and Dragon, a typing shared only with Cyclizar. Drampa debuted in the Alola region, and is considered a counterpart to Turtonator. It does not evolve into any other Pokémon.
How to get Shiny Drampa
The normal Drampa is a white and green, whereas the shiny Drampa is a fairly unique colour, a sort of orange/brown toned gold. You can get Shiny Drampa from 3-Star Raids during this event.
| Drampa Sprite | Shiny Drampa Sprite |
|---|---|
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Shiny Drampa verification
Featured Pokémon
The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild:
Some Trainers might even encounter the following:
Raids
The following Pokémon will be appearing in Raids during the event:
Appearing in 1-Star Raids
Appearing in 3-Star Raids
Related raid guides: Druddigon, Turtonator, and Drampa.
Field Research
The following Pokémon will be available as encounter rewards from Field Research tasks:
| Task | Reward |
|---|---|
| Catch 10 Pokémon | |
| Make 3 Great Throws |
Darumaka
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| Make an Excellent Throw |
Gible
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| Win a Raid | |
| Win 3 Raids | |
| Power up 5 Dragon Type Pokémon |
Paid Timed Research
For US$2.00 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), you’ll be able to access event-exclusive Timed Research. Timed Research rewards include the following:
- Stardust
- XP
- Two Lucky Eggs
- Encounters with event-themed Pokémon
Trainers will be able to purchase and gift tickets to any of their Pokémon GO friends that they have achieved a Friendship level of Great Friends or higher with. Please note that purchases—including those made for other Trainers— are non-refundable (subject to applicable law and the exceptions set forth in the Terms of Service). Tickets cannot
be purchased with PokéCoins.
Please note that Timed Research expires. The tasks associated with this Timed Research must be completed and their rewards must be claimed before Sunday, February 11, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. local time.
Lunar New Year: Dragons Unleashed (Stage 1/2)
| Task | Rewards |
|---|---|
| Power up 5 Dragon-type Pokémon |
Bagon
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| Spin 10 PokéStops or Gyms |
Axew
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| Catch 15 Dragon Type Pokémon |
Skrelp
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Completion rewards
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4000×
XP
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2000×
Stardust
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2×
Lucky Egg
Lunar New Year: Dragons Unleashed (Stage 2/2)
| Task | Rewards |
|---|---|
| Power up 5 Dragon-type Pokémon |
Gible
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| Evolve a Dragon-type Pokémon |
Goomy
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| Power up 10 Dragon-type Pokémon |
Deino
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| Evolve 3 Dragon-type Pokémon |
Jangmo-o
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| Power up 15 Dragon-type Pokémon |
Turtonator
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Completion rewards
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8000×
XP
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4000×
Stardust
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Drampa
Lunar New Year 2024 Global Challenge
A Global Challenge will take place throughout the Lunar New Year event! Work with Trainers around the world to throw 1,000,000,000 Nice Throws to unlock the bonuses below for all Trainers to enjoy for the remainder of the event. As part of the Global Challenge rewards, festive fireworks will also light up the skies!
Global Challenge Rewards: Featured Attacks
Evolve certain Pokémon during the event to get a Pokémon that knows a featured attack:
- Flygon: Evolve Vibrava (Trapinch’s Evolution) to get a Flygon that knows the Ground type Charged Attack Earth Power.
- Garchomp: Evolve Gabite (Gible’s Evolution) to get a Garchomp that knows the Ground type Charged Attack Earth Power.
- Altaria: Evolve Swablu to get an Altaria that knows the Fairy type Charged Attack Moonblast.
- Salamence: Evolve Shelgon (Bagon’s Evolution) to get a Salamence that knows the Dragon type Charged Attack Outrage.
- Noivern: Evolve Noibat to get a Noivern that knows theNormal type Charged Attack Boomburst.
Global Challenge Rewards: Wild Encounters
Once the global challenge is unlocked, additional Pokémon will appear in the wild:
Global Challenge Rewards: Raids
Once the global challenge is unlocked, new Pokémon will appear in raids.
