Get ready for spooky season in Pokémon Sleep, with a double candy research event! Plus, Misdreavus will make their Pokémon Sleep debut.
Halloween Double Candy Research Event
- Event Period: Monday October 26th at 4:00 a.m. to Monday, November 2nd at 3:59 a.m.
- Event Area: Greengrass Isle and Greengrass Isle (Expert)
- Mission Period: Monday October 26th at 4:00 a.m. to Monday, November 2nd at 3:59 a.m.
Bonuses
The following bonuses will be active during all days of the event:
Certain Pokémon will be more likely to appear during sleep research.
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Each time a Ghost-type helper Pokémon brings you ingredients as it regularly would, it will have 1 extra.
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The chance of any Ghost-type helper Pokémon’s main skill being triggered will be multiplied by 1.25.
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Main skill levels of Ghost-type helper Pokémon will be boosted by 3 when they trigger.
The Snorlax in the event areas will have Bluk Berries (Ghost type) set as one of its favourite Berries. The other two kinds of Berries are chosen at random.
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A few Pokémon of different sleep types will appear during sleep research regardless of your sleep type for that day.
The following bonuses will be active on October 31st, and November 1st:
Candies gained from the first sleep research of the day will be multiplied by 3.
The following bonuses will be active on all other days of the event (Oct 26-30):
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Candies gained from the first sleep research of the day will be multiplied by 2.
The following bonuses are only available on Greengrass Isle (Expert Mode):
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If you participate in the event in an expert area, Snorlax’s main favorite Berry for the week will be Bluk Berries, and Snorlax’s sub-favorite Berries will be random.
Debuting Pokémon
Misdreavus and Mismagius
They can appear at Greengrass Isle, Snowdrop Tundra, Old Gold Power Plant, and Greengrass Isle (Expert). They are both Ghost type Pokémon, and they will appear during dozing sleep types.
Their Main Skill will be Mystical Fire (Cooking Advance S). It gives your cooking pot room for more ingredients next time you cook.
Also raises your Extra Tasty rate by a small amount. The raised Extra Tasty rate lasts until you cook an Extra Tasty dish or change sites.
Eevee with a Halloween Hat
To commemorate Halloween 2026: Double Candy Research, Eevee (Halloween) will be appearing with a new purple hat/
This is a great opportunity to use Eevee (Halloween) Incense—which you can get as a reward for completing limited-time missions—to research this Eevee’s sleep styles. Eevee (Halloween) Incense can be used from October 26th at 3:00 p.m..
It is also possible during sleep research to encounter Pokémon in Halloween costumes that appeared during previous Halloween events.
Featured Pokémon
This week-long event is a special opportunity to encounter more Ghost-type Pokémon, including brand new debut Pumpkaboo, along with a special spooky Eevee!
Much Greater Appearance Rate
- Eevee (Halloween)
- Misdreavus
- Mismagius
Greater Appearance Rate
- Pikachu (Halloween)
Slightly Greater Appearance Rate
- Gastly
- Haunter
- Gengar
- Shuppet
- Banette
- Drifloon
- Drifblim
- Pumpkaboo
- Gourgeist
- Mimikyu
- Skeledirge
Notes on the Event
- Important: Each day of the event rolls over at 4:00 a.m.
- Important: After the event, the following Pokémon will no longer appear during sleep research conducted on Greengrass Isle, but they can still appear on Greengrass Isle until if you use the respective Pokémon’s incense: Gengar, Drifblim, and Skeledirge
- Important: After the event, the following Pokémon will no longer appear during sleep research conducted on Greengrass Isle (Expert), but they can still appear on Greengrass Isle (Expert) until if you use the respective Pokémon’s incense: Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar
- Event bonuses apply only to sleep data tracked during the event.
- If you wait to report sleep data tracked before the event began and select “Review Later” during the event, event bonuses will not be applied.
- If you wait to report sleep data tracked during the event and select “Review Later” after the event has ended, event bonuses will be applied.
- Event bonuses do not apply to sleep tracking during the tutorial.
- If overlapping events trigger more than one of the same type of bonus, the larger bonus will be applied.
- The event’s candy bonus does not apply to the second sleep session of the day.
- Event bonuses will not raise main skill levels beyond max level. The value of the main skill displayed on the Pokémon details screen is the value before the bonus effects apply. Also, for Pokémon that were already on your team before the event started, the first time their main skill triggers during the event may not include the bonus effect in some cases.
- The Pokémon in Halloween costumes that appeared during the Halloween event will stop appearing during regular sleep research after the event has ended, but they will appear if you use the respective Pokémon’s incense. They may also appear in another event sometime in the future.
- The Pokémon in Halloween costumes that appeared during the Halloween event cannot be evolved.
