The New Moon Day event is back for November 2026 in Pokémon Sleep. This is the nineteenth New Moon Day event, and the tenth of 2026! This event is held once a month for a total of three days—on the day of the new moon and the days before and after it. This event will have special appearance rates and it will be harder for Pokémon to become full.
Every time you encounter a Pokémon with a special appearance rate during your New Moon Day sleep research, its friendship points will increase by 3 even if you don’t give it Poké Biscuits.
New Moon Day Details
The next Good Sleep Day event will be held from November 9th to October 11th. You can take part in this event in any research area.
| Starts | Ends |
|---|---|
| Day 1 – Sunday, November 8, 2026 at 4:00am local time |
Monday, November 9, 2026, at 3:59am local time |
| Day 2 – Monday, November 9, 2026, at 4:00am local time |
Tuesday, November 10, 2026 at 3:59am local time |
| Day 3 – Tuesday, November 10, 2026 at 4:00am local time |
Wednesday, November 11, 2026 at 3:59am local time |
Bonuses
Darkrai will have a special appearance rate
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Pokémon won’t get full easily during the first snack time of the day.
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Every time you encounter a Pokémon with a special appearance rate during your New Moon Day sleep research, its friendship points will increase by 3 even if you don’t give it Poké Biscuits
You may even meet Shiny Pokémon!
Featured Pokémon: Darkrai
During the New Moon Day event, you’ll be able to encounter Darkrai in any research area, regardless of your sleep type.
Darkrai is a Dark type Mythical Pokémon.
It’s Main Skill is Bad Dreams (Charge Strength M) which greatly increases Snorlax’s Strength, but at the same time, slightly reduces the Energy of helper Pokémon on your team that aren’t Dark type.
This Pokémon’s specialty is All, possessing characteristics of all the following specialties: Berries, ingredients, and skills.
Eureka Seeds (Darkrai)
Eureka Seed (Darkrai) is a special item you can receive from Darkrai. You can receive it when you first befriend Darkrai or when you max out Darkrai’s Friendship Points. It can be used on Darkrai to unlock or change its sub skill, ingredients, or main skill.
The sub skills and ingredients available when you befriend the Pokémon is different for each Mythical Pokémon. The sub skills and ingredient type available when you befriend the Pokémon and its Nature will be identical for each researcher. Mythical Pokémon are also considered Special Pokémon, and you can only have one Special Pokémon on the same team. There may be exceptions to this in the future.
Notes on Special Appearance Rates
- A special appearance rate is a bonus that gives you an opportunity to encounter Pokémon you normally wouldn’t meet.
- During the New Moon Day event, you’ll be able to encounter Pokémon with special appearance rates in all areas, regardless of your sleep type.
- Pokémon with special appearance rates can appear during the first sleep research of the day, but will never appear during the second sleep research of the day.
- Additionally, each time you don’t encounter a Pokémon with a special appearance rate during sleep research, your chances of encountering a Pokémon with a special appearance rate during New Moon Day sleep research will increase a little.
- If you encounter a Pokémon with a special appearance rate, the number of Pokémon you can encounter during that sleep research will increase by one.
- A maximum of 11 Pokémon can be encountered if you also use Pokémon incense or Good Camp Tickets.
- Mew will no longer appear during New Moon Day.
New Moon Day Bundle Vol.19
To accompany New Moon Day, New Moon Day Bundle Vol. 19 will be available in the in-game shop. It will be available between to
New Moon Day Bundle Vol. 19 (1,200 diamonds)
- Ultra Biscuit ×1
- Great Biscuit ×3
- Poké Biscuit ×10
- Friend Incense ×3
Note: One available per user.
Notes on the Event
- 【Important】 Each day of the New Moon Day event rolls over at 4:00 a.m.
- 【Important】 After the event ends, you’ll no longer be able to encounter Darkrai in any area.
- 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.
- Event bonuses will trigger regardless of which site you conduct your sleep research in.
- If overlapping events trigger more than one of the same type of bonus, the larger bonus will be applied.
- If there are multiple bonuses from different events that increase your chance to encounter Shiny Pokémon and apply to the same Pokémon, the bonus with the largest effect will be applied.
- Normally, if you conduct sleep research twice in one day and research at least 11 Pokémon in a single day, the research rewards for the eleventh and any subsequent Pokémon will be less. However, if you encounter a Pokémon with a special appearance rate, the research rewards will be less starting with the twelfth—and any subsequent—Pokémon.
