Pokemon GO: Lunar New Year Catch Challenge and Friendship Challenge guide

POKEMON GO has rolled out a new event for February celebrating the Lunar New Year.

The Pokemon GO Lunar New Year event kicks off today, and you’ve got until next week, Monday, February 7, at 8pm local time, to tick off all of the tasks.

Pokemon GO’s Lunar New Year challenge introduces Shiny Litleo for the first time

As well as getting the chance to encounter Pokemon Legends: Arceus’ Hisuian Voltorb, the Pokemon GO Lunar event is introducing Shiny Litleo for the first time.

Check out our guide on how to catch Hisuian Voltorb in Pokemoln GO if the Grass/ Electric type ball takes your fancy.

Pokemon GO Lunar New Year Catch Challenge – Part 1

The Pokemon GO Lunar New Year event splits the Timed Research challenges into two parts.

The Catch Challenge is the first part and rewards you with 1,000 Stardust, 1,000 XP, and an Espurr encounter.

|Here’s a breakdown of the Lunar New Year Catch Challenge quest steps and what you get for completing them.

Catch 10 pokemon – 10 Poke BallsCatch 25 pokemon – 15 Great BallsCatch 25 Fire-type pokemon – 20 Ultra BallsCatch 10 different species of pokemon – Litleo encounter

Pokemon GO Lunar New Year Friendship Challenge – Part 2

Pokemon GO’s Friendship Challenge is the second part of the Lunar New Year event’s Timed Research challenge.

You’re going to need a large collection of friends to complete the challenges on the list.

The rewards for getting through them all is The Catch Challenge is the first part and rewards you with 1,000 Stardust, 1,000 XP, and an encounter with a pokemon — we don’t know which one yet.

Send 3 Gifts and add a sticker to each – Torchic encounterTrade 3 pokemon with a friend – Corphish encounterSend 15 Gifts to friends – Darumaka encounterSend Gifts 3 days in a row – pokemon encounter (TBC)

Pokemon GO Lunar New Year event Field Research tasks

The Field Research tasks are less pressing, thanks to the ability to save them to complete at a later date.

Catch 5 pokemon – 25 Gyarados Mega EnergyCatch 12 pokemon – Darumaka encounterHatch an Egg – Galarian Meowth or Alolan Meowth encounterSend 3 Gifts – Magikarp encounterSend 3 Gifts and add a sticker to each – Litleo encounterTrade a pokemon – Espurr encounter

Pokemon GO Lunar New Year event bonuses and Wild Encounters

The Pokemon GO Lunar New Year event are active until Tuesday, February 8 at 1pm PT / 4pm ET / 9pm GMT.

Increased chance for Lucky Pokémon in tradesIncreased chance to become Lucky FriendsDouble Stardust from opening Gifts1 extra special trade per day

The following pokemon will be appearing more frequently in the wild.

With the exception of Hisuian Voltorb and Combusken, there’s a chance of stumbling across a Shiny version of them all.

ParasMeowthGrowlitheVoltorbHisuian VoltorbMagikarpTorchicLitleoElectabuzzGyaradosCombusken

The following pokemon will hatch from 7km Eggs collected during the Lunar New Year event:

ShuckleSlugmaDarumakaScraggyLitleo

Pokemon GO Lunar New Year event Raid bosses

One-Star RaidsMagikarpShinxDarumakaLitleoEspurrThree-Star RaidsCharizardFlareonShuckleDelcattyAbsolDruddigonFive-Star RaidsRegirockMega RaidsMega Houndoom

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