Trainers, prepare yourselves as the festivities continue during the Winter Holiday Part 2 event in Pokémon GO with the debut of Rolycoly!

The festivities continue during Winter Holiday Part 2 with Rolycoly’s debut, plus a special Winter Weekend event!

Winter Holiday Part 2 - Wednesday, December 24, at 10:00 a.m. to Monday, December 29, 2025, at 8:00 p.m. local time

Event Bonuses

• Catching event-themed Pokémon in the wild may award items such as Fast TMs, Charged TMs, Silver Pinap Berries, Golden Razz Berries, and Rare Candy.
• Increased chance to encounter Shiny Stantler wearing a holiday outfit and Shiny Dedenne wearing holiday attire.

Plus, reach Major Milestones on your GO Pass: Winter Holiday 2025 to unlock the following bonuses.

Tier 1

• 2× XP from sending Gifts
• GO Pass Deluxe: 2× Stardust from opening Gifts

Tier 2

• Additional items may be rewarded from opening Gifts
• GO Pass Deluxe: 1/2 Egg Hatch Distance when Eggs are placed in an Incubator during the event period

Tier 3

• 50% more XP for winning Raid Battles
• GO Pass Deluxe: 2× XP from catching Pokémon

Pokémon Debuts

The following Pokémon first discovered in the Galar region will make their Pokémon GO debuts!

Rolycoly
Carkol
Coalossal

You can use 25 Rolycoly Candy to evolve Rolycoly into Carkol and 100 Rolycoly Candy to evolve Carkol into Coalossal.

Wild Encounters

Trainers may encounter event-themed Pokémon in the wild, including Galarian Darumaka , Bergmite , Cetoddle and more! You might even encounter Dedenne wearing holiday attire or Rolycoly!

: If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one.

Eggs

The following Pokémon will hatch from 7 km Eggs.

Pichu wearing a festive hat
Smoochum
Cubchoo wearing a holiday ribbon
Cryogonal
Snom

: If you’re lucky, you may hatch a Shiny one!

Raids

The following Pokémon will appear in raids.

One-Star Raids
Alolan Sandshrew
Galarian Darumaka
Rolycoly

Three-Star Raids
Galarian Mr. Mime
Sudowoodo wearing holiday attire
Charjabug wearing holiday attire

: If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one.

Field Research Task Encounters

Event-themed Field Research tasks will be available. Complete Field Research tasks to earn Stardust and encounters with event-themed Pokémon.

Winter Weekend

Saturday, December 27, at 10:00 a.m. to Sunday, December 28, 2025, at 8:00 p.m. local time

Event Bonuses

• There’s no daily limit for how many GO Points you can earn!
• Bonus daily quests for your GO Pass: Winter Holiday 2025.
• Increased chance to encounter Shiny Eevee wearing a holiday hat from Timed Research tasks.

Timed Research

There will be a free Timed Research opportunity available. Timed Research rewards include the following.

• XP
• Stardust
• Encounters with Eevee wearing a holiday hat*

Please note that Timed Research expires. The tasks associated with this Timed Research must be completed and their rewards must be claimed before Sunday, December 28, 2025, at 8:00 p.m. local time.

Source: https://pokemongo.com/news/winter-holiday-part2-2025