Pokémon GO Valentine’s Day Event Guide

Happy Valentine’s Day… er, Week. Pokémon GO’s newest event is a week-long celebration of this special day, and has a host of activities to sink your teeth into, covered in this guide. So relax with your signifigant other, or just …

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Happy Valentine’s Day… er, Week. Pokémon GO’s newest event is a week-long celebration of this special day, and has a host of activities to sink your teeth into, covered in this guide. So relax with your signifigant other, or just some friends! You have more than enough time to make the most of this event.

Basic Info

The event is already active, and will run until the 21st of Febuary, at
1:00 p.m. PST. You can earn x2 Candy for catching wild pokémon for the duration, so use your Pinap Berries for maximum effect. In addition, Lures placed on PokéStops will last for a full 6 hours, making it even easier to find those rarer pokémon.

Pretty in Pink Pokémon

The theme of the holiday is love, so pokémon with the colour of love will appear more often in the wild:

  • Clefairy
  • Exeggcute
  • Hoppip
  • Jigglypuff
  • Lickitung
  • Lunatone
  • Luvdisc
  • Skitty
  • Slowpoke
  • Snubbull
  • Whismur

Chancey and Porygon will appear in more raid battles for this event as well, both at a Tier 3 level. In addition, these cuties will be hatch more often from 7km eggs:

  • Cleffa
  • Happiny – a brand new addition!
  • Igglybuff
  • Smoochum

Shining Bright

Hidden among the hoard of pink pokemon are some shinies for you to find. the golden shiny Luvdisc can be found in the wild, so take advantage of Lures for your best shot at finding one of these. Shiny Smoochum and Cleffa will need to be hatched from 7km eggs. Better stock up on some incubators!

Research Tasks

A special Spinda is up for grabs here, so make sure you complete these research tasks!

  • Make 5 Great Curveball throws in a Row- This one’s tough, but will get you an encounter with the special heart-pattern Spinda. Practice those curve throws!
  • Catch 20 Luvdisc – earns you an encounter a Chancey. They aren’t too common in the wild, so it’s a good chance to rack up those candies!
  • Catch a Chancey – Well what do you know, you’ve already completed this by completing the task above. Cash in this easy win for 3 Rare Candies!
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