PoGO – Pokémon Go: Lunar New Year Event - the Year of the Buffalo with research! Guide

Celebrate the Year of the Buffalo with Pokémon Go fans and take advantage of all sorts of bonuses for the Lunar New Year event in Pokémon Go, including more Pokéballs, wilderness spawns, and limited-time research around Tauros. Above all, save your swap Pokémon, because during the Lunar New Year in Pokémon Go, they are more likely to become Lucky Pokémon! We have the information about the event and the steps and rewards of the Temporary Research in the guide.

Dear fans of the Chinese zodiac signs and the Lunar New Year, because in Pokémon Go the transition to the Year of the Metal Buffalo is of course celebrated with an event. The focus of the event is, of course, a buffalo Pokémon, namely Tauros, which is the subject of its own limited research. Apart from that, red-colored Pokémon will appear in the wild, in raids, and also via event-exclusive field research (so it’s almost like the Valentine’s Day event). You’ll get more Pokémon from gifts.

And if you still have a collection of pocket monsters that you want to trade with other trainers, hold on to them until the event starts on February 9, 2021 at 10:00 AM. That’s because if you trade your Mon during the Lunar New Year event in Pokémon Go, you’ll have a better chance of getting a lucky Pokémon! Usually, the probability is five percent. Last year, it was raised to about 9.5 percent during the Lunar New Year event. Fittingly, the swap range is also increased again to 40 kilometers. Below we have the general information about the event for you, then in wise foresight we already put the steps and rewards for the Temporary Lunar New Year and Tauros research in the guide. Of course, we will add the complete information in time for the start of the event.

Update from February 9, 2021: The Lunar New Year 2021 Limited Research in Pokémon Go includes four steps; we have added all tasks and rewards to the guide. Have fun, especially with the Garados Mega Energy!

The Lunar New Year 2021 event in Pokémon Go will start on February 9, 2021 at 10:00 am and ends on February 14, 2021 at 1:00 pm.
Red Pokémon such as Krabby, Goldini, Magmar, Karpador, Miltank, Meditie, Floink, and more are appearing in the wild in greater numbers. Garados can also be spotted in the wild if you’re lucky – maybe even a Shiny Garados!
Event-exclusive field explorations reward you with encounters with Mauzi, ALoLa Mauzi, Galar Mauzi, Meditie, and Miltank.
Pokémon associated with the Lunar New Year and Chinese zodiac signs hatch from 5k eggs, including Rattfratz, Rettan, Menki, Ponita, Voltilamm, Hunduster, Miltank, Flemmli, Kindwurm, Haspiror, Floink, and Leufeo.
The following Pokémon appear in Raids:
- Tier 1 Raids: Meditie, Karnivanha, Twinklelight, Pionskora, and Flampion.
- Tier 3 Raids: Miltank, Octillery, Lohgock, Camerupt and Absol
- Tier 5 Raids: Latios and Latias will be released from February 9, 2021 to February 20, 2021.
- Mega Raids: Mega Garados, Mega Dewoss, and Mega Ampharos will appear from February 9, 2021 to February 20, 2021.
In celebration of the Year of the Buffalo, a Temporary Research revolves around Tauros.
Gifts include more Pokéballs.
When you swap a Pokémon, the chance of getting a lucky Pokémon is higher.
The swap range will be from February 8, 2021 at 22:00 to February 15. February 2021 at 22:00.

Pokémon Go: Lunar New Year 2021 – Step 1/4

Send 12 Pokémon – Reward: 10 x Pokéball
Catch 7 Pokémon of Fire type – Reward: Encounter with Glumanda
Send a gift – Reward: Encounter with Goldini

Reward for completing Step 1: Encounter with Miltank, 1,000 XP, 20 x Garados Mega Energy.

Pokémon Go: Lunar New Year 2021 – Step 2/4

Level Pokémon 12 times – Reward: 5 x Himmihberry
Develop 3 Fire-type Pokémon – Reward: Encounter with Flemmli
Send 3 gifts – Reward: encounter with Karpador

Reward for completing step 2: encounter with Tauros, 1,000 XP, 30 x Garados mega energy.

Pokémon Go: Lunar New Year 2021 – Step 3/4

Use 12 berries while catching Pokémon – Reward: 10 x Pokéball.
Catch 15 Fire-type Pokémon – Reward: Encounter with Floink
Send 5 gifts – Reward: Encounter with Golking

Reward for completing step 3: encounter with Miltank, 1,000 XP, 50 x Garados mega-energy

Pokémon Go: Lunar New Year 2021 – Step 4/4.

Land 12 awesome curveballs – Reward: 3 x Sanana Berry.
Catch 20 Fire-type Pokémon – Reward: Encounter with Flampion
Send 7 gifts – Reward: Encounter with Meditie

Reward for completing Step 4: Encounter with Tauros, 1,500 XP, 100 x Garados Mega Energy.

Pokémon GO

Pokémon Go is the mobile spin-off of Nintendo’s popular Pokémon game series for Android and iOS. It is a so-called “location-based game”, i.e. a game that uses the player’s immediate surroundings. It is based on the principle of augmented reality.

Pokémon Map: Between landmarks and sights

Pokémon Go uses a Global Positioning System (GPS) to determine the player’s location and displays it on a map that also represents the playing field. The map is based on OpenStreetMap maps. The game is played mostly outdoors and uses landmarks, landmarks and other notable or eye-catching objects in the world to position either PokéStops or arenas there for you to battle for supremacy. Join either Team Intuition (Team Yellow, Zapdos), Team Wisdom (Team Blue, Arktos), or Team Daring (Team Red, Lavados). Under their flag you can then fight for the arenas, which are placed at hotspots like churches or similar. Pokémon can appear anywhere, though.

Pocket monsters visible on the Pokémon Go Map are randomly loaded into the game’s virtual map by the game server. If several players are playing in the same location, each player can see and catch the Pokémon independently of the others.

Pokémon Go Updates, News, Raids and More

The developers at Niantic regularly provide Pokémon Go with new updates or special raids that should only be tackled in a group of several people. The Pokémon Go Raids are therefore very popular, as they also offer the prospect of particularly rare Pokémon. For example, in the past, legendary Pokémon could always be caught on special occasions (Pokémon Go events). For particularly eager mobile or smartphone Pokémon trainers, there is also an external IV calculator, such as the online tool from Pokemon.gameinfo.io or on Pokefans.net, to check the values of your Pokémon.