PoGO – Pokémon Go: Lunar New Year Event with Shiny Leufeo and Temporary Research - Guide

PoGO – Pokémon Go: Lunar New Year Event with Shiny Leufeo and Temporary Research – Guide

Shortly before the start, the people from Niantic reveal what you can expect at the Pokémon Go event Lunar New Year 2022. Among other things, you can look forward to Shiny Leufeo and two Temporary Researches. We have all the details on the steps and rewards of the catching and friendship challenge in the guide.

In Pokémon Go, the new Lunar New Year 2022 event is almost here, namely starting on February 1, 2022 at 10:00 am and ending on February 7, 2022 at 8:00 pm. Until then, mainly Fire Pokémon and those that could pass for an animal of the zodiac from their animalistic appearance will appear in the wild.

And you’ll have the opportunity to complete two Temporary Researches; a Lunar New Year Friendship Challenge and a Lunar New Year Catch Challenge. As a reward for completing the steps, you will encounter Psiau and Leufeo – and with luck, they will appear as Shiny! Below you have all the information about the Lunar New Year 2022 in Pokémon Go in the guide. Speaking of Shiny Leufeo, don’t miss the spotlight hour on February 1, 2022!

Pokémon Go Event: Lunar New Year 2022

The Pokémon Go Lunar New Year starts on February 1, 2022 at 10:00 am and ends on February 7, 2022 at 8:00 pm.
Animal and Fire Pokémon are appearing more frequently in the wild. Leufeo can be caught for the first time as a Shiny, good luck with that!
Increased chance to get Lucky Pokémon by trading.
Increased chance to become lucky friends.
Double stardust from opening gifts.
One additional special swap per day.
In the wild, you’ll encounter Pokémon like Paras, Mauzi, Fukano, Voltobal, Hisui.Voltobal, Karpador, Flemmli, Leufeo, Elektek, Garados, and Young Glow. All of these Pokémon can spawn as Shiny, except for Hisui-Voltobal and Young Glow.
Appear in the Raids (possible Shinys are marked with (+)):

Tier 1 Raids

Kapador (+), Sheinux (+), Flampion (+), Leufeo (+), Psiau (+)

Tier 3 Raids

Glurak (+), Flamara, Pottrott (+), Enekoro, Absol (+), Shardrago (+)

Tier 5 Raids

Regirock (+)

Mega Raids

Mega Dogemon (+)

EX-Raids

Currently paused

Pottrott, Schneckmag, Flampion, Zurrokex, and Leufeo can hatch from 7k eggs. All of these Pokémon, except Zurrokex, can hatch as Shiny.
Through field research, you will encounter ALoLa Mauzi, Galar Mauzi, Karpador, Flampion, and Leufeo. All of these Pokémon can appear as Shiny.

Temporary research for the event

There are two Temporary Researches for the Lunar New Year 2022 event in Pokémon Go that you can complete until February 7, 2022 at 8:00 PM. Below you can see the steps and rewards of the Temporary Researches. Note: For the Friendship Challenge, you must send a gift three days in a row!

Lunar New Year 2022: Friendship Challenge

Send 5 gifts with Stick – Reward: Encounter with Flemmli
Exchange 3 Pokémon – Reward: Encounter with Cancer Corps
Send 15 gifts – Reward: Encounter with Flampion
Send 3 gifts for three days in a row – Reward: Encounter with Leufeo

Reward for completion: Encounter with Psiau, 1,000 stardust, 1,000 XP.

Lunar New Year 2022: Catch Challenge

Catch 10 Pokémon – Reward: 10 x Pokéball
Catch 25 Pokémon – Reward: 15 x Ultraball
Send 25 Fire Pokémon – Reward: 20 x Hyperball
Catch 10 different types of Pokémon – Reward: Encounter with Leufeo

Completion Reward: Encounter with Psiau, 1,000 Stardust, 1,000 XP.

We hope you enjoy the Lunar New Year 2022 event in Pokémon Go. If you want to know what other events there are in Pokémon Go in February 2022, then take a look at our overview, which we update regularly as soon as there is new information from the PoGo developers.

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.