Pok\u00e9mon Go\u2019s annual holiday event begins Dec. 18. It will run through Jan. 2 and offer double experience, stardust and candy, and it will also introduce new Pok\u00e9mon to the game.<\/b>
\nThe third-annual Pok\u00e9mon Go holiday event will begin next week, rounding out a very long year with a series of gifts for players. From Dec. 18 through Jan. 2,2019, almost everything in the game is doubled \u2014 from candy to experience points \u2014 and special Pok\u00e9mon will arrive alongside them.
Spinning a Pok\u00e9Stop each day will reward players with an Incubator, to use with the increasingly common seven-kilometer Eggs that will be doled out during the campaign. Players will also receive different bonuses throughout the event, with each one lasting four days straight before cycling out for a different effect. The schedule is below:
The event\u2019s limited-time Pok\u00e9mon include Pikachu in a holiday hat, as per tradition; baby Pok\u00e9mon like Azurill and Smoochum, which will be more commonly found in Eggs; and additional Pok\u00e9mon from the Sinnoh region, the latest set to appear in-game. (Perhaps these will include Azelf, Mesprit and Uxie, three mythical Pok\u00e9mon that guard the lakes of Sinnoh. They\u2019re seen in the promotional artwork above.)
Niantic also hinted that a shiny version of the rare seasonal monster Delibird will also stop by on occasion. Delibird first appeared in the game during 2017\u2019s winter holiday campaign, which makes sense; it\u2019s known as the \u201cdelivery Pok\u00e9mon\u201d and always carries around a sack of presents.<\/p>\n