Pokémon Go’s latest event celebrates the anime, thus the long name: “Pokémon Horizons: The Series Celebration.” It runs from April 16-22 and features a bunch of the Pokémon that show up in the anime, like a Pikachu in a captain’s hat and a Floragato with a special hat.
The event also has a few neat bonuses: Team Go Rocket balloons will show up more often, halved hatch distance for eggs put into Incubators during the event, and an increased chance to find the special, hat-wearing Pikachu and Floragato shiny.
Tinkatink and its evolutions are also making their debut with this event, but you’ll need to hatch quite a few eggs to source enough to evolve one into a Tinkaton.
Below we list all the Pokémon Go “Pokémon Horizons: The Series Celebration” event perks, including the free Timed Research, boosted spawns, egg hatches, and more.
Pokémon Go ‘Pokémon Horizons: The Series Celebration’ event Timed Research and reward
If you complete this research before the event ends, you’ll get a special reward. The four-step research we list below is the free research. There’s a separate Tinkatink-themed premium research, “Don’t Tinkatink Twice!,” for $4.99 if you’re interested in that, too.
Step 1 of 4
Catch 10 Pokémon (500 Stardust)
Take a snapshot with your buddy (500 Stardust)
Defeat a Team Go Rocket grunt (500 Stardust)
Spin 5 PokéStops or gyms (500 Stardust)
Rewards: Sprigatito encounter, 1,000 XP, 500 Stardust
Step 2 of 4
Catch 10 Pokémon (500 Stardust)
Complete 3 Field Research Tasks (500 Stardust)
Explore 2 km (500 Stardust)
Rewards: Fuecoco encounter, 1,000 XP, 500 Stardust
Step 3 of 4
Catch 10 Pokémon (500 Stardust)
Defeat 2 Team Go Rocket grunts (500 Stardust)
Spin 10 PokéStops or gyms (500 Stardust)
Rewards: Quaxly encounter, 1,000 XP, 500 Stardust
Step 4 of 4
Catch 7 different species of Pokémon (1,000 Stardust)
Complete 5 Field Research tasks (1,000 Stardust)
Hatch 2 eggs (1,000 Stardust)
Rewards: Pikachu (Captain’s cap) encounter, 4,000 XP, 2,500 Stardust
Pokémon Go ‘Pokémon Horizons: The Series Celebration’ event Field Research and rewards
Spinning a PokéStop during the event period may yield one of these tasks:
Defeat 2 Team Go Rocket members (1,500 Stardust)
Explore 2 km (1,500 Stardust)
Hatch an egg (Pikachu [Captain’s cap] encounter)
Trade a Pokémon (Pikachu [Captain’s cap] encounter)
Pokémon Go ‘Pokémon Horizons: The Series Celebration’ event boosted spawns
These Pokémon will spawn more frequently during the event period:
Pikachu (Captain’s Cap)*
Quagsire
Shuckle
Slugma
Nosepass
Snorunt
Sprigatito
Floragato (Hat with Liko’s pin)*
Fuecoco
Quaxly
Pawmi
*There is an “increased chance” of finding this shiny in the wild as part of the event.
Pokémon Go ‘Pokémon Horizons: The Series Celebration’ event egg hatches
These Pokémon have a chance to hatch from any 7 km eggs obtained during the event:
Elekid
Hatenna
Charcadet
Tinkatink
Pokémon Go ‘Pokémon Horizons: The Series Celebration’ event raid targets
The following changes to the raid schedule will take place as part of the event:
One-star raidsThree-star raidsPikachu (Captain’s cap)*CharizardChanseyAlolan MukRockruffMetagrossFloragato (Hat with Liko’s pin)*
*These Pokémon have an “increased chance” of being shiny when raided.
