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Journey to Paldea

Event
From Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 10:00 Until Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 20:00
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Bonuses


Bonus

2× XP for winning Raid Battles.

Bonus

2× XP for evolving Pokémon.

Bonus

Increased chance to encounter Shiny Larvitar and Shiny Bagon.


Pokémon Debuts

The following Pokémon first discovered in the Paldea region will make their Pokémon GO debuts!

You can use 25 Nacli Candy to evolve Nacli into Naclstack and 100 Nacli Candy to evolve Naclstack into Garganacl.

Wild Encounters

Throughout the event, Trainers may encounter Nymble*, Pawmi*, and Smoliv* in the wild. If you’re lucky, you might encounter Nacli!

Different Pokémon will be featured all day on alternating days of the event:

December 2^, 4, 6**, and 8

  • Larvitar*
  • Drifloon*
  • Skrelp*
  • And more!

December 3, 5, 7**, and 9^

  • Misdreavus*
  • Bagon*
  • Clauncher*
  • And more!

*If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one.

**During December Community Day 2025, featured Pokémon from that event will appear on these days from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time.

^Featured Pokémon on December 2 and 9 will start appearing at 10:00 a.m. local time and end at 8:00 p.m. local time, respectively.

Three-Star Raids

The following Pokémon will appear in raids:

  • Paldean Tauros (Combat Breed) — Iberian Peninsula
  • Paldean Tauros (Blaze Breed) — Eastern Hemisphere
  • Paldean Tauros (Aqua Breed) — Western Hemisphere
  • Bombirdier*
  • Dondozo*

*If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!

Field Research

Event-themed Field Research tasks will be available.

Complete these tasks to earn encounters with event-themed Pokémon!

Collection Challenges

Event-exclusive Collection Challenges are coming!

Complete the catch-themed Collection Challenges to receive XP, Stardust, and encounters with event-themed Pokémon.

Paid Timed Research

For US$1.99 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), you’ll gain access to event-exclusive Timed Research.

Timed Research rewards include:

  • 3,000 Stardust
  • Two Premium Battle Passes
  • Encounters with event-themed Pokémon, including Larvitar, Bagon, and Nacli

Please note: Timed Research expires. All tasks must be completed and their rewards claimed before Tuesday, December 9, 2025, at 8:00 p.m. local time.

Journey to Paldea Ultra Ticket Box

The Journey to Paldea Ultra Ticket Box will be available for US$1.99 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency) and includes both an event ticket and five Ultra Balls at no additional cost!

Check it out in the Pokémon GO Web Store!


Live Event Stats

Here you’ll find an overview of the live stats for "Journey to Paldea". These statistics were last updated on Thursday, December 4, 2025 a 20:56.

Encounters

These are currently the 10 Pokémon that appear most frequently in the wild.

Pokémon Encounters
Smoliv Smoliv Deze Pokémon is Shiny 13.08M
Pawmi Pawmi Deze Pokémon is Shiny 12.49M
Nymble Nymble Deze Pokémon is Shiny 11.64M
Skrelp Skrelp Deze Pokémon is Shiny 7.26M
Stunky Stunky Deze Pokémon is Shiny 7.16M
Clauncher Clauncher Deze Pokémon is Shiny 6.31M
Oranguru Oranguru Deze Pokémon is Shiny 5.25M
Passimian Passimian Deze Pokémon is Shiny 4.62M
Cranidos Cranidos Deze Pokémon is Shiny 4.57M
Bagon Bagon Deze Pokémon is Shiny 4.55M
Shiny Encounters

These are currently the 10 Shiny's that appear most frequently in the wild.

Pokémon Shiny Odds Encounters
Bagon Bagon
1 in 129
21.75K
Smoliv Smoliv
1 in 507
16.72K
Nymble Nymble
1 in 505
16.66K
Pawmi Pawmi
1 in 513
16.40K
Larvitar Larvitar
1 in 128
10.55K
Skrelp Skrelp
1 in 505
9.16K
Stunky Stunky
1 in 516
8.62K
Clauncher Clauncher
1 in 508
7.90K
Cranidos Cranidos
1 in 515
6.72K
Oranguru Oranguru
1 in 507
6.49K