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Precious Pals

Event
From Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 10:00 Until Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 20:00
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*These Evolution requirements will return to the usual requirements on Sunday, January 25, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. local time.


Bonuses


Bonus

Additional Candy XL when walking with your Buddy Pokémon.

Bonus

Earn additional hearts with your Buddy Pokémon.

Bonus

Increased chance to encounter Shiny Goldeen.

Bonus

Increased chance to hatch Shiny Goldeen and Shiny Fidough.

Bonus

Limited-time Evolution requirement: Evolve Eevee into Sylveon after earning 20 hearts with Eevee as your buddy.*

Bonus

Limited-time Evolution requirement: Evolve Pancham into Pangoro after catching ten Dark-type Pokémon with Pancham as your buddy.*

Bonus

Limited-time Evolution requirement: Evolve Pawmo into Pawmot after exploring 5 km with Pawmo as your buddy.*


Shiny Pokémon Debut

For the first time in Pokémon GO, you’ll be able to encounter Shiny Fidough—if you’re lucky!

Wild Encounters

May encounter event-themed Pokémon in the wild, including Goldeen*, Zorua*, Wimpod*, Fidough* and more! You might even encounter Espurr*!

Increased chance to encounter Shiny Goldeen.

Some Trainers might even encounter the following!
Eggs

The following Pokémon will hatch from 2 km Eggs.

Increased chance to hatch Shiny Goldeen and Shiny Fidough.

Field Research

Event-themed Field Research tasks will be available.

Complete Field Research tasks to earn Berries and encounters with event-themed Pokémon.

Collection Challenges

Event-themed Collection Challenges are coming!

Complete the Collection Challenges to receive XP, Stardust, and encounters with Fidough.

Paid Timed Research

For US$4.99 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), you’ll be able to access event-exclusive Timed Research.

Timed Research rewards include the following.

  • One Poffin
  • An event-themed avatar pose
  • Encounters with event-themed Pokémon
  • And more!

Please note that Timed Research expires. The tasks associated with this Timed Research must be completed and their rewards must be claimed before Sunday, January 25, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. local time.

Precious Pals Ultra Ticket Box

The Precious Pals Ultra Ticket Box will be available for US$4.99 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency) and includes an event ticket and one Premium Battle Pass!

Check it out in the Pokémon GO Web Store!


Live Event Stats

Here you’ll find an overview of the live stats for "Precious Pals". These statistics were last updated on Thursday, January 22, 2026 a 17:31.

Encounters

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

Pokémon Encounters
Swablu Swablu Deze Pokémon is Shiny 11.28M
Purrloin Purrloin Deze Pokémon is Shiny 10.23M
Pawmi Pawmi Deze Pokémon is Shiny 10.04M
Wimpod Wimpod Deze Pokémon is Shiny 9.81M
Fidough Fidough Deze Pokémon is Shiny 7.84M
Stufful Stufful Deze Pokémon is Shiny 7.49M
Eevee Eevee Deze Pokémon is Shiny 4.81M
Zorua Zorua Deze Pokémon is Shiny 4.47M
Hatenna Hatenna Deze Pokémon is Shiny 4.29M
Magikarp Magikarp Deze Pokémon is Shiny 2.82M
Shiny Encounters

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

Pokémon Shiny Odds Encounters
Goldeen Goldeen
1 in 128
15.07K
Swablu Swablu
1 in 507
13.33K
Pawmi Pawmi
1 in 504
12.97K
Wimpod Wimpod
1 in 509
12.83K
Purrloin Purrloin
1 in 517
12.25K
Espurr Espurr
1 in 64
10.34K
Pancham Pancham
1 in 64
10.23K
Stufful Stufful
1 in 507
9.13K
Fidough Fidough
1 in 511
8.92K
Zorua Zorua
1 in 511
8.67K