Halloween is coming to Pokémon this year, so much so that they've split the Halloween event into two parts, each bringing entirely new or different content to the game. There will be Pokémon debuts, new mechanics, raid bosses, and lots of other exciting content to explore during the two-week event.
Mechanics
There are major changes coming to the game during the event that don't fit any of the lists below. Here are the biggest changes we'll see.
- New Sizes: Pokémon of different sizes will now have a different physical appearance when looking at their avatars. Smaller sizes will have smaller avatars, and larger sizes will have bigger avatars!
- New Music: The infamous and spooky music that was played in Lavender Town in the original games will play in the background throughout the event.
- More Story: More special quests will be added to the story set on Hoopla, which will debut this Halloween season.
Beauty products
This event will bring new themed costumes for a few Pokémon, as well as new avatar items and stickers in the shop. So far, the following items have been revealed to be available for the duration of the event.
- Avatar Items
- Pikachu pumpkin head
- pumpkin top
- Pumpkin pants
- Hoopa Headband
- Halloween Face Sticker
- stickers
- Halloween
- Halloween Pikachu
- Halloween
Raids
Some different Pokémon will appear in raids and will be available each game of the event. Here is the list of Pokémon that we will see.
- Part 1: Spooky Companions
- Level 1: Galarian Slowpoke, Murkrow, Scraggy, Yamask, Espurr
- Niveau 3: Alolan Raichu, Sableye, Banette, Halloween Mischief Drifblim
- Level 5: Giratina in altered form
- Mega: Mega Gengar
- Part 2: Macabre Friends
- Level 1: Galarian Yamask, Murkrow, Phantump, Yamask, medium-sized Pumpkaboo
- Level 3: Alolan Marowak, Lampent, Banette, Halloween Mischief Drifblim
- Level 5: Darkrai
- Mega: Mega Absol
Pokémon encounters and debut
Many Pokémon will appear more often in the wild that fit the Halloween theme, and some have never been in the game before. Here's the full roster coming into play during the event. Bold Pokemon make their debut.
- Halloween mirror Pikachu
- Halloween malice piplup
- Galarian Slowdown
- Ghost
- Trevenant
- Pumpkin
- gourmet
- Toothed
- Drowzee
- Gastly
- spinarak
- Misdreavus
- Shuppet
- stunky
- Wooba
- Gothite
- Yamask
- Sirloin
- Hanteur
- litwick
Eggs
Different Pokemon will hatch from 7 km Eggs during the event. Here is the full list.
- spinarak
- Chingling
- litwick
- Misdreavus
- Shuppet
- Galarian Yamask
- Golette
- Ghost
Field research meetings
Halloween-themed Pokemon will spawn after completing Field Research tasks during the event. Here is the list of meetings you could have.
- Halloween mirror Pikachu
- Halloween malice piplup
- Halloween Drifblim
- Yamask
- Galarian Yamask
- Gastly
- spinarak
- Shuppet
- Twilight
- Toothed
- Drowzee
- Wooba
- Gothite
That's all to expect in the upcoming event!
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