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Pokémon GO Announces Valentine's Day Event Featuring Mega Gardevoir and Luvdisc
Niantic reveals all the details about the Valentine's Day 2023 event in Pokémon GO. Mega Gardevoir debuts and Luvdisc will also has a starring role.
We already know the first details about the Valentine's Day 2023 event in Pokémon GO. Niantic has released all the details of this February 2023 event. In this news, we tell you when it is, what Pokémon will be available, how you can participate, and much more:
Valentine's Day 2023 Event in Pokémon GO: Dates, Times, and How to Participate
The Valentine's Day 2023 Event will take place in Pokémon GO between Wednesday, February 8, 2023, at 10:00 am (local time) and Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 8:00 pm (local time).
This is a free event open to all players, so you don't have to pay to enjoy it. The biggest addition to the event is Mega Gardevoir, which makes its debut as a new Mega Evolution in Pokémon GO. There will also be exclusive apparel and event stickers in the store, as you can see below:
Mega Gardevoir Coming to Pokémon GO with Valentine's Day 2023 Event
Mega Gardevoir is the new Mega Evolution that will be added to Pokémon GO during the Valentine's Day 2023 Event. For the duration of the event, we will be able to encounter this Pokémon in Mega Raids.
In addition, if we are lucky and manage to defeat it, it is possible that when we catch it, it will be shiny.
Gardevoir and Gallade's featured attacks during the Valentine's Day 2023 event in Pokémon GO
Kirlia that we evolve Gardevoir or Gallade for the duration of the Valentine's Day 2023 event in Pokémon GO will learn the Charged Attack Synchronoise.
Synchronoise is a Psychic Type attack and 80 power in both Trainer battles and Gym and Raid battles.
Valentine's Day 2023 Event Bonuses in Pokémon GO
The following bonuses will be active during the Valentine's Day 2023 Event in Pokémon GO:
- 2× Stardust from opening Gifts
- Lure Modules activated during the event will last for two hours.
Lovely Wishes Timed Research in Pokémon GO
During the Valentine's Day 2023 event in Pokémon GO, Timed Research Lovely Wishes will be available. Trainers will be able to choose different routes to receive different bonuses, such as more XP, more Candy when catching Pokémon, or an increase in the duration of the daily Adventure Incense. This is a free timed research; there is no fee to participate. It will appear in the "Today" section of Research when it is active.
In addition, regardless of the route we choose, we will be able to capture Frillish, which will appear in its two forms and can also be Shiny.
Global Valentine’s Challenge en Pokémon GO
Between Tuesday, February 7, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. PST and Tuesday, February 14, 2023, at 10:00 p.m. PST, there will be a global challenge in Pokémon GO to send gifts to our friends. If we manage to send enough gifts, we will unlock an additional bonus for all players until the end of the event.
- Global Challenge Bonus: 3× Transfer Candy for the remainder of the event
- Global Challenge Bonus: 2× Transfer Candy XL for Trainers level 31 and up for the remainder of the event
- Global Challenge Goal: Send 100,000,000 Gifts
Furfrou's Heart Trim will be available again during the Valentine's Day 2023 Event in Pokémon GO
During the Valentine's Day 2023 Event in Pokémon GO, Furfrou's Heart Trim form will be available again. This form is exclusive to Valentine's Day, and you will not be able to obtain this Furfrou any other way in Pokémon GO.
The Furfrou we capture will be in their natural form. To change its Heart Trim, we need to select it in our Pokémon Storage, scroll down and use the Change Form option. By default, the Heart Trim Form is not available unless the annual Valentine's Day event is active in Pokémon GO. Use this opportunity to trim your Furfrou's hair, because you won't be able to do it again until next year.
Wild Pokémon available during the Valentine's Day 2023 Event in Pokémon GO
Here is the full list of Wild Pokémon that will be available during the Valentine's Day 2023 Event in Pokémon GO:
- Nidoran♀ (can be shiny)
- Nidoran♂ (can be shiny)
- Skitty (can be shiny)
- Volbeat (can be shiny)
- Illumise (can be shiny)
- Woobat (can be shiny)
- Frillish (can be shiny)
- Red Flower Flabébé
- Blue Flower Flabébé
- Yellow Flower Flabébé
- Natural Form Furfrou (can be shiny)
- Morelull
- Chansey (can be shiny, has a low appearance rate)
- Audino (can be shiny, has a low appearance rate)
- Alomomola (can be shiny, has a low appearance rate)
- White Flower Flabébé (has a low appearance rate)
- Orange Flower Flabébé (has a low appearance rate)
This event marks the debut of the Shiny Flabébé in Pokémon GO. In addition, different colored Flabébé appear in different regions of the world:
- Red Flower Flabébé: Appearing in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
- Blue Flower Flabébé: Appearing in the Asia-Pacific region
- Yellow Flower Flabébé: Appearing in the Americas
- White Flower Flabébé and Orange Flower Flabébé: around the world.
Pokémon Available by Hatching Eggs During the Valentine's Day 2023 Event in Pokémon GO
These are the Pokémon available by hatching 7km Eggs during the Valentine's Day 2023 Event in Pokémon GO:
- Lickitung (can be shiny)
- Smoochum (can be shiny)
- Happiny (can be shiny)
- Frillish (can be shiny)
- Frillish (can be shiny)
- Alomomola (can be shiny)
In addition, Frillish obtained by hatching 7 Km eggs during the event have an increased chance of being Shiny compared to those obtained through Field Research or wild form.
Raids Available During the Valentine's Day 2023 Event in Pokémon GO
These are all the raids that will be available during the Valentine's Day 2023 Event in Pokémon GO:
- One-Star Raids: Chansey (can be shiny)., Shinx (can be shiny), Furfrou Forma Salvaje (can be shiny) and Espurr (can be shiny).
- Three-Star Raids: Nidoqueen, Nidoking, Lickitung (can be shiny), Miltank (can be shiny) and Gallade.
- Mega Raids: Mega Gardevoir (can be shiny).
- Five-Star Raids: Tapu Lele (can be shiny).
Pokémon Available by Completing Field Research Tasks During the Valentine's Day 2023 Event in Pokémon GO
The following Pokémon will be available by completing Field Research Tasks during the Valentine's Day 2023 Event in Pokémon GO:
- Pikachu (can be shiny)
- Eevee (can be shiny)
- Ralts (can be shiny)
- Luvdisc (can be shiny)
- Hippopotas (can be shiny)
- Frillish (can be shiny)
- Frillish (can be shiny)
- Litleo (can be shiny)
- Chansey (can be shiny, low appearance rate)
- Spinda with a heart pattern (can be shiny, low appearance rate)
- Combee (can be shiny, low appearance rate)
- Audino (can be shiny, low appearance rate)
- Alomomola (can be shiny, low appearance rate)
- Morelull
Luvdisc Limited Research Day in Pokémon GO: Dates and Times
On Saturday, February 11, 2023, from 14:00 to 17:00 local time, Luvdisc Limited Research Day will be celebrated in Pokémon GO.
Luvdisc is the featured Pokémon, and we will be able to earn exclusive Field Research Tasks by spinning Photodisks at PokéStops. There will be a lot of Luvdisc that we can get this way, and they can even be Shiny.
The following wild Pokémon encounters will also be available during this mini-event:
- Slowpoke (can be shiny)
- Lickitung (can be shiny)
- Miltank (can be shiny)
- Lileep (can be shiny)
- Feebas (can be shiny)
- Spritzee (can be shiny)
- Fomantis
- Alomomola (can be shiny, low appearance rate)
Source | Pokémon GO