Players can make the most of event bonuses and a variety of different featured Pokemon in Pokemon GO's 2025 Lunar New Year event.

Pokemon GO's Lunar New Year celebration begins on January 29, 2025, and lasts until February 2, 2025. Since 2025 is the year of the snake, Niantic is featuring Ekans and its shiny variant front-and-center for trainers to catch during the event. Additionally, other wild Pocket Monsters and forms of content will be available.

Here's a complete walkthrough of the Pokemon GO Lunar New Year 2025 event, including all research tasks, rewards, spawns, and bonuses.

The event also features an increased chance to get lucky Pokémon from trades and an increased change to become lucky friends. There’s also some other unique perks, like an increased shiny rate for Ekans and Nosepass,

Pokemon Go is celebrating the 2025 Lunar New Year, hosting their annual Lunar New Year Event again this year. This year's Lunar New Year Event will be packed with tons of content for all players, bringing both new and returning features and bonuses to this year's event.