Halloween 2024 is a two-part occasion in Pokémon Go, with the primary half — Half 1 — providing suitably spooky wild encounters, raid line-ups, and Subject Analysis.
Working from Tuesday, Oct. 22, via Monday, Oct. 29, at 10 a.m. native time, the headline is the debut of Morpeko — the sport’s first Pokémon with the power to alter kind mid-battle.
Elsewhere, there are two units of paid Timed Analysis you may pay to unlock — “Costume Get together” and “Morpeko Onesie” — the latter providing a branching story and a triple catch Sweet bonus, alongside quite a lot of costumed Pokémon encounters which might be present in each tickets.
In the meantime, for all gamers, there’s the annual return of Spiritomb within the “Spiritomb Problem” Timed Analysis. All in all, there’s loads without spending a dime and paying gamers to sink their tooth into!
‘Halloween Half 1’ Subject Analysis Duties
You’ll encounter the next Subject Analysis from spinning PokéStops. Although they’ll solely be collected throughout occasion hours, you may hold them in your quest log and full them at any time after the occasion ends:
- Evolve 3 dark-type Pokemon (Sableye or Scraggy encounter)
- Evolve 3 ghost-type Pokemon (Golett or Grevard encounter)
- Win 2 Raids (Morpeko encounter)
- Win 3 Raids (Spiritomb encounter)
- Catch 10 ghost- or dark-type Pokemon (Nymble or Sandygast encounter)
- Catch 15 ghost- or dark-type Pokemon (25 Mega Vitality for Absol, Banette, Gengar, Houndoom, or Sableye)
Due to Leekduck for filling within the gaps with the above Subject Analysis duties.
‘Halloween Half 1’ wild spawns
The next will spawn extra regularly over the course of the occasion. All of those, bar Greavard, might be shiny:
- Absol (uncommon encounter)
- Drifloon
- Frillish (feminine)
- Greavard
- Litwick
- Misdreavus
- Murkrow
- Purrloin
- Sableye (uncommon encounter)
- Shuppet
- Spinarak
- Zorua *
- Zubat
* There’s an “elevated probability” of discovering shiny Zorua within the wild as a part of the occasion.
‘Halloween Half 1’ raid and Max Battle line-up
The next adjustments to the raid schedule and Max Battle schedule will happen as a part of the occasion:
One-star raids |
Three-star raids |
5-star raids |
Mega raids |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sneasel | Hisuian Typhlosion | Origin Forme Giratina | Mega Sableye |
| Sableye | Umbreon * | ||
| Yamask | Bombirdier | ||
| Galarian Yamask |
* There’s an “elevated probability” to come across shiny Umbreon in raids as a part of the occasion.
Halloween Max Battle line-up
One-star Dynamax |
Three-star Dynamax |
|---|---|
| Gastly * | Falinks |
| Grookey | |
| Scorbunny | |
| Sobble |
* Gastly makes its Dynamax debut as a part of the occasion.
‘Halloween Half 1’ occasion bonuses
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The “Halloween Half 1” occasion runs between Thursday, Oct. 19, to Thursday, Oct. 26, at 10 a.m. native time.
In addition to the above adjustments to spawns and Subject Analysis, the next bonuses and adjustments are additionally in impact till the occasion ends:
- Double catch Sweet, which might be upgraded to triple catch Sweet with the acquisition of “Morpeko Onesie” Timed Analysis.
- Elevated probability of Sweet XL for Good Throws or higher (for degree 31 trainers and up solely).
- Elevated probability of discovering shiny Zorua (within the wild) and glossy Umbreon (in raids — a helpful method to get the dark-type Eevee evolution).
- The in-game map can have a Halloween makeover, with PokéStops adorned with pumpkins, and orange leaves coating inexperienced areas and parks.
- New Avatar gadgets can be found within the store, together with “Halloween Finery,” a Woobat Prime Hat, and two Morpeko onesies. (See the above picture for the way it appears to be like in-game.)
- Music impressed by Lavender City taking part in in-game all through the occasion. In case you desire to not flip in your in-game audio, right here’s a preview.
And when you had been questioning, sure, there’s a “Half 2” — and it begins as quickly as “Half 1” ends on Monday, Oct. 28.
