Celebrate two weeks of Halloween in Pokémon GO from October 21st with back-to-back events, plus a special Halloween GO Pass

Pokémon GO will be celebrating the spooky later this month starting with the Halloween 2025 Part I event, which commences Tuesday, October 21st, at 10:00am. This event will continue through until the beginning of Part II on Monday October 27th, at 10:00am local time, which will then run until Sunday, November 2nd, at 8:00pm local time. A special GO Pass: Halloween 2025 will be available over the entire event period.

Pokémon GO will receive a makeover for the holiday, with Pokémon encounters, PokéStops, and Gyms all receiving seasonal decorations during the entire event period. Every night in-game during these Halloween celebrations, a special remix of the Lavender Town music will also be playing in-game.

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New Avatar Items
The Polteageist Hat avatar item will be available to purchase in the in-game shop during the Halloween 2025 events. This avatar item is a permanent addition to the in-game shop, and will continue to be available after the event has concluded.

Halloween 2025 Event Stickers
Trainers will be able to receive event-themed stickers during both the Halloween 2025 events by spinning PokéStops and opening Gifts. These stickers may also be purchased directly from the in-game shop.

GO Pass: Halloween 2025
The GO Pass offers Trainers a limited-time progression track offering a variety of ranked rewards and bonuses over a set period. Trainers will be able to rank up and complete their GO Pass by earning GO Points. GO Points for GO Pass: Halloween 2025 can be earned between October 21st at 10:00am local time, and November 2nd at 10:00am local time. Towards the end of the pass period, from Saturday November 1st at midnight through to Sunday November 2nd at 7:59pm local time, daily limits for how many GO Points can be earned will be removed, allowing Trainers an opportunity to catch up and claim all remaining rewards. All GO Pass rewards will expire on November 2nd, at 11:59pm local time, and must be unlocked and claimed before this time.

Rewards for GO Pass: Halloween include an encounter with Rotom, that has a chance of appearing as a Shiny, as well as encounters with other event-themed Pokémon. Trainers will also receive Stardust, XP, Poké Balls, and Candy, amongst other items.

As Trainers reach major individual milestones, they will also be able to unlock a set of special bonuses that will last for the remainder of this Halloween event:

• Tier 1 - Rank 10
  • 2× Catch Candy
• Tier 2 - Rank 25
  • Increased chance for Trainers level 31 and up to receive Candy XL for catching Pokémon with Nice, Great, and Excellent Throws
• Tier 3 - Rank 40:
  • 2× Candy for transferring Pokémon
  • Increased chance for Trainers level 31 and up to receive Candy XL for transferring Pokémon

In addition to the free GO Pass, Trainers can also upgrade to a paid version, the GO Pass Deluxe. The deluxe version of the GO Pass: Halloween 2025 offers faster progression up the ranks, and boosted milestone bonuses:

• Tier 1 - Rank 25
  • 3× Catch Candy
• Tier 3 - Rank 40
  • 3× Candy for transferring Pokémon
  • Even greater chance for Trainers level 31 and up to receive Candy XL for transferring Pokémon

The GO Pass Deluxe also grants additional rewards such as the Teamtime Pose, additional Pokémon encounters with event-themed Pokémon, and a selection of premium items including Premium Battle Passes, 10 Ultra Balls, five Max Revives, and five Max Potions. Trainers can upgrade to the GO Pass Deluxe at any time, regardless of how far they've progressed in the GO Pass, and will receive all additional rewards from all previous rank levels that have already been unlocked. GO Pass Deluxe can be purchased either in-app or via the Pokémon GO Web Store for US$7.99 (or the equivalent pricing tier in each local currency). Additionally, Trainers can purchase an upgrade to the GO Pass Deluxe + 10 Ranks to be boosted directly to Rank 11. This upgrade can also be purchased as part of an Ultra Box, which includes a bonus gift of 20 Ultra Balls, 10 Max Revives, 10 Max Potions, two Premium Battles Passes, one Incubator, and one Super Incubator. As with the regular GO Pass, GO Pass Deluxe rewards must be claimed prior to November 2nd, at 11:59pm local time.

Halloween 2025 Part I
Poltchageist and Sinistcha, the Matcha Pokémon, will both make their Pokémon GO debuts during the first part of the Halloween 2025 event, and Shiny Sinistea may also be encountered for the first time. 50 Poltchageist Candy will be required to evolve Poltchageist into Sinistcha.

Pokémon Encounters
All Pokémon listed below with a ⁂ next to their name can also be encountered in their Shiny variants.

Wild encounters
The following event-themed Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild during this part of the event:

• Zorua ⁂
• Hisuian Zorua
• Greavard
• Sinistea (uncommon) ⁂

Additional, unspecified event-themed Pokémon will also be appearing in greater frequency.

Raids
The following Pokémon will appear in raids during this part of the event:

• One-Star Raids
  • Galarian Yamask ⁂
  • Sinistea ⁂
    • Increased odds for Shiny Sinistea to appear
  • Poltchageist
• Three-Star Raids
  • Alolan Marowak ⁂
  • Hisuian Typhlosion ⁂
  • Hisuian Samurott ⁂

Shadow Raids
The following Shadow Pokémon will debut in One-Star Shadow Raids during this part of the event:

• Shadow Yamask
• Shadow Phantump

Field Research Task Encounters
Halloween-themed Field Research tasks will be available as part of this event. On completing these tasks, Trainers will be able to encounter the following Pokémon:

• Sableye ⁂
• Yamask ⁂
• Zorua ⁂
• Hisuian Zorua
• Litwick ⁂
• Vullaby ⁂
• Phantump ⁂
• Spiritomb (uncommon) ⁂

Certain Field Research tasks will also reward Mega Energy for the following Pokémon:

• Gengar
• Houndoom
• Sableye
• Banette
• Absol

Halloween 2025 Part II
A range of Pokémon in special Halloween-themed consumes will be making their Pokémon GO debuts during the second part of this year's Halloween event, including Teddiursa wearing a witch hat, Ursaring wearing a witch hat, Ursaluna wearing a witch hat, Noibat wearing a headband, and Noivern wearing a headband.

Event Bonuses
The following event bonuses will be active during the second half of the Halloween 2025 event:

• Increased chance to encounter Shiny costumed Pokémon in raids.
• Increased chance of encountering Shiny Teddiursa and Shiny Noibat in the wild.

On October 31st, costumed Pokémon will also have a small chance to give Rare Candy or Rare Candy XL when caught with Nice Throws or better.

Pokémon Encounters
All Pokémon listed below with a ⁂ next to their name can also be encountered in their Shiny variants.

Wild encounters
The following event-themed Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild during this event:

• Teddiursa wearing a witch hat ⁂
• Noibat wearing a headband ⁂

Additional, unspecified event-themed Pokémon will also be appearing in greater frequency.

Raids
The following Pokémon will appear in raids:

• One-Star Raids
  • Pikachu wearing a Halloween Mischief costume ⁂
  • Piplup wearing a Halloween Mischief costume ⁂
  • Sinistea ⁂
    • Increased odds for Shiny Sinistea to appear
  • Poltchageist
• Three-Star Raids
  • Gengar wearing a Tricks & Treats costume ⁂
  • Drifblim wearing a Halloween Mischief costume ⁂

Shadow Raids
The following Shadow Pokémon who made their debut in Part I will continue to appear in One-Star Shadow Raids during this part of the event:

• Shadow Yamask
• Shadow Phantump

Field Research Task Encounters
More Halloween-themed Field Research tasks will be available as part of the event. On completing these tasks, Trainers will be able to encounter the following Pokémon:

• Pikachu wearing a Halloween Mischief costume ⁂
• Teddiursa wearing a witch hat ⁂
• Froakie wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume ⁂
• Noibat wearing a headband ⁂
• Rowlet wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume ⁂
• Spiritomb (uncommon) ⁂

Certain Field Research tasks will also reward Mega Energy for the following Pokémon:

• Gengar
• Houndoom
• Sableye
• Banette
• Absol