Pumpkaboo, Gourgeist and Eevee in a Halloween Hat arrive in Pokémon Sleep for the Halloween 2025 event commencing October 27th

Some people just waking up are sure to get a surprise today, with Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist suddenly appearing for Sleep Research in Pokémon Sleep ahead of next week's Halloween 2025 — Double Candy Research event, which will commence on Monday October 27th at 4:00am local time, running through to Monday November 3rd at 3:59am local time. Eevee wearing a Halloween hat will also make its Pokémon Sleep debut alongside this event.

The original Halloween 2023 - Double Candy Research event was Pokémon Sleep's first full fledged in-game event other than the Good Sleep Days that are held every lunar month.

To mark this year's event and the addition of Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist's new Plump Pumpkin ingredient, one new Desert/Drink and one new Curry recipe will be added to the game on Monday October 27th at 4:00am local time

To participate and gain bonuses from this year's Halloween event, players will need to conduct their sleep research for this week on Greengrass Isle or Greengrass Isle (Expert), with the following bonuses active throughout the event period:

• Each time when Ghost-type helper Pokémon bring ingredients, they will 1 extra ingredient
• Ghost-type helper Pokémon's main skills are ×1.25 more likely to be triggered
• Main skill levels of Ghost-type helper Pokémon will be boosted by 3 levels when they trigger.
• Researchers can encounter a few Pokémon of different sleep types regardless of their own sleep type for the day.
• Gengar, Drifblim, Skeledirge, and Pikachu (Halloween) can appear during Sleep Research.
• Snorlax on Greengrass Isle and Greengrass Isle (Expert) will have Bluk Berries, found on Ghost-type Pokémon, set as one of its favorite Berries (other favorite berry types will be selected at random).
  • On Greengrass Isle (Expert), Bluk Berries will be set as Snorlax's main favorite.
• Additional Candies will be received for the first sleep research of the day
  • October 27th-30th, November 1st: ×2 Pokémon candies will be received
  • Halloween (October 30th), and the final day of the event (November 2nd): ×3 Pokémon candies will be received

Sleep tracking on any other map will not trigger these event bonuses.

Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist will make their formal debut next week October 27th at 4:00am local time alongside the start of this event, appearing at Greengrass Isle, Old Gold Power Plant, and Greengrass Isle (Expert). As an unannounced special bonus, Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist have both appeared today for some Sleep Researchers, including in zones where they would not usually appear such as Taupe Hollow. It's not clear at this stage if this was just a one-off, or if this appearance may have been in some way tied to the New Moon Day.

Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist are Ghost-type Ingredients Pokemon with the Charge Strength S Main Skill. Their primary ingredient is the brand new Plump Pumpkin, while other ingredients they can gather include Greengrass Soybeans and Soft Potato. As with other Ghost-type Pokémon, Drifloon and Drifblim collect Bluk Berries, and have the Dozing sleep type, which corresponds to the "awake" or "light sleep" phase of a sleep cycle. This sleep style is commonly seen in-game on Ghost-type Pokémon.

Pumpkabioo and Gourgeist can each appear in four different forms, their Small Variety, Medium Variety, Large Variety, and Jumbo Variety, following the new naming scheme for those recently established in Pokémon Legends: Z-A. Larger forms will have a higher carry limit, while smaller forms will help more quickly. The forms may also influence how many ingredients the Pokémon will gather on each tick. For example, the Large Variety Pumpkaboo I caught myself this morning gathers ×11 Greengrass Soybeans as its second ingredient at Level 30, and ×15 Soft Potato as its third ingredient at Level 60.

Pumpkaboo Incense items will also be able to be used from their formal debut. As with previous Pokémon debuts, it's likely that Pumpkaboo Incense will become available in special bundles available for purchase in-game from shortly before the Halloween 2025 — Double Candy Research event. As part of this event, Researchers will be able to receive a variety of special rewards, including Handy Candies S and a Linking Cord to evolve Pumpkaboo, by completing a set of special missions that will be added on top of the standard weekly missions.

A special version of Eevee wearing a Halloween hat will also be available as part of this event. Pikachu wearing a Halloween hat from the previous year's event will also make an appearance, though it's not clear at this point if only the Purple version of Halloween hat Pikachu will be available, or if the Red version from 2023 will also appear.

Additionally, the following Pokémon will appear more frequently during sleep research throughout the event:

• Much Greater Encounter Chance
  • Eevee (Halloween), Pumpkaboo, and Gourgeist
• Greater Encounter Chance
  • Pikachu (Halloween), Gastly, Haunter, Gengar, Shuppet, Banette, Drifloon, Drifblim, Mimikyu, and Skeledirge

Researchers should also note the following for this event:

• The daily rollover for the Halloween 2025 — Double Candy Research event is at 4:00am local time.
• Event bonuses for this event apply only for sleep data tracked in Greengrass Isle or Greengrass Isle (Expert)
• Event bonuses apply only for sleep tracking that begins within the event period, and do not apply to sleep tracking during the tutorial, or to sleep data tracked before the event, even if the researcher waits to review their sleep research after the event has started.
• Sleep data tracked during the event will receive event bonuses, regardless of if the researcher waits to review their sleep research until after the event has concluded.
• The bonus that raises Ghost-type helper Pokémon's main skills is capped at the normal maximum level, and cannot surpass it. In some circumstances, Pokémon already on the team before the commencement of the event may not always trigger this bonus the very first time their main skill is triggered during the event.