The Spooky Season continues in Pokémon GO, with Part II of the Halloween 2024 event commencing Monday at 10:00am local time

Niantic's celebration of the spooky season continues with Part II of Pokémon GO's Halloween 2024 event commencing this Monday, October 28th, at 10:00am local time, continuing through to next Sunday November 3rd, at 8:00pm local time. Froakie and Rowlet wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume will both make Pokémon GO debuts in this event, and Gengar's Gigantamax form also makes its debut in Max Battles.

Froakie and Rowlet wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume can be evolved into their first stage evolutions for 25 Candy, and then into their second stage evolutions for 100 Candy. Both Pokémon will also continue to wear their Halloween costumes after evolution.

Event Bonuses and Activities
The following bonuses are active during the event period:

• 2× Candy for catching Pokémon.
• Increased chance for Trainers level 31 and up to receive Candy XL for successfully catching Pokémon with Nice Throws or better.
• Increased chance to encounter Shiny Zorua in the wild.

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

PokéStop Showcases for event-themed Pokémon will also be running throughout the event period at different PokéStops.

Field Research
Free Event-themed Field Research tasks will be available for this event. Completing these tasks will award encounters with a variety of seasonally appropriate Pokémon:

• Pikachu wearing a witch hat ⁂
• Vulpix wearing a Spooky Festival costume ⁂
• Piplup wearing a Halloween Mischief costume ⁂
• Froakie wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume ⁂
• Rowlet wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume ⁂
• Morpeko
• Spiritomb (uncommon) ⁂

Trainers completing certain Field Research tasks will also earn earn Mega Energy for select Pokémon:

• Gengar Mega Energy
• Houndoom Mega Energy
• Sableye Mega Energy
• Banette Mega Energy
• Absol Mega Energy

Timed Research
Three sets of event-exclusive Timed Research tasks, all of which became available alongside Part I of this event, continue to be available throughout Part II. This includes the free event-exclusive Timed Research focusing on Spiritomb and its 108 spirits, and two sets of paid Timed Research. For more details on this research and the rewards associated with it, please see our coverage of Part I.

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

Wild Encounters
The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild:

• Vulpix wearing a Spooky Festival costume ⁂
• Shuppet ⁂
• Piplup wearing a Halloween Mischief costume ⁂
• Woobat ⁂
• Zorua ⁂
• Froakie wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume ⁂
• Inkay ⁂
• Phantump ⁂
• Pumpkaboo wearing a Spooky Festival costume ⁂
• Rowlet wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume ⁂
• Pikachu wearing a witch hat (uncommon) ⁂

Raids
The following Pokémon will appear in raids:

• One-Star Raids
  • Pikachu wearing a witch hat
  • Froakie wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume (increased Shiny chance)
  • Rowlet wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume (increased Shiny chance)
• Three-Star Raids
  • Gengar wearing a Spooky Festival costume (increased Shiny chance)
  • Umbreon (increased Shiny chance)
  • Drifblim wearing a Halloween Mischief costume (increased Shiny chance)
• Six-Star Max Battles
  • Gigantamax Gengar (from October 31st, at 10:00am, to November 3rd, at 8:00pm) ⁂

Eggs
The following Pokémon will hatch from 7 km Eggs, and will have an increased Shiny chance:

• Vulpix wearing a Spooky Festival costume ⁂
• Pichu wearing a witch hat ⁂
• Froakie wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume ⁂
• Rowlet wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume ⁂