October 15, 2020

Catch Ghost-type Pokémon in an all-new kind of Pokémon GO event!

Pokémon GO

Trainers,

Halloween is right around the corner, and Ghost-type Pokémon will be appearing more often! It’s time to put your catching skills to the test during the Catch Mastery: Ghost event!

Date + Time

Sunday, October 25, 2020, from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. local time

Features

  • Drifloon will be appearing more often in the wild! If you’re lucky, you might encounter a Shiny one.
  • There will be exclusive Timed Research available only during this event!
  • Complete event-exclusive Field Research tasks to encounter Ghost-type Pokémon and earn Gengar Mega Energy.

Bonuses

  • During this event, you’ll earn additional XP when catching Pokémon with Nice, Great, Excellent, and Curveball Throws.

It’s time to show those Ghost-type Pokémon that we’re not afraid of them, no matter how spooky they might be! Catch as many as you can, Trainer, before they get a chance to scare you off!

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—The Pokémon GO team