Pokémon GO’s Season of Precious Paths’ Winter Holiday Part 1 event guide

Pokémon GO’s yearly Winter Holiday event is back and this year’s event features Sudowoodo, Charjabug, and Vikavolt dressed for the season. Since this is the Part 1 of this year’s event, the focus will be on the new costumed debuts, the return of some previous Winter Holiday-themed Pokémon via Field Research tasks and 7 km Eggs.

Now, check out what’s happening during the Winter Holiday Part 1 event with our guide below:

 

Pokémon GO’s Season of Precious Paths – Winter Holiday Part 1

Begins: Thursday, December 18th, 2025 at 10 a.m. your local time.

Ends: Wednesday, December 24th, 2025 at 10 a.m. your local time.

 

Pokémon debuts – Costumed Sudowoodo, Costumed Charjabug, and Costumed Vikavolt

 

 

For the first part of this year’s Winter Holiday event, there are three new costumed Pokémon celebrating the holidays: Sudowoodo wearing holiday attire, Charjabug wearing holiday attire, and Vikavolt wearing holiday attire. Sudowoodo and Charjabug will be available via wild encounters (if you’re lucky) and Three-Star Raids.

As for Vikavolt, Trainers will have to obtain them via evolving a Charjabug with 100 Grubbin Candies and a PokéStop that has a Magnetic Lure Module activated.

Plus, costumed Pokémon from previous Winter Holiday events will be available.

 

Note: Going forward, these Pokémon will be referred to as “Costumed” rather than the exact outfit they are wearing.

 

Event Bonuses

• Increased chance to hatch Shiny Pichu wearing a festive hat and Shiny Cubchoo wearing a holiday ribbon from 7 km Eggs

 

Plus, the following Season of Precious Paths bonuses will be in effect:

• One additional Special Trade per day
• Increased Stardust for the first catch of the day
• Increased friendship bonus damage dealt by Pokémon in Raids

 

From Thursday, December 18th, 2025 at 10 a.m. to Monday, December 29th, 2025 at 8 p.m. your local time, the GO Pass: Winter Holiday 2025 will be issued to all Trainers. Bonuses tied to three different tiers will be available in both the free version and the deluxe version.

• Free version:
  • Tier 1: 2× XP from sending Gifts
  • Tier 2: Additional items may be rewarded from opening Gifts
  • Tier 3: 50% more XP for winning Raid Battles
• GO Pass Deluxe:
  • Tier 1: 2× Stardust from opening Gifts
  • Tier 2: 1/2 Egg Hatch Distance when Eggs are placed in an Incubator during the event period
  • Tier 3: 2× XP from catching Pokémon

 

And if Trainers purchase the GO Pass Deluxe for the December GO Pass, then the following bonuses will also be active until January 2nd, 2026 at 9 a.m. your local time:

• Tier 1: 
  • Open up to 40 Gifts per day
  • Receive up to 125 Gifts per day from spinning PokéStop and Gym Photo Discs
  • Hold up to 10 additional Gifts in your Item Bag
• Tier 2:
  • 2× Daily Adventure Incense duration
• Tier 3:
  • Additional rewards for completing in-person Raids and Max Battles

 

Event Boxes

If any special event boxes or bundles are released during the event, they’ll be listed here once the event is live. Daily bundles are also available and can be viewed online via the Pokémon GO Web Store.

• GO Pass Deluxe: Winter Holiday 2025 (US$7.99 via Pokémon GO Web Store, purchase limit 1): 1 GO Pass Deluxe: Winter Holiday, 10 Ultra Balls, 5 Max Revives, 1 Premium Battle Pass, 5 Max Potions, and 96 Reward Points.
• GO Pass Deluxe: Winter Holiday 2025 + 10 Ranks (US$9.99 via Pokémon GO Web Store, purchase limit 1): 1 GO Pass Deluxe: Winter Holiday, +10 Ranks, 10 Ultra Balls, 5 Max Revives, 1 Premium Battle Pass, 5 Max Potions, and 120 Reward Points.
• GO Pass Deluxe: Winter Holiday 2025 + 10 Ranks Ultra Box (US$14.99 via Pokémon GO Web Store, purchase limit 1): 1 GO Pass Deluxe: Winter Holiday, +10 Ranks, 20 Ultra Balls, 10 Max Revives, 2 Premium Battle Passes, 1 Egg Incubator, 1 Super Incubator, 10 Max Potions, and 180 Reward Points.

 

Wild Encounters

• The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild: Alolan Vulpix*, Swinub*, Delibird*, Snorunt*, Spheal*, Snover*, and Galarian Darumaka*.
  • If you’re lucky, you might encounter the following Pokémon: Costumed Sudowoodo* and Costumed Charjabug*.

 

Note: Pokémon marked with an * means that “If you’re lucky, you might encounter a Shiny one!”

 

Eggs

The following Pokémon will be hatching from Eggs that are obtained during the event:

• 7 km Eggs
  • 1-Egg Rarity: Costumed Pichu*, Smoochum*, Costumed Cubchoo*, Cryogonal*, and Snom.

 

Notes:

• Pokémon marked with an * means that “If you’re lucky, you might hatch a Shiny one!”
• These 7 km Eggs will be available during the Winter Holiday Part 2 event.

 

Raids

Standard and Shadow Raids will be active during the event.

 

Standard Raids

The following Pokémon will be appearing in Raids:

• One-Star Raids: 
  • Machop*, Shuckle*, Meditite*, and Scraggy* (until Monday, December 22nd, 2025 at 10 a.m. your local time).
  • ??? (starting on Monday, December 22nd, 2025 at 10 a.m. your local time).
• Three-Star Raids:
  • Costumed Sudowoodo*, Hisuian Avalugg*, and Costumed Charjabug*.
• Five-Star Raids:
  • Reshiram* (until Monday, December 22nd, 2025 at 10 a.m. your local time).
  • Zekrom* (starting on Monday, December 22nd, 2025 at 10 a.m. your local time).
• Mega Raids:
  • Mega Abomasnow* (until Monday, December 22nd, 2025 at 10 a.m. your local time).
  • Mega Glalie* (starting on Monday, December 22nd, 2025 at 10 a.m. your local time).

 

Shadow Raids

The following Pokémon will be appearing in Shadow Raids:

• One-Star Shadow Raids: Shadow Drowzee*, Shadow Ralts*, Shadow Bagon*, and Shadow Snover.
• Three-Star Shadow Raids: Shadow Scyther*, Shadow Aerodactyl*, and Shadow Sableye*.
• Five-Star Shadow Raids: Shadow Heatran* (See Additional Notes).

 

Additional Notes:

• Pokémon marked with an * means that “If you’re lucky, you might encounter a Shiny one!”
• Standard Raids:
  • One- and Five-Star line ups will change on Monday, December 22nd, 2025 at 10 a.m. your local time.
  • Three-Star line up will slightly change on Wednesday, December 24th, 2025 at 10 a.m. your local time. This is the start of the Winter Holiday Part 2 event.
  • Zekrom* will be available after the event (in Five-Star Raids), until Wednesday, December 31st, 2025 at 10 a.m. your local time.
  • Mega Glalie* will be available after the event (in Mega Raids), until Wednesday, December 31st, 2025 at 10 a.m. your local time.
• Shadow Raids:
  • One- and Three-Star Shadow Raids will be available daily.
  • Five-Star Shadow Raids will be available on weekends (Saturday and Sunday), unless otherwise stated by Niantic.

 

Max Battles

Max Battles will be active during the event.

 

• One-Star Max Battles: Dynamax Bulbasaur*, Dynamax Charmander*, Dynamax Squirtle*, Dynamax Caterpie*,Dynamax Abra*, Dynamax Gastly*, Dynamax Krabby*, Dynamax Omanyte*, Dynamax Kabut0*, Dynamax Ralts*, Dynamax Pidove*, Dynamax Woobat*, Dynamax Drilbur*, Dynamax Trubbish*, Dynamax Inkay*, Dynamax Bounsweet*, Dynamax Grookey, Dynamax Scorbunny, Dynamax Sobble, Dynamax Skwovet*, Dynamax Rookiedee*, Dynamax Wooloo*, and Dynamax Hatenna.
  • One-Star and/or Three-Star Max Battles (Max Mondays): Dynamax Spheal* (only on Monday, December 22nd, 2025 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. your local time)
• Two-Star Max Battles: Dynamax Machop*, Dynamax Eevee*, Dynamax Shuckle*, Dynamax Wailmer*, and Dynamax Darumaka*.
• Three-Star Max Battles: Dynamax Hitmonlee*, Dynamax Hitmonchan*, Dynamax Chansey*, Dynamax Sableye*, Dynamax Cryogonal*, Dynamax Passimian*, and Dynamax Falinks*.

 

Additional Notes:

• Pokémon marked with an * means that “If you’re lucky, you might encounter a Shiny one!”
• Max Battles require Max Particles (MP):
  • One-Star Max Battles cost 250 MP.
  • Two-Star Max Battles cost 400 MP.
  • Three-Star Max Battles cost 400 MP.
  • Six-Star Max Battles cost 800 MP.

 

Field Research Tasks

There will be event-exclusive Field Research Tasks available and the rewards include the following Pokémon encounters: [Pokémon]. [ Pokémon Mega Energy will also be rewarded when completing specific tasks.] These Field Research Tasks can be found when spinning PokéStops (and acquired if you have an open slot in your Field Research menu) when the event is active.

A complete list of tasks and rewards will be shared here once the event is live.

 

• Task: Catch 10 Pokémon
  • Reward: 1,500 Stardust
• Task: Catch 15 Pokémon
  • Reward: Costumed (Santa hat) Pikachu*  encounter OR Costumed (Holiday attire) Pikachu*  encounter
• Task: Send 5 Gifts to Friends
  • Reward: Delibird* encounter
• Task: Send 15 Gifts to Friends
  • Reward: Costumed Spheal* encounter

 

Note: Pokémon marked with an * means that “If you’re lucky, you might encounter a Shiny one!”

 

PokéStop Showcase

During the event, PokéStop Showcases might be active. The theme of these contests is to submit the biggest Pokémon being requested. This section will be updated if PokéStop Showcases are scheduled and active.

 

Avatar Items

New avatar items themed after Charjabug and Sudowoodo will be released during this event. They will be available for purchase (with PokéCoins) via the in-game shop. These avatar items will still be available to purchase after the conclusion of this event.

 

 

The new avatar items are the following:

• Charjabug Bag (200 PokéCoins)
• Sudowoodo Holiday Sweater (200 PokéCoins)

 

There will also be a Snom-themed beanie, but that is only available via the GO Pass Deluxe version of the GO Pass: Winter Holiday 2025.

 

 

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