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Ahoy! The annual Valentine's Event in Pokémon GO has started this February 10th and will last through February 14th at 8 pm local time. There are 2x Lure Duration and 2x Catch Candy bonuses active and your Buddy Pokémon can bring more items. Several hours before the event begun a Global Challenge to send Gifts started. Once it is completed, we will also unlock 3x Transfer Candy until the end of the event.
Flabébé, the Single Bloom Pokémon, Floette, the Single Bloom Pokémon, and Florges, the Garden Pokémon, make their debuts in Pokémon GO! These Pokémon were first introduced in Pokémon X and Y that take place in the Kalos region. They come in 5 different colours, some of these are regional and some are global.
- Red Flower: Europe, the Middle East and Africa
- Blue Flower: Asia-Pacific region
- Yellow Flower: Americas
- White Flower: Global (Rare Spawn)
- Orange Flower: Global (Rare Spawn)
Here is a list of the Pokémon spawning more in the wild during this event. It's a screenshot from Niantic's blog post about the event, make sure to check it out at: https://pokemongolive.com/en/post/valentines-day-event-2022/
Illumise is definitely nice because it's a regional Pokémon that I can't catch here. I do have Illumise already as it's been here in a previous event, but I didn't encounter a Shiny yet so now I have another chance.
I found a Flabébé rather quickly, the Red Flower of course as it's the one for Europe. Here is a photo of the first encounter, its Pokédex registry and its stats.
I caught a few Flabébé, only the red one so far. I haven't seen the White and Orange ones yet, not even on the nearby radar. If they're near a PokéStop I should see them show up with a dark silhouette due to them being a different form. Here is my Pokédex entry for it.
There are some of the event Pokémon that I don't have Lucky yet. Like Luvdisc, Volbeat and Minun. Of course Flabébé too because it's new. Other than that I have them all Lucky I believe, although I'd still have to evolve Woobat.
I guess I never really bothered with Volbeat before since it spawns here, and well Minun makes sense because I've already had a 100% IV since 2017 so I definitely wouldn't have been asking for it in trades. Seems like I'll have to try and receive some from trades now that they're spawning often. You can see here that I'm missing those.
Event Field Research Tasks
Once again several event Field Research Tasks. I'll list them here:
- Earn 3 Hearts with your Buddy: Eevee ✨ OR Pikachu ✨
- Use 5 Berries to help catch Pokémon: Ralts ✨
- Catch 5 Pokémon: Luvdisc ✨
- Catch 20 Luvdisc: Alomomola ✨
- Win a Raid: Frillish
- Make 5 Great Curveball Throws in a row: Spinda ✨ (Heart Shape Pattern)
Other
Heart Trim Furfrou is now available if you go to any Furfrou in your Storage, you can click on Change Form and give it the Heart Trim for 25 Furfrou Candy and 10,000 Stardust. This will only be available until the end of the event, so if you want it make sure to do so.
There are two Collection Challenges, one will reward a Male Frillish and the other a Female Frillish.
Exclusive Move: Evolving Kirlia into Gardevoir or Gallade during this event will teach them the exclusive Charged Attack "Synchronoise". Which was available during the Ralts Community Day. If you want this move, make sure to evolve one.
Audino is definitely a great wild catch with 2100 Stardust on catch. It does have a low catch rate so might be difficult to catch.