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February 1, 2024

Pokémon GO’s Carnival of Love 2024 event!

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Trainers,

The Carnival of Love event is coming soon to Pokémon GO, bringing festivities for all to enjoy! For
the first time in Pokémon GO, you’ll be able to encounter Shiny Oricorio—if you’re lucky!

Carnival of Love
Tuesday, February 13, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. to Thursday, February 15, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. local time
Event Bonuses
Increased chance of receiving Candy XL when walking with your buddy

Two guaranteed Candy XL for evolving Pokémon

Give your Furfrou a fresh trim!

For the duration of the Carnival of Love event, you’ll be able to change your Natural Form
Furfrou to Heart Trim Furfrou!

Heart Trim
Furfrou

Follow these steps to change Furfrou’s Trim.

Find Furfrou in your Pokémon Storage, tap it to check its summary, and then tap the
Change Form button to bring up a menu that lists the available trims.
Select your preferred trim.
Changing your Furfrou from one trim to any other trim will cost 25 Furfrou Candy and
10,000 Stardust.

Wild encounters
The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild.

Also, for the first time in Pokémon GO, you’ll be able to encounter Shiny Oricorio—if you’re
lucky!

Baile Style Oricorio: Appearing in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
Pom-Pom Style Oricorio: Appearing in the Americas
 Pa’u Style Oricorio: Appearing in African, Asian, Pacific, and Caribbean islands
Sensu Style Oricorio: Appearing in the Asia-Pacific region

Flabébé with differently colored flowers will also be appearing in the wild depending on where
you are in the world:

Red Flower Flabébé: Appearing in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
Blue Flower Flabébé: Appearing in the Asia-Pacific region
Yellow Flower Flabébé: Appearing in the Americas

If you’re lucky, you might encounter White Flower Flabébé and Orange Flower Flabébé, no
matter what region you’re in.

Snubbull Skitty Luvdisc Red Flower Blue Flower

Flabébé Flabébé

Yellow Furfrou Baile Style Pom-Pom Pa’u Style

Flower Oricorio Style Oricorio
Flabébé Oricorio

Sensu Style Stufful Quaxly

Oricorio

Some Trainers might even encounter the following!

 Roselia White Orange
Flower Flower
Flabébé Flabébé

If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!

Field Research task encounters

Event-themed Field Research tasks will be available!

The following Pokémon will be available to encounter when you complete Field Research
tasks!

Snubbull Roselia Spinda with Clamperl Luvdisc

a heart
pattern

Furfrou Stufful

If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!

Collection Challenge
A Carnival of Love–themed Collection Challenge is coming!
Complete the Collection Challenge to receive XP, Stardust, and an encounter with Roserade.

Roserade

New avatar item

The following avatar item will be available to purchase in the in-game shop during this event
and will continue to be available after the event ends!

Luvdisc Tambourine Pose

PokéStop Showcases
Be on the lookout for Showcases at different PokéStops during the Carnival of Love event
where you can enter event-themed Pokémon. Trainers will be able to enter their biggest Buddy
 Pokémon!*

*Buddy Pokémon must be a Great Buddy or higher to be entered in the Showcase.

Exclusive bonus for Trainers in Brazil

Trainers located in Brazil can look forward to earning twice the XP for catching Pokémon
during the Carnival of Love event in celebration of Brazilian Carnaval!

Paid Timed Research

For US$1.00 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), you’ll be able to access
event-exclusive Timed Research.

Timed Research rewards include the following.

Stardust, XP, and two Incense

Five encounters with Spinda with a heart pattern

Please note that Timed Research expires. The tasks associated with this Timed Research must
be completed and their rewards must be claimed before Thursday, February 15, 2024, at 8:00
p.m. local time.

Trainers will be able to purchase and gift tickets to any of their Pokémon GO friends that they
have achieved a Friendship level of Great Friends or higher with. Please note that purchases—
including those made for other Trainers—are non-refundable (subject to applicable law and the
exceptions set forth in the Terms of Service). Tickets cannot be purchased with PokéCoins.

Please be aware of your surroundings and follow guidelines from local health authorities when
playing Pokémon GO. Upcoming events are subject to change. Be sure to follow us on social media,
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—The Pokémon GO team

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