Pokemon Go Christmas Event Offers Free Egg Incubators

Increased chance to hatch Togepi and other Johto Pokemon between December 25 and January 3.

By Andrew Goldfarb

Niantic has revealed Pokemon Go’s new holiday event, offering increased chances to hatch and encounter certain Pokemon.

As announced in a blog post on Pokemon Go’s official site, from December 25th until January 3rd, PokeStops will offer one single-use egg incubator after your first spin each day. Eggs found during this period will have an increased chance of containing the new Johto region Pokemon, including Togepi, Pichu, Elekid, Smoochum, Magby, Igglybuff, and Cleffa.

Promotional art for Pokemon Go's holiday event

Players are also more likely to encounter Santa hat Pikachu, who was originally only in the game until December 29 but will now remain until the end of this event on January 3rd.

Beyond the holiday event, Pokemon Go will also offer an increased chance to encounter the starter Pokemon and their evolutions. From December 30th through January 8th, players are more likely to encounter Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard, Squirtle, Wartortle, and Blastoise. During this period, Lure Modules will also last 60 minutes instead of the usual 30.

This is Pokemon Go’s third major holiday event, following increased chances of meeting ghost Pokemon for Halloween and double experience for Thanksgiving.

Earlier this month, the game added more than 10,000 new PokeStops in partnership with Sprint and Starbucks and revealed the first set of Generation 2 Pokemon. Yesterday, Pokemon Go launched on Apple Watch.

For much more on Pokemon Go, check out IGN’s Pokemon Go wiki guide, including the candies you should save up for the full release of Generation 2.

Andrew is IGN’s executive editor of news and is walking a whole lot to get enough candy to evolve Togepi into Togetic. You can find him rambling about Persona and cute animals on Twitter.

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