Pokemon Go January 2022 events: Raids, Research Breakthrough and more

Here’s what’s happening in Pokemon Go this month.

The year 2022 has begun and Pokemon Go is welcoming the new year with a series of events and activities. Over the next few weeks, the Pokemon mobile game will host new Legendary Pokemon raids, January Community Day and several other in-game events, as well as a new weekly Spotlight Hour. Here’s everything going on in Pokemon Go January 2022.

January research breakthrough: Onix

New Field Research quests and rewards will be available in Pokemon Go starting January 1, as well as a new Field Research encounter. Every time you achieve a Research Breakthrough in January, you’ll have a chance to catch Pokemon Onix with a stone. On top of that, you’ll be able to earn Steelix Mega Energy by completing Timed Research quests.

Research Breakthroughs are tied to stamps you get from Field Research quests. You will earn one stamp for the first task you complete each day, and you must collect a total of seven stamps to achieve the Research Breakthrough. Any stamps you earned in the last month will continue until you reach the Research Breakthrough.

January spotlight

Pokemon Go’s weekly Spotlight Hour event will continue into January. Every Tuesday night, from 6 to 7 p.m. local time, the game introduces a different Pokemon and rewards, such as an XP boost or candy. You can check out the full schedule of January Spotlight Hour below:

January 4

Pokemon Focus: Solosis
Spotlight Reward: 2x Transfer Candy

January 11

Pokemon Focus: Diglett
Focal reward: 2x catch Stardust

January 18

Pokemon Spotlight: Plusle
Featured reward: 2x catch candy

January 25th

Pokemon Focus: Mine
Spotlight Reward: 2x Transfer Candy

January raid

Several Legendary Pokemon will appear in five-star raids throughout January. Heatran will return to raid rotation on January 7 after Kyurem leaves, while Shock Drive Genesect and Regice will appear at the end of the month. On top of that, Mega Aerodactyl will make its debut during Mega raids starting January 7. You can check out January’s raid schedule below:

Legendary raids

January 7th to January 15th

Heatran

January 15th to January 24th

Shock Drive Genesect

January 24 to February 1

Regice

Mega raid

January 7 to February 1

Mega Aerodactyl

Community Day January

Pokemon Go’s January Community Day takes place on Sunday, January 16. This month’s featured monster is the Ice Pokemon Spheal, which will spawn in the wild more often than usual during the event. On top of that, you’ll earn triple XP for catching Pokemon, and any Sealeo you evolve into a Walrein will learn Fast Attack Powder Snow and Charged Attack Icicle Spear.

Mountains of Power Event

Pokemon Go is hosting a new event called Mountains of Power from January 7 to January 13. A few details have been revealed so far, but more information will be announced as we go. close to the event.

Meanwhile, Pokemon Go’s New Year event is running until January 4th. You also still have a few days left to catch Kyurem. Ice/dragon Legendary Pokemon will appear in five-star raids until January 7.

Originally published on December 22, 2021 at 1:10 p.m. PT.

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