Valentine's Day 2023 Event Guide (& Rewards)

The Valentine’s Day Event has arrived in Pokémon GO and with it are a number of tasks and rewards for players to strive for, including Mega Gardevoir!

Pokémon GO's Mega Gardevoir and Tapu Lele on a flowering field

Valentine’s Day has come again, and Pokémon GO is greeting it with the debut of Mega Gardevoir during its Valentine’s Day Event! Lasting from now until 8:00 p.m. local time on February 14, there are a host Valentine’s Day related activities for trainers to partake in!

First and most prominently of the Valentine’s Day activities is the bonuses related to the Raltz evolutionary line. Like with Pokémon GO’s Noibat Community Day, any Kirlia evolved into a Gallade or Gardevoir during the event’s run will know the Psychic-type Charged ATtack ‘Synchronoise.’ The same goes for any Raid Bosses caught during the Event. This applies to the Mega Gardevoir Raids as well, which are the hardest type of Raids currently in Pokémon GO, so players would do well to keep a sharp eye out for appropriate Gyms.

Pokémon GO’s Global Valentine’s Challenge

While Mega Gardevoir might be the centerpiece of 2023’s Event, it’s far from the only thing available. During the Event, gifts will grant 2x Starudst, and Lure Modules will last for two hours. There’s alsoa global challenge. Until 10:00 p.m. PST on February 14, trainers can work together to contribute to a collective gifting total.

Trainers can send anything from Star Dust to Event Ticket as gifts in Pokémon GO to their friends. If at any point during the event a total of 100,000,000 Gifts have sent Globally, all trainers will get 3x the Transfer Candy they would normally receive for the rest of the Event. Trainers level 31+ will also receive 2x the Transfer Candy XL they would normally get.

Lovely Wishes Timed Research

Catching Frillish And Adding It To Pokémon GO Dex

Lovely Wishes is a two-step Timed Research that trainers will be able to access during the Event, centered around Frillish, and trainers can choose a special bonus reward at the end. Once all the tasks of a Step has been completed, trainers will receive rewards for the entire Step.

	Tasks	Rewards
Step 1	Catch 5 Pokémon	15 Poké Balls
	Spin 3 Poké Stops or Gyms	10 Great Balls
	Power up Pokémon 5 times	2 Silver Pinap Berries
Step 1 Rewards		500 XP, 1 Lucky Egg, 500 Stardust in Pokémon GO
Step 2	Catch 10 Pokémon	Female Frillish Encounter
	Catch 25 Pokémon	Male Frillish Encounter
	Catch 8 different Pokémon species	Female Frillish Encounter
	Earn 25,000 XP	Male Frillish Encounter
	Send 25 gifts	Female Frillish Encounter
Step 2 Rewards		Frillish Encounter

Catch Bonus	Incense Bonus	Candy Bonus
1 Lucky Egg, double catch XP for Event’s duration	10 Golden Razz Berries, 25 Ultra Balls, Daily Adventure Incenses last 15 minutes longer for Event’s Duration	1 Lure Module, double Candy from catching Pokémon during the Event.

Wild Encounters and Field Research Encounters

Image of Skitty pasted on a blurred background from Pokémon GO showing Pokémon frolicking in a grassy field.

A number of Event specific Pokémon will be more common during for trainers to encounter, as per the game’s norm. On top of that, any Field Research Tasks completed in Pokémon GO will also reward trainers with bonus encounters as well.

Wild Encounters
Nidoran(f)**	Nidoran(m)**	Skitty**	Volbeat**	Illumise**	Woobat**	Frillish(f)**	Red Flower Flabébé	Yellow Flower Flabébé
Blue Flower Flabébé	Natural Form Furfrou**	Morelull	Chansey**	Audino	Alomomola*	White Flower Flabébé	Orange Flower Flabébé
Any Pokémon marked with a * has an increased chance of being Shiny.*

Field Research Encounters
Pikachu**	Eevee**	Ralts**	Luvdisc**	Hippopotas**	Frillish(f)**	Frillish(m)**
Litleo**	Chansey**	Heart pattern Spinda**	Combee*	Audino	Alomomola**	Morelull
Any Pokémon marked with a * has an increased chance of being Shiny.*

Special Valentine Raids

Tapu Lele and Mega Gardevoir with Pokemon GO's map blurred-out in the background.

In addition to the above discussions about Mega Gardevoir’s Raid, there are a number of event specific Raids that trainers will be able to partake in. Trainers who missed Pokémon GO’s Tapu Koko Raid can try for Tapu Lele at least.

One-Star	Chansey**	Shinx**	Natural Form Furfrou**	Espurr**
Three-Star	Nidoqueen	Nidoking	Lickitung**	Miltank**	Gallade
Five-Star	Tapu Lele**
Mega	Mega Gardevoir**
Any Pokémon marked with a * has an increased chance of being Shiny.*

Special Form Furfrou

The event gives trainers two special things they can do. Trainers can give their Furfrous special Trims that change their hairstyle, switching between Natural Form and Heart Trim. The changes are permanent but can only be made during the event, and each change costs 25 Furfrou Candy and 10,000 Stardust.