Johto Celebration Event

Johto Celebration Event was an event in Pokémon GO focused on the Johto Region. It was a part of Season of Celebration.

Sneasel Limited Research and Pokémon Spotlight Hour featuring Phanpy were available during this event.

Featured Pokémon
These Shiny Pokémon were released with the start of the event: PS Miltank

Selected Pokémon had increased spawn rates in the wild and from Incense or Lure Modules:

5-km Pokémon Eggs obtained during the event would hatch more of these Pokémon:

The following Raid Bosses were available for a time of this event.

From the start of event to January, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. local time:

From January, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. local time onward:

Exclusive move
In order to obtain Frenzy Plant, Blast Burn, Dragon Pulse, or Smack Down, Trainers had to evolve Bayleef, Quilava, Flaaffy, or Pupitar into Meganium, Typhlosion, Ampharos, or Tyranitar respectively during the event. In order to obtain Earthquake, Trainers had to catch Ho-Oh from timed research or raid during the event. Trainers cannot use TMs to obtain the attacks.

Field Research event tasks
There were several Field Research tasks exclusively for the duration of the event.

Timed Research
From the start of event to February 8 p.m. local time, there was a Timed Research series that was titled Johto Celebration Event in game. Ho-Oh caught in this research would learn Earthquake.

Collection Challenge
To complete the Collection Challenge, Trainer must catch all of the following Pokémon during the event.