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Sudowoodo (Winter 2025)

Winter Holiday Part 1

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The event has now finished.

The first part of the winter holidays runs from 18 to 24 December and debuts Sudowoodo and Charjabug in holiday attire, which appear in the wild and in three-star raids. Charjabug in holiday attire can be evolved into a costumed Vikavolt near a Magnetic Lure Module. 7 km Eggs offer a better shot at shiny costumed Pichu and Cubchoo, and the Winter Holiday 2025 GO Pass covers both parts of the event.

Event bonuses

  • Better chance of hatching shiny Pichu wearing a festive hat and shiny Cubchoo wearing a holiday ribbon from 7 km Eggs
  • Evolve Charjabug in holiday attire into Vikavolt in holiday attire for 100 Grubbin Candy while near an active Magnetic Lure Module
  • Event-themed Field Research rewarding Stardust and encounters with event Pokémon

GO Pass

The pass runs from 18 December at 10:00 to 29 December at 20:00 local time, covering both parts of Winter Holiday, and its rewards must be claimed by 29 December at 23:59 local time.

Tier 1

  • 2× XP for sending Gifts
  • 2× Stardust for opening Gifts (Deluxe)

Tier 2

  • Opening Gifts may give extra items
  • ½ hatch distance for Eggs placed in an Incubator during the event (Deluxe)

Tier 3

  • 50% more XP for winning raids
  • 2× XP for catching Pokémon (Deluxe)

Other rewards

  • Encounters with Snom and other event Pokémon, Stardust, XP, Poké Balls and Candy
  • Snom Beanie avatar item (Deluxe)
  • Encounters with more event Pokémon, Premium Battle Passes, Rare Candy XL and Candy XL (Deluxe)

Deluxe

  • GO Pass Deluxe: US$7.99
  • GO Pass Deluxe + 10 Ranks: US$9.99, with enough GO Points to reach Rank 11

Web Store only

  • GO Pass Deluxe or GO Pass Deluxe + 10 Ranks: 10 Ultra Balls, 5 Max Revives, 1 Premium Battle Pass and 5 Max Potions
  • GO Pass Deluxe + 10 Ranks Ultra Box: 20 Ultra Balls, 10 Max Revives, 10 Max Potions, 2 Premium Battle Passes, 1 Incubator and 1 Super Incubator

In the wild

Sudowoodo (Winter 2025) Sudowoodo (Winter 2025) ✦ Shiny
Encounter Max CP
Wild (up to level 30) 1,841
Weather boosted (up to level 35) 1,994

Sudowoodo (Winter 2025) no tiene evoluciones en Pokémon GO por ahora.

Charjabug (Winter 2025) Charjabug (Winter 2025) ✦ Shiny
Encounter Max CP
Wild (up to level 30) 1,455
Weather boosted (up to level 35) 1,576

Charjabug (Winter 2025) evoluciona a Vikavolt (Winter 2025) por 100 Caramelos.

Swinub Swinub ✦ Shiny
Encounter Max CP
Wild (up to level 30) 635
Weather boosted (up to level 35) 688

Swinub evoluciona a Piloswine por 25 Caramelos, y luego a Mamoswine (Piedra Sinnoh) por 100 Caramelos.

Snorunt Snorunt ✦ Shiny
Encounter Max CP
Wild (up to level 30) 761
Weather boosted (up to level 35) 824

Snorunt evoluciona a Froslass (Piedra Sinnoh) o Glalie por 100 Caramelos, y Glalie evoluciona temporalmente a Mega-Glalie.

Spheal Spheal ✦ Shiny
Encounter Max CP
Wild (up to level 30) 825
Weather boosted (up to level 35) 893

Spheal evoluciona a Sealeo por 25 Caramelos, y luego a Walrein por 100 Caramelos.

In raids

Sudowoodo (Winter 2025) Sudowoodo (Winter 2025) ✦ Shiny
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Caught (level 20) 1,162 1,227
Weather boosted (level 25) 1,452 1,534

Top counters

  1. Mega-Lucario Palmeo / Esfera Aural
  2. Mega-Mewtwo X Contraataque / Puño Dinámico+
  3. Zacian (Espada Suprema) Garra Metal / Tajo Supremo
  4. Necrozma (Melena Crepuscular) Garra Metal / Meteoimpacto
  5. Mega-Blaziken Contraataque / Esfera Aural
  6. Zamazenta (Escudo Supremo) Garra Metal / Embate Supremo
Charjabug (Winter 2025) Charjabug (Winter 2025) ✦ Shiny
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Caught (level 20) 912 970
Weather boosted (level 25) 1,140 1,212

Top counters

  1. Blacephalon Calcinación / Cabeza Sorpresa
  2. Mega-Delphox Giro Fuego / Llama Embrujada+
  3. Mega-Blaziken Giro Fuego / Anillo Ígneo
  4. Mega-Charizard Y Giro Fuego / Anillo Ígneo
  5. Mega-Chandelure Giro Fuego / Sofoco
  6. Mega-Diancie Lanzarrocas / Avalancha
Avalugg de Hisui Avalugg de Hisui ✦ Shiny
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Caught (level 20) 1,892 1,975
Weather boosted (level 25) 2,365 2,469

Top counters

  1. Mega-Lucario Palmeo / Esfera Aural
  2. Mega-Mewtwo X Contraataque / Puño Dinámico+
  3. Zacian (Espada Suprema) Garra Metal / Tajo Supremo
  4. Mega-Blaziken Contraataque / Esfera Aural
  5. Necrozma (Melena Crepuscular) Garra Metal / Meteoimpacto
  6. Zamazenta (Escudo Supremo) Garra Metal / Embate Supremo

Hatching from Eggs

Pichu wearing a festive hat ✦ Shiny

Not in the game data yet. Its stats and page will appear here once it is.

Smoochum Smoochum ✦ Shiny
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Hatched (level 20) 686 738

Smoochum evoluciona a Jynx por 25 Caramelos.

Cubchoo (Winter 2020) Cubchoo (Winter 2020) ✦ Shiny
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Hatched (level 20) 563 610

Cubchoo (Winter 2020) evoluciona a Beartic (Winter 2020) por 50 Caramelos.

Cryogonal Cryogonal ✦ Shiny
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Hatched (level 20) 1,524 1,598

Cryogonal no tiene evoluciones en Pokémon GO por ahora.

Snom Snom
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Hatched (level 20) 269 302

Snom evoluciona a Frosmoth por 400 Caramelos.

Research encounters

Snom Snom
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Research reward (level 15) 202 226

Snom evoluciona a Frosmoth por 400 Caramelos.

Shop

  • Charjabug Bag (avatar item, stays available after the event)
  • Sudowoodo Holiday Sweater (avatar item, stays available after the event)

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Source: the official announcement on pokemongo.com. Published .