Pokémon GO Info
All events > Winter Holiday Part 1

Sudowoodo (Winter 2025)

Winter Holiday Part 1

Start
Finish
Status
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

Al momento Sudowoodo (Winter 2025) non ha evoluzioni in Pokémon GO.

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) si evolve in Vikavolt (Winter 2025) con 100 caramelle.

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

Swinub si evolve in Piloswine con 25 caramelle, poi in Mamoswine (Pietra Sinnoh) con 100 caramelle.

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

Snorunt si evolve in Froslass (Pietra Sinnoh) o Glalie con 100 caramelle, e Glalie si evolve temporaneamente in MegaGlalie.

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

Spheal si evolve in Sealeo con 25 caramelle, poi in Walrein con 100 caramelle.

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. MegaLucario Palmoforza / Forzasfera
  2. MegaMewtwo X Contrattacco / Dinamipugno+
  3. Zacian (Re delle Spade) Ferrartigli / Taglio Maestoso
  4. Necrozma (Criniera del Vespro) Ferrartigli / Astrocarica
  5. MegaBlaziken Contrattacco / Forzasfera
  6. Zamazenta (Re degli Scudi) Ferrartigli / Colpo Maestoso
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 Bruciatutto / Sbalorditesta
  2. MegaDelphox Turbofuoco / Magifiamma+
  3. MegaBlaziken Turbofuoco / Incendio
  4. MegaCharizard Y Turbofuoco / Incendio
  5. MegaChandelure Turbofuoco / Vampata
  6. MegaDiancie Sassata / Frana
Avalugg di Hisui Avalugg di 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. MegaLucario Palmoforza / Forzasfera
  2. MegaMewtwo X Contrattacco / Dinamipugno+
  3. Zacian (Re delle Spade) Ferrartigli / Taglio Maestoso
  4. MegaBlaziken Contrattacco / Forzasfera
  5. Necrozma (Criniera del Vespro) Ferrartigli / Astrocarica
  6. Zamazenta (Re degli Scudi) Ferrartigli / Colpo Maestoso

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 si evolve in Jynx con 25 caramelle.

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

Cubchoo (Winter 2020) si evolve in Beartic (Winter 2020) con 50 caramelle.

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

Al momento Cryogonal non ha evoluzioni in Pokémon GO.

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

Snom si evolve in Frosmoth con 400 caramelle.

Research encounters

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

Snom si evolve in Frosmoth con 400 caramelle.

Shop

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

Also running

Palkia
GO Pass: December
2nd Dec 2025
 Scatterbug
Forever Friends Timed Research
15th Dec 2025
 Lunatone
Celestial Research Day
20th Dec 2025
 Bulbasaur
Pokémon GO at Techfest 2025
In person
22nd Dec 2025

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