Pokemon Go Halloween 2024 Part 1 event: Spiritomb Challenge & Field Research tasks

Pokemon Go has just announced part one of the 2024 Halloween event, bringing Morpeko and Dynamax Gastly into the game for the first time.

In October of each year, Niantic launches a series of events inside Pokemon Go that focuses on the Halloween theme. These events tend to focus on dark and ghost-type creatures and have some sort of spooky aspect to the included Research quests.

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Halloween 2024 is finally here, andPokemon Gois set to focus on the debut of the Galar rodent creature, Morpeko.

Here’s everything we know about the Halloween 2024 Part 1 event in Pokemon Go, including when it starts, what it features, and more.

Pokemon Go Morpeko avatar items

Pokemon Go Halloween 2024 Part 1 event dates & times

The Halloween 2024 Part 1 eventbegins on Tuesday, October 22, at 10 am and will end on Monday, June 14, 2025, at 10 am local time.

Spiritomb Challenge Free Timed Research – Quest steps & rewards

Free Timed Research, focused on Gen 4 Pokemon Spiritomb, tasks players with completingfive individual quest steps, completion of which grants a guaranteed encounter with the Ghost/Dark-type. The full quest list and associated rewards are below.

Spiritomb Challenge rewards

Morpeko Onesie Paid Timed Research Tasks & rewards

TheMorpeko Onesie Paid Research ticket costs $5 and is split into two steps, with the second being a branching path between Hangry and Full Belly Modes.

All tasks must be completed and rewards claimedbefore August 22, 2025, at 8 pm local time. See below for the full list of tasks and rewards:

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Mopeko Onesie (Step 1)

Hangry Mode (Step 2)

Full Belly Mode (Step 2)

Other rewards include:

Costume Party Premium Timed Research Tasks & rewards

TheCostume Party Premium Timed Research ticket costs $2and awards encounters with Halloween-themed Pokemon after completing each task. See below for the full list of tasks and their respective rewards.

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Costume Party Tasks & rewards

Field Research Tasks & Encounters

Here are the six Field Research tasks, and their respective rewards,available during Part 1 of Pokemon Go’s Halloween event.

Morpeko will debut during the event, and the moody rodent will have two featured attacks, one while it’s in Full Belly Mode, and another while it’s angry.

Morpeko will know the Electric-type Charged Attack Aura Wheel while it is in Full Belly Mode. It has 100 power and increases the user’s Attack by one stage

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Morpeko will know the Dark-type Charged Attack Aura Wheel while it is in Hangry Mode. It also has 100 power and increases the user’s Attack by one stage.

Max Battles

During the event, PoGo will change up the Max Battle encounters as well as it introduces Dynamax Gastly. Gastly and Falinks will be available in their shiny forms during the Halloween event.

One-Star Max Battles

Three-Star Max Battles

Halloween 2024 Part 1 Event Bonuses & new Avatar items

During the spooky event, Pokemon Go players will get access to the following bonuses:

New avatar items will be available in the shop as well, focusing on Halloween, Woobat, and Morpeko.

Halloween 2024 Part 1 Wild Encounters

Just over a dozen Pokemon will be spawning in the wild and nearly all of them are available in their Shiny forms. Only Gen 9’s spooky dog Greavard doesn’t have a Shiny variant.

Halloween 2024 Part 1 Raid Encounters

Both one and three-star raids will see a change during the Halloween event, and every one of the Pokemon included have a chance to spawn in their Shiny forms.

One-Star Raids

Three-Star Raids

There’s everything you need to know about Pokemon Go’s Halloween 2024 Part 1 event. Don’t forget to stay up to date with all the ongoing events like thePokemon Go Spotlight Hour,Community Day, and thecurrent Raid Boss schedule.