Pokémon GO’s February 2026 events are packed, leaning hard into Kalos hype while still giving casual players plenty to do every single week.
It’s one of those months where, if you’re even slightly active, you’ll probably end up playing more than you planned “just to finish this one task.”
Pokémon GO February 2026 Events
February 2026 is stacked with Community Day, mini‑events, Valentine’s bonuses, Lunar New Year, and the big Pokémon GO Tour: Kalos celebrations spread across Tainan, Los Angeles, and a Global weekend.
Across all of that, Solgaleo, Lunala, Shadow Regigigas, and Growlithe keep showing up as the month’s unofficial mascots.
The core event lineup looks like this, in simple human terms:
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February 1 – Vulpix & Alolan Vulpix Community Day (3‑hour classic grind, shiny chase, exclusive moves).
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February 3–8 – Carnival of Flamigo (new debut, boosted shinies, carnival vibes).
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February 7 – Catch Mastery: Oricorio (throw‑skill flex day, extra XP and candy for good throws).
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February 10–15 – Valentine’s Day 2026 (pink, hearts, shiny Nidoran♀/♂ and Cherubi, gift and XP bonuses).
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February 14 – Raid Day.
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February 15 – Max Battle Day.
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February 17–21 – Lunar New Year.
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February 20–22 – GO Tour Kalos: Tainan and GO Tour Kalos: Los Angeles.
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February 23–27 – Road to Kalos (build‑up event with region nostalgia and rotating wild spawns).
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February 28–March 1 – GO Tour Kalos: Global, playable from anywhere.
It’s also the final full month of the Season of Precious Paths, so a lot of this feels like Niantic tying a bow on the season with raids, Dynamax‑style Max Battles, and egg pools all pointing toward Kalos and beyond.
Raids, Megas, and Shadow Raids
If you’re a raid‑focused player, February is basically a tour of legendaries and mega evolutions with a cosmic theme on top. Tier 5 raids rotate like this:
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January 25 – February 4: Incarnate Tornadus.
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February 4 – 16: Dialga and Palkia (Incarnate forms).
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February 16 – 21: Solgaleo.
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February 21 – March 4: Lunala.
Shadow Regigigas spices up weekends in Shadow Raids from February 1 to March 4, which is exactly the kind of thing that has people setting alarms despite swearing they’re “playing casually now.”
On the Mega side, the month cycles through:
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January 25 – February 4: Mega Ampharos.
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February 4 – 16: Mega Pidgeot.
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February 16 – 21: Mega Sableye.
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February 21 – March 4: Mega Absol.
It’s a decent spread, some Pokédex gaps for newer players, some XL candy farming for veterans. If you’re clever (or just mildly obsessed), you can line up your Mega choices with Raid Hours and Spotlight Hours to double dip on candy.
Spotlight Hours and Raid Hours
February’s Spotlight Hours lean into a mix of “I forgot you existed” mons and genuinely useful ones, each with a simple, tempting bonus from 6–7 p.m. local time every Tuesday:
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February 3 – Whismur with 2× Catch Candy.
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February 10 – Munna with 2× Catch XP.
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February 17 – Horsea with 2× Transfer Candy.
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February 24 – Totodile with 2× Catch Stardust.
It’s classic “log in for an hour and accidentally stay longer” design. Even if you don’t care about Whismur, 2× Candy is great for stocking up XLs or evolving for XP.
And that Totodile Stardust hour at the end of the month is exactly the kind of thing that turns a random Tuesday into a Stardust farm session.
Raid Hours on Wednesdays follow the 5‑star rotation, also from 6–7 p.m. local time:
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February 4 & 11 – Dialga and Palkia.
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February 18 – Solgaleo.
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February 25 – Lunala.
If you’ve got a local group or a remote raiding circle, these nights are when most of the “anyone up for 3 more?” messages flood in.
Max Battles and Precious Paths
Max Battles continue to tie into the Precious Paths season, with different Dynamax Pokémon headlining each Monday window from 6–7 p.m. local time:
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February 2–9 – Wailmer.
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February 9–16 – Growlithe.
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February 16–23 – Machop.
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February 23–March 2 – Chansey (plus a surprise Dynamax on February 23).
It’s a neat side track if you like variety, but don’t want to live in raids all month.
Also, a Dynamax Chansey event is the kind of thing that sounds silly until you realize how useful Chansey/Blissey lines can be for certain modes.
All of this sits under the Season of Precious Paths banner, which runs from December 2, 2025, to March 3, 2026.
February being the last full month means eggs, routes, and research are all tuned to encourage that “finish the path you started” feeling, especially if you’ve been half‑doing seasonal objectives since December.
Research, Eggs, and Long‑Game Rewards
The Research Breakthrough pool stays the same from December 2, 2025, to March 3, 2026, giving you a shot at some solid encounters every time you complete the weekly stamp cycle. Possible rewards include:
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Lapras
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Snorlax
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Honedge
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Sinistea
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Galarian Mr. Mime
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Dreepy
It’s a nice mix of nostalgia (Lapras, Snorlax) and more recent fan favourites like Dreepy and Honedge. Nothing too flashy, but enough that you don’t feel like you’re wasting your time picking up daily tasks.
Eggs this season are pretty focused too:
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2 km: Cleffa, Smoochum, Bergmite, and others.
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5 km: Audino, Elgyem, Snom, etc.
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7 km (from gifts): regional or special forms like Alolan Diglett, Galarian Stunfisk, Galarian Zigzagoon.
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10 km: Tinkatink, Beldum, and more.
Adventure Sync Eggs add extra targets like Bonsly, Riolu, Archen (5 km) and Beldum, Drampa, Dreepy (10 km), quietly rewarding the folks who are actually walking between all these events instead of just tapping from the couch.
Kalos Everywhere: GO Tour and Road to Kalos
The heart of the month is the Kalos celebration, which shows up in three big pieces:
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GO Tour Kalos: Tainan (February 20–22, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. local).
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GO Tour Kalos: Los Angeles (same dates and times, different continent).
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GO Tour Kalos: Global (February 28–March 1, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. local worldwide).
Ticket holders get region‑themed spawns, raids, bonuses, and most importantly, debuts like Shiny Diancie, plus shiny Klefki, Hawlucha, and Honedge entering the game for the first time in this context.
For those who’ve been around since the early GO Tour days, this has that same “block off the weekend, charge your power bank” energy.
Leading into that, the Road to Kalos event from February 23–27 acts like a victory lap for earlier regions, Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, with rotating wild spawns each day and costume Pikachus wearing Red’s Hat and Leaf’s Hat.
It’s half nostalgia, half setup: a way to warm everyone up before the Global Tour hits and the map turns into a Kalos party.
Disclaimer:
All event dates, bonuses, raid rotations, Pokémon debuts, and gameplay features mentioned above are based on official announcements, in-game schedules, and community tracking sources available at the time of writing. Niantic may change events, timings, or rewards without prior notice. This content is provided for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not an official statement from Niantic or The Pokémon Company.
