Not only does this Valentine’s Day event see the release of three new Pokémon - Flabébé, Floette and Florges - but there are two Valentine’s Day Collection Challenges for you to complete. You can also collect Valentine’s Day event field research tasks, alongside enjoying the event bonuses and catching Pokémon like Furfrou which are appearing more frequently in the wild. On this page: Remember - you must complete this challenge before Monday, 14th February at 8pm (local time) if you want to earn its rewards. Here are the Pokémon in the Valentine’s Day Collection Challenge 1:
Luvdisc (In the wild Woobat (In the wild) Plusle (In the wild) Volbeat (In the wild)
Completing this Collection Challenge will reward you with 2000 XP, 2000 Stardust and a Male Frillish encounter. Below you can find the Pokémon in the Valentine’s Day Collection Challenge 2:
Luvdisc (In the wild and field research task - Catch 5 Pokémon) Furfrou - Natural Form (In the wild and one-star raids) Minum (In the wild) Illumise (In the wild)
Completing this Collection Challenge will reward you with 2000 XP, 2000 Stardust and a Female Frillish encounter. Yet, since some of the Pokémon encounters you receive are useful for the Collection Challenges listed above, we recommend completing these field research tasks during the event. Here are the Valentine’s Day 2022 event field research tasks:
Catch 5 Pokémon reward - Luvdisc encounter Catch 20 Luvdisc reward - Alomomola encounter Use 5 Berries to help catch Pokémon reward - Ralts encounter Make 5 Great Curveball Throws in a row reward - Spinda (Heart Pattern) encounter Earn 3 hearts with your buddy reward - Pikachu or Eevee encounter Win a raid reward - Male or female Frillish encounter
Thank you to redwineandbeer from reddit for the help with this information. The best bonus, however, is that you’ll receive double catch candy throughout the event. This is incredibly useful if you’re trying to evolve any of the Pokémon appearing more frequently during the event or are collecting candy for Gen 2 Pokémon in preparation for Go Tour: Johto. Aside from the bonuses, the other main attraction for Valentine’s Day 2022 is the release of Flabébé and its evolutions - Floette and Florges. These fairy-type Pokémon hail from Gen 6 and you’ll have to meet a special requirement if you wish to evolve Floette into Florges. Flabébé has five different flower colours to collect, some of which are regionally exclusive, and will be appearing more frequently in the wild alongside the following Pokémon:
Chansey Miltank Plusle Minun Volbeat Illumise Luvdisc Woobat Audino Alomomola Furfrou - Natural Form
The Heart Trim for Furfuro is also available for the first time during the Valentine’s Day 2022 event and, if you find the correct field research tasks, you’ll also have the chance to catch Heart Pattern Spinda. Both Gardevoir and Gallade have a special bonus during this year’s Valentine’s Day event too! If you evolve a Kirlia into either of these Pokémon during the event, the resulting Pokémon will learn the Charged Attack Sychronoise. Gardevoir and Gallade will also be appearing in three-star raids throughout the event, alongside Nidoqueen, Nidoking and Lickitung. Meanwhile, in one-star raids, you’ll find Miltank, Roselia, Audino and Natural Form Furfrou. Registeel is currently ruling five-star raids and Mega Houndoom can be fought in Mega Raids. Finally, there’s a Global Valentines Challenge running until Tuesday, 15th February at the following times:
UK - 8am (GMT) Europe - 9am (CEST) East Coast US - 3am (EST) West Coast US - 12am (PST)
If Pokémon Go players collectively send 70,000,000 Gifts during this time period, everyone will enjoy a triple transfer candy bonus until the deadline above.
The Season of Mythical Wishes continues with the Winter Holiday event, which has brought Mega Glalie to Pokémon Go. Don’t forget to partake in the new Go Battle League season.
Elsewhere, be sure to use Daily Adventure Incense for the chance of encountering Galarian Articuno, Galarian Zapdos and Galarian Moltres.
Like previous Collection Challenges, you need to obtain a specific list of Pokémon through either catching them in the wild or another method, such as evolutions or trading. Once the Collection Challenge is completed, you’ll receive a reward and it will be added to your Elite Collector medal.
Collection Challenges can be found in the ‘Today View’ screen, which is accessed by pressing the field research button - the little binoculars - in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. You may have to scroll to the left if you’ve been looking at the field or special research screens.
When you catch a Pokémon on the Collection Challenge roster it will be ticked off this list, helping you keep track of which ones you’re missing.
Remember - you only have until 8pm (local time) on Monday, 14th February to complete the two Valentine’s Day 2022 Collection Challenges.
Hope you enjoy the Valentine’s Day event and find a Flabébé!
