Pokémon Go Tour Sinnoh event, habitat times, and Special Research guide

Pokémon Go Tour: Sinnoh’s global event celebrates both the original Sinnoh region and the Hisui region. The huge event takes place starting on Feb. 24 at 10 a.m. until Feb. 25 at 6 p.m. in your local time.

There is a lot going on in this event, so it’s a great time to play. There’s no paid ticket to participate, so all the perks and bonuses are available to all players. There’s a halved hatch distance for all eggs put into Incubators during the event, up to six special trades can be made (instead of just one), trading Stardust cost has been halved, and there’s no limit on remote raiding from Feb 23-25.

During the event, there’s also an increased chance to find some Pokémon shiny, including Turtwig, Chimchar, Piplup, Stunky, and costumed Pikachu. There’s also an increased chance to hatch shiny Hisuian Voltorb, Hisuian Qwilfish, Pachirisu, Chatot, and Carnivine from eggs.

In addition to all that, there’s a ton of different types of research to do, with boosted spawns rotating in habitats throughout the day.

Below we list out all the perks for Pokémon Go’s Go Tour Sinnoh event, including the Special Research and habitat times.

Right away, you’ll be tasked with a choice on which starter to pick. The starter you pick only has an effect on the first step, as you’ll get a Shadow encounter with that Pokémon, as well as candy for it. You’ll also get to choose between Diamond or Pearl version, which also impacts your rewards. You’ll get Dialga-based rewards for picking Diamond and Palkia-based rewards for picking Pearl. We list out all the steps below.

Rewards: 3 Turtwig/Chimchar/Piplup Candy, 3 Turtwig/Chimchar/Piplup Candy XL, 3,000 XP

Rewards: 3 Dialga/Palkia Candy, 1 Dialga/Palkia Candy XL, 2,024 XP

Rewards: 3 Dialga/Palkia Candy, 1 Dialga/Palkia Candy XL, Spiritomb encounter

Rewards: 3 Dialga Candy, 3 Palkia Candy, Giovanni battle

These tasks will appear in the Timed Research section during the event.

Rewards: Uxie encounter

Rewards: Mesprit encounter

Rewards: Azelf encounter

Rewards: 10 Regirock Candy, 10 Regice Candy, 10 Registeel Candy

These party challenges will appear during the event period:

Spinning a PokéStop during the event period may yield one of these tasks:

You can also get this task during the “Space-time Anomaly” that happens during the Ancient Grove and Geothermal Lagoon habitats:

The boosted spawns correlate towards habitats, which change every hour. Each habitat will rotate in twice.

These Pokémon will spawn depending on the habitat, but only if you use an Incense:

Any eggs obtained during the event will hatch the following, based on their hatch distance:

These Pokémon will be in raids during the event period, but it will vary by habitat: