How to complete the Valentine themed Collecting Challenge.
The Valentine’s Day Collection Challenge will be available throughout Valentine’s Day event in Pokémon Go
To complete a Collecting Challenge, you must catch a specific list of Pokémon during the event that the challenge is associated with. The Valentine’s Day Collection Challenge features multi-generation Pokémon and two legends.
These Pokémon can be captured by defeating them in raids, finding them in the wild, and by using the Field research tasks for Valentine’s DayThis event also marks the release of the Gen 6 Pokémon Munna and Musharna in Pokémon Go!
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List of Pokémon and Rewards for the Valentine’s Day Collection Challenge in Pokémon Go explained
The Valentine’s Day Collection Challenge in Pokémon Go requires you to catch twelve Pokémon in Gen 1, Gen 2, Gen 3, and Gen 5. It’s by far the most difficult Collection Challenge we’ve seen yet, as many of the Pokémon can be captured after defeating them in a raid.
These are the Pokémon to catch for the Valentine’s Day Collection Challenge:
- Nidoran – Woman (in the wild)
- Nidoran – Male (in the wild)
- Espeon (three star raids)
- Umbreon (three star raids)
- Plusle (in the wild)
- Minum (in the wild)
- Volbeat (in the wild, one star raids and field research duties)
- Illumise (in the wild, one-star raids and field research tasks)
- Luvdisc (in the wild and 5 km of eggs)
- Latias (five star raids)
- Latios (five star raids)
- Alomomola (three star raids and field research tasks)
Remember, these Pokémon must be caught to count towards the Valentine’s Day Collection Challenge. This means that evolving an Eevee into Espeon or Umbreon does not count towards the Collection Challenge.
Completing the Valentine’s Day Collection Challenge will reward you with five silver Pinap berries, a Lucky Egg and an Egg Incubator.
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Tips for completing the Valentine’s Day Collection Challenge in Pokémon Go
Here are some tips that will help you make up for the Valentine’s Day Collection Challenge every day:
- Since most of the Pokémon for the Valentine’s Day Collection Challenge are in the wild, it’s a good idea to use incense to increase your chances of finding these creatures.
- You can also use a Lure Module to lure Pokémon to specific PokéStops; using the Magnetic Lure increases your chances of encountering Minum or Plusle, while the Mossy Lure attracts both the poison and bug type Pokémon.
- There are some Pokémon that you can only catch by beating them in raids, so if you have spare Remote Raid Passes now is the time to use them.
- To add both Latias and Latios to your Collecting Challenge, you must assemble dedicated teams who will help you defeat them in raids. Try to prevent any of your Pokémon from passing out during these raid battles as this will reduce the number of Premier Balls you receive.
- If you’re having trouble finding Luvdisc in the wild, try hatching some of the 3-mile eggs you collect during Valentine’s Day.
- During the Valentine’s Day event, there will be a number of field research tasks, which will reward you with a number of Pokémon from the Collecting Challenge List. However, you may have to visit some PokéStops to find the research task you need.
Field research for the Valentine’s Day event in Pokémon Go
You can collect various field research tasks during the Valentine’s Day event in Pokémon Go. These tasks can be saved and completed once the event is over, but since their rewards include Pokémon you’ll need for the Collecting Challenge, we recommend completing these tasks during the Valentine’s Day event.
Here are the field research challenges for Valentine’s Day events and their rewards:
- Send 3 gifts to friends reward – Illumise or Volbeat encounter
- Use 5 berries to catch Pokémon reward – Ralt’s meeting
- Win 2 raids reward – Alomomola encounter
- Catch 20 Luvdiscs reward – Alomomola encounter
Thanks to Reddit’s SilphSciene for the help with this information!
How the Valentine’s Day Collection Challenge works in Pokémon Go
Collecting Challenges in Pokémon Go were released in January 2021 and will run in conjunction with select in-game events. With each Collection Challenge, you catch a number of Pokémon that appear in the wild more often thanks to the event.
Once you complete the Collecting Challenge by catching them all, you will be rewarded with a number of items and progress towards your Elite Collector medal.
The Valentine’s Day Collection Challenge runs alongside the Valentine’s Day event and is available from Sunday, February 14 at 1:00 PM (local time) to Thursday, February 18 at 8:00 PM (local time)
Collection Challenges can be found in the ‘Today View’, which can be accessed by pressing the field research button (the small binoculars) in the bottom right corner of the screen. Depending on whether you looked at your current field or special research assignments, you may need to scroll left.
After opening the Today View, you’ll find a list of the Pokémon you need to catch to complete the Collecting Challenge. When you catch a Pokémon in the Collection Challenge Rooster, tick it off the list to keep track of which ones you caught and which didn’t.
It is important to note that evolving a Pokémon does not count towards the Collection Challenge, which means that your Eevee cannot evolve into Espeon or Umbreon. Instead, you will have to catch them.
Remember – the Collecting Challenge must be completed before the associated event ends and it disappears.
Good luck completing the Valentine’s Day Collection Challenge!