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Pokemon GO Growing Up Guide

By / Pokemon, Pokemon GO / May 2, 2025

Growing Up brings a plethora of event bonuses, wild encounters, and a paid Timed Research ticket for Pokemon GO trainers to enjoy.

Growing Up Guide For Pokemon GO Trainers [Source: Scopely]
Growing Up Guide For Pokemon GO Trainers [Source: Scopely]

With Growing Up, Pokemon GO trainers get double the bonus from evolving Pokemon and double the candy from hatching eggs. It is the first event of the month, and players will also have an increased opportunity of coming across shiny variants of a number of pocket monsters, including Magikarp and Swablu.

Let’s quickly go over the Growing Up guide to learn everything that is in store.

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Growing Up Event Schedule

Growing Up runs from Friday, May 2, at 10 am to Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at 8 pm local time in Pokemon GO.

Event Bonuses in Growing Up Event

The event bonuses for Growing Up are:

  • 2× XP for evolving Pokemon.
  • 2× Candy from hatching Eggs.
  • Increased chance to hatch Shiny Wimpod.
  • Increased chance to encounter Shiny Magikarp, Shiny Swablu, and Shiny Wimpod.
  • Increased chance to encounter XXS and XXL Pokémon in the wild.

Wild Encounters and Egg Hatches in Growing Up Event

The wild encounters that will spawn at an increased rate are:

  • Magikarp [shiny encounter possible]
  • Wailmer [shiny encounter possible]
  • Swablu [shiny encounter possible]
  • Foongus [shiny encounter possible]
  • Dedenne [shiny encounter possible]
  • Cutiefly [shiny encounter possible]
  • Wimpod [shiny encounter possible]
  • Rookidee
  • Nymble [shiny encounter possible]

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The egg hatches during Growing Up are:

  • 2 km eggs: Happiny [shiny encounter possible], Riolu [shiny encounter possible], Wimpod [shiny encounter possible]
  • 5 km eggs: Mime Jr. [shiny encounter possible]
  • 10 km eggs: Toxel [shiny encounter possible]

Growing Up Research in Pokemon GO

Event-themed Field Research, Collection Challenge, and a paid Timed Research will be available to Pokemon GO trainers.

Should You Pick Up Growing Up Paid Timed Research in Pokemon GO?

In our opinion, there’s not much reason to pick up Growing Up Paid Timed Research in Pokemon GO unless you enjoy cosmetic changes. Let’s explore why.

It costs US$4.99 and has the following rewards:

  • One Incubator
  • 15 Pinap Berries
  • 3,000 Stardust
  • Encounters with event-themed Pokémon, including Magikarp, Swablu, Lucario, Wimpod, Tandemaus, and more!
  • An event-themed avatar pose

The selling point here is the event-themed encounters and an avatar pose. These are unique stuff in themselves, and surely some Pokemon GO trainers will not want to miss out on getting their hands on them. Other than that, most of the Pokemon reward encounters aren’t useful in GO Battle League (apart from Gyarados in Master League), and that’s if you get a proper IV one.

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