Pokémon Go ‘Evolving Stars,’ Collection Challenge event guide

The latest Pokémon Go event, “Evolving Stars,” runs from Oct. 5-11 and features Pokémon who evolve using items and trades. The event features multiple Collection Challenges, special Field Research, and special spawns.

Notably, the event also adds a few more tasks to the Cosmog Special Research, “A Cosmic Companion.”

Below, we list out all the “Evolving Stars” Collection Challenges, spawns, Field Research, and raid targets.

Evolving Stars Collection Challenges

Unless you’re going for Collection Challenge medals or you need the evolution item rewards below, these challenges are probably not worth the stress. It can serve as a nice reward if you don’t have some of these evolutions already, but I would not stress over evolving Eevee into the correct evolution just to get these items.

Eevee’s three evolutions — Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Flareon — are completely random, assuming that you’ve used the naming trick to get each one guaranteed once.

Evolving Stars: Eevee Challenge

• Evolve Eevee into Vaporeon
• Evolve Eevee into Jolteon
• Evolve Eevee into Flareon

Rewards: 1 Upgrade, 1 Metal Coat

Evolving Stars: Trade Challenge

• Evolve Haunter into Gengar
• Evolve Kadabra into Alakazam

Rewards: 1 Dragon Scale, 1 Sun Stone, 1 Kings Rock

Evolving Stars: Unova Challenge

• Evolve Tynamo into Eelektrik
• Evolve Litwick into Lampent

Rewards: 2 Unova Stones

Evolving Stars: Sinnoh Challenge

• Evolve Rhyhorn into Rhydon
• Evolve Swinub into Piloswine
• Evolve Ralts into Kirlia
• Evolve Duskull into Dusclops

Rewards: 2 Sinnoh Stones

Increased Pokémon spawns for Evolving Stars

• Kakuna
• Pidgeotto
• Poliwhirl
• Kadabra
• Haunter
• Rhyhorn
• Seadra
• Scyther
• Eevee
• Swinub
• Ralts
• Duskull
• Tynamo
• Litwick
• Helioptile

Evolving Stars specific raid target Pokémon

• Slowpoke
• Onix
• Scyther
• Porygon
• Sunkern
• Magneton
• Rhydon
• Togetic
• Piloswine