This is a list of events in Pokémon Sleep. All events in Pokémon Sleep begin at 4:00 a.m. local time, which is the time at which a day in Pokémon Sleep starts.

Good Sleep Day

Main article: Good Sleep Day

Good Sleep Day events are three-day long events held monthly during full moons. Players tracking their sleep during Good Sleep Day events will have their Snorlax's Drowsy Power multiplied and receive various bonuses.

General events

This is a list of limited-time general events available in Pokémon Sleep. The list is ordered in reverse chronological order.

2024

June 17 - June 24, 2024

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Coinciding with the release of Cramorant in Pokémon Sleep was the Summer Festival event. This event happened over all islands (Taupe Hollow did not have any boosted encounters) and featured Water, Flying, and Bug-type Pokémon. During the event Snorlax's requested dishes were set to Curries/Stews. This event also introduced the Candy Cram-o-matic feature that allowed researchers to get a random Type Candy M by exchanging Dream Shards and 40 Pokémon candies, up to four times a day. During this event there were limited-time missions to complete and shop bundles which were available for purchase.

• All Days
  • A few Pokémon of different sleep types will appear during sleep research regardless of the player's sleep type.
  • Increased chance of encountering the following Pokémon depending on Island, as well as an increased chance of them appearing Shiny:
    • Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Caterpie, Metapod, Butterfree, Psyduck, Golduck, Slowpoke, Slowbro, Doduo, Dodrio, Pinsir, Vaporeon, Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr, Slowking, Heracross, Delibird, Swablu, Cramorant.
• Final Day (June 23)
  • Final Strength gains from dishes are multiplied by 1.5, or if they're Extra Tasty, 4.5.
• June 17 to June 22
  • Final Strength gained from dishes will be multiplied by 1.5, or if they're Extra Tasty, 3.

May 20 - June 2, 2024

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Similar to the Raikou Research event, an event for Entei Research occured from May 20 to June 2, 2024 May. The event featured boosts to Fire-type helper Pokémon and allowed researchers to gather Entei Mane to exchange for items to help in their pursuit of the Legendary beast Entei. This event was exclusive to Greengrass Isle, with the first Entei befriended by researchers having identical Nature and sub skills for every player. This event introduced the items Entei Mane, which is traded on the event-exclusive Event Exchange for various items, Entei Biscuits, which gives Entei 6 friendship points when encountered (converted to Great Biscuits after the event ended) and Entei Incense to allow researchers a guarenteed encounter chance for the Legendary Beast. There was also limited time event Missions that gave Entei Mane and limited time bundles available in the shop. At the conclusion of the event, Entei was added permanently to the encounter pools of Greengrass Isle and Taupe Hollow.

Similar to the Raikou Research event, there was an Event Exchange open for Entei Mane's which utilised the same obtainment methods. Entei Mane were easier to obtain then Raikou Mane, with each Pokémon dropping an extra mane after research compared to the Raikou Research event. However, the gifts at the start of the week given to researchers without the Research Community Screen had their values increased from 50 manes per gift to 70 manes per gift.

• The Event Exchange was open to researchers from May 20 to June 6 and allowed them to trade Entei Mane for the following items:

The Snorlax during the event will always have Leppa Berry (gathered by Fire-type Pokémon) as one of its favorite Berries. This event provides the following bonuses, which apply only if the player does research in Greengrass Isle:

• All days
  • Each time a Fire-type helper Pokémon brings ingredients, it will have one extra.
  • 1.5× chance of an Fire-type helper Pokémon’s main skill being triggered.
  • A few Pokémon of different sleep types will appear during sleep research regardless of the researcher’s sleep type for that day.
  • Increased chance of encountering the following Pokémon:
    • Slightly greater chance: Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard, Vulpix, Ninetales, Growlithe, Flareon, Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion, Entei.

• Week 1
  • Main skill levels of Fire-type helper Pokémon will be boosted by 1.

• Week 2
  • Main skill levels of Fire-type helper Pokémon will be boosted by 3.

• Final Day
  • Drowsy Power will be multiplied by 1.5.

May 6 - May 13, 2024

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Ahead of the Entei Research event, Fire Type Week will give players' the chance to better prepare and build up their teams. This event will also debut the release of Vulpix and Ninetales. There will be a Mini Candy Boost effect in place that will allow Fire-type Pokémon to be more easily levelled by doubling the experience from candies in exchange for four times the usual amount of Dream Shards required per candy for up to 50 candies. This event also introduced the first type-specific candy in the release of Fire-Type Candy S which gives a researcher 4 candy's of the selected Pokémon as opposed to the 3 of a regular Handy Candy.

• All Days
  • One guaranteed hungry Pokémon in your camp after sleep research.
  • A few Pokémon of different sleep types will appear during sleep research regardless of the player's sleep type.
  • Increased chance of encountering the following Pokémon depending on Island:
    • Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard, Vulpix, Ninetales, Growlithe, Arcanine, Flareon, Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion.
• Final Day (April 28)
  • Final Strength gains from dishes are multiplied by 1.5, or if they're Extra Tasty, 4.5.
• April 22 to April 27
  • Final Strength gained from dishes will be multiplied by 1.5, or if they're Extra Tasty, 3.

April 22 - April 29, 2024

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Coinciding with the release of Comfey in Pokémon Sleep was the Flower Festival event. This event happened over all islands and featured Grass and Fairy-type Pokémon. During the event Snorlax's requested dishes were set to Salads.

• All Days
  • One guaranteed hungry Pokémon in your camp after sleep research.
  • A few Pokémon of different sleep types will appear during sleep research regardless of the player's sleep type.
  • Increased chance of encountering the following Pokémon depending on Island, as well as an increased chance of them appearing Shiny:
    • Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel, Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium, Leafeon, Clefairy, Clefable, Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff, Cleffa, Igglybuff, Togepi, Togetic, Togekiss, Sylveon, Comfey.
• Final Day (April 28)
  • Final Strength gains from dishes are multiplied by 1.5, or if they're Extra Tasty, 4.5.
• April 22 to April 27
  • Final Strength gained from dishes will be multiplied by 1.5, or if they're Extra Tasty, 3.

March 25 − April 7, 2024

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The event held during this period is Raikou Research. The Legendary Pokémon Raikou debuts during this event at Greengrass Isle, and marks the first appearance of so-called "Special Pokémon" in the game. Special Pokémon is a classification of Pokémon in Pokémon Sleep, which has the restriction that a player may only have one Special Pokémon on their team (note that they can befriend more than one of each Special Pokémon). For all Special Pokémon, the first befriended Special Pokémon’s Nature and sub skills are identical for all researchers.

During this event, players will be able to gather samples of Raikou Mane, which is traded on the event-exclusive Event Exchange for various items, including Raikou Incense and Raikou Biscuits. The following lists and elaborates on all of the various event-exclusive features:

• Raikou Mane is a currency that can be gathered by the player during the Raikou Research Event. Raikou Mane is not classified as an item; instead, players may check the amount of Raikou Mane they have gathered via the Event Exchange menu. After the Raikou Research event ends, players may still trade samples of Raikou Mane until the Event Exchange closes, at which point any remaining Raikou Mane will be lost.
  Raikou Mane can be gathered by the following:
  • Doing sleep research on Greengrass Isle, which yields various amounts of Raikou Mane depending on the Pokémon species and sleep style encountered. Players can gather Raikou Mane from sleep research once per day; no Raikou Mane can be obtained from the second sleep research of the day. Researching Electric-type Pokémon will yield a greater number of Raikou Mane.
  • Completing limited-time missions. Two sets of missions will be available during the event beginning on each week.
  • Purchasing the Raikou Research Bundles Vol. 1 and Raikou Last Chance Bundles Vol. 1.
  • Research Community: Players may get Raikou Mane from other researchers in their research community who are participating in the same event. The chance of receiving Raikou Mane increases with the closeness level with each researcher.
    • Players who cannot access the Research Community Screen instead are eligible to receive two redeemable gifts each containing 50 Raikou Mane, on March 25, 2024 and April 1, 2024.

• Raikou Incense works the same as any other Pokémon-specific incense, with the added restriction that a player may only have up to 1 Raikou Incense in their bag at any given time. Raikou Incense can be used even after the Raikou Research event has ended.

• Raikou Biscuit is a type of Biscuit that can only be given to Raikou, which gives it 6 friendship points. Once the Event Exchange closes, any leftover Raikou Biscuits in the inventory will be automatically converted into Great Biscuits.

• The Event Exchange is an event-exclusive shop open from March 25, 2024 to April 10, 2024. Players may trade Raikou Mane in the Event Exchange for the following items:

March 25 – 31, 2024

The Snorlax during the event will always have Grepa Berry (gathered by Electric-type Pokémon) as one of its favorite Berries. This event provides the following bonuses, which apply only if the player does research in Greengrass Isle:

• All days
  • Each time an Electric-type helper Pokémon brings ingredients, it will have one extra.
  • 1.5× chance of an Electric-type helper Pokémon’s main skill being triggered.
  • A few Pokémon of different sleep types will appear during sleep research regardless of the researcher’s sleep type for that day.
  • Increased chance of encountering the following Pokémon:

March 11 − 17, 2024

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The event held during this period is Electric Type Week. In preparation for the Raikou Research event, players have a greater chance of encountering Electric-type Pokémon, including Dedenne which makes its debut on this event.

Additionally, Mini Candy Boost is activated for the event. An event-exclusive function, using Mini Candy Boost makes candies give 2× the usual amount of EXP when used to level up Pokémon, in exchange for using up to 4× the usual amount of Dream Shards. Mini Candy Boost can be used with a maximum of 50 candies per day, and can be toggled by tapping the button in the upper right corner of the Level Up screen.

This event provides the following bonuses, which apply to all in-game areas (note that there are no Electric-type Pokémon that can be found in Taupe Hollow):

• All days
  • One Pokémon is guaranteed to be hungry for the first sleep research of the day. This hungry effect is separate from those of the Friend Incense and the Good Camp Ticket.
  • A few Pokémon of different sleep types will appear during sleep research, regardless of the researcher's sleep type for that day.
  • Increased chance of encountering the following Pokémon:
  • Limited-time special missions for a Dedenne Incense.

February 12 − 18, 2024

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The event held during this period is Valentine's Day 2024. This is a cooking-focused event, which introduces two new "Desserts/Drinks" recipes and increases the encounter rate of certain Pokémon.

The Snorlax during the event will always have "Desserts/Drinks" as its cooking request. This event provides the following bonuses, which apply to all in-game areas:

• All days
  • 1.5× final Strength gain from dishes.
    • The multiplier for Extra Tasty dishes will double as usual to 3×, or triple to 4.5× on Sunday.
  • A few Pokémon of different sleep types will appear during sleep research, regardless of the researcher's sleep type for that day.
  • Increased chance of encountering the following Pokémon:
  • Chance of encountering a Shiny Pokémon.
  • Limited-time special missions for up to 10 Poké Biscuits.

Additionally, on February 14, 2024, all players received a redeemable gift of 30 Soothing Cacao, 5 Ingredient Ticket S, and 5 Poké Biscuits.

January 29 − February 12, 2024

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The event held during this period is Lapis Lakeside Opening. In celebration of the newly introduced Lapis Lakeside area, the three Pokémon lines exclusive to the area (Dratini, Ralts, and Stufful) were made available on the first available area, Greengrass Isle, for two weeks.

This event provides the following bonuses, which apply only if the player does research in Greengrass Isle or Lapis Lakeside.

• Slightly greater chance of encountering the following Pokémon:
  • Dratini, Ralts, and Stufful.
    • Dratini, Ralts, and Stufful will no longer appear on Greengrass Isle after the event, unless using that Pokémon's Incense.
    • Dratini, Ralts, and Stufful Incense can be used on Greengrass Isle until 1:00 p.m. on February 19, 2023.

Additionally, the following bonuses apply to all in-game areas:

• Two sets of limited-time special missions with rewards including Dratini Incense, Ralts Incense, and Stufful Incense. The first set of missions are available for the whole event, while the second set of missions are available starting from February 5, 2023.

January 1 − 7, 2024

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The event held during this period is New Year 2024. Players may receive up to 2,024 bonus sleep points by doing sleep research during the event.

This event provides the following bonuses, which apply to all in-game areas:

• All days
  • 1.5× EXP gained by Pokémon from sleeping.
  • Many Pokémon of different sleep types will appear during sleep research, regardless of the researcher's sleep type for that day.
  • Increased chance of encountering the following Pokémon:

• New Year's Day (January 1) and Last Day of the Event (January 7)
  • +512 bonus sleep points.

• Other Days (January 2−6)
  • +200 bonus sleep points.

2023

December 18 − 24, 2023

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The event held during this period is Holiday 2023 — Double Dream Shard Research. This event introduces Pikachu (Holiday), Delibird, Snover, Abomasnow to the game, and during this event, players have an increased chance of encountering these Pokémon and various other Ice-type Pokémon. Dream Shard output from sleep research is also doubled during this event.

Additionally, Candy Boost is activated for the event. An event-exclusive function, using Candy Boost makes candies give 2× the usual amount of EXP when used to level up Pokémon, in exchange for using up to 6× the usual amount of Dream Shards. Candy Boost can be toggled by tapping the button in the upper right corner of the Level Up screen.

The Snorlax during the event will always have Rawst Berry (gathered by Ice-type Pokémon) as one of its favorite Berries. This event provides the following bonuses, which apply only if the player does research in Greengrass Isle:

• All days
  • 2× Dream Shards received after sleep research.
  • Increased chance of encountering the following Pokémon:
  • Main Skill "Dream Shard Magnet S" will be 2× as effective (an update to significantly increase the effect of Dream Shard Magnet S will be applied before the event).
  • Chance of encountering a Shiny Pokémon.
  • Limited-time special missions for a Holiday Pikachu Incense and up to 60 Pikachu Candies.

• Last Day of the Event (December 24)
  • Many Pokémon of different sleep types will appear during sleep research, regardless of the researcher's sleep type for that day.
  • +1,225 bonus sleep points.

• Other Days (December 18−23)
  • A few Pokémon of different sleep types will appear during sleep research, regardless of the researcher's sleep type for the day.

November 20 − 26, 2023

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The event held during this period is Eevee Week, held in celebration of Eevee Day (November 21). Eevee and the Eeveelutions are more likely to appear during sleep research; Flareon and Leafeon are also able to appear during sleep research for the first time.

This event provides the following bonuses, which apply to all in-game areas:

• All days
  • Increased chance of encountering the following Pokémon:
  • Chance of encountering Shiny Eevee.
  • 1.5× chance for all helper Pokémon's main skills to be triggered.
  • Limited-time special missions for an Eevee Incense.

• Eevee Day (November 21)
  • Many Pokémon of different sleep types will appear during sleep research, regardless of the researcher's sleep type for that day.
  • +1,121 bonus sleep points.

• Other Days (November 20, November 22−26)
  • A few Pokémon of different sleep types will appear during sleep research, regardless of the researcher's sleep type for the day.

October 30 − November 5, 2023

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The event held during this period is Halloween 2023 — Double Candy Research. This event introduces Pikachu wearing a Halloween hat, Shuppet, and Banette to the game.

This event provides the following bonuses, which apply only if the player does research in Greengrass Isle:

• All days
  • Increased chance of encountering the following Pokémon:
  • Limited-time special missions for a Halloween Pikachu Incense and up to 25 Handy Candy S.

• Halloween (October 31) and Last Day of the Event (November 5)
  • 3× candies received for the first sleep research of the day.
  • Many Pokémon of different sleep types will appear during sleep research, regardless of the researcher's sleep type for that day.

• Other Days (October 30, November 1−4)
  • 2× candies received for the first sleep research of the day.
  • A few Pokémon of different sleep types will appear during sleep research, regardless of the researcher's sleep type for the day.

• On October 30, on which the Halloween event and the Good Sleep Day event overlap, effects from both events were applied.

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