Pokemon GO's Beloved Buddies Event: Dhelmise Guide, Dates, Raids

The Beloved Buddies event in *Pokemon GO* marks the exciting debut of Dhelmise, along with a variety of wild spawns and enticing bonuses. However, there's only one way to catch Dhelmise during this event. Here's a comprehensive guide to everything you need to know about Beloved Buddies, including event dates, times, and more.

Table of contents

How to Get Dhelmise in Pokemon GO
Dhelmise’s Weaknesses & Resistances
Can Dhelmise Be Shiny?
Beloved Buddies Dates & Times
Increased Wild Spawns During Beloved Buddies
Beloved Buddies Bonuses In Pokemon GO
Raid Bosses During Beloved Buddies
Field Research Tasks
Collection Challenges
PokéStop Showcases

How to Get Dhelmise in Pokemon GO

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The only way for Pokemon GO players to catch Dhelmise during the Beloved Buddies event is by participating in 3-Star Raids featuring the Sea Creeper Pokemon as the boss. This means you'll need to defeat Dhelmise in these raids to have a chance to catch it.

Dhelmise’s Weaknesses & Resistances

Dhelmise is classified as a Grass- and Ghost-type in Pokemon GO, making it vulnerable to Fire-, Dark-, Ice-, Ghost-, and Flying-type attacks, which deal 160% super-effective damage. On the other hand, Dhelmise is resistant to Grass-, Water-, Electric-, and Ground-type attacks by 63%, and to Fighting and Normal-type attacks by 39%.

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Can Dhelmise Be Shiny?

Currently, Dhelmise cannot be encountered in its Shiny form in Pokemon GO. After defeating it in a 3-Star Raid, you won't have the chance to catch a Shiny variant. Typically, new Pokemon are introduced without their Shiny forms, which are added later in events like Community Days.

Beloved Buddies Dates & Times

To maximize your experience during the Beloved Buddies event, start playing as soon as it begins on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, at 10:00 AM and continue until it ends on Saturday, February 15, 2025, at 8:00 PM local time. These details were confirmed in the event's announcement on the Pokemon GO website.

Increased Wild Spawns During Beloved Buddies

During the Beloved Buddies event, Pokemon GO players will notice an increased frequency of friendship-themed Pokemon appearing in the wild. These include:

• Cutiefly
• Diglett
• Dunsparce
• Fomantis
• Illumise
• Mantine
• Minun
• Nidoran♀
• Nidoran♂
• Plusle
• Remoraid
• Shellder
• Slowpoke
• Volbeat

All these Pokemon have the potential to be Shiny, with increased odds for Shiny Dunsparce and Diglett. However, the base Shiny odds for the others remain at 1 in 512. Utilize Lure Modules and Incenses to boost your chances of encountering these Pokemon.

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Beloved Buddies Bonuses In Pokemon GO

The Beloved Buddies event offers several bonuses to enhance your gameplay, including:

• Double XP for catching any Pokemon
• Lure Modules lasting for 60 minutes
• Lure Modules attracting event-themed Pokemon such as Diglett, Slowpoke, Shellder, Dunsparce, Cutiefly, and Fomantis
• +500 Stardust for catching Diglett, Slowpoke, Shellder, Dunsparce, Cutiefly, and Fomantis

Raid Bosses During Beloved Buddies

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In addition to Dhelmise, the Beloved Buddies event introduces various Raid bosses at different levels. Here's a detailed look at the Raid bosses and their Shiny availability:

Shiny odds for Raid bosses are generally better than for wild encounters. For instance, the odds of encountering a Shiny Mega Tyranitar are 1 in 128, while Legendary Raid bosses have a 1 in 20 chance. However, since Incarnate Enamorus cannot be Shiny during this event, these odds won't apply.

Field Research Tasks

The Beloved Buddies event will feature limited-time Field Research tasks, such as catching specific event-themed Pokemon, in exchange for rewards like Stardust and encounters with Tandemaus. Specific tasks will be updated here once they are announced.

Collection Challenges

Like other Pokemon GO events, Beloved Buddies includes Collection Challenges that require you to catch a significant number of the event's featured Pokemon. Details on which Pokemon will be part of the challenge and the associated rewards will be added here on the event's start date, February 11, 2025.

PokéStop Showcases

The Beloved Buddies event will also feature PokéStop Showcases, where you can enter event-themed Pokemon to compete for rewards like XP, Stardust, and exclusive bonuses. More details on this feature will be updated as they become available.

Now that you're fully informed about how to catch Dhelmise and what to expect from the Beloved Buddies event, don't miss out on the rest of the exciting February 2025 event schedule in Pokemon GO. And if you're playing on weekends, be sure to check out our Shadow Regirock raid guide for tips on exploiting its weaknesses with the best counters.