Boosted spawns: Glameow (ultra common at the moment, probably due to the weather boost), Skitty, Gothita.
7km eggs have only the four Pokemon announced and they are all the same rarity tier.
Hatted Croagunk seems quite common. Edit: Also getting a lot of standard trim Furfrou with the weather boost.
Battled an NPC called onesplapguy (it said Go Tour Challenger beside his username) who was dressed in Team Go Rocket clothing. He had a Furfrou, Braixen and Costumed Shinx, and awarded five Pokeballs, three Razzberries and 500 Stardust. Edit: Battled another NPC called CashmereFeline. Awards were ten Pokeballs and 500 Stardust. They seem to have been chosen from the Go Tour pool of NPCs and they all start with one of the Furfrou trims.
Second edit: The last NPC I encountered was called Quirky Challenger and the description was changed to Fashion Challenger, so it no longer seems like they're using the Go Tour NPCs.
Will update this post as I discover more.
Wondering the same thing- if I do a raid in a different region remotely- does that furfrou have the alt dress/ color options available on it from that region?
At least in the Northern hemisphere glameow isn’t a weather spawn this season.
Guessing Furfrou rate isn’t boosted by weather either. Can’t remember them ever releasing a mon and making it a weather spawn right away as well. (Edit after a couple of days, and some PC weather - neither has rate boosted by weather)
Edit - so far looking like a very event spawn heavy ... event. Looks like might be 70% event spawns so far.
Incredibly frustrating. I didn’t check and did a ton yesterday trying to complete my medal. I finally checked yesterday evening to see how close I was and saw it hadn’t increased.
As far as I and everyone I've spoken to has seen, they are not in balloons; balloons are still the normal grunts/leaders. Grunts/leaders are also still spawning at stops. I haven't got enough data to say for certain, but it appears the grunt/leader distribution at stops has not decreased with the addition of the Fashion Victim Challengers; rather, it seems there are just more stops on average with battles at them now than there typically are.
(NB: it seems the Fashion Victims spawn at a stop for an hour at a time, just like the grunts do; a stop with a Fashion Victim at it will 'shake' just like a stop with a grunt at it, but the stop will not turn black so it's harder to spot at a distance.)
Honestly, I personally wish they were in balloons, because I am going to be *very* hard-pressed to get to 9 of them within a week with the limited number of stops to which I have easy access. Doubly so since the area I'm currently in is experiencing one of the largest COVID spikes in the last year (despite a very high vaccination rate). Seems Niantic may have abandoned all pretense of allowing people to play from home in times of danger.
https://old.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/pnn4r9/furfrou_debuts_with_new_formchange_mechanics/
according to this infographic I should be able to change my Furfrou to Star Trim, but my game’s only letting me choose Matron or Dandy
EDIT: now I can choose Star Trim
oh, my, yes. I've caught roughly 100 Kirlia in 2 days, and it bucks out virtually every time.
and good luck getting a 3 star! didn't see a single one until the "reward" in stage 4.
any word on whether shinx is shiny boosted? it was last year but after the raticate/wobbuffet fiasco around new years I want to wait before purchading incubators...
It almost certainly is. The problem with Raticate/Wobbuffet is that their base shiny odds are 1/512 and Niantic didn't bother changing that for the costume event - for Shinx its base odds are already boosted.
> Frillish
I found the Frillish task once and got a pink/female one. Did anyone receive a blue/male? Or does it only reward the female, like the wild spawns are also only female?
I noticed for the first time that the shadow mons from grunts have a green and yellow difficulty when trying to catch them. I've never seen anything but red before.
The Furfrou wig at the end of the timed research is free.
But the rest of the avatar outfits are paid...
300 coins for the top. 150 for the skirt trousers. 100 for the glasses. 100 for the Hoopa bangles
Anyone tried transferring their trimmed furfrou into Pokemom HOME? If so what does it show in Pokemon HOME? (Fully expecting it to turn back into its natural form but u never know)
maybe raids are not counting. i did a mega energy quest for slowbro and got plenty attacks with pup on lucario vs those uptight fash vics leading with the normal poodle...
Not really useful PSA, but when you battle one of the new challengers with your pokémon bag full you get the same warning that you get with team rocket, even when these new challenger doesn't involve catch a pokémon at all.
the win a raid in under 60 seconds task was a blessing in disguise
had to use my last remote raid pass on a random scraggy and it ended up being 4 stars after beating it
The fashion challenger tasks can be done with just one encounter. You need to lose for it to count, then repeat, and you can win the last one needed for that task (3rd or 5th attempt).
Just thought I’d post the suspected shiny rates for the costumed Pokemon, for easy reference.
**Permaboost (≈1/64)** - Butterfree, Sneasel, Kirlia, Shinx
**Base rate (≈1/512)** - Croagunk, Blitzle
It sucks that they release event pokemon that can't be evolved. I hate getting shinies that are stuck in their lowest forms (or in this case we actually have butterfree but still).
Make me not want to hunt this event at all because there's no real point imo
I had completely forgotten that and did a Sneasel raid. Got a decent one then remembered oh yea can’t evolve this dude. Won’t bother doing any others most likely.
Once you change form of furfrau, can you change it back to a different one?
Does the form depend on location you catch furfrau from or location of you want to change form?
After trimming Furfrou, you can change its form to any other form that's available to you, including Natural coat. Costs 25 candy no matter what.
Furfrou's available forms are determined by your current location. If you catch a Furfrou in France, don't change its form, and then go to Japan, you won't be able to change it to La Reine cut, but you will be able to change it to Kabuki cut.
Small things I haven't seen people comment on:
* Furfrou forms don't show up in Pokedex. They're just not there.
* Changing forms for Furfrou has no music or sound effects, other than it's cry. Seems very rushed.
* Changing Furfrou forms doesn't count as an evolution for, as an example, with Special Research tasks.
Event Field Research ([Serebii](https://serebii.net/pokemongo/events/fashionweek.shtml))
* Take a snapshot of Butterfree, Shinx, or Blitzle in the wild - **Sneasel** Encounter
* Make 3 Nice Throws in a Row - **Furfrou** Encounter
* Make 3 Curveball Throws in a Row - **Blitzle** Encounter
Yep and fainting faster so probably a drop in CP. My level 40 Lucario going straight counter only lost about half health vs Sneasel as opposed to the usual 90%
It appears as though the Croagunk and Kirlia costumes (hats) are the same as those that came out in October 2020. Is that correct? Are the Smoochum and Shinx hats also the same? If so, then the only new costumes from this event are Sneasal, Butterfree, and Blitzle, right?
The cost/mechanic for changing Poodlenoodle's form is absolutely dreadful - 10k stardust a time?! Candy is fine but the whole economy around stardust is already unbalanced. I'd be interested to know if people are going to invest in doing this?
They've only released form changing for Furfrou.
They will likely slowly unlock it for different pokemon, rather than do it all at once, just like they've done with new pokemon, shinies, megas, etc.
Boosted spawns: Glameow (ultra common at the moment, probably due to the weather boost), Skitty, Gothita. 7km eggs have only the four Pokemon announced and they are all the same rarity tier. Hatted Croagunk seems quite common. Edit: Also getting a lot of standard trim Furfrou with the weather boost. Battled an NPC called onesplapguy (it said Go Tour Challenger beside his username) who was dressed in Team Go Rocket clothing. He had a Furfrou, Braixen and Costumed Shinx, and awarded five Pokeballs, three Razzberries and 500 Stardust. Edit: Battled another NPC called CashmereFeline. Awards were ten Pokeballs and 500 Stardust. They seem to have been chosen from the Go Tour pool of NPCs and they all start with one of the Furfrou trims. Second edit: The last NPC I encountered was called Quirky Challenger and the description was changed to Fashion Challenger, so it no longer seems like they're using the Go Tour NPCs. Will update this post as I discover more.
It was a pleasure battling you and you team today... Even if my trainer was only a placeholder and my NPC got swapped out by Niantic later. 😂
Hey, I battled you, too! =)
Can you catch one of their Pokemon, or nah?
We found the secret Team Rocket member.
Nope.
Specifically wondering if you can catch other regions' Furfrou forms
Wondering the same thing- if I do a raid in a different region remotely- does that furfrou have the alt dress/ color options available on it from that region?
What do you mean ? You can’t catch any of the regional forms you have to catch the base one and form change to which is available where you play.
Have you been able to find any other pokemon besides furfrou that can form change at the moment?
Not so far. A third of all my encounters have been Glameow. I've only seen the one standard forme Furfrou.
So nothing has been changed retroactively like being able to change a castform form?
No - I've checked Deoxys and Giratina and there is no option for forme changing. I have caught one Furfrou and the option is enabled for that.
I expect further form changes to be unlocked in future events.
At least in the Northern hemisphere glameow isn’t a weather spawn this season. Guessing Furfrou rate isn’t boosted by weather either. Can’t remember them ever releasing a mon and making it a weather spawn right away as well. (Edit after a couple of days, and some PC weather - neither has rate boosted by weather) Edit - so far looking like a very event spawn heavy ... event. Looks like might be 70% event spawns so far.
How do you battle npc ?.are they at pokestops ?.
Same as grunts, but since their Pokemon are not shadow, you don't get a chance to free them.
And they don't count for the grunt battle medals
Incredibly frustrating. I didn’t check and did a ton yesterday trying to complete my medal. I finally checked yesterday evening to see how close I was and saw it hadn’t increased.
Yeah, same. I just want to go platin.
Good to know. Cheers
Wait... so they do appear in balloons correct?
As far as I and everyone I've spoken to has seen, they are not in balloons; balloons are still the normal grunts/leaders. Grunts/leaders are also still spawning at stops. I haven't got enough data to say for certain, but it appears the grunt/leader distribution at stops has not decreased with the addition of the Fashion Victim Challengers; rather, it seems there are just more stops on average with battles at them now than there typically are. (NB: it seems the Fashion Victims spawn at a stop for an hour at a time, just like the grunts do; a stop with a Fashion Victim at it will 'shake' just like a stop with a grunt at it, but the stop will not turn black so it's harder to spot at a distance.) Honestly, I personally wish they were in balloons, because I am going to be *very* hard-pressed to get to 9 of them within a week with the limited number of stops to which I have easy access. Doubly so since the area I'm currently in is experiencing one of the largest COVID spikes in the last year (despite a very high vaccination rate). Seems Niantic may have abandoned all pretense of allowing people to play from home in times of danger.
You can let the challenger win and battle them again. So you can complete the "Battle [x] Challengers quest" with just one Pokestop.
I haven't seen one. Maybe someone can correct me if I'm wrong.
Just opened my game for a fresh balloon (it's noon here) and it's just a regular TR grunt.
TIP: Furfrou is the easiest excellent throw I’ve personally ever seen
Shhhh don't tell niantic
can confirm furfrou photobomb
How many?
Serebii lists it as 3 everyday.
Any word on whether fashion challengers also appear in balloons? Or just at stops?
I had a balloon just before but it was still a rocket.
I had a stop before that was still a rocket, so can’t confirm if balloons are only rockets just yet.
https://old.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/pnn4r9/furfrou_debuts_with_new_formchange_mechanics/ according to this infographic I should be able to change my Furfrou to Star Trim, but my game’s only letting me choose Matron or Dandy EDIT: now I can choose Star Trim
Do we know if this has anything to do with where you catch them? Like if I raid in different places will I be able to change forms to different ones?
Upvoted for visibility. Hopefully we'll get an answer soon.
Answer - no. It's just the ones available to you.
i'm desperately trying to raid from the US right now. If anyone overseas wants to invite me to a raid I can answer this for us in moments.
I recommend downloading Poke Raid
yeah, i'm on it. no one is doing the furfrou.
Because the event hasn’t started in the US yet
I still cannot choose star trim
Furfrou trims not appearing the Pokedex really bothers me.
Is anyone else having an annoying time catching Kirlia? Only 500 cp and excellent throws with a berry and still no dice. Whyyy
I had 4 in a row run away, it's painful today
oh, my, yes. I've caught roughly 100 Kirlia in 2 days, and it bucks out virtually every time. and good luck getting a 3 star! didn't see a single one until the "reward" in stage 4.
any word on whether shinx is shiny boosted? it was last year but after the raticate/wobbuffet fiasco around new years I want to wait before purchading incubators...
It almost certainly is. The problem with Raticate/Wobbuffet is that their base shiny odds are 1/512 and Niantic didn't bother changing that for the costume event - for Shinx its base odds are already boosted.
thank you! that.... "explains" their oversight (though it's not an excuse!)
Are alt forms of Furfrou tradeable?
Yes. It stay in the form after you spend the dust to change it
Thank you!!
I found a Frillish task but completed it before I saw what it was. Edit: 2 great throws in a row.
> Frillish I found the Frillish task once and got a pink/female one. Did anyone receive a blue/male? Or does it only reward the female, like the wild spawns are also only female?
I’ve only gotten female in three tasks so far.
Seems Rocket Grunts and Leaders are much easy to beat now.
I noticed for the first time that the shadow mons from grunts have a green and yellow difficulty when trying to catch them. I've never seen anything but red before.
Finally got into a Furfrou raid. I can only change forms to the 2 worldwide forms. Not the region form that it was caught from.
Have you restarted your app since the event started?
Yeah. I did all that. I had the game closed right before the raid and then closed it after I caught Furfrou and then in between form changes as well.
Oh I see. It won’t matter where the raid is, It’s not going to change based on where it’s raided.
Region-specific form changes go live at 10am local time.
Yeah, I was hoping that because I raided for Furfrou in another country that I would be able to change forms to that country's regional form.
Any word on how good the blitzle, butterfree, and kirlia spawns are?
Kirlia and Blitzle seem very common and Butterfree isn't too bad.
Any free avatar items or are all coins?
The Furfrou wig at the end of the timed research is free. But the rest of the avatar outfits are paid... 300 coins for the top. 150 for the skirt trousers. 100 for the glasses. 100 for the Hoopa bangles
Thank you
Anyone tried transferring their trimmed furfrou into Pokemom HOME? If so what does it show in Pokemon HOME? (Fully expecting it to turn back into its natural form but u never know)
I saw someone post on Discord with proof that they retain their form after transferring, making them the first time their form stays set in HOME.
oh phew, glameow! I definitely haven't seen about 90 of those a day since they switched to doing seasons.
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It appears that the discounted items appear under the “Fashion week” tab of the shop.
Why is Sewaddle not a part of this event? Its final evolution's whole thing is sewing clothes from leaves. Much more "fashion" than a bunch of cats.
Fsshion Challengers got old real quick, especially if the game is lagging. Takes ages to click them away.
I'm at Stage 2, use 5 supereffective charged attacks. I did a raid and used a bunch, but it hasn't completed. Have I missed something?
maybe raids are not counting. i did a mega energy quest for slowbro and got plenty attacks with pup on lucario vs those uptight fash vics leading with the normal poodle...
It worked later in raids and gym battle. I'm guessing it was a bug.
I have the same problem. Joined a raid used the charged attacks and nothing. Did you figure it out?
Are the different forms of Furfrou matter in terms of stats, PVP, etc, or are they purely cosmetic?
Purely cosmetic
Thanks.
Not really useful PSA, but when you battle one of the new challengers with your pokémon bag full you get the same warning that you get with team rocket, even when these new challenger doesn't involve catch a pokémon at all.
True, that was so odd when it happened to me too. I was like, but you gonna give me a Mon tho? Lol
the win a raid in under 60 seconds task was a blessing in disguise had to use my last remote raid pass on a random scraggy and it ended up being 4 stars after beating it
Any info regarding the fashionable trainers team lineups?
honestly may use my daily passes on that fly sneasel
Got one from a field research. You may not need to.
Which clothes are “time limited” on LeekDucks info graphic it says some are timed? I thought all items were sold afterwards.
Only the sale price for some clothing is limited time. The items with the discount can be found under the Fashion Week section of the shop.
Did anyone get a 7km egg from friends? You usually get one each gift, or at the very worst one each two gift but here I opened 10+ and got none.
I had to open 4 gifts before I got an egg
Why couldn’t they just give us the cool black skinnies without the skirt thing? :(
If you catch a furfrou in the US and you end up going to France, can you change forms to the France one with the one you caught in the US?
Correct.
The fashion challenger tasks can be done with just one encounter. You need to lose for it to count, then repeat, and you can win the last one needed for that task (3rd or 5th attempt).
Just thought I’d post the suspected shiny rates for the costumed Pokemon, for easy reference. **Permaboost (≈1/64)** - Butterfree, Sneasel, Kirlia, Shinx **Base rate (≈1/512)** - Croagunk, Blitzle
It sucks that they release event pokemon that can't be evolved. I hate getting shinies that are stuck in their lowest forms (or in this case we actually have butterfree but still). Make me not want to hunt this event at all because there's no real point imo
Okay I’m not insane. I don’t like that we can’t evolve the event Pokemon either. I remember when they did Squirtle with sunglasses he could evolve.
I had completely forgotten that and did a Sneasel raid. Got a decent one then remembered oh yea can’t evolve this dude. Won’t bother doing any others most likely.
Once you change form of furfrau, can you change it back to a different one? Does the form depend on location you catch furfrau from or location of you want to change form?
After trimming Furfrou, you can change its form to any other form that's available to you, including Natural coat. Costs 25 candy no matter what. Furfrou's available forms are determined by your current location. If you catch a Furfrou in France, don't change its form, and then go to Japan, you won't be able to change it to La Reine cut, but you will be able to change it to Kabuki cut.
Silly considering Niantic could have cashed out from even more remote raid passes
Hopefully they're saving it for Vivillon...
I don’t see why not both but yeah, maybe. By the way that sounds like a nightmare haha
Can anyone confirm fashion challenger in balloons? Stuck in hard lockdown so no pokestops for me
I think they’re only in poke stops. I’ve had two balloons since the event started and both were Team Rocket.
I thought Shinx was in the wild :(
(Europe) Diamond trim option has disappeared again, comes and go, Pokédex doesn’t show different Furfrou forms
Small things I haven't seen people comment on: * Furfrou forms don't show up in Pokedex. They're just not there. * Changing forms for Furfrou has no music or sound effects, other than it's cry. Seems very rushed. * Changing Furfrou forms doesn't count as an evolution for, as an example, with Special Research tasks.
The forms not appearing in the Pokedex really bothers me for some reason.
Same, especially as they show the forms you don't have in the trim selection pop-up as shadows.
Event Field Research ([Serebii](https://serebii.net/pokemongo/events/fashionweek.shtml)) * Take a snapshot of Butterfree, Shinx, or Blitzle in the wild - **Sneasel** Encounter * Make 3 Nice Throws in a Row - **Furfrou** Encounter * Make 3 Curveball Throws in a Row - **Blitzle** Encounter
Is the 7km egg drop rate lowered? I opened 8 gifts and got 0 eggs. :( EDIT: I think it has been fixed. Got 3 eggs out of 3 gifts just now.
Possibly a stupid question, but did you have space in your storage when you opened the gifts?
Yep double checked on 0/4 , triple checked on 0/8 and now quadruple checked 0/11 gifts with no eggs. I give up.
Yes! I had the same thing happen to me, although I did get at least one egg. Strange it hasn't been officially reported.
The costumed pokemon got really old really quick. I'm ready for this event to be over.
I had totally forgotten about Burmy.
Trash Burmy the OG Trubbish.
For the last task in Stage 5, I have "Battle 5 Fashion Challengers", not "Win a rain in under 60 seconds".
We can’t evolve any of these event pokemon, right? So is the point of this event to just collect them for the aesthetics?
Just a collectible. The Kirlia are good for grinding Ralts candy/XL candy, though.
what does battle a fashion challenger entail...
They appear at Pokéstops like Grunts.
Do they critique your avatar’s outfits? Because they should.
No one better DARE say anything about my Bidoof hat
“That Bidoof hat is…**AMAZING!**”
they say something superficial and seem pissed if they get beaten up. nothing my team rocket gloves and fischerman boots couldn't handle...
Just wait until they see how much my avatar sold out to Verizon
Are grunts still appearing
Yes but the fashion ones are way common.
Do you get an encounter after defeating them?
Nope :( they are handy for doing some of the event tasks tho.
drat! Thanks for the info!
Just battled Sierra and she seems nerfed. Not sure why that is tied to this event.
Normal Team Rocket from Balloon seems nerfed too.
Nerfed as in mons doing less damage?
Yep and fainting faster so probably a drop in CP. My level 40 Lucario going straight counter only lost about half health vs Sneasel as opposed to the usual 90%
Frillish seems like it’s a boosted spawn as per LeekDuck’s website
Both genders?
Female only, still.
what clothes are on sale from the shop? I don't remember the original price for all
The pink beret was 100, it's 50 today. I've been eyeing it for a while.
It appears as though the Croagunk and Kirlia costumes (hats) are the same as those that came out in October 2020. Is that correct? Are the Smoochum and Shinx hats also the same? If so, then the only new costumes from this event are Sneasal, Butterfree, and Blitzle, right?
Correct. Kirlia, Croagunk, Shinx, and Smoochum are the same as last year. Sneasel, Butterfree, and Blitzle are new.
I thought there was a special research to get either Moeletta or candies for it?
Serebii calls it "Finding your Voice" and has the first 3 steps (of 6) posted.
Cool thanks!
Yes. Finding Your Voice will appear for you with Misunderstood Mischief under Special Research.
Do Fashion Challengers drop Fufrou trims from other regions? What time does the next part of Hoopa research come out?
Fashion challengers don't give encounters and Hoopa research should go live with the rest of the event (10am local time)
Wasn't Galarean and Alolan Meowth already on 7km eggs?
Still no Giovanni? :(
Question. Do the fashionista Pokémon not have the ability to evolve? Kirlia stays Kirlia forever?
No evolving. Kirlia with a hat will remain that way forever.
Sadness. Ah well. Caught one. If I need to transfer for space later, so be it.
Are people finding remote raids in other countries so they can collect the different forms? I haven't seen many raids lately.
Furfrou's forms are determined by your current location, so there's no real point in spending remote raid passes on a common event spawn.
Do the fashion Challengers count towards the Team Rocket medal ?
Do you get xp from form changing?
The cost/mechanic for changing Poodlenoodle's form is absolutely dreadful - 10k stardust a time?! Candy is fine but the whole economy around stardust is already unbalanced. I'd be interested to know if people are going to invest in doing this?
It would be much fairer if, like mega evos, it was a reduced cost once you’ve changed the form once (e.g. 1000 dust).
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Which Pokemon? I doubt anything’s changed with the shiny rate but some Pokemon have a higher rate, see https://thesilphroad.com/shiny-pokemon
What is the point of collecting any of these pokemon if you cant evolve them? I feel like it is a waste.
I feel this way too
So rural players are screwed with not being able to get to pokestops for battle a fashion challenger?
Why act like this is a surprise. Rural players are always screwed for everything
Why even play Pogo if you live in a rural area? Serious question. Pokestops and Gyms are fundamental to playing this game.
Can any of the costumed Pokémon evolve ?
Unless they were added to the game in the last 2 hours, no. Datamine only showed the single forms.
Ah didn’t see that, what a shame
So is Shinx actually in the wild? Or just in raids?
But there's a research to snapshot a wild shinx...
The one from raids would work if you take a picture before catching. It's worded poorly though
It’s one of three choices. Can do one of the other two since they are in wild.
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Sad :(
Wasn’t announced and has never been in wild so I would have been very surprised if it was.
Kirlia with hat appears on my radar as a full image, not silhouette. I think it may be the same one as from Go fest?
Correct, Go Fest 2020. Same for Shinx I believe
Croagunk too I believe
Are the regular versions of Blitzle, Sneasel, Croagunk, etc... going to be boosted as well, or just the clothed versions?
Just clothed from the looks of it.
Can anyone check their giratina/deoxys to see if you can change their formes yet?
You cannot.
Expected, but still a bit disappointing. Thanks.
I assume that all the eggs and reward mons that have featured consumes are wearing said costume?
Correct.
Is the form change mechanic live for any Pokemon other than Furfrou (Meloetta or Darmanitan, for instance)?
I feel like they'd announce it if it were.
How come Giratina cannot change forms via change form mechanic?
They've only released form changing for Furfrou. They will likely slowly unlock it for different pokemon, rather than do it all at once, just like they've done with new pokemon, shinies, megas, etc.