Dhelmise Guide: Pokemon GO Buddies Event - Dates, Times, Raids

The Beloved Buddies event marks an exciting debut for Dhelmise in *Pokemon GO*, 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 on everything you need to know about Beloved Buddies, including its dates, times, and how to participate.

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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 get Dhelmise is by participating in 3-Star Raids featuring the Sea Creeper Pokemon as a boss during the Beloved Buddies event. You must defeat Dhelmise in these raids to have a chance at catching it afterward.

Dhelmise’s Weaknesses & Resistances

Dhelmise is a Grass- and Ghost-type in Pokemon GO, making it vulnerable to Fire-, Dark-, Ice-, Ghost-, and Flying-type attacks, all of which deal 160% super-effective damage. Conversely, Dhelmise is 63% resistant to Grass-, Water-, Electric-, and Ground-type moves, and 39% resistant to Fighting and Normal types.

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Can Dhelmise Be Shiny?

Unfortunately, Dhelmise cannot be Shiny in Pokemon GO at this time. If you defeat it in a 3-Star Raid, you won't encounter a Shiny variant. This is typical for newly introduced Pokemon, with their Shiny forms usually added in future events like a dedicated Community Day.

Beloved Buddies Dates & Times

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

Increased Wild Spawns During Beloved Buddies

During the Beloved Buddies event, Pokemon GO players will encounter increased wild spawns of friendship-themed Pokemon, including:

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

All these Pokemon have a chance to be Shiny, with increased odds for Shiny Dunsparce and Diglett. Other Pokemon on the list maintain their standard Shiny rate of 1 in 512. Utilize spawn-boosting tools like Lure Modules and Incenses to enhance your chances.

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Beloved Buddies Bonuses In Pokemon GO

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

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

Raid Bosses During Beloved Buddies

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In addition to Dhelmise, the Beloved Buddies event features various Raid bosses across different levels:

Shiny encounter rates are higher for some Raid bosses, such as Mega Tyranitar, with odds of 1 in 128, and Legendary raids at 1 in 20. However, since the Shiny version of Incarnate Enamorus is not available, these odds won't apply during Beloved Buddies.

Field Research Tasks

Beloved Buddies will introduce limited-time Field Research tasks, which may involve catching event-themed Pokemon for rewards like Stardust and encounters with Tandemaus. Specific tasks will be added to this guide once they're revealed.

Collection Challenges

Like other Pokemon GO events, Beloved Buddies includes Collection Challenges where you must catch most or all of the event's featured Pokemon. Details on which Pokemon and the rewards will be updated here on February 11, 2025.

PokéStop Showcases

The Beloved Buddies event also features PokéStop Showcases, where you can enter event-themed Pokemon for a chance to win rewards such as XP, Stardust, and exclusive bonuses. More details will be added here once they are available.

Now that you're equipped with all the information on how to get Dhelmise and participate in the Beloved Buddies event in Pokemon GO, don't forget to check out the rest of the exciting events happening in February 2025. And for weekend gameplay, consider our Shadow Regirock raid guide to learn about its weaknesses and ideal counters.