How to Obtain Minccino and Cinccino (Shiny Variant)

Catching Fashionable Minccino & Cinccino in Pokémon GO: A Comprehensive Guide

Fashionable Minccino and its evolution, Fashionable Cinccino, made their debut during Pokémon GO's 2025 Fashion Week event. This guide details how to obtain both, including the possibility of encountering their Shiny forms.

Quick Links:

• Obtaining Fashionable Minccino via Raids
• Obtaining Fashionable Minccino via Research Tasks
• Evolving to Fashionable Cinccino
• Shiny Fashionable Minccino Availability
• Obtaining Shiny Fashionable Minccino

Fashionable Minccino first appeared in Pokémon GO on January 10th, 2025, at 10 AM local time. This costumed Pokémon can be found as a 1-Star Raid Boss and as a reward for completing specific research tasks. The likelihood of encountering it increases during events featuring the Pokémon.

Obtaining Fashionable Minccino via Raids

Fashionable Minccino is a Normal-type Pokémon with 98 ATK, 80 DEF, and 146 STA. Its maximum CP as a 1-Star Raid Boss is 986. While solo raids are possible, strong counters are recommended. Winning a Fashionable Minccino Raid guarantees an encounter with the Pokémon. Knowing its weaknesses and resistances is crucial for efficient raid battles.

Fashionable Minccino Weaknesses:

• Fighting-type moves

Fashionable Minccino Resistances:

• Ghost-type moves

Top Counters for Fashionable Minccino Raids:

The following Pokémon, with their optimal movesets, are highly effective against Fashionable Minccino:

Note: Some moves listed may be legacy moves.

Obtaining Fashionable Minccino via Research Tasks

Events featuring Fashionable Minccino often include research tasks that reward an encounter with it. Participation in the 2025 Fashion Week event offered several such tasks.

Evolving to Fashionable Cinccino

Evolving a Fashionable Minccino into a Fashionable Cinccino requires 50 Minccino Candy and an Unova Stone. Candy can be farmed by catching and transferring Minccino, while Unova Stones are obtained through Field Research Breakthrough rewards or specific research tasks.

Shiny Fashionable Minccino Availability

Yes, Shiny Fashionable Minccino is available in Pokémon GO. Both standard and Shiny variants were released during the 2025 Fashion Week event.

Obtaining Shiny Fashionable Minccino

While raids guarantee a Fashionable Minccino encounter, the chance of it being Shiny is random. Increased raid participation increases your chances of encountering a Shiny variant. Similarly, completing research tasks offering Fashionable Minccino encounters also presents a chance, albeit not guaranteed, of obtaining a Shiny Pokémon.