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

Fashionable Minccino and its evolution, Fashionable Cinccino, debuted during Pokémon GO's 2025 Fashion Week event. This guide details how to acquire both, including the possibility of obtaining their Shiny variants.

Quick Links

• Catching Fashionable Minccino in Raids
• Catching Fashionable Minccino via Research Tasks
• Evolving Fashionable Minccino into Cinccino
• Shiny Fashionable Minccino: Is it Possible?
• Increasing Your Chances of a Shiny Encounter

Fashionable Minccino first appeared in Pokémon GO on Friday, January 10th, 2025, at 10 AM local time. It's available as a 1-Star Raid Boss and a reward for completing specific research tasks. Increased encounter rates are common during events featuring this Pokémon.

Catching Fashionable Minccino in Raids

Fashionable Minccino, a Normal-type Pokémon, boasts 98 ATK, 80 DEF, and 146 STA. Its maximum CP as a 1-Star Raid Boss is 986, making solo raids feasible with appropriately strong counters.

Weaknesses: Fighting-type moves

Resistances: Ghost-type moves

Top Raid Counters:

Winning these raids guarantees an encounter with Fashionable Minccino. Strategic counter selection is key for quick victories.

Catching Fashionable Minccino via Research Tasks

Events featuring Fashionable Minccino often include research tasks rewarding encounters. Participation in the 2025 Fashion Week event offered several tasks with costumed Pokémon as rewards, some guaranteeing a Fashionable Minccino encounter.

Evolving Fashionable Minccino into Cinccino

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

Shiny Fashionable Minccino: Is it Possible?

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

Increasing Your Chances of a Shiny Encounter

While there's no guaranteed method, increasing your raid participation significantly improves your odds. The more Fashionable Minccino encounters you have, the higher your chance of encountering a Shiny one. Similarly, completing more research tasks increases your chances.