Catching Fashionable Minccino and 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 finding their Shiny variants.

Quick Links:

• Obtain Fashionable Minccino via Raids
• Obtain Fashionable Minccino via Research Tasks
• Evolving Fashionable Minccino into Cinccino
• Shiny Fashionable Minccino Availability
• Catching Shiny Fashionable Minccino

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

Obtain 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 key to selecting effective counters.

Fashionable Minccino Weaknesses:

• Fighting-type moves

Fashionable Minccino Resistances:

• Ghost-type moves

Top Fashionable Minccino Raid Counters:

The following Pokémon, with their strongest Fighting-type moves, are highly effective:

(Note: "Legacy" moves are no longer readily obtainable through standard means.)

Obtain 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 provided opportunities to complete these tasks.

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 by catching and transferring Minccino. Unova Stones are obtained from Field Research Breakthrough rewards and occasionally from specific research tasks.

Shiny Fashionable Minccino Availability

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

Catching Shiny Fashionable Minccino

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