Both Pokémon were released as part of the Welcome to Alola event in March 2022, which makes them some of the first Gen 7 Pokémon to appear in the game. Below you’ll learn how to get Yungoos and evolve it into Gumshoos into Pokémon Go. On this page: Yungoos can be obtained through a variety of methods, both during and out of the event:
In the wild - appearing more frequently during the Welcome to Alola event From 2km eggs Non-event field research task - Catch 5 Normal-type Pokémon A Melemele Adventure special research quest - available as a reward from one Step 1 challenge and two Step 3 challenges Welcome to Alola field research task - Walk 1km
Thanks to all of the methods listed above, Yungoos is quite easy to obtain, even once the Welcome to Alola event ends.
If you’re Yungoos hunting during the Welcome to Alola event, we recommend looking for them in the wild since their spawn rate has been increased. At the time of writing, we don’t know what Yungoos’ spawn rate will be, but there’s a chance that, like most recently released Pokémon, it will be quite rare.
For this reason, completing the A Melemele Adventure special research quest is a good way to catch three Yungoos once the Welcome to Alola event ends. You may also get lucky and hatch one from a 2km egg.
When it comes to obtaining Yungoos via field research tasks, it’s important to remember the tasks each PokéStop offers change on a day-to-day basis. This means that you can’t simply revisit the same PokéStop over and over again. If you do want to use this method, we recommend joining a local Pokémon Go group, because someone may have already found the PokéStop you need to visit.
Since the time of day in Pokémon Go follows the current time for your region, it’s very easy to figure out when you can evolve Yungoos. There will also be a little tick next to the sun symbol on Yungoos’ evolution button if you can conduct the evolution.
You can also easily figure out what the time is in Pokémon Go by looking at the in-game map and seeing whether or not there’s sunlight.
This evolution method is quite similar to how Rockruff evolves into either its Midday or Midnight form, along with how the Eevee evolutions Umbreon and Espeon work - be it without the extra buddy and walking conditions.
The Season of Mythical Wishes continues with the Winter Holiday event, which has brought Mega Glalie to Pokémon Go. Don’t forget to partake in the new Go Battle League season.
Elsewhere, be sure to use Daily Adventure Incense for the chance of encountering Galarian Articuno, Galarian Zapdos and Galarian Moltres.
Thanks to VaultHunt3r on reddit, we know what shiny Yungoos looks like in Pokémon Go:
At the 0:35 mark in the video below, uploaded to YouTube by KangasKid18, you can see shiny Gumshoos in Pokémon Sun and Moon, which gives us an idea of what it looks like in Pokémon Go:
Good luck finding shiny Yungoos in Pokémon Go!
