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 these costumed Pokémon, including the possibility of encountering their Shiny variants.

Quick Links:

• Obtaining Fashionable Minccino via Raids
• Obtaining Fashionable Minccino via Research Tasks
• Evolving Fashionable Minccino into Cinccino
• Shiny Fashionable Minccino Availability
• Increasing Your Chances of a Shiny Encounter

Fashionable Minccino first appeared in Pokémon GO on January 10th, 2025, at 10 AM local time. It's available through 1-Star Raids and as a reward for completing specific research tasks. Increased encounter rates occur during featured events.

Obtaining Fashionable Minccino via Raids

Fashionable Minccino is a Normal-type Pokémon with 98 ATK, 80 DEF, and 146 STA. Its maximum CP is 986, boosted further as a 1-Star Raid Boss. While solo raids are possible, using strong counters is 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 Raid Counters:

The following Pokémon, with their strongest Fighting-type moves (and STAB bonuses where applicable), are excellent counters:

Obtaining Fashionable Minccino via Research Tasks

Events featuring Fashionable Minccino often include research tasks that reward an encounter. Participation in the 2025 Fashion Week event provided opportunities to complete such tasks, guaranteeing a Fashionable Minccino encounter as a reward.

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 or specific research tasks.

Shiny Fashionable Minccino Availability

Yes, Shiny Fashionable Minccino is available. Both regular and Shiny versions 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 raises your chances of encountering a Shiny Fashionable Minccino. Similarly, completing more research tasks featuring Fashionable Minccino improves your odds.