How to get Tinkatink in Pokémon Go

Tinkatink arrives in Pokémon Go as a part of April 2025’s “Pokémon Horizons: The Sequence Celebration” occasion.

The Paldea fairy- and steel-type can evolve into Tinkatuff and Tinkaton with sufficient Sweet accessible.

In contrast to latest new Pokémon resembling Gossifleur and Nickit, Tinkatink just isn’t accessible within the wild on its debut — however there’s one (paid) supply that makes buying some pretty easy.

The right way to get Tinkatink in Pokémon Go

First showing in April 2025’s “Pokémon Horizons: The Sequence Celebration” occasion, on its debut, Tinkatink is discovered:

Tinkatink can solely be present in 7 km eggs — that are obtained by opening presents from friends — in the course of the occasion, except you determine to pay $5 (or the regional equal) for the occasion’s Timed Analysis Ticket, which is able to assure two fairly painless methods to come across one.

Tinkatink goes to be tough to supply, in different phrases. The excellent news is as soon as the occasion ends on Tuesday, April 22, Tinkatink will nonetheless be accessible, albeit switching to the 10km egg pool.

A small silver lining from Tinkatink being solely present in eggs and Timed Analysis is these sources have greater IVs than wild catches, that means they may have at the least 10/10/10 stats each time.

The right way to get evolution Tinkatuff and Tinkaton in Pokémon Go

To get evolutions Tinkatuff and Tinkaton in Pokémon Go, it’s essential to evolve a Tinkatink with 25 Sweet adopted by 100 Sweet.

Exterior of the 2 paid Timed Analysis occasion encounters, Tinkatink can solely be sourced from eggs, so the standard advice of utilizing Pinap Berries and a associated Mega Evolution lively to provide you a simple Sweet increase doesn’t apply.

As a substitute, you simply must grind these eggs out. We’d extremely suggest not shopping for incubators specifically for this objective, as discovering Tinkatink isn’t assured. As a substitute, take into account it a aim to work in the direction of over an extended time period — your free, infinite-use incubator will churn by way of eggs sooner than you assume — particularly once you think about Tinkatink being extra accessible in future occasions, resembling a attainable Group Day (which, admittedly, is perhaps years away.)

Should you’re notably eager to get evolving, nonetheless, then it’s not an enormous quantity of Uncommon Sweet to spend — although we’d all the time advocate in reserving these for Legendary and Legendary Pokémon.

Can Tinkatink be shiny in in Pokémon Go?

Tinkatink can’t be shiny in Pokémon Go. That is more likely to change over time — it’s a fan favorite Pokémon in any case — however know that it is perhaps some time earlier than that occurs.

Till then, you may see what shiny Tinkatink seems like due to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and this video from Toda & Hoody on YouTube.