How to get it
- Defeat a Team GO Rocket Leader: Arlo, Cliff, or Sierra.
- You need room in ordinary Egg storage or in eligible bonus storage when you receive the reward.
How to use it
- Place it in an ordinary incubator and walk the displayed distance.
- Tap the Egg to inspect its possible hatch pool. Event pools change, so a permanent list of species would become outdated.
Worth knowing
Giovanni and ordinary Rocket Grunts are not the regular source of Strange Eggs. Save a slot before completing a Leader battle.
You cannot normally discard an Egg. Hatching is how you clear its slot.
Baseline hatch rewards
Hatch rewards include the resources listed below as well as the Pokémon that hatches. They are baseline amounts before event changes; the Stardust and Candy amounts are ranges, not promises of the maximum reward.
A Star Piece turns the listed Stardust range into 4,800–9,600. A Lucky Egg doubles the listed XP. To benefit, the relevant item must be active when the reward is received, so prepare before completing the remaining hatch distance.
The ordinary Candy belongs to the hatched Pokémon’s family. Candy XL, when awarded, is a separate resource and is not included in the ordinary Candy range below.
| Reward | Ordinary amount |
|---|---|
| XP | 4,000 |
| Stardust | 3,200–6,400 |
| Family Candy | 16–32 |
What is determined before you hatch
An Egg’s Pokémon is determined when the Egg is generated, including its IVs and Shiny status. Waiting to hatch an old Egg during a later event does not turn it into an Egg from that new event’s hatch pool.
The Egg’s recorded origin becomes the hatched Pokémon’s location. This can matter for distance-based trading rewards, particularly for Eggs received through distant friends or Mateo. Inspect the Egg’s own hatch list instead of assuming every Egg with the same walking distance has the same contents.
Sources & further reading
- Pokémon GO: A Quantitative Approach by nick blackVersion 1.0.6 (October 4, 2026), §5.3, p. 33; Table 5.9; §2.5, pp. 9–10; §4.3, p. 24
Event rewards, shop offers, and limits can change. Check the current in-game description for event-specific rules. Worked examples are illustrative calculations.