How to get Tinkatink and evolutions Tinkatuff and Tinkaton in Pokémon Go

Tinkatink arrives in Pokémon Go as part of April 2025’s “Pokémon Horizons: The Series Celebration” event.

The Paldea fairy- and steel-type can evolve into Tinkatuff and Tinkaton with enough Candy available.

Unlike recent new Pokémon such as Gossifleur and Nickit, Tinkatink is not available in the wild on its debut — but there is one (paid) source that makes acquiring some fairly straightforward.

How to get Tinkatink in Pokémon Go

First appearing in April 2025’s “Pokémon Horizons: The Series Celebration” event, on its debut, Tinkatink is found:

• By hatching 7 km eggs (moving to 10 km eggs once the event ends on Tuesday, April 22)
• “Don’t Tinkatink Twice!” Premium Timed Research Ticket rewards (two encounters by completing “Take a snapshot with your buddy” and “Hatch 2 eggs”)

Tinkatink can only be found in 7 km eggs — which are received by opening gifts from friends — during the event, unless you decide to pay $5 (or the regional equivalent) for the event’s Timed Research Ticket, which will guarantee two pretty painless ways to encounter one.

Tinkatink is going to be tricky to source, in other words. The good news is once the event ends on Tuesday, April 22, Tinkatink will still be available, albeit switching to the 10km egg pool.

A small silver lining from Tinkatink being only found in eggs and Timed Research is these sources have higher IVs than wild catches, meaning they will have at least 10/10/10 stats every time.