Pokémon GO City Safari hits Miami on December 13th and 14th, and if you’re still playing the game, this is one of those events where you actually get out and walk around the city instead of camping one spot all day. Ten bucks gets you eight hours of gameplay with spawns and bonuses you can’t get anywhere else.

The event runs 10 AM to 6 PM on both days. You buy a ticket for one day, and that’s when you get all the special stuff—exclusive spawns, research tasks, and bonuses that make walking around Miami worth it. You’re not stuck in a park or tied to one location. You pick your route, explore whatever neighborhoods look good, and catch Pokémon while you’re at it.

Mudbray is the main reason people are buying tickets. This is the only way to get it right now—City Safari 2025 exclusive, won’t show up globally for a while. You’ll also see event-specific wild spawns all over Miami, better shiny odds than usual, and Lure Modules that last four hours instead of 30 minutes. Drop a lure, lock down a good spot, and farm it without babysitting your phone every half hour.

Special Research starts with an Eevee wearing an explorer hat. You can evolve it into any Eeveelution—Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Umbreon, Leafeon, Glaceon, or Sylveon—and it keeps the hat. The research pushes you to buddy up with this Eevee and walk around Miami, which fits since that’s the whole point of City Safari anyway.

GO Stamp Rally has you visiting marked PokéStops across Miami. Hit a rally location, collect a stamp, get another Eevee with the explorer hat. You can grab eight stamps per day, so that’s eight more Eevees to evolve however you want. Rally only works during event hours and resets daily if you’re doing both days.

Field Research tasks are event-only and spread throughout the city. Finish them and you get encounters with the special Pokémon spawning during City Safari. Worth grabbing tasks from every PokéStop you pass. You also get five special trades per day at half Stardust, which helps if you’re trying to swap regionals or hunt for luckies with other trainers.

Tickets are $10 on the Pokémon GO City Safari website. Pick Saturday or Sunday—that’s your day. Want both days? You can add the second day for extra bonuses, but your main gameplay ties to whichever day you choose first. There are add-ons too, like the Egg-thusiast package that cuts egg distance in half, plus raid upgrades if you’re planning to hit gyms during the event.

This format works because you control the pace. No set route, no schedule. You decide where to go in Miami, which areas to hit, where to stop and hang out. If you live there, it’s a different way to see your own city. If you’re visiting, you’re exploring while playing instead of just staring at your phone in one spot.

People who’ve done City Safari before know what to expect. You run into other players constantly, everyone’s trading and doing raids together, and the whole city feels active in a way it doesn’t during regular play. Less grinding in parking lots, more actually walking and seeing new places while the game gives you reasons to keep moving.

December 13th and 14th. Get your ticket, charge your phone, bring a battery pack because eight hours will drain it, and figure out your Miami route. Mudbray is only here for City Safari, those explorer hat Eevees aren’t sticking around, and the spawns disappear once the event ends.