Zorua and its evolution, Zoroark, are a classic fan favorite Pokemon from the Unova Region, with their popularity carrying over into Pokemon GO. If you’re wondering how you can get your own Zorua during your Pokemon GO adventures, how you can then evolve your Zorua into Zoroark, and if shiny Zorua and Zoroark are possible, all relevant information has been included in the guide below.
Table of Contents
- How to Get Zorua in Pokemon GO
- How to Evolve Zorua into Zoroark in Pokemon GO
- Can You Get Shiny Zorua & Zoroark in Pokemon GO?
How to Get Zorua in Pokemon GO
Zorua can generally be found as a wild spawn in Pokemon GO, however chances of encountering one may be hit or miss, depending on your luck. Additionally, it has previously appeared as a Field Research Task reward and a 1-Star Raid Boss. If players are looking to farm multiple encounters with Zorua, the best bet is to wait for an event in which the Pokemon is featured, much like the recent January 2026 ‘Precious Pals’ event.
- Precious Pals takes place between January 20, 2026, at 10 AM local time and January 25, 2026 at 8 PM local time.
During the Precious Pals event, Zorua is only being included as a rare wild spawn, meaning players can’t also double dip with Field Research task rewards or Raids to help boost their encounters with the monster. Instead, players will need to do lots of exploring in order to run into multiple Zorua and farm valuable Zorua Candy.
Additionally, Zorua is known to disguise itself in game, often taking the form of your Buddy Pokemon. If you’re out and about adventuring and your buddy Pokemon pops up as an encounter, then you should immediately tap into these spawns. After all, they might just be the tricky little Zorua!
Players can also manipulate this by changing their Buddy Pokemon to something unique that isn’t a common wild spawn, as this will be very hard to miss if/when they do appear as a spawn. Legendary Pokemon or shinies are common choices that players assign in the Buddy role when trying to hunt down Zorua.
How to Evolve Zorua into Zoroark in Pokemon GO
To evolve Zorua into Zoroark in Pokemon GO, players first need to collect at least 50 Zorua Candy in total. Once they have this Candy, they can head to the Pokemon’s profile page and tap the evolution button there.
| Pokemon | Evolution Method | Evolved Pokemon |
|---|---|---|
Zorua | 50 Zorua Candy | Zoroark |
One of the easiest ways to quickly get a bunch of Candy is by farming captures with your target Pokemon. Players gain Zorua Candy for every Zorua captured. However, they can then transfer additional copies of Zorua to the Professor to earn even more Candy immediately, making it a useful way to accumulate the resource.
However, this does rely on farming captures with multiple Zorua to be effective. As Zorua is only featured as a rare wild spawn during Precious Pals, Trainers will likely need to put a little bit of time and effort into this approach to gather everything needed by the event’s end date.
Can You Get Shiny Zorua & Zoroark in Pokemon GO?
Shiny Zorua is already available in Pokemon GO, having been added to the game in the past. This means that players can encounter it through all normal methods where Zorua appears.
To boost their chances, players will need to farm as many encounters/spawns with Zorua as possible in order to give themselves more chances at one encounter spawning in as shiny and beating those odds.
Trainers who do manage to capture a shiny Zorua can also evolve it into a shiny Zoroark by meeting the usual evolution criteria.