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Nickit makes its debut in Pokémon Go as part of March 2025’s “Deep Depths” event.

The Galar dark-type can evolve into Thievul as part of its evolution line, provided you have enough Candy.

Unlike many new Pokémon added to Pokémon Go in the past year, Nickit can be encountered in the wild — though there are a few other sources to consider if you’re struggling to find one.

How to get Nickit in Pokémon Go

Making its first appearance in 2025’s “Deep Depths” event, on its debut, Nickit can be found:

The easiest option for your first encounter is to purchase the Premium Timed Research ticket for $2 (or the regional equivalent) and defeat a Team Go Rocket Grunt. You’ll get a second for completing every task in the ticket, but if you want a repeatable source after that, then the event Field Research “defeat two Team Go Rocket Grunts” is what you should be looking out for when you spin PokéStop.

Otherwise, keep your eyes peeled on the Nearby feature in the bottom-right corner of the map screen for when a wild spawn appears near you.

Finally, Nickit can also appear in 7km eggs, but even with the half distance bonus during the event period, this is the most unreliable and time-intensive option of them all — so opt for everything else mentioned above instead.

How to get Thievul in Pokémon Go

To get Thievul in Pokémon Go, you must evolve Nickit with 50 Candy.

Even if Nickit can be found in a handful of ways on its debut, you’ll still want to make use of Pinap Berries — as well as an active dark-type Mega Evolution — to squeeze more candy out of every encounter.

If you’re particularly keen to find them in the wild, once you have a Nickit in your Pokédex, you can track it and set alerts for when they appear.

If you’re struggling, you can passively get candy by having one as your buddy Pokémon for every 1km you travel, but if you’re in a rush to get Thievul, then using Rare Candy is always an option — though we’d always advocate saving these for legendary or mythic Pokémon where Candy is really hard to come by.

Can Nickit be shiny in in Pokémon Go?

At the time of writing, Nickit cannot be shiny in Pokémon Go. It’s very rare we have a shiny version on a Pokémon’s debut, and it’s likely we’ll be waiting a while — possibly years — for it to appear in Pokémon Go.

In the meantime, you can see what shiny Nickit looks like thanks to Pokémon Sword and Shield and this video from Schwizu on YouTube.