The Hottest Present
| The Hottest Present 最高ホットなプレゼントThe Hottest Present | |
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| Type | Story event |
|---|---|
| First run | December 15 to 31, 2025 |
| Featured sync pairs | Arven (Holiday 2025) & Scovillain |
| Sync pairs with reward bonus | |
| 1.6× | Arven (Holiday 2025) & Scovillain |
| 1.4× | Siebold & Clawitzer Gladion & Silvally Lillie (Holiday 2024) & Primarina Bugsy (Holiday 2024) & Kricketune Viola (Holiday 2023) & Vivillon Sycamore (Holiday 2023) & Gogoat Jasmine (Holiday 2022) & Ampharos Whitney (Holiday 2022) & Sawsbuck Nessa (Holiday 2021) & Eiscue Leon (Holiday 2021) & Calyrex Skyla (Holiday 2020) & Togekiss Erika (Holiday 2020) & Comfey Rosa (Holiday 2019) & Delibird Siebold (Holiday 2019) & Octillery |
| Theme skills with 1.2× reward bonus |  Paldea |
The Hottest Present (Japanese:最高ホットなプレゼントThe Hottest Present) was astory event inPokémon Masters EX. It was focused on thesync pair Arven (Holiday 2025) & Scovillain.
The "Arven Seasonal Scout" gave players an increased chance of recruiting Arven (Holiday 2025) & Scovillain for the duration of the event.
During this event, players could earn event points by completing battles. Players received rewards based on the number of points accumulated, including 5★ Scout Tickets, a Strike Move Candy Coin, a 5★ Power-Up, andmedals. All battles could be challenged an unlimited number of times except Daily Extreme Battle 1, which could only be challenged once per day.
The player could battle using Arven (Holiday 2025) & Scovillain to obtain +0.6× bonus points; Siebold & Clawitzer, Gladion & Silvally, Lillie (Holiday 2024) & Primarina, Bugsy (Holiday 2024) & Kricketune, Viola (Holiday 2023) & Vivillon, Sycamore (Holiday 2023) & Gogoat, Jasmine (Holiday 2022) & Ampharos, Whitney (Holiday 2022) & Sawsbuck, Nessa (Holiday 2021) & Eiscue, Leon (Holiday 2021) & Calyrex, Skyla (Holiday 2020) & Togekiss, Erika (Holiday 2020) & Comfey, Rosa (Holiday 2019) & Delibird, or Siebold (Holiday 2019) & Octillery to obtain +0.4× bonus points; and any unlistedPaldea sync pairs to obtain +0.2× bonus points.
This event featured the Battle Challenge, where players were challenged to defeat a team of strong opponents. Players could complete event missions by clearing these areas with one or fewer sync pairs fainting and sync pairs with specifictheme skills on the team.
In addition, completing the final story area of the event would reward players with a special piece of artwork for theTrainer Lodge.
Plot
After being invited to a winter party byJuliana,Arven is wondering withhis Mabosstiff andScovillain about what he should cook, especially having promised to make something super special despite a lack of experience in attending such occasions. He is spotted byGladion, who hears him out and then invites him to join his own meeting withSiebold to learn to prepare a few dishes for his own winter family withhisfamily.
Meeting up with Lillie as well, Siebold starts off by asking each of them what kind of dishes they'd like to make. Lillie and Gladion want to make something to thank their mother for working hard for the family, though Arven doesn't have much of an idea beyond wanting to make something different than usual. Scovillain emerges from its Pokeball, to Arven's surprise. He explains to Lille how Scovillain are connected to cooking, which both Gladion and Siebold surmise means it wants to help him cook. Siebold further suggests that he let Scovillain participate, noting that the artistry of a dish is better when you have an idea of who you're cooking it for. Thinking backtohisfriends, Arven settles on an idea for what he wants to make.
On the day of the winter party, Arven has just about finished getting gifts and ingredients when he overhears Lusamine's call to Gladion and Lillie about how she may not be able to make it to their party due to work. The two siblings try to explain how it's a regular occurrence and they're used to it, but Arven, given his own issues withhis parents, is having none of it and storms towards theAether Foundation building with his Pokemon in tow, intending to give Lusamine a piece of his mind. To his surprise, however, he finds out that the work that is holding up Lusamine is the search of a missing Pokemon that she is determined to reunite with its Trainer, despite the pleadings ofher employees who are more than willing to take on the caseload for her. Seeing how Lusamine isn't as he thought, Arven apologises and decides to help out so that Lusamine can spend time with her children.
Arven's search brings him to the forest just as his friends arrive. Hearing Arven muse about how the Pokemon must be hungry by now sparks an idea for Juliana who suggests they lure it out with Arven's cooking, which also causes Penny to remark that their gift for him would be fitting the occasion, even if it's a bit early. Now dressed in his Holiday outfit, Arven whips up some spicy food that quickly lures in the missingHoppip.
With the crisis over, Gladion, Lusamine and Lillie thank Arven for their help. He leaves to meet up with his own friends, running into Siebold along the way. Though Arven wasn't able to make the dish he had been planning due to having used the ingredients for the food to lure out the Hoppip, Siebold trusts that it would have tasted wonderful as long as he put his love in it. Finally meeting up with his friends, Penny jokes that she'd starting to wonder if they should have ordered take-out, and Arven in turn remarks that it's his turn to give them presents.
Area info
| Area name | Unlock condition | Completion rewards |
|---|---|---|
 Arven's Concerns | Available from start |  Gems ×50Challenge Juliana and Florian: Part 1 |
| Gladion's Suggestion | Complete Challenge Juliana and Florian: Part 1 | Gems ×50Challenge Juliana and Florian: Part 2 |
| Crisis on a Special Day | Complete Challenge Juliana and Florian: Part 2 | Gems ×50Challenge Juliana and Florian: Part 3 |
| Time Together with a Smile | Complete Challenge Juliana and Florian: Part 3 |  Artwork ×1No. 2023 Gems ×50Challenge Juliana and Florian: Part 4 |
Battles
| Name | Difficulty | Trainers | Pokémon | Stamina | First-Time Rewards | Completion Rewards | Battle Rewards | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | Middle | Right | |||||||||
| Challenge Juliana and Florian: Part 1 | Normal |  Preschooler |  Juliana |  Florian |  Tinkaton Weakness:  |  Sprigatito Weakness: |  Fuecoco Weakness:  | 10 | Gems ×100Gladion's Suggestion |  200 coins Event Point ×10 | Event Point ×1-2 |
| Challenge Juliana and Florian: Part 2 | Hard | 15 | Gems ×100Crisis on a Special Day | 600 coinsEvent Point ×18 | Event Point ×1-3 | ||||||
| Challenge Juliana and Florian: Part 3 | Very Hard | 15 | Gems ×100Time Together with a Smile | 600 coinsEvent Point ×22 | Event Point ×1-3 | ||||||
| Challenge Juliana and Florian: Part 4 | Super Hard | 20 | Gems ×100Daily Extreme Battle 1Battle Challenge! Round 1 | 1,500 coinsEvent Point ×32 | Event Point ×1-4 | ||||||
| Daily Extreme Battle 1 | Ultra Hard | 30 | Gems ×100 | 2,000 coinsEvent Point ×200 | None | ||||||
| Battle Challenge! Round 1 | Super Hard |  Lusamine Sygna Suit |  Gladion Sygna Suit |  Lillie Anniversary 2024 |  Necrozma Dusk Mane Weakness: |  Magearna Weakness: |  Solgaleo Weakness: | — | Gems ×100Battle Challenge! Round 2 3★ Tech Move Candy | None | None |
| Battle Challenge! Round 2 | Ultra Hard | — | Gems ×100 4★ Strike Move Candy | None | None | ||||||
Event missions
| Mission Name | Objective | Reward |
| Mission 1 | Complete the following area with 1 or fewer sync pairs falling to 0 HP: Battle Challenge! Round 1 |  5★ Scout Ticket ×2 |
| Mission 2 | Complete the following area with 1 or fewer sync pairs falling to 0 HP: Battle Challenge! Round 2 |  5★ Power-Up ×1 |
| Mission 3 | Complete Battle Challenge! Round 2 with 1 or more sync pairs that share each of the following themes and with 1 or fewer sync pairs falling to 0 HP: • Paldea • Fire |  Support Move Candy Coin |
| Reward for completing all missions | Gems ×200 | |
Event rewards
| Total Points | Item received |
|---|---|
| 100 |  Gym Leader Notes ×20 |
| 200 |  5-Pack Great Drink Set ×100 |
| 300 |  Battle Points ×50 |
| 400 |  5-Pack Ultra Drink Set ×200 |
| 500 |  3★ Level-Up Manual ×10 |
| 600 |  Elite Four Notes ×15 |
| 700 |  5-Pack Drink + Set ×200 |
| 800 | 3★ Level-Up Manual ×20 |
| 900 |  Fire Tome, Vol. 1 ×400 |
| 1,000 |  Skip Ticket ×90 |
| 1,100 | 3★ Level-Up Manual ×20 |
| 1,200 | Battle Points ×100 |
| 1,300 | 3★ Level-Up Manual ×20 |
| 1,400 | 3★ Level-Up Manual ×30 |
| 1,500 |  5-Pack Great Drink + Set ×250 |
| 1,600 | 3★ Level-Up Manual ×30 |
| 1,700 | Battle Points ×100 |
| 1,800 |  4★ Level-Up Manual ×10 |
| 1,900 |  3★ Power-Up ×1 |
| 2,000 | 5★ Scout Ticket ×8 |
| 2,100 |  5-Pack Ultra Drink + Set ×250 |
| 2,200 | Skip Ticket ×90 |
| 2,300 | 3★ Power-Up ×1 |
| 2,400 | 4★ Level-Up Manual ×20 |
| 2,500 |  1★ The Hottest Present |
| 2,600 |  5-Pack Drink ++ Set ×250 |
| 2,700 |  Fire Codex, Vol. 1 ×400 |
| 2,800 |  Sync Orb ×100 Arven (Holiday 2025) & Scovillain |
| 2,900 |  5-Pack Great Drink ++ Set ×100 |
| 3,000 | 4★ Level-Up Manual ×10 |
| 3,200 |  Yellow Skill Feather ×5 |
| 3,400 |  Co-op Sync Orb ×1,000 |
| 3,600 | 4★ Level-Up Manual ×10 |
| 3,800 | Yellow Skill Feather ×5 |
| 4,000 |  Skill Bracelet ×1 |
| 4,200 |  Special Skill Feather 109 ×1[note 1] |
| 4,400 |  Skill Bandanna ×1 |
| 4,600 | 4★ Level-Up Manual ×5 |
| 4,800 | 3★ Power-Up ×1 |
| 5,000 |  2★ The Hottest Present |
| 5,200 |  Skill Pin ×1 |
| 5,400 | 4★ Level-Up Manual ×5 |
| 5,600 | Co-op Sync Orb ×1,000 |
| 5,800 | Yellow Skill Feather ×20 |
| 6,000 |  Strike Move Candy Coin ×1 |
| 6,250 |  Arven (Holiday 2025) Lucky Cookie 1 ×1 |
| 6,500 |  White Skill Feather ×5 |
| 6,750 | Siebold (Holiday 2019) Lucky Cookie 1 ×1 |
| 7,000 |  4★ Power-Up ×1 |
| 7,250 | 4★ Level-Up Manual ×5 |
| 7,500 |  3★ The Hottest Present |
| 7,750 |  Green Skill Feather ×5 |
| 8,000 | 5★ Power-Up ×1 |
| 8,500 | Co-op Sync Orb ×1,000 |
| 9,000 | Co-op Sync Orb ×1,000 |
| 9,500 | Co-op Sync Orb ×1,000 |
| 10,000 |  Arven's Spicy New Flavor! |
For every 1,000 points earned past 10,000 points (11,000 points, 12,000 points, etc.), the player earned ten 4★ Level-Up Manuals.
Gallery
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| Event banner | ||||
| | | | |
| Medal 1★ The Hottest Present | Medal 2★ The Hottest Present | Medal 3★ The Hottest Present | Medal Arven's Spicy New Flavor! | Artwork from the story area Time Together with a Smile |
Music
 | This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. |
| Situation | Song key | Song name | Arrangement |
|---|---|---|---|
| In menu |  No. 00004 | Adventure Awaits | Unknown |
| During battle (Challenge Pasio's Trainers, Daily Extreme Battle 1) | No. 09017 | Battle! (Paldea Trainer) (Pokémon Masters EX Version) | Unknown |
| During battle (Battle Challenge) | No. 07005 | Battle! (Gladion) (Pokémon Masters EX Version) | Haruki Yamada (ATTIC INC.) |
| Song names without a song key listed are unofficial, as they have not been added to the Jukebox. | |||
Script
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 最高ホットなプレゼント | |
| Mandarin Chinese | 灼熱至極的禮物 | |
| French | Le cadeau le plus épicé ! | |
| German | Ein gepfeffertes Geschenk | |
| Italian | Un regalo bello pepato | |
| Korean | 최고로 따스한 선물 | |
| Spanish | Regalo con pizca de picante | |
Notes
- ↑Unlocks 70 HP, 60 Attack, 20 Defense, 60 Sp. Atk, 20 Sp. Def, and 20 Speed for the corresponding skill gear. Activated for Fire, Paldea, and Rival sync pairs. Additional effects are Special Moves ↑ 2%, Fire S-Moves ↑ 2%, and Grass P-Move DR & S-Move DR 4%.
See also
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