Good news trainers! The Water Festival returns to Pokémon GO and will see the official debut of Dewpider, Araquanid, and Lapras wearing a scarf. The wait won’t be too long since the event starts from May 12 until May 20.
In addition to the Pokémon mentioned, trainers can look forward to seeing the Legendary Pokémon Tapu Fini in Raids. Meanwhile, those lucky enough could encounter a Shiny Tapu Fini.
For the festival, the event bonuses are:
- Rainy Lure Modules activated during the event will last for two hours.
- 2× Candy from hatching Eggs.
- Increased Candy XL from hatching Eggs.
Global Challenge
One interesting thing about the Water Festival is the Global Challenge happening throughout the event. The challenge starts May 11 and ends May 21. In this event, trainers need to work with others to catch a wave of Water-type Pokémon. Trainers collectively need to catch 600,000,000 Water-type Pokémon during the challenge. The bonus reward is 2× Candy for catching Pokémon.
Other Activities
Here are the other activities of the festival:
- Wild Encounters
- Tentacool
- Slowpoke
- Goldeen
- Staryu
- Magikarp
- Marill
- Lotad
- Surskit
- Carvanha
- Wailmer
- Tympole
- Binacle
- Dewpider
- Raids
- One-Star Raids
- Qwilfish
- Wailmer
- Spritzee
- Helioptile
- Rockruff
- Three-Star Raids
- Alolan Raichu
- Lapras wearing a scarf
- Feraligatr
- Azumarill
- Ludicolo
- Five-Star Raids
- Tapu Fini
- Mega Raids
- Mega Blastoise
- One-Star Raids
- Eggs (hatch from 7 km Eggs)
- Psyduck
- Azurill
- Mantyke
- Mudkip
- Feebas
- Binacle
- Staryu
- Clamperl
Field Research
For the duration of the festival, trainers can encounter these Pokémon when they complete Field Research tasks:
- Magikarp
- Carvanha
- Wailmer
- Luvdisc
- Binacle
- Dewpider
Meanwhile, those lucky enough could encounter Lapras wearing a scarf or Marill.
By the way, those able to finish certain Field Research tasks earn Mega Energy for Blastoise and Gyarados.
Pokémon GO Fest 2022
In-person Pokémon GO Fest events are returning and the first one is going to be held in Berlin, Germany. The Britzer Garten is hosting a special experience from July 1 to July 3 and offering unique features and giveaways. Read more about it here.
After Berlin, the event goes to Sapporo, Japan, which starts August 5 to August 7. Because the event was seen as too big, the activities will be hosted in Nakajima Park and the whole city of Sapporo. Learn more about it here.
Pokémon GO is available on Android and iOS.
