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Festival of Lights

Event
Starts:
Tuesday, November 7, 2023, at 10:00 AM Local Time
Ends:
Sunday, November 12, 2023, at  8:00 PM Local Time

The Festival of Lights is happening soon in Pokémon GO, and you can look forward to encountering Tadbulb as it makes its Pokémon GO debut! Some Pokémon in the wild will also have a glowing effect at nighttime. Shine brightly with your Pokémon and celebrate!

Bonuses Bonuses Features Features Spawns Spawns Eggs Eggs Research Research Shiny Shiny Sales Sales Graphic Graphic




Bonuses

2× Stardust for hatching Pokémon
2× Stardust for hatching Pokémon
2× Candy for hatching Pokémon
2× Candy for hatching Pokémon
Incense (excluding Daily Adventure Incense) activated during the event will last twice as long
Incense (excluding Daily Adventure Incense) activated during the event will last twice as long

Features

Pokémon Debuts

Tadbulb, the EleTadpole Pokémon, and its Evolution, Bellibolt, will make their Pokémon GO debuts!

You can use 50 Tadbulb Candy to evolve Tadbulb into Bellibolt.

  • Tadbulb
  • Bellibolt

PokéStop Showcases

Be on the lookout for Showcases at different PokéStops during the Festival of Light where you can enter Litwick and Tadbulb!

  • shiny
    Litwick
  • Tadbulb

Mega Garchomp Raid Day

Mega Garchomp will make its earthshaking Pokémon GO debut and will be featured in raids during this special Raid Day!

Click here for full details

Spawns

The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild.

  • shiny
    Pikachu
  • shiny
    Vulpix
  • shiny
    Ponyta
  • shiny
    Magnemite
  • shiny
    Voltorb
  • shiny
    Chinchou
  • shiny
    Mareep
  • shiny
    Slugma
  • shiny
    Electrike
  • shiny
    Litwick

Some Trainers might even encounter the following!

  • shiny
    Morelull
  • Tadbulb

Increased Incense Encounters

The following Pokémon will appear more frequently when Trainers use Incense.

  • shiny
    Alolan Geodude
  • shiny
    Hisuian Voltorb
  • shiny
    Slugma
  • shiny
    Volbeat
  • shiny
    Illumise
  • shiny
    Blitzle
  • shiny
    Litwick
  • shiny
    Litleo
  • shiny
    Dedenne
  • shiny
    Morelull
  • Tadbulb

Eggs

In 7 km Eggs

The following Pokémon will hatch from 7 km Eggs. Also, Morelull hatched from Eggs will have a greater chance of being a Shiny Pokémon than Morelull found in the wild.

  • shiny
    Elekid
  • shiny
    Magby
  • shiny
    Dedenne
  • shiny
    Morelull

Research

Field Research Tasks

The following Pokémon will be available to encounter when you complete Field Research tasks.

  • Catch 5 Pokémon
    POSSIBLE REWARDS
    ×5
     Poké Ball ×5
    ×3
     Great Ball ×3
    ×3
     Razz Berry ×3
    +1
    ×2
     Pinap Berry ×2
  • Send a Gift with a sticker
    REWARD
    shiny Darumaka
    Max CP
    618
    Min CP
    576
  • Explore 1 km
    REWARD
    shiny Morelull
    Max CP
    442
    Min CP
    409
  • Spin 10 PokéStops or Gyms
    POSSIBLE REWARDS
    shiny Morelull
    Max CP
    442
    Min CP
    409
    Tadbulb
    Max CP
    390
    Min CP
    358
  • Hatch 2 Eggs
    REWARD
    Tadbulb
    Max CP
    390
    Min CP
    358

Festival of Lights

Event-exclusive Timed Research

Event-exclusive Timed Research will be available throughout the event!

You’ll be able to complete Timed Research focused on exploring and catching Pokémon!

Complete the research tasks to earn an event-exclusive shirt avatar item and encounters with event-themed Pokémon.

STEP
1
Festival of Lights (1/1)
Spin 30 PokéStops
×1
 Incense ×1
Catch 30 Electric-type Pokémon Hisuian Voltorb
Catch 30 Fire-type Pokémon Hisuian Growlithe
Explore 5 km Tadbulb
Use an Incense Morelull
Catch 15 different species of Pokémon Magmar
Hatch 4 Eggs Dedenne

REWARDS

Alolan Raichu
3000 XP
T-Shirt

Exclusive bonuses for Trainers in India

Trainers located in India can look forward to a special Collection Challenge that awards Stardust, XP, and an encounter with Tadbulb. They can also earn twice the Candy for catching Pokémon during the Festival of Lights event!

Festival of Lights
Magnemite
Magneton
Voltorb
Electrode
Mareep
Flaaffy
Electrike
Manectric
Morelull
Chinchou
Ponyta

REWARDS

×3000
3000 XP
Tadbulb

Shiny

These Pokémon will be released in their shiny variant with the start of the event.

  • Morelull
  • Shiinotic

Sales

New Avatar Item

The following new avatar item will be available to purchase in the in-game shop during this event and will continue to be available after the event ends!

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