Osaka, Japan - Pokémon GO Fest 2025
The discovery of a new Mythical Pokémon in the world of Pokémon GO and the mysterious arrival of Legendary Pokémon has raised questions. Learn the answers at Pokémon GO Fest 2025 in Osaka and Suita City! Partake in the revelry and merriment as you collect Pokémon, discover legendary stories, and experience the community of Pokémon GO in person.
All event gameplay is exclusive to ticket holders.
Please note: You will only be able to experience the event gameplay within Expo ‘70 Commemorative Park during the Park Session time noted on your event ticket.
Bonuses 
Exclusive in-game bonuses for ticket holders!
All attendees will receive the following bonuses and rewards anywhere in Osaka and Suita City on their ticketed day during event hours: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. local time!
All ticket holders will receive the following bonuses and rewards anywhere in Osaka and Suita City on their ticketed day from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. local time!
Evolve your gameplay with ticket add-ons
Attendees can purchase optional bonuses to enhance their gameplay. It’s possible to add these to your ticket after your initial order, so if you can’t decide right away, you can always come back to purchase an add-on later!
Egg-thusiast - ¥1,900
* 1/4 Egg Hatch Distance does not stack with other similar bonuses
Raid Lover - ¥1,900
Citywide Gameplay Add-Ons - ¥2,600
Extend the GO Fest fun and enjoy a city experience throughout the host city and it’s surrounding area on the extra event day—or days—of your choice! This add-on provides an additional day of the citywide gameplay experience that is available on your primary event day, with a few restrictions.
These add-ons only enable additional citywide gameplay. The Park event experience is only available on your primary event day at the time indicated on your ticket.
Restrictions for the Citywide Gameplay add-on apply. Trainers will only receive the ticketed event Special Research once per in-person GO Fest event.
Features 
Volcanion makes its inaugural appearance in Pokémon GO!
Who goes there? It’s Volcanion! For the first time in Pokémon GO, Trainers will be able to encounter the elusive Steam Pokémon.
Ticket-holding Trainers will be able to complete exclusive Special Research to learn more about the Steam Pokémon—and have an opportunity to encounter it!
Ticket-holding Trainers will only encounter Volcanion once no matter how many Pokémon GO Fest 2025 Special Research stories they acquire and complete. If you obtain more than one Special Research story that leads to Volcanion by attending multiple GO Fest events, all of the Special Research stories after the first one will award Volcanion Candy instead of an additional encounter with Volcanion.
Get excited for Shiny Pokémon debuts!
Trainers may encounter Shiny Carbink and Shiny Frigibax during GO Fest 2025 in-person events—if they’re lucky! Don’t let the pressure get to you—the Jewel Pokémon Carbink will appear in the Sunken Treasure habitat at in-person GO Fest events.
And stay cool! The Ice Fin Pokémon Frigibax will appear in the Carnival Grounds habitat at in-person GO Fest events.
Carbink
Frigibax
Arctibax
Baxcalibur
Early Access to Crowned Shield and Crowned Sword Forms
Ticket holders for 2025’s in-person Pokémon GO Fest events will get the first chance to discover Zacian and Zamazenta’s different forms in Pokémon GO!
Hawlucha
Hawlucha—usually found only in Mexico and areas near the Mexico–United States border—will make a special appearance in each habitat at all in-person GO Fest events.
GO Snapshots
Take some snapshots while you explore the park for a cooling surprise!
Fan Rotom may appear in snapshots as a surprise encounter during in-person Pokémon GO Fest events.
Trainers can get up to three event-themed GO Snapshot surprise encounters per ticketed event day, including Citywide Gameplay add-on days.
Spawns 
Event-themed Pokémon will appear in the wild!
Event-themed Pokémon will appear in unique habitats during the event! Also, for the first time in Pokémon GO, you’ll be able to encounter Shiny Carbink and Shiny Frigibax in the wild—if you’re lucky!
A map of the venue, including the habitat locations, will be available closer to the event.
Outside of Expo ‘70 Commemorative Park, Trainers playing throughout Osaka and Suita City during their ticketed event hours (including Trainers with a Citywide Gameplay add-on) can encounter wild Pokémon from all habitats.
Habitat: Calming Tea House
Chansey
Snorlax
Marill
Corsola
Chimecho
Munna
Furfrou (Natural)
Swirlix
Cutiefly
Morelull
Komala
Jangmo-o
Hatenna
Some trainers might encounter the following!
Drampa
Habitat: Carnival Grounds
Heracross
Teddiursa
Slugma
Scraggy
Solosis
Vanillite
Frillish
Frillish
Elgyem
Dewpider
Togedemaru
Cetoddle
Frigibax
Some trainers might encounter the following!
Turtonator
Habitat: Noble Fields
Galarian Farfetch'd
Dunsparce
Timburr
Karrablast
Shelmet
Pawniard
White Flower Flabébé
Skiddo
Fomantis
Skwovet
Wooloo
Falinks
Smoliv
Some trainers might encounter the following!
Druddigon
Habitat: Sunken Treasure
Totodile
Corphish
Finneon
Basculin (Blue Striped)
Basculin (Red Striped)
Inkay
Binacle
Skrelp
Clauncher
Carbink
Wimpod
Sandygast
Wiglett
Some trainers might encounter the following!
Rockruff
Note: Some Rockruff that Trainers hatch or encounter will be able to evolve into Dusk Form Lycanroc instead of Midday Form or Midnight Form Lycanroc.
Incense Encounters
At each habitat in the park, some Trainers might even encounter the following!
They spell out SWORD and SHIELD.
Unown S
Unown W
Unown O
Unown R
Unown D
Unown H
Unown I
Unown E
Unown L
Unown ?
Unown !
Spinda
Don’t confuse them! Spinda will appear at each habitat. Take a close look to see which pattern you’ve found! You can check Spinda’s Pokédex entry to see which ones you’ve caught.
- Calming Tea House: Spinda #8
- Carnival Grounds: Spinda #2
- Sunken Treasure: Spinda #4
- Carnival Grounds: Spinda #7
Spinda #2
Spinda #4
Spinda #7
Spinda #3
The Spinda in the Calming Tea House Habitat is only available at GO Fest 2025: Osaka.
Note: The official website refers to them with their Pokédex position but that doesn’t match the image. I’m making the assumption that the image is correct.
The website also does not indicate they can be available shiny but they have been released before.
Raids 
Appearing in 5-star raids
The following Pokémon will appear in raids
Zacian
Zamazenta
Research 
Field Research Tasks
Spin PokéStops to collect event-exclusive Field Research tasks and earn rewards.
Collection Challenges
Level up your Elite Collector medal by completing Collection Challenges—one for each of the four habitats!
Shiny 
These Pokémon will be released in their shiny variant with the start of the event.
- Carbink
- Frigibax
- Arctibax
- Baxcalibur
