Water Festival
Look out for a surge of Water-type Pokémon from Thursday, May 12, 2022, to Friday, May 20, 2022.
Bonuses
Features
Pokémon Debuts
Lapras wearing a scarf, Dewpider, and Araquanid make their debuts in Pokémon GO!
You can use 50 Dewpider Candy to evolve Dewpider into Araquanid.
- Scarf Lapras
- Dewpider
- Araquanid
Legendary Debut
The Legendary Pokémon Tapu Fini, guardian deity of Poni Island, will also be appearing in raids!
- Tapu Fini
Global Challenge
Available from Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. PDT (GMT –7), to Saturday, May 21, 2022, at 1:00 a.m. PDT (GMT –7)
A Global Challenge will be happening throughout the Water Festival event! Work with other Trainers around the world to catch a wave of Water-type Pokémon to earn a bonus for everyone!
Global Challenge: Catch 600,000,000 Water-type Pokémon
Global Challenge bonus reward:
Spawns
The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild.
- Tentacool
- Slowpoke
- Goldeen
- Staryu
- Magikarp
- Marill
- Lotad
- Surskit
- Carvanha
- Wailmer
- Tympole
- Binacle
- Dewpider
If you're lucky, you may encounter the following
- Poliwhirl
- Mantine
- Alomomola
Eggs
In 7 km Eggs
- Psyduck
- Staryu
- Mudkip
- Azurill
- Feebas
- Clamperl
- Mantyke
- Binacle
Raids
Appearing in 1- Star Raids
- Qwilfish
- Wailmer
- Spritzee
- Helioptile
- Rockruff
Appearing in 3- Star Raids
- Alolan Raichu
- Scarf Lapras
- Feraligatr
- Azumarill
- Ludicolo
Appearing in 5- Star Raids
- Tapu Fini
Appearing in Mega Raids
- Mega Blastoise
Research
Field Research Tasks
You can encounter the following Pokémon when you complete Field Research tasks! All of the event tasks will be prefixed with Water Festival.
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Catch 5 Pokémon
POSSIBLE REWARDSMagikarpMax CP117Min CP99WailmerMax CP629Min CP584
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Catch 5 Water‑type Pokémon
POSSIBLE REWARDS×10Poké Ball ×10×5Great Ball ×5
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Catch 5 Magikarp or Wailmer
REWARDLuvdiscMax CP363Min CP332
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Catch 10 Water‑type Pokémon
POSSIBLE REWARDSBinacleMax CP405Min CP373×20Gyarados Mega Energy ×20×20Blastoise Mega Energy ×20
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Catch 15 Pokémon
REWARDDewpiderMax CP306Min CP277
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Catch 25 Pokémon
REWARDScarf LaprasMax CP1131Min CP1076
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Hatch an Egg
REWARDCarvanhaMax CP437Min CP398
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Evolve 2 Water‑type Pokémon
REWARDMarillMax CP197Min CP172
Timed Research
Timed Research focused on catching Pokémon will be available throughout the event!
Complete the research to earn 50 Gyarados Mega Energy, 1,000 XP, 1,000 Stardust, and encounters with Lapras wearing a scarf and Dewpider.
A Poni Adventure
Season-exclusive Special Research
The Season of Alola’s fourth Special Research story will be available on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. local time.
Shiny
These Pokémon will be released in their shiny variant with the start of the event.
- Binacle
- Barbaracle
Sales
New Avatar Items
Celebrate the Water Festival with wonderful new avatar items! You can snag them from the in-game shop during the event—but don’t worry, they’ll be available after the event ends, too!
- Water Festival Scarf