Pokémon GO Fest 2025 Paris: Complete Guide

Pokémon GO Fest 2025: Paris takes place from June 13–15 at Parc de Sceaux and across Paris. Event hours are 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM daily. Ticket holders receive exclusive gameplay, spawns, raids, and bonuses.

You will only be able to experience the event gameplay within Parc de Sceaux during the Park Session time noted on your event ticket.

Pokémon GO Fest 2025 Paris: Dates, Location & Bonuses

Dates and Locations

Download Pokémon GO Fest 2025 Paris Map

The GO Fest Paris Map is available for download. 

And for city play, stay within the map boundaries shown below to play:

Bonuses & Rewards for GO Fest Paris Ticket Holders

All attendees will receive the following bonuses and rewards anywhere in Paris 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 Paris on their ticketed day from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. local time!

Event Highlights

Volcanion Debuts in a Special Research story 🌋

Volcanion

This year, the Mythical Pokémon Volcanion—the Steam Pokémon—will heat up the event! After making its Pokémon GO debut during the Pokémon GO Fest 2025 event in Osaka, Japan, this Pokémon will make a follow-up appearance in Paris!

Follow the story told by your event-exclusive Special Research and adventure throughout the park, and get ready for your own encounter with Volcanion!

Exclusive Hawlucha Spawns at GO Fest Paris 🌐

Hawlucha

Alongside Volcanion, another Pokémon will kick its way into the event! Trainers can encounter Hawlucha, the Wrestling Pokémon, exclusively during the Paris GO Fest

• This Pokémon is typically only found in Mexico!

New Shiny Pokémon Debut ✨

Pokémon GO Fest 2025: Paris attendees will be able to encounter Shiny Carbink and Shiny Frigibax for the first time in Pokémon GO—if they’re lucky. Shiny Carbink has fantastic blue/cyan highlights, and the Shiny Frigibax line has an interesting teal tone to them.

Special Spinda forms available 🌀

A special Spinda form will only be available at GO Fest 2025: Paris! 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.

Spind form	Habitat
Spinda Number 6	Ancient Temple Habitat, first pattern on bottom row of the Pokédex
Spinda Number 2	Carnival Grounds Habitat, leftmost pattern in the top row of the Pokédex
Spinda Number 4	Sunken Treasure Habitat, middle pattern in the top row of the Pokédex
Spinda Number 7	Noble Fields Habitat, leftmost pattern in the bottom row of the Pokédex

• The Spinda in the Ancient Temple Habitat is only available at GO Fest 2025: Paris.

Train Falinks and Conductor Pikachu Costumes 🚂

Train-style Falinks and train conductor Pikachu costumes debut at GO Fest 2025 in-person events, paying homage to the Galar region’s industrial history! Available in Eggs and different habitats.

GO Snapshots featuring Fan Rotom 📷

Fan Rotom

For eagle-eyed Trainers, 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.

GO Fest 2025 Paris Habitats

Four Habitats will be available at GO Fest 2025 Paris: Ancient Temple, Carinval Grounds, Noble Fields, and Sunken Treasures. We have a separate Pokémon GO Fest Paris 2025: Top Spawns guide that covers which Pokémon are the top priority catches during this event.

Habitat: Ancient Temple

The following Pokémon will appear during the Ancient Temple habitat:

Habitat: Carnival Grounds

The following Pokémon will appear during the Carnival Grounds habitat:

Habitat: Noble Fields

The following Pokémon will appear during the Noble Fields habitat:

Habitat: Sunken Treasure

The following Pokémon will appear during the Sunken Treasure habitat:

All Habitats: Unown and Hawlucha

Hawlucha and Unown will be appearing at the event, spelling out SWORD and SHIELD. Unown ? and Unown ! will also appear. The following Pokémon will appear across all habitats:

Pokémon GO Fest Paris 2025: 5-Star and Max Raids

5-Star Raids

The following Pokémon will appear in Five-Star Raids:

Related Raid Guides:

• Zacian (Hero of Many Battles)
• Zamazenta (Hero of Many Battles)

6-Star Max Battles

Related Max Battle Guides: How to Beat Gigantamax Inteleon: Best Counters and Guide

GO Fest 2025 Paris Egg Hatches

2km Eggs

5km Eggs

Collection Challenges

Level up your Elite Collector medal by completing Collection Challenges—one for each of the four habitats!

Field Research

Spin PokéStops to collect event-exclusive Field Research tasks and earn rewards.

GO Fest 2025: Paris Hero’s Journey Special Research

GO Fest 2025: Paris Hero’s Journey is a Special Research that rewards Trainers with enough energy to obtain either a Crowned Sword Zacian or a Crowned Shield Zamazenta. This is a branching Special Research where you pick to pursue ⚔️ Crowned Sword Journey or 🛡️ Crowned Shield Journey.

GO Fest 2025: Paris Hero’s Journey (1/6)

Task	Reward
Spin 5 Poké Stops or Gyms in Osaka City or Suita City	1× Incense
Use an Incense	10× Poke Ball
Catch 10 Pokémon	1× Lure

Rewards

GO Fest 2025: Paris Hero’s Journey Choice

Crowned Sword Zacian

Pick ⚔️ Crowned Sword Journey

Crowned Shield Zamazenta

Pick 🛡️ Crowned Shield Journey

⚔️ Crowned Sword Journey (2/6)

Task	Reward
Hatch an Egg	Skiddo
Power up Fairy-type Pokémon 5 times	5× Zacian Candy
Earn 3,000 Stardust	3× Pinap Berry

Rewards

🛡️ Crowned Shield Journey (2/6)

Task	Reward
Hatch an Egg	Skiddo
Power up Fighting-type Pokémon 5 times	5× Zamazenta Candy
Earn 3,000 Stardust	3× Pinap Berry

Rewards

⚔️ Crowned Sword Journey (3/6)

Task	Reward
Make 5 Nice Throws	3× Hyper Potion
Battle in 2 raids	3× Max Revive
Earn 10,000 XP	1000× Stardust

Rewards

🛡️ Crowned Shield Journey (3/6)

Task	Reward
Make 5 Nice Throws	3× Hyper Potion
Battle in 2 raids	3× Max Revive
Earn 10,000 XP	1000× Stardust

Rewards

⚔️ Crowned Sword Journey (4/6)

Task	Reward
Win 2 raids	1× Incense
Power up Steel-type Pokémon 10 times	3× Max Potion
Use 5 supereffective Charged Attacks	3× Razz Berry

Rewards

🛡️ Crowned Shield Journey (4/6)

Task	Reward
Win 2 raids	1× Incense
Power up Steel-type Pokémon 10 times	3× Max Potion
Use 5 supereffective Charged Attacks	3× Razz Berry

Rewards

⚔️ Crowned Sword Journey (5/6)

Task	Reward
Earn 2 Candies exploring with a Fairy-type Pokémon as your buddy	800× Max Particle
Change Zacian’s form	3× Silver Pinap Berry
Win 2 Max Battles	100× Stardust

Rewards

🛡️ Crowned Shield Journey (5/6)

Task	Reward
Earn 2 Candies exploring with a Fighting-type Pokémon as your buddy	800× Max Particle
Change Zamazenta’s form	3× Silver Pinap Berry
Win 2 Max Battles	100× Stardust

Rewards

⚔️ Crowned Sword Journey (6/6)

Task	Reward
Claim Reward	2025× XP
Claim Reward	2025× Stardust
Claim Reward	2025× XP

Rewards

🛡️ Crowned Shield Journey (6/6)

Task	Reward
Claim Reward	2025× XP
Claim Reward	2025× Stardust
Claim Reward	2025× XP

Rewards

GO Fest 2025: Full Steam Ahead to Paris! Special Research

GO Fest 2025: Full Steam Ahead to Paris is a Special Research that introduces Volcanion to the world of Pokémon GO! Trainers will progress through 9 stages of discoveries, and encounter Volcanion!

GO Fest 2025: Full Steam Ahead to Paris! (1/9)

Task	Reward
Spin 5 Poké Stops or Gyms in Liberty State Park	2025× XP
Make a Nice Throw	20× Poke Ball
Catch 10 Pokémon	2025× Stardust

Rewards

GO Fest 2025: Full Steam Ahead to Paris Branched Choice:

• Pick Ancient Temple
• Pick Carnival Grounds
• Pick Noble Fields
• Pick Sunken Treasure

Ancient Temple (2/9)

Task	Reward
Spin 3 Poké Stops or Gyms in the Ancient Temple habitat	2025× XP
Make a Nice Throw	Skiddo
Catch 10 Pokémon	Spinda #6

Rewards

Carnival Grounds (2/9)

Task	Reward
Spin 3 Poké Stops or Gyms in the Carnival Grounds habitat	2025× XP
Make a Nice Throw	Skiddo
Catch 10 Pokémon	Spinda #2

Rewards

Noble Fields (2/9)

Task	Reward
Spin 3 Poké Stops or Gyms in the Noble Fields habitat	2025× XP
Make a Nice Throw	Skiddo
Catch 10 Pokémon	Spinda #7

Rewards

Sunken Treasure (2/9)

Task	Reward
Spin 3 Poké Stops or Gyms in the Sunken Treasure habitat	2025× XP
Make a Nice Throw	Skiddo
Catch 10 Pokémon	Spinda #4

Rewards

GO Fest 2025: Full Steam Ahead to Paris! (3/9)

Task	Reward
Spin 3 Poké Stops or Gyms in the Ancient Temple habitat	10× Poke Ball
Catch 3 ???-type Pokémon	Unknown
In the Ancient Temple Habitat, take a snapshot of a Unknown you caught	Spinda #3

Rewards

GO Fest 2025: Full Steam Ahead to Paris! (4/9)

Task	Reward
Spin 3 Poké Stops or Gyms in the Carnival Grounds habitat	10× Poke Ball
Catch 3 Psychic-type Pokémon	Cetoddle
In the Carnival Grounds Habitat, take a snapshot of a Cetoddle you caught	Spinda #2

Rewards

GO Fest 2025: Full Steam Ahead to Paris! (5/9)

Task	Reward
Spin 3 Poké Stops or Gyms in the Sunken Treasure habitat	10× Poke Ball
Catch 3 Water-type Pokémon	Finneon
In the Sunken Treasure Habitat, take a snapshot of a Finneon you caught	Spinda #4

Rewards

GO Fest 2025: Full Steam Ahead to Paris! (6/9)

Task	Reward
Take 3 snapshots of your Water-type Pokémon	2025× Stardust
Power up Water-type Pokémon 10 times	3× Rare Candy
Evolve a Water-type Pokémon	1× Rare Candy XL

Rewards

GO Fest 2025: Full Steam Ahead to Paris! (7/9)

Task	Reward
Take 3 snapshots of your Fire-type Pokémon	2025× Stardust
Power up Fire-type Pokémon 10 times	3× Rare Candy
Evolve a Fire-type Pokémon	1× Rare Candy XL

Rewards

GO Fest 2025: Full Steam Ahead to Paris! (8/9)

Task	Reward
Earn 6 hearts with your buddy	Hawlucha
Hatch an Egg	Falinks
Evolve 6 Pokémon	3× Golden Razz Berry

Rewards

GO Fest 2025: Full Steam Ahead to Paris! (9/9)

Task	Reward
Catch a Pokémon on 7 different days	2025× XP
Earn 2 Candies exploring with Volcanion as your buddy	2025× Stardust
Send 1 Gift to friends	2025× XP

Rewards

How to Buy Tickets for Pokémon GO Fest Paris 2025

Pokémon GO Fest 2025: Paris attendees may purchase a ticket for one day of the three-day event. One-day tickets are €27.00 (plus applicable taxes and fees) and are available for purchase here.

Trainers who purchase a ticket will split their day between exploring Parc de Sceaux and adventuring throughout Paris, enjoying special exclusive event gameplay during both parts of the day. The experience for both the Parc de Sceaux and throughout Paris are the same—the only difference is the time of day Trainers are at each location.

How to Purchase Tickets

Click here to get a ticket, or: 

1. Open the Pokémon GO app.
2. In Map View, tap the Main Menu button.
3. Tap Events.
4. On the following page, all upcoming live events will be listed, with the soonest event at the top.
5. You’ll see the label “Tickets Available!” next to a first-come first-served event if it hasn’t sold out yet.
6. Tap the event to select the date and time you wish to attend, purchase tickets for friends (see the “Gift a ticket to a friend!” section), and input your payment information to complete your purchase.
7. On the payment confirmation page, please note your order ID. You’ll also receive a confirmation email at the address you entered before payment.

Park Experience

You can choose to buy tickets for any of the days—June 13 (Friday), June 14 (Saturday), or June 15 (Sunday), available in two time slots

• Morning Park Experience (9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET):With this Morning Park Experience ticket, you’ll spend the first part of your day within Parc de Sceaux before venturing into Paris for a second event-exclusive gameplay experience.
• Afternoon Park Experience (2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. ET):With this Afternoon Park Experience ticket, you’ll spend the first part of your day enjoying event-exclusive gameplay throughout Paris before heading to Parc de Sceaux to finish off your event day.

Game Play Add-ons

As an optional bonus for those who are attending GO Fest 2025 Paris, the below add-ons will be offered. You can add these on later, so don’t worry about choosing which ones you want right away.

Raid Lover – €27.00

With the Raid Lover Add-on you will get the following bonuses active throughout Paris from Friday, June 13 through Sunday, June 15, 2025

Egg-thusiast – €27.00

With the Egg-thusiast Add-on you will get the following bonuses active throughout Paris from Friday, June 13 through Sunday, June 15, 2025

Citywide Gameplay – €18.00

Extend the GO Fest fun and enjoy the city experience throughout Paris on one to two extra days of your choice! This add-on provides an additional day of the same citywide gameplay experience that is available on your primary event day; however, it does not include additional Special or Timed Research.

This add-on only enables additional citywide gameplay. The Park event experience will only be available on your primary event day at the time indicated on your ticket.

T-Shirt Pre-order – €27.00

Pre-order your in-person event-exclusive Pokémon GO Fest 2025 T-shirt now and pick it up in-person during the event. Each T-shirt purchased will also come with a code that can be redeemed for a matching in-app avatar item. T-shirt quantities are limited and pre-orders will only be available while supplies last.

No returns, exchanges, or cancellations will be allowed. The same T-shirt design (in a different color) will be available for sale (while supplies last) on Niantic Supply in select countries.

Merchandise

Trainers can purchase a wider selection of apparel and accessories than ever before at Pokémon GO Fest 2025 in-person events. All items are available via preorder only, and they must be picked up at Parc de Sceaux during your ticketed event day.