Pokemon Go Fest 2020 Day 1 Guide

Strap yourselves in Trainers, Pokemon Go 2020 Fest Has Begun! As our overseas friends have just started experiencing the event we now have more details about Go Fest that we’re excited to share with you all.

Please note: This info is coming directly from our friends over at Serebii.net and will be updated as and when new information comes in.

Event Date: Saturday, July 25, 2020, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. & Sunday, July 26, 2020,  10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. local time.

Bonuses

• Boosted Pokemon Spawns for all who purchased a ticket.
• Special Research that gives a decent number of items.
• New shiny Pokemon have been released including Heatmor, Hat-wearing Kanto Starters and Unown!
• 3 Weeks of “Ultra Unlock” bonuses if enough global challenges are completed.

Habitats

There are 5 different “Habitats” that will rotate each hour on the hour for the duration of the event. The exact nature of which habitat you will face first will be determined by your time zone. You can see exactly which schedule you will have by clicking here.

Our friends over at P337.info have devised a handy web app that detects your timezone and displays the schedule of habitats based upon your location.

The 5 habitats are:

• Battle
• Friendship
• Fire
• Water
• Grass

Spawn Increases Throughout Entire Event

Incense	Incense	Photobomb

Spawn Increases Throughout Battle Biome

Machop	Grimer	Dratini
Sneasel	Skarmory	Slakoth
Sableye	Meditite	Swablu
Zangoose	Seviper	Gible
Croagunk	Stunfisk	Durant

Spawn Increases Throughout Friendship Biome

Pikachu	Clefairy	Jigglypuff
Chansey	Eevee	Snorlax
Togetic	Marill	Sudowoodo
Wobbuffet	Mantine	Roselia
Feebas	Woobat	Chimecho

Spawn Increases Throughout Grass Biome

Bulbasaur	Venusaur	Oddish
Exeggcute	Exeggutor	Tangela
Sunkern	Treecko	Seedot
Cherrim	Snover	Leafeon
Snivy	Foongus	Ferroseed

Spawn Increases Throughout Fire Biome

Charmander	Charizard	Vulpix
Ponyta	Marowak (Alola)	Magmar
Flareon	Houndour	Torchic
Numel	Tepig	Darumaka
Litwick	Heatmor

Spawn Increases Throughout Water Biome

Squirtle	Poliwag	Tentacool
Slowpoke	Magikarp	Vaporeon
Chinchou	Qwilfish	Mudkip
Carvanha	Clamperl	Oshawott
Tympole	Alomomola

New Pokémon in Event

• Pikachu Visor Bulbasaur
• Pikachu Visor Charmander
• Pikachu Visor Squirtle
• Rotom
• Victini

New Shiny Pokémon In Event

The Global Challenges

Trainers should work together in the Global Challenge Arena! This GO Fest–exclusive feature will be available only to ticket holders. In the Global Challenge Arena, Trainers will have to join forces in order to complete a collaborative challenge each hour. If Trainers complete a challenge, they will earn a bonus for the remainder of the hour. You can check the Global Challenge Arena screen to keep track of global progress!

Day 1 Priorities:

We all like a helping hand sometimes and for those who are looking for a few pointers please see the below points for what you should be focusing your time on during this first Day of Go Fest.

• Catch as many Pokemon as you can whilst your in a specific habitat! – Some of these spawns are very rare that you might not get another chance to catch for a long time so fill your boots! The professor is standing by with the grinder for all of those ‘Mon that don’t make the cut.
• Don sweat – If you miss a particular Pokemon, the habitats appear twice each, so wait focus on the current spawns and go after your prize later in the day.
• Remember to help complete the current Global Challenges. These change every hour and there is a huge set of rewards if we all manage to achieve a certain number completed. See below for the ‘Deets.
• Remember to HAVE FUN! We might never get to experience an event like this ever again so please don’t forget to enjoy yourselves out there, wherever you are!

Event Specific Raid Bosses

Event Research Encounters

Via Serebii.net

Go Fest Welcome

Ultra Unlock Bonus  rewards for completing the global challenges

If enough trainers come together to complete the following number of global challenges then there will be 3 weeks of “Ultra Unlock” Bonuses. There will be a total of 32 possible global challenges to complete within the 2-day event window and the requirements are as follow:

Day 2

Although today has given us an inkling of what general sort of thing to expect from Go Fest, Day 2 has always been sold as a “Surprise” and a complete shake-up for players.

Stay tuned for our Day 2 Guide…