Pokémon Go: Festival of Lights Schedule and Bonuses

There’s a lot of events for Pokémon Go fans to look forward to in the coming weeks. The Mawile Raid Day is coming up, along with the Mankey November Community Day, and Magnetic Study event. Now, the team behind the mobile game has unveiled details of this year’s Pokémon Go Festival of Lights.

The Festival of Lights will be returning to Pokémon Go on Friday, November 1, at 10:00am to Monday, November 4, 2024, at 8:00pm local time. At the time of writing, it’s unknown what Pokémon will make their debut, but it has been confirmed that there will be regional costumed Pokémon. It’s worth noting that this event will be exclusive to Trainers in India.

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Pokémon Go Festival of Lights rewards

Event bonuses

2x Stardust for catching Pokémon
2x XP for catching Pokémon
Team GO Rocket balloons appear every 2 hours
Team GO Rocket Grunts appear more frequently at PokéStops
Incense (excluding Daily Adventure Incense) activated during the event will last for three hours

Incense encounters

The following Pokémon will spawn more often when using Incense: