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:
- Alolan Geodude (has the chance to appear as a Shiny)
- Hisuian Voltorb (has the chance to appear as a Shiny)
- Slugma (has the chance to appear as a Shiny)
- Volbeat (has the chance to appear as a Shiny)
- Illumise (has the chance to appear as a Shiny)
- Litwick (has the chance to appear as a Shiny)
- Morelull (has the chance to appear as a Shiny)
- Tadbulb
Raids
The Pokémon listed below will appear in raids:
- Hisuian Voltorb (has the chance to appear as a Shiny)
- Dedenne (has the chance to appear as a Shiny)
- Morelull (has the chance to appear as a Shiny)
Field Research Tasks
Festival of Light–themed Field Research will be available to complete, awarding you with encounters with:
- Morelull (has the chance to appear as a Shiny)
- Tadbulb
More details on the event will be announced on October 16, 2024, so make sure to stay tuned for the latest updates.
