Saturday: Pokémon GO Fest 2018
14-07-2018 08:31 BST / 03:31 EDT by Serebii
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In The Games Department
Pokémon GO - Global Challenge
Today marks the start of the Pokémon GO Fest 2018 event in Chicago, Illinois and, with that, a special Global Challenge event has begun worldwide. This event has Alolan Geodude, Alolan Graveler, Alolan Golem Alolan Diglett & Alolan Dugtrio added to the game, along with Shiny Plusle & Minun and many other spawns. Players can also participate to the Global Challenges by completing research tasks to unlock bonuses
GO Fest - July 14/15 = Rewards run from July 16 - 23rd
GO Fest - Complete 100,000 Research Tasks - Catch Candy Increase
Europe (July 14th 00:00 UTC - July 15th 23:59 UTC) - Complete 5,000,000 Research Tasks - Hatch Candy Increase
Americas (July 14th 00:00 PDT - July 15th 23:59 PDT)- Complete 5,000,000 Research Tasks - Egg distance decrease
Asia Pacific (July 14th 00:00 JST - July 15th 23:59 JST)- Complete 5,000,000 Research Tasks - Raid Candy Increase
We'll provide more details on the goings on in GO Fest itself as and when it begins so be sure to keep checking back
Edit @ 15:43: The Asia Pacific challenge has been completed. From July 16th to 23rd, you will get 1 extra Rare Candy for each Raid Battle
Edit @ 15:49: Unown ? has been confirmed to be at GO Fest. In addition to this, there is unique Special Research that will unlock Celebi
Edit @ 16:43: We're currently collating data for all the unique spawns and Special Research for GO Fest on our special Pokémon GO Fest 2018 page
Edit @ 21:46: Articuno has started reappearing in raids around Chicago. At present it's not clear for how long it will run