Johto Festival

Johto Festival was an event in Pokémon GO that was dedicated to Pokémon originally discovered in the Johto region. It began in the later half of August 2018 with the release of the second worldwide available Special Research tasks series with a Celebi as a reward.

Features
Pokémon originally discovered in the Johto region were seen more frequently, so Trainers had the perfect opportunity to earn a gold Johto medal and complete their Johto Pokédex. Pokémon such as Sunkern and Ursaring were featured in Raid Battles across the world.

In the first few hours, Trainers around the world spotted the higher chance to encounter Unown in the wild.

Moreover, these Shiny Pokémon were released at the start of the event.

Raid Bosses
The following Raid Bosses were available for a time of this event. The tier 1 raids were completely replaced by Johto Pokémon while other Raid Bosses were just added to the existing tiers. Ho-Oh was available again from August to August  which replaced Regirock.

Shop special offer
The following offers were available from the shop from the start of the event.

Field Research event tasks
There were several Field Research tasks exclusively available only for the time of Johto Festival. There was a possibility to encounter shiny variants of Pineco as the reward for these tasks. For the first time in history, there were Evolution Items as rewards for Field Research tasks.