Pokémon GO Fest 2020

Pokémon GO Fest in 2020 is the fourth GO Fest event in Pokémon GO. Unlike previous events, GO Fest 2020 will take place as an entirely global event in a virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Each day of the GO Fest will provide different Special Research.

Exclusive Special Research – GO Fest 2020
There will be two sets of Special Research available for Trainers who bought the GO Fest 2020 ticket. The first Special Research can only be obtained if the Trainer opens the app on Day 1, and the second Special Research can only be obtained if the Trainer opens the app on Day 2.

Niantic's puzzle
Between July to, Niantic was posting puzzle clues in social media each day. The answer was a 13-digit code, which was planned to be 14 initially. If a Trainer could solve it, they could have got the prizes on: Niantic Offer Redemption.

On July, Niantic tweeted that they had done a mistake by skipping a clue for the puzzle and they posted a revised list of clues.

After releasing the last clue for the code it was quickly solved and redeemed by few players in mere seconds. The code was UBCJL9X6RC47A and redeeming it would reward player with 50 items in total, which were:

However, Niantic Labs acknowledged that quick code redemption by a player community and they have tweeted a consolation code available for everyone. This code was: 5PTHMZ3AZM5QC and it would give to a player 21 items, which were:

Clues
Each day there was one clue posted from the NianticLabs Twitter account. As stated in introduction tweet, the first letter of the answer for each clue was meant to be a part of the code, however as it turned out after the puzzle was solved there was inconsistency in that statement as all numbers in the code were meant to be just digits not first letters of their names.

Weekly Challenges
From July to, 2020, there are three sets of timed Special Research challenges in preparation for Pokémon GO Fest 2020. These Special Research challenges, are: Each of these three challenges lasts 6 days and consists of three regular sets of tasks and one elite challenge set.
 * GO Fest Weekly Challenge: Skill
 * GO Fest Weekly Challenge: Battle
 * GO Fest Weekly Challenge: Friendship

If one milion of Trainers of each team completed each of three regular sets of weekly challenges, there were certain Pokémon promised to be featured in the Pokémon GO Fest 2020 event.

For completing GO Fest Weekly Challenge: Skill, these Pokémon would be featured in the event:

For completing GO Fest Weekly Challenge: Battle, these Pokémon would be featured in the event:

For completing GO Fest Weekly Challenge: Friendship, these Pokémon would be featured in the event:

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