Water Festival

The Water Festival is an event in Pokémon GO that celebrates Water-type Pokémon.

2017 event
The first edition of Water Festival happened between March and, 2017. It lasted for a week and was related with.

Features
During the event, there was an increased frequency of Water-type Pokémon encounters in the wild. Pokémon like Magikarp, Squirtle, Totodile and even the elusive Lapras were easier to find in the wild. There was also a higher chance to encounter Pokémon from Johto in water biomes.

Additionally, a new Magikarp Hat was available, in the hat section of the wardrobe, at no cost.

Featured Pokémon
Following Pokémon were featured during the 2017 event and most of them were appearing more frequently in the wild:

These Shiny Pokémon were released on March, making them the first Shiny Pokémon available in game.

2018 event
Next edition of Water Festival happens between June and, 2018. It lasts for two week and is related with beginning of summer.

Features
A shiny variant of Shellder will be available for capture in the wild. There are also various Field Research tasks highlighting Water-type Pokémon.

Alongside increased appearance of Water-type Pokémon appearing all over the world, Trainers will receive 3× Stardust for catching Water-type Pokémon. Plus, 2 km Eggs will hatch exciting Pokémon such as Totodile, Mudkip, and Corphish—earn Double Candy and Stardust for every Egg hatched.

Raid Battles will also feature powerful Water-type Pokémon for the duration of the celebration, including the exciting return of the Legendary Pokémon Kyogre; with a chance to capture a shiny variant.

Featured Pokémon
Following Pokémon were appearing more frequently in wild:

Additionally, these Water-type Pokémon were hatching from 2-km Eggs obtained during the event:

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

The following Raid Bosses are available for a limited time during this event.

Shop special offer
The following offers are available from the Shop.

Field Research event tasks
There was several of Field Research tasks exclusively available only for the time of Water Festival in 2018. There was possibility to encounter shiny variants of Shellder, Magikarp and Wailmer as the reward for these tasks. The last two tasks were added in the latter half of the event.

Trivia

 * The inaugural Water Festival in 2017 took place in the middle of March, to celebrate real-world.