Buddy Up

Buddy Up Event is an event in Pokémon GO focus on the Buddy Pokémon.

Features

 * Buddy Pokémon will be bringing surprises more often. Buddy can bring new kind of gifts
 * The distance to earn Buddy Candy and hearts will be halved
 * It’ll be easier to get the buddy excited
 * Buddy will be on the map for twice as long when fed
 * 2x XP for evolving Pokémon

Featured Pokémon
The following Pokémon had increased spawn rates in the wild. Shiny Illumise and Volbeat can be encountered in wild: Woobat, Alolan Meowth, Chansey, Eevee, Feebas, Lillipup, and Joltik.

Moreover, these Shiny Pokémon were released with the start of the event: Illumise and Volbeat

2-km Eggs obtained after the event would hatch: Woobat.

Additionally, 5-km Eggs obtained during the event would hatch more of these Pokémon: Alolan Meowth, Eevee, Feebas, Lillipup, and Joltik.

Field Research event tasks
There were several Field Research tasks exclusively for the duration of the event.