Party Play

Party Play is a feature in Pokémon GO that allows a group of Trainers to to accomplish various tasks, earn special bonuses and receive rewards. A Party is composed of two to four Trainers, one of them being the host.

Details
Members of the party must be physically near each other to join, host, and stay in a party. To became a host, Trainer has to create a party through the Party tab on the Trainer's profile page, tapping the button. A party code will be created to be shared with up to three nearby Trainers via numerical or QR code. To join the party, the Trainers have to go to the Party tab and either manually enter a numerical code and tap the button or scan the host’s QR code. When all trainers have joined up the party, the host can tap the button and select the party challenge. When the party has started, the avatars of the Party members will appear on the Map View trowing confetti and will be be shown during the party session. The individual image of the avatar party members will be shown at the top of the Map View along with the party challenge status icon. The host member will have a orange circle and the host icon.

Party Challenges
Party Challenges are extra research tasks that all members of the party can work towards and gain rewards from. Challenges are selected through a pop-up menu that appears when the party session starts and after every time a challenge is completed. Only the host can select an option from this menu and tap the button. If the host does not select the challenge, a random challenge will be automatically selected. While completing a challenge a party challenge status icon  will be displayed below the avatars of the Party members. After the challenge is completed, a pop-up menu appears showing the contribution of each trainer to completing the challenge. Trainer can gain rewards from the button.

Party Power
While in a Raid Battle with members of your party, the Party Power gauge will be activated. It slowly fills up each time a Fast Attack is used, and when full, the next Charged Attack used will deal double damage.

Activity Summary Page
The Activity Summary page contains information about tasks completed and goals earned while in a party, including categories like catching certain types of Pokémon, catching XXL and XXS Pokémon, completing field research tasks, hatching eggs and walking. They are sorted into the following categories: Favorite, Pokémon, General, and Adventure. Activities can be bookmarked to appear on the Party Summary page.

Restrictions

 * Accounts logged into via Pokémon Trainer Club or Niantic Kids will not have their avatar appear on others’ Map View, nor will they see other Trainers on their own Map View.
 * Party Play is available for Trainers that are Level 15 or higher. For kids accounts made via Pokémon Trainer Club or Niantic Kids, parents or guardians may opt into enabling this feature for the kids account by granting appropriate permissions.
 * It is not possible to follow Routes while in a party.

Current issues

 * Using Party Play disables all GO Plus settings and deletes saved search strings and battle parties.
 * Completing 7 Party Challenges in a single session will cause the game to softlock and become unplayable until the party automatically disbands after the hour timer is up.

Trivia

 * Eevee avatar items and Welcome Party special research were released to celebrate the launch of Party Play.

Gallery
Party Activity Summary Page adventure