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 &mdash; A Ripple in Time with a Celebi as a reward.

Featured Pokémon
These Shiny Pokémon were released at the start of the event: PS Natu (177) PS Xatu (178) PS Sunkern (191) PS Sunflora (192) PS Pineco (204) PS Forretress (205)

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.

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

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.

Field Research event tasks
There were several Field Research tasks exclusively for the duration of the event. For the first time in history, there were Evolution Items as rewards for Field Research tasks.

Avatar items
These avatar items were released with the beginning of the event:

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