Water Festival 2018

Water Festival in 2018 was the second Water Festival event in Pokémon GO. It was related with beginning of summer.

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

Alongside increased appearance of Water-type Pokémon appearing all over the world, Trainers received 3× Stardust for catching Water-type Pokémon. Plus, 2 km Eggs hatched Pokémon such as Totodile, Mudkip, and Corphish. Trainers earned double Candy and Stardust for every Egg hatched.

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

Featured Pokémon
Following Pokémon were appearing more frequently in wild:

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

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

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

Field Research event tasks
There was several of Field Research tasks exclusively available only for the time of Water Festival in 2018. The last two tasks were added in the latter half of the event.

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