Water Festival 2018

Water Festival in 2018 is 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.^[1]

Featured Pokémon

Following Pokémon were appearing more frequently in wild:

#007
Squirtle

#008
Wartortle

#009
Blastoise

#054
Psyduck

#055
Golduck

#060
Poliwag

#061
Poliwhirl

#072
Tentacool

#079
Slowpoke

#080
Slowbro

#086
Seel

#090
Shellder

#098
Krabby

#099
Kingler

#116
Horsea

#118
Goldeen

#119
Seaking

#120
Staryu

#121
Starmie

#129
Magikarp

#131
Lapras

#158
Totodile

#159
Croconaw

#160
Feraligatr

#170
Chinchou

#183
Marill

#194
Wooper

#211
Qwilfish

#222
Corsola

#223
Remoraid

#224
Octillery

#226
Mantine

#258
Mudkip

#270
Lotad

#278
Wingull

#279
Pelipper

#283
Surskit

#284
Masquerain

#318
Carvanha

#319
Sharpedo

#320
Wailmer

#339
Barboach

#341
Corphish

#342
Crawdaunt

#349
Feebas

#363
Spheal

#364
Sealeo

#370
Luvdisc

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

#090
Shellder

#091
Cloyster

#382
Kyogre

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

2-km Eggs

_#007
Squirtle
462 / 422

_#090
Shellder

547 / 501

_#129
Magikarp

125 / 104

_#131
Lapras
1,487 / 1414

_#138
Omanyte

768 / 714

_#140
Kabuto

670 / 618

_#158
Totodile
578 / 533

_#223
Remoraid
428 / 388

_#226
Mantine
1,161 / 1096

_#258
Mudkip
560 / 516

_#270
Lotad
300 / 268

_#278
Wingull
366 / 330

_#298
Azurill
181 / 154

_#318
Carvanha
499 / 452

_#320
Wailmer

814 / 756

_#339
Barboach
409 / 371

_#341
Corphish
633 / 585

_#349
Feebas
125 / 104

_#363
Spheal
500 / 458

_#370
Luvdisc

420 / 381

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

Pokémon	Raid Boss's CP	Max. Capture CP
1st Tier Raid Bosses
_#090 Shellder ^{( ? )}	4,340 CP	547 CP 684 CP
_#129 Magikarp ^{( ? )}	1,165 CP	125 CP 157 CP
_#138 Omanyte ^{( ? )}	5,724 CP	768 CP 961 CP
_#140 Kabuto ^{( ? )}	5,311 CP	670 CP 837 CP
_#320 Wailmer ^{( ? )}	3,369 CP	814 CP 1,017 CP
2nd Tier Raid Bosses
_#073 Tentacruel	12,190 CP	1,356 CP 1,695 CP
_#159 Croconaw	9,019 CP	913 CP 1,142 CP
_#259 Marshtomp	8,825 CP	924 CP 1,155 CP
3rd Tier Raid Bosses
_#121 Starmie	17,384 CP	1,316 CP 1,645 CP
_#134 Vaporeon	16,696 CP	1,804 CP 2,255 CP
_#319 Sharpedo	13,989 CP	1,134 CP 1,418 CP
4th Tier Raid Bosses
_#365 Walrein	23,578 CP	1,489 CP 1,862 CP
5th Tier Raid Bosses
_#382 Kyogre ^{( ? )}	51,968 CP	2,328 CP 2,910 CP

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.

Task	Possible Rewards
Catch 2 Water-type Pokémon.	Magikarp
Use 3 Berries to help catch Pokémon.	Wailmer
Battle in a Gym 3 times.	Kingler
Hatch an Egg.	Shellder
Win a Raid.	1× Rare Candy
Evolve 2 Shellder.	Lapras
Catch 5 Magikarp or Wailmer.	Luvdisc

Shop special offer

The following offers are available from the Shop.^[2]

Box	Cost	Items
Special Box	480	6× Incense 2× Incubator Limited 3× Premium Raid Pass
Great Box	780	8× Lucky Egg 6× Lure Module 4× Incubator Limited 8× Premium Raid Pass
Ultra Box	1,480	12× Incense 18× Star Piece 10× Super Incubator 12× Premium Raid Pass