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:
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.