Water Festival 2018

For other editions of Water Festival, see Water Festival 2017.

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

References

Events

Halloween • Daily Bonus Celebration • Lapras Event • Thanksgiving • Holiday Valentine's Day • Pokémon Day • Snorlax Event • Water Festival • Eggstravaganza • Golden Week • Grass Weekend • Adventure Week • Solstice Week • Pikachu Meet & Greet • 1st Anniversary • Pokémon GO Fest • Chester Heritage Festival • Pikachu Outbreak (Park • Stadium) • Pokémon World Championships 2017 • Equinox • Halloween • Week in Korea • Global Catch Challenge • Holiday Hoenn Pokémon Eggs • Hoenn Celebration • Valentine's Day • Lunar New Year • Pokémon Day • Legendary Week • Eggstravaganza • April Fools' Day • Kanto Celebration • Earth Day • Battle Showdown • Adventure Week • Water Festival • Global Challenge • 2nd Anniversary • Pokémon GO Fest • Special Trading Event • Johto Festival • Ultra Bonus Event • Week in Korea • Psychic Spectacular • Female Day • Halloween • Ingress Prime Celebration • Stardust Blast • Hatchathon • Let's Go Celebration • Holiday Hatchathon • Hoenn Celebration • Lunar New Year • Valentine's Day • Pokémon Day • Battle Showdown • Equinox • Bug Out • Eggstravaganza • Earth Day • Detective Pikachu Celebration‎‎ • Extraordinary Raid Week‎‎ • Summer Snooze • Adventure Week• Pokémon GO Fest • Global Challenge • 3rd Anniversary