Guess who is turning four and ready to party?
Pokemon GO will be celebrating their fourth anniversary on July 6th but they are using the whole month to celebrate. All of this and more to lead up to Pokemon GO Fest 2020 on July 25th.
As part of this celebration, Pokemon GO will be hosting three challenges that will push each team to complete. For each challenge that is complete by each team, a new Pokemon will be unlock for GO Fest. Below are the details for each week.
Week 1: Skill Challenge and Pokémon GO’s Fourth-anniversary Celebration Event
The first week of challenges will focus on your skills on catching Pokemon. After all, what better way to celebrate Pokemon GO’s anniversary then catching a lot of Pokemon!
During this week, you can expect to see several different Pokemon coming out of Eggs and in the wild. One of these special Pokemon include Flying Pikachu who will know the move Fly. You can also expect Flying Pikachu to be found as a Shiny! You can also expect to see Ducklett make their Pokemon GO debut!
You will have from Friday, July 3rd at 8AM to Wednesday, July 8th at 10PM to complete this challenge. Below are the details.
GO Fest Weekly Challenge: Skill
- Complete all three sets of tasks in the GO Fest Weekly Challenge: Skill Timed Research to earn an encounter with Ducklett, an encounter with Flying Pikachu, a Star Piece, and more!
- If the following numbers of Trainers from the same team complete this Timed Research, the corresponding Pokémon will appear during Pokémon GO Fest 2020.
- One million Team Instinct Trainers: Chimecho
- One million Team Mystic Trainers: Alomomola
- One million Team Valor Trainers: Chansey
- If you complete the GO Fest Weekly Challenge: Skill Timed Research, you’ll earn access to the GO Fest Elite Skill Challenge, a set of difficult tasks that you can complete to earn personal bragging rights! You don’t need to complete these tasks for your Timed Research to count toward the Pokémon GO Fest 2020 unlock goals.
Fourth-anniversary event features
- Flying-type Pokémon and Pokémon wearing party hats will be appearing in the wild, hatching from Eggs, and appearing in raids. If you’re lucky, you might find a Shiny Pidove!
- Ducklett will be making its Pokémon GO debut! It’ll be appearing in the wild and hatching from 5 km Eggs.
- Flying Pikachu will be appearing in the wild and in raids. If you’re lucky, you might encounter a Shiny one!
- The Jump-Start Special Research will also be available this week for any Trainers who missed out on it during last year’s anniversary celebration, so be sure to open the app during this period to claim it. This Special Research is designed to help you catch up with other Trainers, with a ton of Stardust and XP rewards, as well as some exciting Pokémon encounters.
- Be sure to take a snapshot during this event for a surprise.
Ho-Oh Special Raid Weekend
From Friday, July 3rd at 8:00AM to Monday, July 6th at 10:00PM, you can expect to find Ho-Oh making an appearance in Five Star Raids.
Week 2: Battle-based challenge
The second week of Weekly Challenges will be focusing on battling! Get ready to hone your battles skills as you are going to need to battle to make your way through these challenges.
You will have from Friday, July 10th at 8AM to Wednesday, July 15th at 10PM local time to complete this challenge.
GO Fest Weekly Challenge: Battle
- Complete all three sets of tasks in the GO Fest Weekly Challenge: Battle Timed Research to earn an encounter with Hitmonlee, an encounter with Absol, a Super Rocket Radar, and more!
- If the following numbers of Trainers from the same team complete their Timed Research this week, the corresponding Pokémon will appear during Pokémon GO Fest 2020.
- One million Team Instinct Trainers: Ferroseed
- One million Team Mystic Trainers: Alolan Grimer
- One million Team Valor Trainers: Alolan Marowak
- If you complete the GO Fest Weekly Challenge: Battle Timed Research, you’ll earn access to the GO Fest Elite Battle Challenge, a set of difficult tasks that you can complete for personal bragging rights! You don’t need to complete these tasks for your Timed Research to count toward the Pokémon GO Fest 2020 unlock goals.
Battle-themed event
There will be a special battle themed event on Sunday, July 12th from 11AM to 2PM local time. No details is known about this event exxcept that Pokemon GO is hoping it won’t take up too much time. Perhaps it is a time related battle event?
Week 3: Friendship-based challenge
The third week of challenges will involve friendship! You will get to spend some time with your friends from those on your friend list, your buddy Pokemon and beyond! Expect to send plenty of gifts during this week.
During this week you can also celebrate Summer! This will be done with the return of Summer Theme Pikachu wearing a cool pair of shades and sun hat. Meanwhile, Petilil will be making their Pokemon GO debut!
This challenge will last from Friday, July 17th at 8AM to Wednesday, July 22nd at 10PM local time.
GO Fest Weekly Challenge: Friendship
- Complete all three sets of tasks in the GO Fest Weekly Challenge: Friendship Timed Research to earn an encounter with Alolan Raichu, an encounter with Petilil, a Lucky Egg, and more!
- If the following numbers of Trainers from the same team complete their Timed Research this week, the corresponding Pokémon will appear during Pokémon GO Fest 2020.
- One million Team Instinct Trainers: Togetic
- One million Team Mystic Trainers: Dratini
- One million Team Valor Trainers: Litwick
- If you complete the GO Fest Weekly Challenge: Friendship Timed Research, you’ll earn access to the GO Fest Elite Friendship Challenge, a set of difficult tasks that you can complete for personal bragging rights! You don’t need to complete these tasks for your Timed Research to count toward the Pokémon GO Fest 2020 unlock goals!
Summer-themed event features
- Summer-themed Pokémon will be appearing in the wild, hatching from Eggs, and appearing in raids. If you’re lucky, you might find a Shiny Bellsprout!
- Petilil will be making its Pokémon GO debut! It’ll be appearing in the wild when the weather is sunny and hatching from 5 km Eggs.
- Summer Style Pikachu will also be appearing in the wild!
- Be sure to take a snapshot during this event for a surprise.
Please note that GO Fest will be held from July 25th to July 26th. These challenges will be completed only days before Pokemon GO Fest 2020.
Best of luck in completing these challenges! And happy anniversary to Pokemon GO!
Source: Pokemon GO Blog
