The Pokémon GO Festival of Colors event starts on Thursday, March 13, at 10:00 a.m. and ends on Monday, March 17, 2025, at 8:00 p.m. local time. This event features the debut of Shiny Bruxish. Also, Trainers can encounter Shiny Smeargle via Buddy Snapshots. However, this is not Shiny Smeargle’s first time in Pokémon GO.
In addition, Trainers will find a colorful surprise around PokéStops when they get close to them.
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Pokémon GO Festival of Colors Event Bonus
Trainers participating in the event will have access to the following bonuses
- Lure Modules activated during this event will last for 3 hours.
- Incense activated during this event will last for 2 hours. Note: this bonus excludes the Daily Adventure Incense.
- Bruxish will appear more frequently when using Incense.
- Lucky Trainers can encounter Shiny Smeargle after taking Buddy Snapshots. Please note, Smeargle can be encountered 10x via Buddy Snapshots.
- Trainers in India will have access to the following additional bonuses.
- Branching Timed Research
- One-star Raids featuring Pikachu wearing a Kurta.
- One (1) additional candy for catching Pokémon in raids.
Wild Encounters
The following Pokémon will be available in the wild during the Pokémon GO Festival of Colors event.
- Bruxish.
- Drowzee.
- Magikarp.
- Natu.
- Aipom
- Meditite.
- Dwebble.
- Flabébé (Red Flower in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa; Blue Flower in Asia-Pacific; and Yellow Flower in the Americas). Some Trainers may also encounter the White Flower Flabébé and Orange Flower Flabébé, no matter what region you are playing in.
All the Pokémon in the wild can be shiny.
Raids
The following Pokémon will be available in their respective Raid Tiers during the Pokémon GO Festival of Colors event.
- Three-star Raids: Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Flareon.
- Five-star Raids: Tapu Koko.
- Mega Raids: Mega Swampert.
All the Pokémon in their respective raid tiers can be shiny except Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Flareon.
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Pokémon GO Festival of Colors event-themed Research
The following event-themed research will be available during the Pokémon GO Festival of Colors event.
- Free Timed Research will be available. Completing this research will award Trainers with the following.
- One (1) Incense.
- Four (4) Rare Candy.
- Encounter with event-themed Pokémon.
- and more
- Field Research Tasks will be available. Completing the research will award Trainers with the following.
- Encounter with event-based Pokémon.
- Items such as Balls, Berries, etc.
- Paid Timed Research will be available for Trainers to purchase. For US$2.00 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), Trainers can play through a separate Special Research. Completing this research will award you with the following.
- Two (2) Lure Modules.
- Four (4) Incense.
- 2000 Stardust
- Encounters with Bruxish.
- and more.
Enjoy this event and, do make the best use of it. Also, as a reminder, there will be PokéStop Showcases available during the event.
