The Pokémon GO’s Aquatic Paradise event starts on Saturday, July 6, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. local time and ends on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. local time. The event promises to be a Utopic time in Pokémon GO featuring some Water-type Pokémon from the Pokémon GO Fest 2024 in New York. In addition, for the first time in Pokémon GO, trainers would be able to encounter Shiny Ducklett if lucky.
Pokémon GO’s Aquatic Paradise event Tips
Event Bonuses
During the event, trainers will have access to the following bonuses.
- Increased chance of encountering the featured Water-type Pokémon from Incense.
- 2x XP for catching Pokémon
- Incense-exclusive Pokémon appearances. See incense encounters section below.
Wild Spawns appearing more frequently
The following are the featured Water-type Pokémon
- Horsea
- Staryu
- Wingull
- Corpish
- Clamperl
- Ducklett
- Frillish
All can be shiny. Also, all have a 1/500 chance to the shiny except for Clamperl which has 1/64.
Incense Encounters
- Shellder
- Lapras
- Finneon
- Frillish
All can be shiny. Also, all have a 1/500 chance to the shiny except for Lapras which has 1/64.
Event-Themed Collection Challenge
The following collection challenge will be available throughout the event period.
- Catch the following Pokémon
- Clamperl
- Corpish
- Ducklett
- Frillish (Female)
- Horsea
- Shellder
- Staryu
- Wingull
Rewards for completing the Collection Challenge: 5000 XP, 1 Ducklett, 1 Incense.
Field Research Task encounters
The following Field Research Tasks and rewards will be available throughout the event.
- Catch a Ducklett:
- Corpish: Hundo from research: 527 CP.
- Finneon: Hundo from research: 416 CP.
- Frillish (Female): Hundo from research: 539 CP.
- Explore 3 km: Clamperl
- Hundo from research: 544 CP.
- Explore 1 km: 1 Rare Candy
- Catch 5 Water-type Pokémon: 500 Stardust or 5 Great Ball
Wandering Waddles Paid Timed Research
A paid timed research is available for purchase for US$1.99 (or the equivalent pricing in your local currency). This research will reward trainers who bought it with the following.
| QUEST | REWARD |
|---|---|
| Use an Incense | Ducklett |
| Catch 20 Water-type Pokémon | 2 Incense |
| Catch 40 Water-type Pokémon | Ducklett |
| Earn 5000 XP | 4 Rare Candy |
| Earn 10,000 XP | Ducklett |
| Explore 1 km | 1 Lucky Egg |
| Explore 3 km | Ducklett |
| Completion Rewards | 3 Lucky Egg, 1 Ducklett, 20 Ducklett Candy |
This paid research lasts through Pokémon GO’s Aquatic Paradise event.
Pokémon GO’s Aquatic Paradise event Tricks
These tricks are what you should do to make the best out of the event.
GO Battle League
If you are planning to get good Pokémon for the GO Battle League, you should focus on catching as many Horsea as possible. The final evolution, Kingdra has some play in the Ultra League. You will want to keep only the ones that have PVP IVs. This also goes for Wingull whose final evolution, Pelipper is one of the top-ranked Pokémon in the Great League. For the Little Cup, Ducklett is one of the top-ranked Pokémon. Lapras, and Jellicent (the final evolution of Frillish) are also useful in the GO Battle League.
Stardust gain
If you want more Stardust, Staryu is the Pokémon you should focus on catching more. Staryu gives 750 Stardust per catch (without using Starpiece). This also goes for Shellder which gives 1000 Stardust per catch (without using Starpiece).
XP gain
If you are looking to get more XP, this event is an opportunity to do so. With the 2x XP event bonus, you can rack up a lot of XPs if you can hit a lot of Excellent Throws.
Candy gain
If you are looking for more candy for the event Pokémon (or the Pokémon you have in your Research tasks, make sure you use Pinap Berry when catching them. You can also mega-evolve any of your max-level mega Pokémon that shares similar type to the Pokémon you want more candy for. Since this is a Water-Pokémon event, you will want to mega-evolve either Blastoise, Gyarados, Swampert, Slowbro, or Kyogre.
Finally, make sure you catch ’em all. This is the basic requirement to get anything good from this event. If you want something great, then you’ve got to put in extra effort on the tips and tricks you just read.
Most importantly, have fun!
