This year there will once again be 3 Pokémon GO Fests around the world taking place this summer. In Chicago, Dortmund and Yokohama. The one in Chicago is starting later today at 9 am PDT. Where Trainers with a pass to attend in Chicago can enjoy the event there. As a global event Horsea will have its Shiny added to the game, so Shiny Seadra and Shiny Kingdra will also become available then.
With the return of these Pokémon GO Fests, Professor Willow has once again returned with his Global Challenge. These will be led by the team leaders Spark, Blanche and Candela and all three teams will have to work in completing Field Research quests to unlock rewards, with a bonus reward if all teams and the Pokémon GO Fest attendees complete the challenges together.
During Pokémon GO Fest Chicaco the attendees will have to complete 1 million research tasks to unlock 2x Catch Candy. If Team Instict players globally complete 15 million research tasks together we will unlock a guaranteed Rare Candy per Raid. For Team Valor to reach this goal we will unlock 1/2 Hatch distance and when Team Mystic reaches the goal we get 2x Hatch Candy.
These rewards will be available from June 18 through June 25 at 1 pm PDT. If all of the 4 tasks have been completed then we will unlock a bonus reward with Raikou being available in Raids for a short period of time. Shiny Raikou will then become available. This will most likely be a 3-hour Raikou Raid Day like we've had Zapdos, Moltres and Articuno Raid Days last year from the Pokémon GO Fest unlocks. The date and time for this will be announced later.
In July with Pokémon GO Fest Dortmund we will have a similar event with XP bonuses that will bring an Entei Raid Day with Shiny Entei added to the game and in August with Pokémon GO Fest Yokohama we will be able to unlock Stardust bonuses and a Suicune Raid Day with a possible chance of encountering Shiny Suicune.
So let's get those Field Research tasks completed over the next few days once the event starts in a few hours so that we can globally unlock these rewards just like last year!