Here’s everything you need to know about the Pokemon Go Harvest Festival event, including the start date, featured Pokémon, new research and challenges, and other exciting bonuses.
Pokemon Go Harvest Festival: Start Date
The Pokémon Go Harvest Festival kicks off at 10 am local time on October 12, 2023, and will conclude at 8:00 pm local time on October 17, 2023. It’s a worldwide event that brings Pokémon fans together to enjoy the seasonal shift as winter approaches.
Pokemon Go Harvest Festival: Featured Pokémon
During the Harvest Festival, you can expect to encounter various Grass-type Pokémon more frequently in the wild, and the star of the show is the debut of the Smoliv family. Here’s the lineup of featured Pokémon:
- Bellsprout
- Exeggcute
- Sunkern
- Wurmple
- Combee
- Sewaddle
- Cottonee
- Petilil
- Flabebe (Red) – Europe, Middle East and Africa
- Flabebe (Blue) – Asia-Pacific Region
- Flabebe (Yellow) – Americas
- Pumpkaboo
- Bounsweet
- Smoliv
Smoliv’s Debut
This festival marks the debut of the Grass-type Pokémon, Smoliv. You can also find Smoliv Candy to evolve it into Dolliv and further into Arboliva. To evolve Smoliv, you’ll need:
- 25 Smoliv Candy to evolve Smoliv into Dolliv.
- 100 Smoliv Candy to evolve Dolliv into Arboliva.
New Research & Challenges
As part of the Pokémon Go Harvest Festival, various in-game research tasks and challenges await. Here’s what to look out for:
- Harvest Festival–themed Field Research: Completing this research will unlock Pokémon such as Burmy (Plant), Burmy (Sandy), Burmy (Trash), Pumpkaboo, and Smoliv.
- Harvest Festival Collection Challenge: This challenge encourages you to catch festival-themed Pokémon. Completing it will grant you XP, Stardust, and Mossy Lure Modules.
- Part 2 of the Ticket of Treats Paid Research: For an in-game purchase of $5 USD, you can unlock event-exclusive paid research tasks, granting you encounters with Pumpkaboo and a Mossy Lure Module. Remember that these tasks expire on October 31, 2023, at 8 pm local time, so complete them before then to claim your rewards.
Exciting Bonuses
In addition to the featured Pokémon and research tasks, the Pokémon Go Harvest Festival offers exciting bonuses:
- Special PokéStops at select Showcase locations that allow you to encounter and potentially capture Pokémon like Smoliv, Pumpkaboo, or Gourgeist.
- The ability to purchase and gift tickets to your Pokémon Go friends with a friendship level of Great Friends or higher.
Get ready to immerse yourself in the world of Pokémon Go during this exciting event. Catch ’em all, complete the challenges, and make the most of the bonuses. The Pokémon Go Harvest Festival awaits you!
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