Pokémon Go Festival of Colors 2022 Event: Challenges, Bonuses, and Raids

Pokémon Go has announced its annual Festival of Colors event. The event will run from March 15, 2022, to March 20, 2022. The start and end times for the Festival of Colors event are 10am local time until 8pm local time. The event will debut the Pokémon Oricorio and its variant forms. There will also be a new wild encounter rotation, raid rotation, research tasks, collection challenges, and avatar items in the in-game shop.

Collection Challenge

Players can complete a Collection Challenge to receive rewards during the event. Once each of the Collection Challenge Pokémon are caught, players will receive 20,000 XP, 3,000 Stardust, and an Oricorio encounter. The Pokémon that will need to be caught for the Collection Challenge are:

• Slugma
• Trapinch
• Drowzee
• Turtwig
• Horsea
• Taillow
• Gligar
• Oricorio

Wild Encounters

There are many new Pokémon popping up in the wild encounter rotation. See the full list of Pokémon that are featured as wild encounters:

Note: All Pokémon marked with "*" can be shiny upon encounter.

• Drowzee*
• Horsea*
• Gligar*
• Turtwig*
• Croagunk*
• Fletchling*
• Trapinch*
• Taillow*
• Slugma*
• Oricorio (Baile Style) - Only appears in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
• Oricorio (Pom-Pom Style) - Only appears in the Americas
• Oricorio (Pa'u Style) - Only appears in African, Asian, Pacific, and Caribbean Islands
• Oricorio (Sensu Style) - Only appears in Asia-Pacific regions

Related: All Raids in Pokémon Go - March 2022

Raids

One-Star Raids

• Jigglypuff*
• Torchic*
• Mudkip*
• Treecko*
• Rockruff*

Three-Star Raids

• Marowak
• Alolan Marowak*
• Chansey
• Umbreon
• Druddigon*

Five-Star Raids

• Tornadus (Therian Forme)*

Mega Raids

• Mega Lopunny*

Field Research

Some of the Field Research for this event will focus on catching Pokémon of different typings. The list of Field Research is as follows:

• Catch three Grass-type Pokémon - 20 Mega Venusaur Energy
• Catch three Grass-type Pokémon - Bulbasaur encounter
• Catch three Fire-type Pokémon - 20 Mega Charizard Energy
• Catch three Fire-type Pokémon - Charmander encounter
• Catch three Water-type Pokémon - 20 Mega Blastoise Energy
• Catch three Water-type Pokémon - Squirtle encounter
• Catch eight different species of Pokémon - Castform encounter (Sunny, Rainy, Snowy, or Normal Form)
• Hatch an egg - Alolan Grimer encounter

New Avatar Items

New avatar items will be available in the in-game shop with bright and colorful themes. These avatar items will cost coins.

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