previously we saw how to get to Mega Rayquaza in Pokemon GO. Now we will know all the bonuses, habitats and raids in the festival of Pokemon GO 2023. The action starts on Saturday August 26, 2023 from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in your local time and continues the next day, the August 27 from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in your local time. Each day will be a unique experience, although some event bonuses will be active throughout the festival.

These event bonuses include:

• Lure Modules will last for one hour.
• Friendship bonus damage in raids will be twice as effective.
• The remote raid limit will increase to 20 per day.
• The following Pokemon will know the indicated attacks when evolved during the event:
  • Evolve Metapod to get a Butterfree that knows the fast attack Sting.
  • Evolve Sandshrew into a Sandslash that knows the Shadow Slash charged attack.
  • Evolve Clefairy to get a Clefable that knows the Destroyer fast attack.
  • Evolve Vibrava to get a Flygon that knows the Living Earth charged attack.
  • Evolve Shelgon to get a Salamence that knows the Anger charged attack.
  • Evolve Metang into a Metagross that knows the Meteor Punch charged attack.

Rotation Saturday

The event features four unique habitats that will rotate every hour. Different Pokemon will appear in each habitat.

• Quartz Terrarium: Quartz-crowned Pikachu, Clefairy, Lickitung, Heracross, Miltank, Wurmple, Whismur, Skitty, Luvdisc, Shellos’s East Sea form, Buneary, Audino, Foongus, and Morelull
• Pyrite Sands: Pyrite Crown Pikachu, Sandshrew, Alolan Diglett, Psyduck, Girafarig, Shuckle, Trapinch, Gible, Hippopotas, Timburr, Joltik, Binacle, Helioptile, and Grubbin
• Wild Nature Malachite: Caterpie, Pikachu with malachite crown, Bellsprout, Scyther, Snorlax with cowboy hat, Spinarak, Remoraid, Roselia, Snover, Cottonee, Ferroseed, Stunfisk, Fomantis and Oranguru
• Aquamarine Coast: Aqua Crown Pikachu, Horsea, Lapras, Marill, Wobbuffet, Carvanha, Barboach, Bagon, Beldum, Shellos’s West Sea form, Woobat, Tympole, Goomy, and Mareanie

For trainers who enjoy battling, this is an excellent opportunity to train several very powerful Pokemon in the GO Battle League. Clefairy evolves into Clefable, which performs well in Super Ball League and is one of the most popular options in Ultra Ball League. Lickitung is considered one of the biggest contenders in the Super Ball League, but trainers who want to help their Lickitung reach its full potential will need plenty of Candy and Candy ++.

Bunnelby’s evolution, Diggersby, has had some success in the Super Ball League. Snorlax and Dark Snorlax are very good options in all levels of the GO Fighting League, although they are not the most popular. Stunfisk is a regular in the Super Ball League. And last but not least, Beldum’s final Evolution, Metagross, achieves great results in the Master Ball League.

In addition to the themed habitats, there will be numerous opportunities to participate in raids.

• Tier 1 Raids:
  • Pikachu with quartz crown
  • Pikachu with pyrite crown
  • Pikachu with malachite crown
  • Pikachu with aqua crown
  • goomy
• Tier 2 Raids:
• Tier 3 Raids:
  • snorlax with cowboy hat
• Primal Raids:
  • Primal Kyogre
  • Primal Groudon

Mega Rayquaza Sunday

There will be no rotating habitats on Sunday. Instead, any Pokemon from Saturday’s habitats will be able to appear in the wild. However, the true protagonist of the Pokemon GO Festival is undoubtedly Mega Rayquaza, which debuts worldwide on Sunday. Don’t miss the Meteors, a new item in Pokemon GO which can be acquired through special research.

If you give Rayquaza a Meteorite, he will be able to learn the Draco Ascension charged attack. Rayquaza that know Draco Ascent can Mega Evolve if given Mega Energy. In addition to Mega Rayquaza, the same Pokemon that appeared in raids on Saturday will also appear on Sunday.

Exclusive experiences for ticket holders

The Global Edition of Pokemon GO Fest 2023 is a free event open to everyone, but Trainers can upgrade their experience by purchasing a ticket that offers access to special content and bonuses. Tickets are available in the in-game store for $14.99 USD or the equivalent price in your local currency, and provide access to exclusive Special Research, Global Challenges, bonuses, and exclusive Incense encounters.

On Saturday, ticket holders will be able to conduct a Special Research for a chance to find the Mythical Pokemon Diancie. On Sunday, the exclusive Special Research will feature Mega Rayquaza and the Meteors. During habitat hours on Saturday, ticketed Trainers can cooperate to complete challenges and, if successful, will earn a special bonus for the remainder of that habitat’s period. And as if this were not enough, throughout the event those who have tickets and activate Incense (except the daily Adventure Incense) will attract the following Pokemon:

• Quartz Terrarium: Hisui’s Growlithe, Unown A, Unown D, Unown I, Unown M, Unown N and Unown O
• Pyrite Sands: Unown A, Unown D, Unown I, Unown M, Unown N, Unown O and Pawniard
• Wild Nature Malachite: Unown A, Unown D, Unown I, Unown M, Unown N, Unown O and Carnivine
• Aquamarine Coast: Unown A, Unown D, Unown I, Unown M, Unown N, Unown O and Pachirisu

Exclusive experiences for ticket holders include the following bonuses:

• Increased chance of encounters with Shiny Pokemon
• Up to six special exchanges each day
• Up to nine free raid passes when spinning Photo Discs at Gyms
• 7 km special eggs

Source: Pokemon