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The Festival of Lights Eventis making its return inPokemon Go, following the same theme as last year, but bringing a handful of changes and additions. This includes brand-new Pokemon Go debuts, Shiny Pokemon being available for the first time, and several new features and rewards.
This year’s Festival of Lights Event will be available for about six days, taking placefrom Tuesday, June 11, 2025, at 10am local time to Sunday, June 05, 2025, at 8pm local time.Use the guide we have put together below for everything you need to know about this year’s Festival of Lights.
Pokemon Debuts
Tadbulband its evolutionBelliboltwill be make their Pokemon Go debuts with this year’s Festival of Lights Event. Tadbulb will be available to encounter during this event as awild encounter, Incense encounter,and aField Research Task encounter.
It will require50 Tadbulb Candiesto evolve Tadbulb into Bellibolt.
Additionally, there will be a chance that you encounterMorelull’s Shiny variationfor the first time with this event. You will have the chance to encounter Shiny Morelull throughwild encounters, Incense encounters, Field Research Task encounters,and through7 km Eggs.
You will haveincreased odds of hatching a Shiny Morelull through 7 km Eggsacquired during this event.
If you are looking to obtain this new, rare Morelull variant, hatching 7 km should prove to be the most effective method.
Event Bonuses
There will only bethree event bonusesavailable to players logging in and playing during this year’s Festival of Lights Event. Each of these three bonuses can be found below.
The double Incense duration bonusdoes not apply to the Daily Adventure Incense.
On top of these global event bonuses, Trainers playing in India will benefit from one additional bonus. Those participating from this region will receivetwice the Candy when catching any Pokemonduring this event.
Event Research
Timed Research
There will be eventTimed Researchavailable to all players during this event, free of charge. The tasks for this Timed Research will require you to adventure and catch Pokemon, rewarding you withevent Pokemon encountersand anevent-themed avatar shirt.
Field Research Task Encounters
There will be three different Pokemon that you will be able to encounter upon completing certainEvent Field Research Tasks.This includesDarumaka, Morelull,andTadbulb.
Collection Challenge
There will be an event-themed Collection Challenge for this event,exclusive to Trainers playing in India.Those that complete this Collection Challenge will obtainStardust, XP,and aTadbulb encounter.
Wild Encounter Pokemon
There will be12 Festival of Lights-themed Pokemon that you can expect to see frequentlythroughout this event. Some of these Pokemon are relatively uncommon, so verify to take advantage of this opportunity to encounter the following Pokemon.
Mareep
Incense Encounter Pokemon
There will also be Pokemon that will have increased spawn rateswhen players activate and use an Incense.This includes the 11 event-themed Pokemon that we have provided for you below.
Dedenne
Event Eggs
7 km Eggsthat are obtained during the Festival of Light’s event window will have the chance of hatching one of four event-themed Pokemon. This includesElekid, Magby, Dedenne, andMorelull.
As mentioned previously, Morelull hatched from these Eggs will haveincreased chances of being Shiny.
Event Pokemon Showcases
There will beevent-themed Pokemon Showcaseshosted at certain PokeStops throughout the Festival of Lights Event. For these Pokemon Showcases, you will be able to enter withLitwickorTadbulb.
Score the most points in these Pokemon Showcases by entering large and heavy Pokemon. For this reason, save your largest Litwick and Tadbulb to use throughout this event.
