The 2025 Pokémon GO Festival of Colors is currently taking place across the globe, bringing a burst of color and excitement to trainers everywhere. This year’s event introduces the highly anticipated Shiny Bruxish, along with the potential for lucky trainers to encounter the elusive Shiny Smeargle. With exciting bonuses and engaging research tasks, this event offers plenty for participants to enjoy.
Below, we present a comprehensive overview of the Festival of Colors 2025.
Overview of the Pokémon GO Festival of Colors 2025
Event Schedule and Bonuses
Running from Thursday, March 13, 2025, at 10 AM until Monday, March 17, 2025, at 8 PM local time, the Festival of Colors promises a variety of enticing bonuses, including:
- Lure Modules will have an extended duration of three hours.
- Bruxish will appear more frequently when trainers activate Incense.
- Take daily snapshots throughout the event for an opportunity to encounter Shiny Smeargle.
- Incense (excluding Daily Adventure Incense) will last two hours when activated during the event.
Wild Encounters and Raids
Throughout the event, trainers can expect boosted spawn rates for a variety of Pokémon in the wild. The following species are available, with shiny variations included:
- Drowzee
- Magikarp
- Natu
- Aipom
- Meditite
- Dwebble
- Red Flabebe (Europe, Middle East, and Africa only)
- Blue Flabebe (Asia-Pacific only)
- Yellow Flabebe (Americas only)
- White Flabebe (rare encounter)
- Orange Flabebe (rare encounter)
- Bruxish
In terms of raid encounters, trainers can challenge the following Pokémon:
- Three-star raids: Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon
- Five-star raids: Tapu Koko
- Mega raids: Mega Swampert
Event Research Opportunities
The Festival of Colors 2025 offers players a range of research options, including free Field Research and Timed Research quests. A premium Timed Research is also available for trainers seeking even more challenges. Notably, players in India can participate in a region-exclusive, branching Timed Research questline.
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