This year’s event sees the release of Morelull and Shiinotic into Pokémon Go, alongside a Festival of Lights timed research quest you can complete to earn the Sparkler Pose. There’s also a collection of event-exclusive field research tasks and, if you’re playing Pokémon Go at night, you might notice that certain Pokémon are glowing more in the dark. On this page: Below you’ll find all of the Festival of Light quest steps and rewards - just be wary of spoilers! Thank you to Amiibofan101 from reddit for the help with this information. ‘Festival of Lights’ Step 1 of 2
Catch 25 Pokémon - 25 Poké Balls Hatch 2 Eggs - Morelull encounter Make 15 Nice Throws - 20 Great Balls Make 10 Great Throws - 10 Ultra Balls Make 5 Curveball Throws - 10 Pinap Berries Use 10 Berries to help catch Pokémon - Dedenne
Rewards: 2500 XP and Galarian Ponyta encounter ‘Festival of Lights’ Step 1 of 2
Catch 25 Pokémon - 25 Poké Balls Walk 5km - 3 Golden Pinap Berries Evolve 3 Pokémon - Chinchou Make 10 Great Throws - 20 Great Balls Spin 25 PokéStops or Gyms - 3 Silver Pinap Berries Take snapshots of 10 different wild Pokémon - Litwick
Rewards: 2500 XP and Sparkler Pose Here are the Festival of Lights field research tasks:
Catch 5 Pokémon reward - Chinchou encounter Catch 10 Pokémon reward - Blitzle encounter Catch 15 Pokémon reward - Morelull encounter Hatch an Egg reward - Galarian Ponyta encounter Power up Pokémon 5 times reward - Dedenne encounter Send 5 Gifts and add a Sticker to each reward - Magmar or Electabuzz encounter
Thank you to SilphScience for the help with this information!
The Season of Mythical Wishes continues with the Winter Holiday event, which has brought Mega Glalie to Pokémon Go. Don’t forget to partake in the new Go Battle League season.
Elsewhere, be sure to use Daily Adventure Incense for the chance of encountering Galarian Articuno, Galarian Zapdos and Galarian Moltres.
There are also four bonuses running throughout the Festival of Lights, such as Chinchou having an increased shiny rate for the entire event. Make sure you catch a wide variety of Pokémon during this event though, because you’ll receive double catch candy and double catch XP for each one! To help you in this task, Incense will last for two hours during the Festival of Lights.
Certain Pokémon will also appear more frequently when you’re using Incense too:
Alolan Geodude Galarian Ponyta Blitzle Darumaka Galarian Darumaka Litwick Dedenne Morelull
Outside of Incense, you’ll find the following Pokémon more frequently in the wild during the Festival of Lights:
Pikachu Vulpix Galarian Ponyta Magnemite Chinchou Litwick Litleo Helioptile Dedenne Morelull Togedemaru
Finally, you’ll be able to battle Galarian Ponyta, Darumaka, Dedenne and Morelull in one-star raids. Alolan Raichu, Galarian Weezing, Mawile and, making its first appearance since its raid day, Hisuian Braviary in three-star raids. The five-star raid legendary is Xerneas, while, in Mega Raids, you’ll encounter Mega Manectric. Have fun during the Festival of Lights!
