Just as the 2018 Summer Tour, the three Pokémon GO Fests happening this summer will have a Global Challenge. Niantic made this announcement this morning, along with a list of rewards.
SPARK'S CHALLENGE
The team leaders are making the challenges this year. Spark is up first with Pokémon GO Fest Chicago later this week. The challenge window is from 9:00 AM PDT on June 13 to 5:00 PM on June 16. Each team plus the event attendees will have to meet a goal of research tasks to unlock a reward.
All bonuses that we Trainers manage to unlock will be active from June 18 at 1:00 PM PDT to June 25 at the same time. If all four bonus are unlocked, we will get a Raikou Raid Day (the date of which will be revealed later). This Raid Day will unlock Shiny Raikou.
- EVENT ATTENDEES: Event attendees need to meet a threshold of 1,000,000 research tasks to unlock double catch Candy.
- INSTINCT: Team Instinct must complete 15,000,000 tasks to unlock a guaranteed Rare Candy per Raid.
- VALOR: Egg-hatching distance will be reduced by 50% if Team Valor completes 15,000,000 tasks.
- MYSTIC: Team Mystic is in charge of unlocking double Candy for Egg hatches by completing 15,000,000 tasks.
All bonuses that we Trainers manage to unlock will be active from June 18 at 1:00 PM PDT to June 25 at the same time. If all four bonus are unlocked, we will get a Raikou Raid Day (the date of which will be revealed later). This Raid Day will unlock Shiny Raikou.
CANDELA'S CHALLENGE
Candela's challenge covers Pokémon GO Fest Dortmund. The challenge window is from 1:00 AM PDT on July 4 to 9:00 AM on July 7.
All bonuses that we Trainers manage to unlock will be active from July 9 at 1:00 PM PDT to July 16 at the same time. If all four bonus are unlocked, Entei will star in a Raid Day (date to be revealed later). Shiny Entei will be released.
- EVENT ATTENDEES: Triple catch XP will be unlocked if event attendees complete a million research tasks.
- INSTINCT: Lucky Eggs will last for an hour if Team Instinct complete 15 million tasks.
- VALOR: Triple hatch XP will be unlocked if Team Valor completes 15 million tasks.
- MYSTIC: Double Raid XP will be unlocked if Team Mystic completes 15 million tasks.
All bonuses that we Trainers manage to unlock will be active from July 9 at 1:00 PM PDT to July 16 at the same time. If all four bonus are unlocked, Entei will star in a Raid Day (date to be revealed later). Shiny Entei will be released.
BLANCHE'S CHALLENGE
Finally, we have Blanche's challenge for Pokémon GO Fest Yokohama. The challenge window is from 6:00 PM PDT on August 5 to 1:00 AM on August 12.
All bonuses that we Trainers manage to unlock will be active from August 13 at 1:00 PM PDT to August 20 at the same time. If all four bonus are unlocked, Suicune will star in a Raid Day (date to be revealed later). Shiny Suicune will be released.
- EVENT ATTENDEES: Triple catch Stardust will be unlocked if event attendees complete two million research tasks.
- INSTINCT: Each Raid will reward a guaranteed 3,000 Stardust if Team Instinct complete 25 million tasks.
- VALOR: Triple hatch Stardust will be unlocked if Team Valor completes 25 million tasks.
- MYSTIC: Star Pieces will last one hour if Team Mystic completes 25 million tasks.
All bonuses that we Trainers manage to unlock will be active from August 13 at 1:00 PM PDT to August 20 at the same time. If all four bonus are unlocked, Suicune will star in a Raid Day (date to be revealed later). Shiny Suicune will be released.
Thanks for reading, Trainers!
SOURCE: Niantic