One of the main ways that Niantic has keptPokemon GOfans engaged with the game over the years is through regular events that feature special bonuses, rewards, and new Pokemon to catch.Pokemon GOhas regularly been adding new Pokemon through the ongoing Season of Alola, itself featuring multiple special events each month. The next bigPokemon GOevent is the 2022 Water Festival, scheduled to begin on Thursday, May 12 at 10:00am local time until Friday, May 20 at 8:00pm local time.
ThePokemon GOWater Festival 2022 event will see the debut of Generation 7 Pokemon Dewpider inPokemon GO. Dewpider is a water/bug-type Pokemon, and if players manage to get 50 Dewpider candy, they can evolve it into Araquanid. Besides Dewpider and Araquanid,Pokemon GOplayers will also have the opportunity to catch a specialLapraswhile the Water Festival event is live, with this version of the popular water/ice-type Pokemon wearing a scarf.
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Another addition for thePokemon GOWater Festival 2022 event is shiny Binacle. While the regular form of Binacle has been available inPokemon GOfor quite some time, this is the first time that players have been able to catch its shiny variant in the popular augmented reality mobile game. By extension, this means thatBinacle’s evolved form Barbaraclewill also have its shiny variant appearing in the game.
Meanwhile,Pokemon GOplayers can also participate in a Global Challenge while the event is live. From May 11 at 1:00pm PT until Saturday, May 21 at 1:00am PT,Pokemon GOplayers are tasked with catching a total of 600,000,000water-type Pokemon. If they are successful, they will get double candy for catching Pokemon throughout the Water Festival event. This should make it very easy forPokemon GOplayers to get enough candy to evolve Dewpider to Araquanid, to say the least.
While all this is going on, there should be plenty more forPokemon GOplayers to do. A Poni Adventure Special Research is now available in the game, plusTapu Finiis now appearing inPokemon GOlegendary raids. Between the new Special Research to complete, the chance to catch Tapu Fini, and the all the Water Festival activities that will be available, May 2022 should turn out to be one of the busiest months forPokemon GOplayers this year.
Next month,Pokemon GOfans can look forward toPokemon GO Fest, so the new content should keep coming at a steady pace.
Pokemon GOis out now for iOS and Android mobile devices.
