The Water Festival 2019 event has gone live in Pokemon GO.
According to Niantic, certain water-type Pokemon will appear more frequently in the wild, especially around bodies of water. Water-type Pokemon will also hatch more often from Eggs.
Here’s a list of all the Pokemon that will appear more frequently in the wild, according to Niantic’s blog post and The Silph Road Subreddit:
*Unconfirmed
Magikarp
Wooper
Wailmer
Seel*
Shellder*
Slowpoke*
Staryu*
Tentacool*
Chinchou*
Corphish*
Wingull*
Here are the Pokemon appearing more frequently in the wild around bodies of water, according to Niantic:
Wartortle
Poliwhirl
Seaking
Lapras
Qwilfish
Mantine
Lotad
Feebas
Piplup
Buizel
Finneon
Here’s the water-type Pokemon appearing more frequently in Eggs, according to the Egg chart on Eurogamer:
Squirtle – 2 KM
Magikarp – 2 KM
Shellder – 2 KM
Krabby – 2 KM
Totodile – 2 KM
Mudkip – 2 KM
Luvdisc – 2 KM
Wailmer – 2 KM
Piplup – 2 KM
Horsea – 5 KM
Psyduck – 5 KM
Seel – 5 KM
Kabuto – 5 KM
Omanyte – 5 KM
Lotad – 5 KM
Carvanha – 5 KM
Clamperl – 5 KM
Mantyke – 5 KM & 7 KM
Buizel – 5 KM
Finneon – 5 KM
Lapras – 10 KM
Feebas – 10 KM
In addition to finding certain water-type Pokemon more frequently in the wild and in Eggs, Kingler and Crawdaunt will be able to learn a brand new water-type Charge Move known as Crabhammer. Shiny Carvanha and shiny Barboach have also been added to the game. Raids will include more water-type Raid Bosses such as Blastoise, Vaporeon, Lapras and more. In addition, you’ll be able to fight and catch Uxie, Mesprit or Azelf in five-star raids in their respective regions, but only on August 28 from 6 to 7 p.m. local time. Plus, you’ll get twice the Candy from hatching Eggs and the distance to earn Buddy Candy will be halved if your Buddy Pokemon is water-type.
The event will last from now until August 30 at 1 p.m. PDT.
Here’s an excellent infographic from GamePress to give you everything you need for the event:
See also:
- A Thousand-Year Slumber Pokemon GO Special Research Guide
- Water Festival Research Tasks in Pokemon GO
- Jirachi Max CP & Stats in Pokemon GO
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Water Festival Pokemon List for 2019