Pokemon Go: Festival of Lights will start on November 01

In the coming week, there a many events for Pokemon Go fans to look forward to. These events include Mawile Raid Day, Mankey November Community Day, and Magnetic Study event. Recently, the Pokemon Go team revealed the host timeline and event bonuses of this year’s Pokemon Go Festival of Lights.

During the festival session, some Pokémon that are attracted to incense will also glow. Shine with your Pokémon and celebrate!

Pokemon Go: Festival of Lights date and time

According to the blog post, The Festival of Lights will return to Pokémon Go on Friday, November 1 at 10:00 AM IST to Monday, November 4, 2024, at 8:00 PM local time. Moreover, the event will mainly be exclusive to the Trainers in India.

According to the information, a special, regional costume Pokémon will be introduced for this year’s celebration, making this celebration an extra stylish event!

More information about this event will be announced on October 16, 2024, so stay connected for the latest news and information.

Festival of Lights Event Bonuses

• 2× Stardust for catching Pokémon.
• 2× XP for catching Pokémon.
• Team GO Rocket balloons appear every 2 hours.
• Team GO Rocket Grunts appear more frequently at PokéStops.
• Incense (excluding Daily Adventure Incense) activated during the event will last for three hours.

Moreover, Alolan Geodude, Hisuian Voltorb, Slugma, Volbeat, lllumise, Litwick, Morelull, and Tabuib Pokemon will appear more frequently when Trainers use Incense. In addition to these, Hisuian Voltorb, Dedenne, Morelill, and more Pokemon will emerge in raids.

Meanwhile, the team also improved the raid and Gym battle experiences globally. These updates will help to improve stability, reduce latency, and make it easier to add new features in the future.

Moreover, they contain changes to the damage outputs, energy generation, and durations of certain Pokemon attracts for raids and Gym battles only.

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