The end of the light festival event in Pokémon GO is approaching. Trainers have just a few hours left to use Pokémon, XP bonuses, more candies, and altered raids, spawns, and research rewards.
What kind of event is this? The light festival in Pokémon GO is all about Pokémon that shine or are otherwise associated with light. Certain Pokémon are even said to glow at night. A highlight for many trainers is the release of Bubungus and its evolution Lamellux.
We show you here all bonuses and contents of the light festival 2022 in overview.
Update from October 17, 2022: The last hours of the light festival are running. This evening at 8:00 PM, the event will end. We show you here in the overview which bonuses are active during the event.
Light Festival 2022 – Start, Bubungus, Bonuses
When does it start? The light festival starts on Friday, October 14, at 10:00 AM local time. It will be active until Monday, October 17, at 8:00 PM.
New Pokémon: For the first time, you can encounter Bubungus in Pokémon GO. It can be evolved into Lamellux with 50 candies. Bubungus belongs to the Plant and Fairy types and originates from the seventh generation of games.
The bonuses:
- Increased chances of finding Shiny Lampi
- You get double the experience points for catching Pokémon
- You get double the candies for catching Pokémon
- Smoke activated during the event lasts for two hours
wilderness: In the wilderness, you will encounter the following Pokémon:
- Pikachu*
- Vulpix*
- Magnetilo*
- Lampi*
- Lichtel
- Leufeo
- Eguana
- Dedenne
- Bubungus
- With luck also Galar-Ponita* or Togedemaru
Pokémon marked with a star (*) can also be encountered as Shiny.
Attracted by smoke: If you activate smoke during the event, different Pokémon may appear than those that are normally attracted. The options for the light festival 2022 are:
- Alola-Kleinstein*
- Elezeba*
- Flampion*
- Lichtel
- Dedenne
- Bubungus
- With luck also Galar-Ponita* or Galar-Flampion*
Raids:
- Level 1: Galar-Ponita*, Flampion*, Dedenne*, Bubungus
- Level 3: Alola-Raichu*, Galar-Smogmog*, Flunkifer*, Hisui-Washakwil*
- Level 5: Xerneas* (Our counter guide against Xerneas)
- Mega: Mega-Voltenso* (Our counter guide against Mega-Voltenso)
Researches: During the light festival, you will receive a time-limited research task. The tasks revolve around catching Pokémon. For this, you will receive a special glowing pose for your avatar as a reward.
All tasks and rewards of the time-limited research for the light festival 2022
As rewards from field research, you will encounter Galar-Ponita*, Elektek*, Magmar*, Lampi*, Elezeba*, Dedenne, or Bubungus.
