Niantic to celebrate Holi, the Festival of Colors, with a Pokemon GO event where a new Pokemon Oricorio is making its debut. The special event brings a colorful–theme to the game with featured Pokémon, Collection challenges, and more. Therian Forme Tornadus is coming back to conquer gyms for Legendary five-star raids. In addition, event bonuses, Raids, Featured Pokémon, Field Research encounters, and a lot more are coming. So for you to get things ready, here is everything you need to know.
Date + Time
Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at 10:00 AM local time to Sunday, March 20, 2022, at 8:00 PM [local time].
Featured Pokémon
Pokémon Debuts
Oricorio, the Dancing Pokémon, makes its Pokemon GO debut during the event. The Oricorio will be of different Styles depending on where they were caught in the world.
- Baile Style Oricorio: Appearing in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
- Pom-Pom Style Oricorio: Appearing in the Americas
- Pa’u Style Oricorio: Appearing in African, Asian, Pacific, and Caribbean islands
- Sensu Style Oricorio: Appearing in the Asia-Pacific region
Wild Encounters
The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild during the event:
- Baile Style Oricorio Debut
- Pom-Pom Style Oricorio Debut
- Pa’u Style Oricorio Debut
- Sensu Style Oricorio Debut
- Drowzee
- Horsea
- Gligar
- Slugma
- Taillow
- Trapinch
- Turtwig
- Croagunk
- Fletchling
- Beautifly Rare
- Dustox Rare
- Alomomola Rare
Raids
The following Pokémon will take gyms for raids in the event time frame:
- One-star Raids
- Jigglypuff
- Torchic
- Treecko
- Mudkip
- Rockruff
- Three-star Raids
- Marowak
- Alolan Marowak
- Chansey
- Umbreon
- Druddigon
- Five-star / Legendary Raids
- Therian Forme Tornadus
- Mega Raids
- Mega Lopunny
Collection Challenge
Niantic brings a colorful Collection Challenge during the event. Completing it will reward you with 20,000 XP, 3,000 Stardust, and an encounter with Oricorio in Pokemon GO.
Field Research Task Encounters
In addition to even-themed Pokémon encounters, themed Field Research Tasks are also available. Completing them will reward you the encounters with the following Pokémon listed below:
- Bulbasaur
- Squirtle
- Charmander
- Alolan Grimer
- Castform
- Sunny Form Castform
- Rainy Form Castform
- Snowy Form Castform
- Plant Cloak Burmy
- Sand Cloak Burmy
- Trash Cloak Burmy
- Baile Style Oricorio Debut Rare
- Pom-Pom Style Oricorio Debut Rare
- Pa’u Style Oricorio Debut Rare
- Sensu Style Oricorio Debut Rare
A Celebration in India (Indian-specific event)
India Regional Challenge
Date + Time: Friday, March 18, 2022, at 10:00 AM to Sunday, March 20, 2022, at 8:00 PM [local time] for trainers only in India.
Trainers in India will be able to participate in a Regional Challenge. Once they catch enough Pokémon to reach the goal, they’ll unlock a bonus for all Trainers in India that stays active until the end of the event.
India Regional Challenge: Catch 2,000,000 Pokémon
India Regional Challenge Bonus Reward: 2× Catch Candy
Event Box
Until Sunday, March 20, 2022, Trainers in India will be able to pick up a celebratory box for 125 PokéCoins containing a Lucky Egg, a Lure Module, a Rainy Lure Module, and a Mossy Lure Module.
You can read the official blog for more details regarding the Pokemon GO Festival of Colors 2022 event. So utilize the event and hope you Catch ’em All.
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