Niantic has officially announced a brand new set of details in regards to the upcoming Go Fest 2020, including our Ultra Unlocks for the event! This announcement has some big news and a few very interesting events to look forward to, so let's get into it!
Go Fest 2020
Basic Information
- The event will feature 5 themed habitats, which will rotate each hour. Each habitat will include unique spawns, so it will allow players to plan out their day a bit based on what they want to target and not have to spend the entire day playing if they don't want to.
- Go Fest bonuses and events will only be available to players Lv.10 and above
- Incense will be more effective, attracting more Pokemon than usual
- New Go Fest 2020 Avatar items
The event will also host a Virtual Team Lounge, and will have a pre-event live-feed with an opening Keynote by Niantic CEO, John Hanke. This will begin on Friday, July 24 at 2:00 p.m. PDT.
Ultra Unlocks
The main feature of every previous Go Fest has been the Ultra Unlocks; special events or features unlocked when a specific number of tasks have been completed. Go Fest 2020 is no different in this regard.
- Trainers will have a total of 32 Global Challenges to complete
- These challenges will be viewable in the new Global Challenges Arena
- Every eight challenges completed will award us with one Ultra Unlock, to the maximum of 3!
- Progress towards each challenge can be tracked in the Today View area
- The Ultra Unlocks will give us special events: Dragon Week, Enigma Week, and Unova Week
| Event Start | Event End |
|---|---|
| July 31 at 1:00 p.m. PDT | August 7 at 1:00 p.m. PDT |
- A special set of Dragon Pokemon will appear more frequently in the wild (See below)
- A special set of Pokemon will hatch from 7k Eggs (See below)
- Special timed research with two guaranteed Deino encounters
- The release of Shiny Deino
- Rayquaza in Five Star raids
Confirmed Event Spawns
Confirmed Event 7k Egg Hatchs
Confirmed Event Raid Boss
| Event Start | Event End |
|---|---|
| August 7 at 1:00 p.m. PDT | August 14 at 1:00 p.m. PDT |
- A special set of Pokemon will appear more frequently in the wild (See below), Including the release of Elgyem
- A special set of Pokemon will hatch from 7k Eggs (See below)
- A special set of Pokemon will appear in raids (See below), including Unown in the letters U, L, T, R, and A
- A special set of Pokemon will hatch from 7k Eggs (See below)
- The release of Shiny Staryu
- Deoxys-Normal in Five Star raids, and in shiny forme!
Confirmed Event Spawns
Confirmed Event Spawns
Confirmed Event Raid Bosses
| Event Start | Event End |
|---|---|
| August 14 at 1:00 p.m. PDT | August 21 at 1:00 p.m. PDT |
- A special set of Pokemon will appear more frequently in the wild (See below), Including the release of Sweaddle, Cottonee, Emolga, and even Bouffalant(...sort of)
- Bouffalant will be available in the wild and hatch from 5k eggs... exclusively in New York City and the surrounding areas. This is very disappointing for 99% of the game's player-base.
- A special set of Pokemon will appear in the wild and 7k eggs
- The release of Shiny Roggenrola
- Genesect in Five Star raids, and in shiny forme!
Confirmed Event Spawns
Confirmed Event Raid Bosses
While this is all obvious subject to change and not guaranteed, the Ultra Unlocks for Go Fest have historiclally never been missed. As such, we will be adding these events to our Events Page directly after this post is made.
Update from Niantic
Niantic Support has updated the data for this event, and posted the following tweet:
Trainers, Bouffalant will hatch from 5km Eggs, not 7km as earlier stated in the blog. We'd also like to clarify that Normal Forme Deoxys will be featured as a part of the Ultra Unlock if Enigma Week is successfully unlocked.
— Niantic Support (@NianticHelp) July 23, 2020
