Pokémon GO Fest: Day 2 – Raids, Themes, Tickets & What You Should Know

While Niantic have already confirmed that Day 1 of July’s Pokémon GO Fest event will focus around the mythical Pokémon Meloetta, Day 2 of the event will instead be focusing on raids. This Raid based day will feature all of the previously released Legendary Pokémon in rotating hourly themes, and give everyone a chance to catch that long sought after Legendary they may have missed. Here’s everything you need to know, as well as the bonuses you’ll receive if you have a ticket for GO Fest.

GO Fest Day 2 Event Start and End Times

Day 2 of GO Fest is happening on July 18th, and will run from 10am until 6pm local time. During these hours, there will be four themes, each of which will appear twice over the eight hours. These themes are Wind, Lava, Frost and Thunder.

Wind will be occurring 10-11am and 2-3pm
Lava will be occurring 11-12pm and 3-4pm
Frost will be occurring 12-1pm and 4-5pm
Thunder will be occurring 1-2pm and 5-6pm

This will be the case for everyone who opens the game during these hours, and not just the players that have purchased the GO Fest ticket. As a side note, Niantic have also made it clear that only Legendaries will be appearing in these raids and not Mythicals.

Themes

Wind

During the Wind themed hours, the following Pokémon will be appearing in Tier 5 raids:

– Mewtwo (can be shiny)
– Ho-oh (can be shiny)
– Latias (can be shiny)
– Latios (can be shiny)
– Regigigas (can be shiny)
– Altered Forme Giratina (can be shiny)
– Cresselia (can be shiny)
– Therian Forme Tornadus
– Virizion (can be shiny)

Some Pokémon that will make good raiders for these bosses include Tyranitar (Dark and Rock moves), Rhyperior (Rock moves), Machamp (Fighting moves) and Mamoswine (Ice moves).

 

Lava

During the Lava themed hours, the following Pokémon will be appearing in Tier 5 raids:

– Moltres (can be shiny)
– Entei (can be shiny)
– Heatran (can be shiny)
– Reshiram
– Groudon (can be shiny)
– Regirock (can be shiny)
– Therian Forme Landorus
– Yvetal
– Terrakion (can be shiny)

Some Pokémon that will make good raiders for these bosses include Kyogre (Water moves), Mega Blastoise (Water moves), Rhyperior (Rock and Ground moves) and Machamp (Fighting moves).

 

Frost

During the Frost themed hours, the following Pokémon will be appearing in Tier 5 raids:

– Kyogre (can be shiny)
– Lugia (can be shiny)
– Articuno (can be shiny)
– Suicune (can be shiny)
– Regice (can be shiny)
– Palkia
– Kyurem
– Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf (in their respective regions)

Some Pokémon that will make good raiders for these bosses include Zekrom (Electric moves), Mega Ampharos (Electric moves), Machamp (Fighting moves) and Tyranitar (Dark and Rock moves).

 

Thunder

During the Thunder themed hours, the following Pokémon will be appearing in Tier 5 raids:

– Zapdos (can be shiny)
– Raikou (can be shiny)
– Registeel (can be shiny)
– Rayquaza (can be shiny)
– Dialga
– Therian Forme Thundurus
– Zekrom
– Xerneas
– Cobalion (can be shiny)

Some Pokémon that will make good raiders for these bosses include Machamp (Fighting moves), Garchomp (Ground and Dragon moves), Mamowine (Ice moves) and Metagross (Steel moves).

Ticket Bonuses

While these raids will be available to everyone, there are certain bonuses that will only be benefitting players who have purchased the GO Fest ticket. The ticket is currently $5, or regional equivalent, and grants you access to these bonuses, as well as different benefits for the previous day as well.

– Earn an extra 10,000 XP in raid rewards, which means 20,000 XP per raid.
– Claim up to 10 Free Raid Passes during this time, which is simply done by spinning a Pokégym once you have used up your previous pass.
– Complete Timed Research to earn upto eight Remote Raid Passes.
– Pick up a free event bundle in the in-game shop to get three more Remote Raid Passes (this will only be available between 10am-6pm local time on July 18th).

Pokémon GO is a downloadable mobile game for iOS and Android, that allows you to catch, raid and trade Pokémon with your friends in the real world. Take down bosses in big groups, or go in search of rare Pokémon in order to fill your Pokédex and catch them all!

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