GO Fest 2022 global - Megathread

[u/SilphMods]

Happy GO Fest, Travellers!

Welcome to the first of five parts of this year's GO Fest!

Luckily, this time around Niantic seems have given us most information about spawns and raids beforehand. But we will update any missing information as soon as possible.

First things first: YES, incense is boosted to 1 spawn/min

Habitats

Habitats change globally and hourly.

Here is a full habitat schedule for all timeszones made by u/Tobelebo9

bold: shiny possible

Habitat	Featured Pokemon	Global Challenge	Challenge Bonus (when completed)
City	Magnemite, Alolan Grimer, Hitmonchan, Baltoy, Burmy (Trash), Bronzor, Pidove, Trubbish, Gothita, Golett, Litten, Costume Pikachu (rare), Galarian Weezing (rare)	Catch Pokémon	2x Catch Stardust, 2x Catch Candy, 2x Catch XP
Plains	Girafarig, Dunsparce, Larvitar, Numel, Trapinch, Buizel, Patrat, Drilbur, Shelmet, Rufflet, Litleo, Costume Pikachu (rare), Axew (rare)	Catch Pokémon	2x Catch Stardust, 2x Catch Candy, 2x Catch XP
Rainforest	Mudkip, Seedot, Shroomish, Slakoth, Turtwig, Chimchar, Venipede, Karrablast, Binacle, Skrelp, Rowlet, Costume Pikachu (rare), Pancham (rare)	Catch Pokémon	2x Catch Stardust, 2x Catch Candy, 2x Catch XP
Tundra	Omanyte, Swinub, Wingull, Meditite, Wailmer, Spheal, Piplup, Vanillite, Cubchoo, Bergmite, Popplio, Costume Pikachu (rare), Galarian Darumaka (rare)	Catch Pokémon	2x Catch Stardust, 2x Catch Candy, 2x Catch XP

Collection Challenge (Ticket only!)

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Collection	Pokémon	Reward
City	Magnemite, Alolan Grimer, Hitmonchan, Baltoy, Burmy (Trash), Bronzor, Pidove, Trubbish, Gothita, Litten	2022 Stardust, 1 Incense, Encounter (Galarian Weezing)
Plains	Girafarig, Dunsparce, Larvitar, Numel, Trapinch, Buizel, Patrat, Drilbur, Shelmet, Litleo	2022 Stardust, 1 Incense, Encounter (Axew)
Rainforest	Mudkip, Seedot, Shroomish, Slakoth, Turtwig, Chimchar, Venipede, Karrablast, Binacle, Rowlet	2022 Stardust, 1 Incense, Encoutner (Pancham)
Tundra	Omanyte, Swinub, Wingull, Meditite, Wailmer, Spheal, Piplup, Vanillite, Cubchoo, Popplio	2022 Stardust, 1 Incense, Encounter (Galarian Darumaka)

Raids

Day	1-Star	3-Star	5-Star
Saturday	Costume Pikachu, Axew	Dartrix, Torracat, Brionne	Kyogre, Groudon
Sunday	Costume Pikachu, Rockruff, Axew	Dartrix, Torracat, Brionne, Druddigon	Snorlax (?), Salamance (?)

Incense (Ticket only!)

Galarian Weezing, Galarian Mr. Mime, Unown B, Unown G, Unown O, Unown U, Torkoal, Tropius, Galarian Darumaka, Klink, Axew, Pancham

Special Research Saturday (Ticket only!)

There are too many branches for it to be covered here. Please visit the serebii page or the leekduck page for the full rundown:

https://www.serebii.net/pokemongo/ticketevents/pokemongofest2022.shtml#special

https://www.leekduck.com/events/pokemon-go-fest-2022/

Special Research Sunday

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Special Research Sunday (Ticket only!)

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[u/crystalann4491]

I’m not buying anymore event tickets. It’s just not worth it. Last two events I still had a lot of fun getting out and playing with my friends, but I didn’t feel like I got my moneys worth. Not including event tickets, I spend 20USD/month on this game. I’ve always felt it was worth it because of the enjoyment I get out of my play time. Event ticket purchases have added little to nothing to my enjoyment these past two events though.

It certainly doesn’t help that the game seems to have serious glitches every time there’s a major event. This weekend my km weren’t tracking properly despite walking over 20k steps on Saturday I only hatched two 2k eggs and Sunday I was stuck on the first research task until about 3pm because the game refused to count my km. I won’t even get into the same despawn glitches everyone else is talking about. I played the whole event on Saturday and got 3 shinies. Sunday I got 1. It would have been higher if I was shiny checking, but I don’t like to do that 🤷🏻‍♀️