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Pokémon GOFest 2024 is coming to Sendai, Japan, starting from Wednesday, June 23, 2025, until Sunday, July 01, 2025. The event is split into two parts between two locations, Nanakita Park and the rest of Sendai City, but attendees need only purchase one ticket for both. Pokémon GO Fest is chock-full of exclusive gameplay events, special bonuses, and more - many trainers actually even travel abroad to play Pokémon GO at these locations! If you’re going to be there, this guide will help you out!
To make the most of your event, you will be exploring both Nanakita Park and Sendai City, but at different times.
Choose Your Adventure
When Trainers purchase a ticket, they will split their day between Nanakita Park and Sendai City. There is a Morning Park Experience and an Afternoon Park Experience, so keep this in mind when you purchase the ticket. They are the same, but your day will look different depending on which one you’re doing.
Pokémon GO Fest Bonuses
Trainers in attendance will all receive these bonusesbetween 9:30 am and 6:30 pmas long as they are within Sendai City:
All GO Fest Ticket Add-ons and Costs
To make the most of your event, you’re going to want to purchase some add-ons. These will be active beginning from Thursday, May 30th all the way through to Sunday, July 29, 2025. You can make use of them throughout Sendai City.
Raid Lover (￥1,900)
Egg-thusiast (￥1,900)
Citywide Gameplay (￥2,600)
This add-on gives you three extra days of GO Fest. Using this, you will get an additional day of the same citywide GO Fest experience that would only normally be available on your primary event day. Keep in mind, however, that this does not include Special or Timed Research. It also only includes citywide gameplay - the Nanakita Park event cannot be re-experienced with this add-on.
T-shirt Pre-order (￥3,700)
Not just a gameplay thing, this T-shirt pre-order will net you an in-person event-exclusive t-shirt that you can pick up in-person during the event. Each t-shirt will also come with a code that you can redeem in- game for a matching avatar item. Check it out:
Pokémon GO Fest 2024 Features
Marshadow Debut!
The Gloomdweller Pokémon, Marshadow, will make its debut in Pokémon GO in Sendai during this event. It will reappear later in Madrid and New York City if you could not attend Pokémon GO Fest.
Marshadow comes with an event-exclusive Special Research and an adventure throughout Nanakita Park. You will only be able to encounter it once, so make the most of it! Any subsequent GO Fest Special Research you obtain and complete will instead reward you with Marshadow Candy.
Necrozma Debut in Asia Raids!
Necrozma, the Prism Pokémon, will make its worldwide Pokémon GO debut in raids during the Fest. If you’re in Sendai, you will have the opportunity to conduct Raid Battles for this Pokémon during the weekend. Only ticket holders can encounter a shiny… If they’re lucky.
Klefki Appearance!
While Klefki usually only hangs out in France, it will be in Sendai for the event!
Shiny Emolga Debut!
Trainers in attendance at GO Fest will also have first dibs on Shiny Emolga, which is making its first appearance in Pokémon GO for this event.
Additional Features
Pokémon GO Fest is going to be chock-full of cool new things, including new costumed Pokémon debuts. We’ll be getting some new Pikachu and Eevee costumes, including Eevee with a sun crown and a moon crown. These are exclusive to in-person GO Fest attendees only.
Additionally, pictures taken during in-person events may be photobombed but Heat Rotom!
Pokémon GO Fest Spawns
The Fest will have different spawns from the rest of the world. You can expect to find these around Nanakita park during the event:
Mountain Brook Habitat:
Sky Arena Habitat:
Star Parade Habitat:
Lake Garden Habitat:
In addition to these, you will be able to find Klefki and some Unown variants (A, D, G, H, I, N, T, Y, ?) in all habitats.
Pokémon GO: Fusion Explained
In Pokémon GO, the formidable Necrozma offers Trainers the unique opportunity to transform it into two powerful forms.
Pokémon GO Fest Raids
Trainers will be able to do the following 5-star raids during the event:
There is another to expect, however, it has not been announced.
Shiny Xurkitree and Shiny Necrozma can be obtained from these raids!
Pokémon GO Fest Research
Field Research Tasks
Spinning PokeStops in Sendai during this event will get you some event-exclusive Field Researchs Tasks and Rewards! verify you do as many as you’re able to to maximize your time in Sendai!
Special Research Tasks
Marshadow’s Special Research seems to be the main event for Pokémon GO Fest this year. Follow along with the story and adventure throughout the park, and you will eventually encounter the mysterious Marshadow!
Pokémon GO Fest Collection Challenges
Each habitat will have its own collection challenge, making for four in total. These challenges will feature Pokémon you can catch during the event, so make sure you have a clean Pokémon storage so you can catch a ton of these and enter a bunch of collections. Every collection challenge you complete goes towards the Elite Collector medal, so make the most of it while GO Fest is live!
Happy GO Fest, Trainers!
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