Pokémon GO is offering Trainers a golden opportunity to expand their catch palette with the Festival of Colors, which runs through March 14, 2023, at 8:00 p.m. local time. To celebrate, Pokémon GO’s rolling out the red carpet for Mega Medicham and Bruxish as they make their Pokémon GO debuts in Mega Raids and wild encounters respectively. Orange you excited for event bonuses—including three-hour Lure Module duration and Friendship levels that increase twice as quickly throughout the event? And Trainers that complete the Festival of Colors Collection Challenge will earn a whopping 20,000 XP and a Lure Module for their efforts. That’s nothing to be blue about!

The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild throughout the event.

• Paras

• Krabby

• Lickitung

• Koffing

• Natu

• Wobbuffet

• Shuckle

• Galarian Zigzagoon

• Wingull

• Plant Cloak Burmy

• Sand Cloak Burmy

• Trash Cloak Burmy

• Stunky

• Bruxish

It’s no pigment of your imagination—the following Pokémon are painting the Gyms red in Raid Battles.

• One-Star Raids

  • Espurr

  • Rockruff

  • Mareanie

  • Bruxish

• Three-Star Raids

  • Exeggutor

  • Alolan Exeggutor

  • Cryogonal

  • Druddigon

• Five-Star Raids

  • Ho-Oh

• Mega Raids

  • Mega Medicham

And complete Field Research tasks to earn encounters with the following Pokémon.

• Alolan Grimer

• Castform*

• Sunny Form Castform*

• Rainy Form Castform*

• Snowy Form Castform*

• Plant Cloak Burmy*

• Sand Cloak Burmy*

• Trash Cloak Burmy* 

• Oricorio (Style varies by region)

Happy Festival of Colors, Trainers!