Get Ready for the 2023 Pokémon GO Harvest Festival: New Pokémon, Wild Encounters, and Exciting Event Bonuses Await!

The 2023 Harvest Festival is approaching in Pokémon GO, and it promises a slew of new adventures for trainers. This event brings fresh Pokémon debuts, special wild encounters, Field Research Tasks, event bonuses, and more. Niantic has unveiled an exciting array of content for Pokémon GO players to anticipate, so it's time for trainers to get ready for this upcoming update.

The Pokémon GO Harvest Festival starts on Thursday, October 12, and continues until Tuesday, October 17. The event's specific start times will vary depending on the player's time zone. As with other popular Pokémon GO events, the Harvest Festival will provide opportunities to earn exclusive rewards and engage in themed encounters.

Exclusive Harvest Festival Content in Pokémon GO

During the Pokémon GO Harvest Festival, trainers will primarily encounter Grass- and Bug-type Pokémon. Among these is a new evolution line to watch out for. The three new Pokémon making their official Pokémon GO debut are Smoliv, Dolliv, and Arboliva. Smoliv can be found in the wild, while its evolutions require Smoliv candy. To evolve Smoliv into Doliv, you'll need 25 Smoliv Candy, and to evolve Doliv into Arboliva, you'll need 100 Smoliv Candy.

In terms of new wild encounters during the 2023 Harvest Festival, players can encounter fourteen primary Pokémon, including Bellsprout, Exeggcute, Sunkern, Wurmple, Combee, Sewaddle, Cottonee, Petilil, Pumpkaboo, Bounsweet, and Smoliv.

Additionally, there are region-specific wild Pokémon encounters during the Harvest Festival. In Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, you'll find Red Flower Flabébé encounters. In Asia and the Pacific region, there will be Blue Flower Flabébé encounters, and in the Americas, there will be Yellow Flower Flabébé encounters.

Alongside the new wild encounters, the Harvest Festival introduces a range of new Field Research Task Encounters, with various Pokémon available through these tasks. These Pokémon include Plant Cloak Burmy, Sand Cloak Burmy, Trash Cloak Burmy, Pumpkaboo, and Smoliv. There will be numerous opportunities to encounter these Pokémon throughout the event's duration.

One of the event's highlights is the Event Bonuses. Several new Event Bonuses will provide unique gameplay variations. For example, when catching a Pumpkaboo, trainers will receive additional Pumpkaboo candy. Mossy Lure Modules activated during the event will have a two-hour duration, and they will be more likely to attract wild Pumpkaboo.

Accompanying the new content in Pokémon GO's 2023 Harvest Festival is the Tickets of Treats Paid Time Research. This offer will extend throughout October and provide an additional research opportunity that changes weekly. Each week, a new Tickets of Treats Paid Time Research will unlock, offering trainers tasks related to that specific week's event.

During the Harvest Festival week, Tickets of Treat Paid Time Research tasks will reward a Mossy Lure Module and opportunities to encounter Pumpkaboo. Players can complete these tasks until Tuesday, October 31, 2023. The Paid Time Research costs $5 USD or equivalent currency.