Season of GO overview

The next season in Pokemon GO is the “season of GO”
This season starts at 10am local time on June 1st and finishes at 10am local time on September 1st 2022
Here is an overview of everything that will be in the Season of GO

Seasonal Bonuses
The following bonuses will be active:
- Increased friendship bonus damage for raids
- Lure module duration extended to one hour
- One extra special trade per day
- Guaranteed XL candy when trading Pokemon
- Guaranteed gifts from Pokestops
- One extra candy when trading Pokemon
- Increased incense effectiveness while moving
- Increased damage for Pokemon participating in raids remotely
Earlier XL candy
From the season of GO starting, the requirement for earning XL candy is reduced, so trainers from level 31 and upwards can now earn XL candy from catching, raiding and trading. This is huge and a significant drop from the previous requirement of level 40.
Eggs
The following Pokemon will be appearing in the following egg pools during the season of GO
2km Eggs
- Poliwag
- Magnemite
- Magikarp
- Meditite
- Pikipek
- Yungoos
- Stufful
- And more!
All but Pikipek can be shiny
5km Eggs
- Togepi
- Skarmory
- Wynaut
- Bronzor
- Rowlet
- Popplio
- Litten
- And more!
Litten, Popplio and Rowlet are the only none shiny available
10km Eggs
- Riolu (shiny chance)
- Emolga
- Axew (shiny chance)
- Rufflet (shiny chance)
- Goomy
- Noibat
- Jangmo-o
- And more!
Adventure sync Eggs
The following Pokemon will be in adventure sync rewards egg pools
5km Eggs
- Cranidos (shiny chance)
- Shieldon (shiny chance)
- Happiny (shiny chance)
- Munchlax
- Roggenrola
- Frillish
10km Eggs
- Dratini
- Bagon
- Beldum
- Riolu
- Deino
- Goomy
All but Goomy have the chance to be shiny

Pokemon Spawns in the wild
Throughout the season different Pokemon will spawn in the wild in different locations
Cities
Pokemon | Shiny Chance |
Rattata | Yes |
Koffing | Yes |
Aipom | Yes |
Bronzor | Yes |
Croagunk | Yes |
Patrat | Yes |
Galarian Stunfisk | Yes |
The standout Pokemon here are Bronzor for the Little cup and Galarian Stunfisk for the Great and Ultra leagues

Forests
Pokemon | Shiny Chance |
Oddish | Yes |
Weepinbell | No |
Tangela | Yes |
Shuckle | Yes |
Shroomish | No |
Cherubi | Yes |
Yungoos | Yes |
Weepinbell and Shuckle are probably the standout Pokemon here. Oddish can be important too as it can turn into Vileplume which is strong in certain battle league cups
Mountains
Pokemon | Shiny Chance |
Sandshrew | Yes |
Onix | Yes |
Phanpy | Yes |
Aron | Yes |
Trapinch | Yes |
Hippopotas | Yes |
Golett | No |
Onix is a standout here as getting a good one can be turned into Steelix which can be mega evolved, the same applies to Aron as Aggron has a mega still to be released

Beach and Water
Pokemon | Shiny Chance |
Tentacool | Yes |
Krabby | Yes |
Horsea | Yes |
Wooper | Yes |
Corphish | Yes |
Spheal | Yes |
Dewpider | No |
Dewpider is the standout Pokemon here due to its success in the Great league
Northern Hemisphere
Pokemon | Shiny Chance |
Ledyba | Yes |
Treecko | Yes |
Torchic | Yes |
Mudkip | Yes |
Combee | No |
Gible | Yes |
Summer Form Deerling | No |
Gible and Mudkip are the standout Pokemon here dues to their effectiveness in the battle league with Garchomp and Swampert respectively

Southern Hemisphere
Pokemon | Shiny Chance |
Spinarak | Yes |
Larvitar | Yes |
Turtwig | Yes |
Chimchar | Yes |
PIplup | Yes |
Trubbish | Yes |
Winter form Deerling | No |
Spinarak and Larvitar are the standout Pokemon here. Larvitar cause mega Tyranitar is yet to come and its PvE effectiveness and Spinarak cause its shiny looks so nice and Arididos and its effectiveness in the Great league and certain cups

Community days
The Community dates for this season have been announced but at the time of writing this the selected Pokemon have no been announced
The Community Day dates are:
- Saturday June 25th
- Sunday July 17th
- Saturday August 13th

Events
The full events for this season have not yet been confirmed at the time of writing this but here is what has been announced:
June
- 4th and 5th June – Pokemon GO fest global (check out the full GO fest breakdown here)
- 7th June till 12th June – Adventure week
- 16th June till 30th June – Pokemon TCG crossover event
July
- July 1st till July 3rd – In person Berlin Germany GO fest event
- July 22nd till July 24th – In person Seattle USA GO fest event
August
- 5th August till 7th August – In person Sapporo Japan GO fest event
- 27th August – bonus finale GO fest event global
GO Battle league
The GO battle league will be returning for season 11 after the interlude season which was used to try and make improvements to the battle league system. There will be new cups like the Summer cup, Fossil cup and GO fest catch cup as well as the 2022 Pokemon world championships in August.
The ranking system will also return after being removed during the interlude season. For full details of the new battle league season check it out here.

Thoughts on the Season of GO
First and foremost the bonus of Guaranteed XL candy is a fantastic addition returning as a boost for this season. It will make grinding level 50 Pokemon a much easier task and 100 trades a day now becomes a mandatory task for hardcore players who want to grind the most
Having 2 special trades a day is also really useful for doubling your chances of getting lucky legendary Pokemon faster
The Eggs pools are ok without being outstanding and having additions like shiny Axew available is nice
The battle league returning to a ranking system will appeal to hardcore battlers, although many probably enjoyed the stress free approach to not having a ranking system to win or lose points especially when the battle league is still so volatile with its lag and glitches.
Hopefully the GO fest events will be a great success both globally and in person especially given the cost of the ticket prices
Likewise im hopeful that good Pokemon will be selected for the Community days and those events will be enjoyable and motivate people to take part in them
The boost for incense when moving returns, its just a shame Niantic don’t listen to their larger player base and keep that boost increased at all times when using incense to make what is a fabulous game more accessible for the masses (something that will benefit everyone including Niantic as more people playing means more money for them!)