Season of GO overview

The next season in Pokemon GO is the “season of GO”

This season starts at 10am local time on June 1^st and finishes at 10am local time on September 1^st 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

The standout Pokemon here are Bronzor for the Little cup and Galarian Stunfisk for the Great and Ultra leagues

Forests

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

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

Dewpider is the standout Pokemon here due to its success in the Great league

Northern Hemisphere

Gible and Mudkip are the standout Pokemon here dues to their effectiveness in the battle league with Garchomp and Swampert respectively

Southern Hemisphere

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 25^th
• Sunday July 17^th
• Saturday August 13^th

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

• 4^th and 5^th June – Pokemon GO fest global (check out the full GO fest breakdown here)
• 7^th June till 12^th June – Adventure week
• 16^th June till 30^th June – Pokemon TCG crossover event

July

• July 1^st till July 3^rd – In person Berlin Germany GO fest event
• July 22^nd till July 24^th – In person Seattle USA GO fest event

August

• 5^th August till 7^th August – In person Sapporo Japan GO fest event
• 27^th 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!)