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- What Do Pokemon GO Fest 2021 Tickets Cost?
- How Do You Get Go Fest 2021 Tickets?
- When Is The Pokemon GO Fest?
- What Are The Benefits Of Pokemon GO Fest?
- Pokemon Go Fest 2021 City-Wide Celebrations
Niantic just announced Pokemon GO's GO Fest 2021 for June 17th and 18th. It's widely known amongst trainers by now that Pokemon GO's yearly worldwide GO Fest is a ticketed event, and this year is no different. Well, in that regard, at least. In addition to this year's musically themed celebrations, it is also the fifth annual GO Fest, so the developers have listed the tickets at a significant markdown to say thank you. What's more, participating cities are hosting live registered events for free to celebrate the reopening of their communities!
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Here's everything you need to know about the ticketing system for Pokemon GO's GO Fest 2021.
What Do Pokemon GO Fest 2021 Tickets Cost?
In honor of the festival's fifth consecutive year, Niantic is selling tickets at a third of the usual price. Instead of the customary $14.99 (or equivalent local currency) tickets have sold for in past years, trainers can claim a spot for an outstanding $4.99 this year.
How Do You Get Go Fest 2021 Tickets?
You can claim your ticket by navigating to the in-game pokeshop (shopping bag icon) via the main menu (Pokeball icon.) Once in the pokeshop, scroll down to the Global Events section, where you will see this large banner advertising GO Fest 2021 and the stars of this year's show, Pop Star and Rock Star Pikachu!
When Is The Pokemon GO Fest?
As mentioned before, the 2-day event will run over the weekend of July 17th, during which ticket holders will enjoy the full roster of perks and events lined up from 10 am to 6 pm both days.
What Are The Benefits Of Pokemon GO Fest?
Everyone can take advantage of some benefits during the festival, while others are exclusive to ticket holders.
Game-Wide Benefits For All
These bonuses will appear for all trainers who log in during the event hours, regardless of ticket status.
- Event-featured pokemon will spawn in the overworld, including a new costumed Pikachu!
- Saturday's events will include a cycle of four habitats featuring correlating Pokemon types for each and thematic overworld visual effects.
- Lure Modules activated during the event have a boosted three-hour endurance.
- Special event Raids and Research Tasks.
- Eggs placed in incubators during the allotted event hours (10 am – 6 pm) will hatch in half the usual distance.
- Special event pokemon will be hatching from 7 km eggs.
- Trainer Photos may be featured in the Today View.
- A brand new event soundtrack from the composer and Pokemon Music Producer, Junichi Masuda, will play while on the overworld screen.
Pokemon GO Fest Ticket Holder Perks
Ticket holders will enjoy these exclusive perks for the $5 ticket price.
- An exclusive Special Research story that will reward trainers with items and special pokemon encounters, including a rare Mythical species.
- Take your pick between Pikachu's Pop Star and Rock Star personas at the start to customize your event experience. The special event soundtrack by Junichi Masuda will be tailored depending on your choice.
- Enjoy first access to the event's featured Mythical pokemon encounter.
- Take part in Saturday's Global Challenge Arena, where you will collaborate with other trainers to achieve event bonuses.
- In addition to Saturday's rotation of habitats, ticket holders will enjoy four different themed Collection Challenges for each habitat hour. The featured themes are Jungle, Desert Mountain, Ocean Beach, and Cave.
- Certain Pokemon will be especially attracted to incense during the event, including Unknown F, Unknown G, Chatot, Throh, and Sawk.
- Saturday will facilitate an increased rate of certain shiny Pokemon encounters.
- Souvenirs include an exclusive event pose and medal.
- Once ticket holders complete the event's Special Research, they will enjoy surprise encounters after taking snapshots of Pokemon.
- Earn exclusive thematic event stickers from Pokestops and Gifts.
- Completed Raid Battles will earn a bonus of 10,000 XP in addition to the raid's usual rewards.
- Enjoy exclusive access to Sunday's Timed Research with the possibility of earning a maximum of eight Remote Raid Passes.
- Grab a freebie that includes three Remote Raid Passes from the in-game pokeshop on Sunday between 10 am and 6 pm.
- On Sunday, ticket holders may earn a maximum of ten free Raid Passes from Gyms.
- Lastly, this $5 ticket buys you over 5,000 pokecoins worth of items between all the ticket-holder-exclusive bundles, bonuses, and rewards.
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Pokemon Go Fest 2021 City-Wide Celebrations
GO Fest 2021 will also be including exclusive real-world interactive celebrations in over 20 cities worldwide. Here is the official list of cities that will be taking part in local events in the real world:
Europe
- Linz, Austria
- Dresden, Germany
- Essen, Germany
- Hamburg, Germany
- Sevilla, Spain
- Paris, France
- Warsaw, Poland
- Bristol, United Kingdom
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- London, United Kingdom
- Liverpool, United Kingdom
United States of America
- San Fransisco, California
- Denver, Colorado
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Chicago, Illinois
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- New York City, New York
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Austin, Texas
- Seattle, Washington
- Washington, D.C.
While it's free to register, these spots are unfortunately limited, and there will be no additional in-game perks for visiting these local events.
This is likely an attempt at crowd control to deter trainers who didn't register for the real-world events and avoid overpopulation in these areas.
There are not many specifics regarding the festivities taking place in each city, aside from the officially noted "photo ops"; however, we expect more details soon. Judging by a couple of statements from participating state officials, it appears cities are taking part in the event as a means to encourage trainers to stop into the local shops as they explore the city.
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Source: Pokemon Go Live