Pokémon GO Fest 2023: New York City

Bonuses

Ticket holders will get these bonuses from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET anywhere in New York City on their ticketed day:

• 1/2 Hatch Distance for Eggs placed in Incubators during the event
• Up to 6 Special Trades
• Reduced Stardust cost for trades
• Up to 9 free Raid Passes from spinning Photo Discs at Gyms
• 2× Catch Candy
• 1.5× Hatch Stardust and 1.5× Hatch Candy
• 2× Friendship bonus damage in raids
• Event-themed stickers from PokéStops and Gifts

Event Overview

Location: Randall’s Island Park and throughout New York City, USA

Dates: August 18-20, 2023

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. local time

Other Event Locations

• London
• Osaka
• New York City (this page)
• Global

Park and city experiences

Pokémon GO Fest 2023: New York City will be split between Randall’s Island Park and New York City. Each ticket will cover one day of the three-day event, and every ticket holder will spend part of that day in the park and the rest in the city, where gameplay will run from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET. All event gameplay will be exclusive to ticket holders.

• Morning Park Experience: Randall’s Island Park from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET, then New York City for the rest of the day.
• Afternoon Park Experience: New York City first, then Randall’s Island Park from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET.

Diancie and Mega Diancie

After its Pokémon GO debut in London and Osaka, the Mythical Pokémon Diancie will appear in New York City. Ticket holders will follow event-exclusive Special Research through the park that leads to an encounter with Diancie, plus a Diancie T-shirt avatar item and the Treasure Map Pose.

Mega Diancie will debut alongside it. Ticket holders will be able to Mega Evolve Diancie at the in-person events before its worldwide debut at Pokémon GO Fest 2023: Global, earning Diancie Mega Energy from park-exclusive Field Research and Carbink raids. Trainers may also encounter Carbink from Field Research.

Diancie

Mega Diancie

Carbink

Habitats

Featured Pokémon will appear in four habitats around Randall’s Island Park, each with its own Collection Challenge for the Elite Collector medal. All of them will also appear in the wild throughout New York City on a ticketed day.

Shiny Golett and Shiny Skrelp will make their Pokémon GO debuts, and Shiny Unown ! will make its first appearance in the Americas.

Prehistoric Volcano

Kangaskhan

Satchel Aerodactyl

Dratini

Slugma

Cranidos

Shieldon

Darumaka

Archen

Axew

Heatmor

Tyrunt

Poison Swamp

Zubat

Venonat

Tentacool

Surskit

Gulpin

Seviper

Skorupi

Venipede

Pawniard

Skrelp

Noibat

Cursed Treasures

Gastly

Pinsir

Eevee

Snorlax

Nosepass

Sableye

Chimecho

Yamask

Klink

Golett

Durant

Athletic Field

Voltorb

Hitmonlee

Hitmonchan

Hitmontop

Shroomish

Makuhita

Spoink

Zangoose

Baltoy

Lucario

Throh

All habitats

Amethyst Crown Pikachu

Unown A

Unown D

Unown I

Unown M

Unown N

Unown O

Unown !

Sigilyph

Raids

Cresselia, Xerneas, and Yveltal will appear in five-star raids throughout New York City.

Cresselia

Xerneas

Yveltal

Mega Rayquaza will make its Pokémon GO debut in Mega Raids throughout New York City. Any Trainer will be able to battle it, but only ticket holders will earn Rayquaza Mega Energy.

Mega Rayquaza

Rayquaza will need to know the Charged Attack Dragon Ascent before it can Mega Evolve, and it will learn that move from a new item, the Meteorite. Ticket holders will earn Meteorites from event-exclusive Special Research in the city.