Pokémon Go Water Festival Catch Challenge 2022 quest steps and field research tasks Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Pokémon Go Water Festival Catch Challenge 2022 quest steps and field research tasks Everything you need to know about this year’s Water Festival. Guide by Lottie Lynn Guides Editor Published on 12 May 2022 The Water Festival in Pokémon Go celebrates water-type Pokémon, but especially the release of Dewpider and Araquanid into the game. Throughout this Pokémon Go event, you can collect event-exclusive field research tasks and the Water Festival: Catch Challenge timed research quest. This event is also an excellent opportunity to complete the A Poni Adventure special research quest and catch Tapu Fini if you haven't done so already. On this page: Water Festival Catch Challenge quest steps in Poké mon Go Water Festival 2022 field research tasks in Poké mon Go Everything else we know about the Water Festival 2022 in Poké mon Go Watch on YouTube Battling and evolving the latest Mega Evolution, Mega Aggron, in Pokémon Go. Water Festival Catch Challenge quest steps in Poké mon Go Water Festival: Catch Challenge is a timed research quest which is only available during the Water Festival event in Pokémon Go, which means you have until Friday, 20th May at 8pm (local time) to complete it. If you miss this deadline, then you won't be able to reap the quest's rewards. Below you'll find all of the Water Festival: Catch Challenge challenges and rewards - just be wary of spoilers! Dewpider. Thank you to Amiibofan101 from reddit for the help with this information. 'Water Festival: Catch Challenge' Step 1 of 1 Catch 15 Pokémon - 20 Poké Balls Catch 50 Pokémon - 25 Great Balls Catch 25 Water-type Pokémon - 25 Ultra Balls Make 25 Curveball Throws - Dewpider encounter Catch 10 different species of Pokémon - 50 Gyarados Mega Energy Rewards: 1000 XP, 1000 Stardust and a Lapras with a scarf encounter The A Poni Adventure special research quest has also been recently released into Pokémon Go. By completing this quest - along with A Melemele Adventure, An Akala Adventure and An Ula'ula Adventure - by Wednesday, 1st June, you'll unlock free access to an end-of-season quest. Currently live is the Evolving Stars event, which includes the release of quest steps 5 to 8 of A Cosmic Companion - the Season of Light special research quest. Elsewhere, be sure to use Daily Adventure Incense for the chance of encountering Galarian Articuno, Galarian Zapdos and Galarian Moltres. There's also a new special research quest - A Mysterious Incense. Finally - don't forget about the new Prime Gaming rewards every fortnight. Water Festival 2022 field research tasks in Poké mon Go Water Festival exclusive field research tasks can be collected by spinning PokéStops throughout the event. Each task can be saved in your field research collection and completed after the event ends. It's a good idea, however, to keep an eye out for the task which, when completed, rewards you with an encounter with the recently released Dewpider. Here are the Water Festival field research tasks: Catch 5 Pokémon reward - Magikarp or Wailmer encounter Catch 15 Pokémon reward - Dewpider encounter Catch 25 Pokémon reward - Lapras with scarf encounter Catch 5 Water-type Pokémon reward - 10 Poké Balls or 5 Great Balls Catch 10 Water-type Pokémon reward - Binacle encounter or 20 Blastoise or Gyarados Mega Energy Catch 5 Magikarp or Wailmer reward - Luvdisc encounter Evolve 2 Water-type Pokémon reward - Marill encounter Hatch an egg reward - Carvanha encounter Thank you to SilphScience from reddit for the help with this information. Magikarp, Marill and Luvdisc are all rewards from Water Festival field research tasks. Everything else we know about the Water Festival 2022 in Poké mon Go Throughout the Water Festival every Pokémon Go player can enjoy double hatch candy and, if you're Level 40 or above, increased Candy XL from hatching eggs. Any Rainy Lure Module you activate during this event will also last for two hours. There's also a Global Challenge running until Saturday, 21st May at the following times: UK - 9am (BST) Europe - 10am (CEST) East Coast US - 4am (EDT) West Coast US - 1am (PDT) Araquanid. For this Global Challenge, we need to collectively catch 600,000,000 water-type Pokémon and, if this goal is achieved, a double catch candy bonus will be unlocked. The Water Festival also celebrates the release of two Gen 7 Pokémon - Dewpider and, its evolution, Araquanid! Alongside these Pokémon, there is a new costume Pokémon in the form of Lapras wearing a scarf, which can also be a shiny Pokémon. While we're on the subject of shiny Pokémon, Binacle and Barbaracle have had their shiny forms released as part of this event. Binacle will be appearing more frequently in the wild alongside the following Pokémon: Poliwhirl Tentacool Slowpoke Goldeen Staryu Magikarp Marill Mantine Lotad Surskit Carvanha Wailmer Tympole Dewpider Tapu Fini - a Gen 7 legendary Pokémon - is appearing in five-star raids throughout the event, while Mega Blastoise has taken the spotlight for Mega Raids. Meanwhile, in one-star raids, you'll find Qwilfish, Wailer, Spritzee, Helioptile and Rockruff. In three-star raids, there's Alolan Raichu, Feraligatr, Azumarill, Ludicolo and Lapras wearing a scarf. Any 7km egg you collect during the Water Festival will also have the following pool: Tier One Psyduck Azurill Mantyke Tier Two Mudkip Feebas Binacle Tier Three Staryu Clamperl Finally, don't forget about the A Poni Adventure special research quest. If you complete it and the three other Alola region-themed quests - A Melemele Adventure, An Akala Adventure and An Ula'ula Adventure - before Wednesday, 1st June you'll gain free access to an end-of-season special research quest. Hope you enjoy the Water Festival! To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings More On Pokémon Go Pokémon Go Prime Gaming rewards for October 2022 and how to redeem Prime Gaming codes Prime subscribers can get free rewards every two weeks. Pokémon Go Evolution Cup best team recommendations ​​Pokémon Go’s Evolution Cup is here until October 13! Pokémon Go Evolving Stars Collection Challenges and field research tasks It’s time to add Cosmoem to your Pokédex! Pokémon Go Gen 7 Pokémon list released so far, and every creature from Sun and Moon's Alola region listed Everything you need to know about Gen 7 in Pokémon Go. 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