Shiny Petilil makes its Pokémon GO debut with the Glittering Garden event, which will run concurrently with Pokémon GO Fest 2023: Osaka and London

Ahead of the Pokémon GO Fest 2023: Osaka and Pokémon GO Fest 2023: London in-person events early next month, Niantic has announced the Glittering Garden event in Pokémon GO. This global event, featuring some of the Grass-type and Fairy-type Pokémon appearing in the GO Fest events, will start in the middle of the two in-person events on August 5th, at 10:00am local time, and conclude past the end of those two events to August 8th, at 8:00pm local time. Shiny Petilil will also make its Pokémon GO debut in these events.

Event Bonuses and Activities
The following event bonuses will be active during the event:

• 1/2 distance to earn hearts with Buddy Pokémon
• Increased chance of earning Candy XL when walking with Buddy Pokémon
• 1.5× Candy for hatching Pokémon
• 1.5× Stardust for hatching Pokémon

Timed Research
Free event-exclusive Timed Research will be available during this event, offering trainers a selection of tasks focused on exploration and hatching Eggs. These Timed Research tasks and their rewards will disappear on August 8th, at 8:00pm local time if uncompleted or unclaimed.

Pokémon Encounters
All Pokémon listed below with a ⁂ next to their name can also be encountered in their Shiny variants.

Wild encounters everywhere
The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild:

• Bulbasaur ⁂
• Jigglypuff ⁂
• Oddish ⁂
• Hoppip ⁂
• Seedot ⁂
• Cacnea ⁂
• Petilil ⁂ (Shiny debut)
• Ferroseed ⁂
• Spritzee ⁂
• Swirlix ⁂
• Dedenne ⁂

Wild encounters exclusively in parks
A certain Pokémon will appear more frequently in parks each day!

• August 5: Petilil ⁂ (Shiny debut)
• August 6: Cacnea ⁂
• August 7: Oddish ⁂
• August 8: Seedot ⁂

Eggs
The following Pokémon will hatch from 2 km Eggs:

• Budew ⁂
• Cherubi ⁂
• Sewaddle
• Petilil ⁂ (Shiny debut)
• Bounsweet
• Larvesta (uncommon)

Field Research task encounters
The following Pokémon will be available to encounter when certain Field Research tasks are completed:

• Tangela ⁂
• Roselia ⁂
• Petilil ⁂ (Shiny debut)
• Foongus ⁂