Festival of Lights (2025) India Event

The Festival of Lights event is back for 2025, and runs from October 18, 2025, to October 23, 2025, exclusively in India!

Pikachu wearing a saree and Pikachu wearing a kurta! This guide lists all the bonuses, research, and collection challenges you can encounter during the Pokémon GO Festival of Lights event in Pokémon GO.

Event highlights

Bonuses: 2x Incense Duration, 2x Stardust for catching pokemon, get Pikachu wearing a saree or Pikachu wearing a kurta stickers when spinning PokéStops.
Featured Pokémon:Pikachu wearing a saree, Pikachu wearing a kurta, Pikachu wearing an Indonesia football jersey

Pikachu wearing an Indonesia football jersey

Pikachu
wearing an Indonesia football jersey

Pikachu wearing an Indonesia football jersey will debut in Pokémon GO! After the event ends, Pikachu wearing an Indonesia football jersey will appear in the wild in Indonesia until November 30th, 2025.

Incense Encounters

The following Pokémon are appearing more frequently on incense:

Raids

The following Pokémon will appear in One-Star Raids:

Field Research

The following Pokémon will appear as rewards for completing event themed field research tasks:

Timed Research

Complete branching Timed Research that awards stickers and an encounter with Pikachu wearing a saree or Pikachu wearing a kurta based on the path you choose. This Timed Research also awards a Premium Raid Pass, Rare Candy, and Poké Balls.

Collection Challenge

Complete Collection Challenges by catching Festival of Lights–themed Pokémon to receive a Premium Raid Pass, Stardust, and XP.

Event Bonuses

The following bonuses are active during the Pokémon Steel Skyline event:

Some Pokémon that are attracted to Incense will also glow
2× Stardust for catching Pokémon.
2× Incense duration (excluding Daily Adventure Incense).
Get Pikachu wearing a saree or Pikachu wearing a kurta stickers when spinning PokéStops.