All increased spawns, raids, and Habitat Rotation encounters for Pokémon Go Fest 2023: London and Osaka

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Four Pikachu wearing crowns in a grassy field in Pokémon Go.
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Pokémon Go Fest 2023 is starting early this year, with in-person events running for players in Osaka and London from August 4 to 6. And, just as you’d expect from such a huge event, a wide variety of Pokémon will be featured as encounters—including a few new faces like Diancie and Mega Rayquaza.

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If you are out at either event and purchased an event ticket, you’ll have access to all of the event perks, including increased spawns, a few epic raids featuring Legendary Pokémon, and special Habitat Rotation encounters that change throughout the day. Most of this content will also be available to players around the world later this month during Go Fest 2023: Global, but for now it is locked to in-person events.

Whether you want to try your hand at completing the various Habitat Collection Challenges or just plan on catching Pokémon to clear your Special Research tasks, you should try to keep up with just what Pokémon are actually available.

Dance standing in a jewel-encrusted cave in Pokemon Go.
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All regular increased Pokémon spawns during Pokémon Go Fest 2023: London and Osaka

  • Pikachu wearing an amethyst crown
  • Unown A
  • Unown D
  • Unown I
  • Unown M
  • Unown N
  • Unown O
  • Unown !
  • Sigilyph

All Habitat Rotation encounters during Pokémon Go Fest 2023: London and Osaka

Related: All Habitat Rotation Collection Challenges, schedules, and encounters for Pokémon Go Fest 2023: London and Osaka

All Dark Jungle Habitat encounters

  • Zubat
  • Tangela
  • Heracross
  • Seviper
  • Burmy (Plant Cloak)
  • Skorupi
  • Purrloin
  • Venipede
  • Deino
  • Pumpkaboo
  • Dewpider

All Fairy Garden Habitat encounters

  • Bulbasaur
  • Jigglypuff
  • Oddish
  • Hoppip
  • Seedot
  • Cacnea
  • Petilil
  • Ferroseed
  • Spritzee
  • Swirlix
  • Dedenne

All Hypnotic Glacier Habitat encounters

  • Seel
  • Shellder
  • Galarian Mr. Mime
  • Jynx
  • Snorlax
  • Snowy Form Castform
  • Galarian Darumaka
  • Elgyem
  • Cubchoo
  • Amaura
  • Bergmite

All Volcanic Island Habitat encounters

  • Charmander
  • Squirtle
  • Aerodactyl wearing a satchel
  • Dratini
  • Mantine
  • Surskit
  • Nosepass
  • Corphish
  • Lucario
  • Durant
  • Inkay

All event-exclusive Raids during Pokémon Go Fest 2023: London and Osaka

All five-star Raids

  • Cresselia
  • Xerneas
  • Yveltal

All Mega Raids

  • Mega Rayquaza
    • First appearance

Not only can you encounter all of these Pokémon, but a majority of them can be Shiny. Additionally, every player who completes part of their Pokémon Go Fest 2023: London or Osaka Special Research will encounter the Mythical Pokémon Diancie for the first time.

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Karli Iwamasa
Karli is a freelance writer and editor for Dot Esports based in the Bay Area. She mostly writes about Pokémon with a focus on competitive VGC but also enjoys VALORANT.
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