{"id":4627,"date":"2026-07-01T22:23:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/pokemon-go-10th-anniversary-go-fest-2026-global\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T22:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:23:15","slug":"pokemon-go-10th-anniversary-go-fest-2026-global","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/pokemon-go-10th-anniversary-go-fest-2026-global\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon GO Turns 10: GO Fest Global Goes Free and Mega Mewtwo Debuts This Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ten years ago this month, the world started walking to parks and bumping into lamp posts \u2014 and Pok\u00e9mon GO has never really let us stop. Niantic is marking the milestone with a packed July schedule every Singapore trainer should bookmark: a free GO Fest Global event, the debut of Mega Mewtwo X and Y, and a Community Day starring Sobble.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/pokemon-go-fest-2026-global-banner.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon GO Fest 2026 Global \u2014 official artwork showing Pok\u00e9mon gathering in a park\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption>Image courtesy of Niantic \/ Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>10th Anniversary Party: 4\u20136 July<\/h2>\n<p>The birthday bash runs from <strong>Saturday 4 July to Monday 6 July<\/strong> (until 8 p.m. local time each day). Trainers get <strong>4\u00d7 XP and 4\u00d7 Stardust<\/strong> for catching Pok\u00e9mon, plus the debut of <strong>Gimmighoul holding a special 10th Anniversary Coin<\/strong> \u2014 a variant not seen before. Party-hat Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur return with boosted Shiny rates, and evolving a Charizard, Venusaur or Blastoise during the window unlocks the legacy Community Day moves Blast Burn, Frenzy Plant and Hydro Cannon respectively. Singapore&#8217;s green corridors \u2014 East Coast Park, Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, Orchard Road, the Botanic Gardens \u2014 tend to have the densest lured Pok\u00e9Stops during major events, so plan your route early.<\/p>\n<h2>Community Day \u2014 Sobble on 4 July, 2\u20135 p.m.<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/pokemon-go-community-day-sobble-july-2026.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon GO Community Day featuring Sobble \u2014 official Niantic artwork\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption>Image courtesy of Niantic \/ Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Community Day falls on the same Saturday as the Anniversary Party kickoff, so the bonuses run in parallel. <strong>Sobble is the star, 2\u20135 p.m. local time<\/strong>, with increased Shiny rates in the wild. Evolve it all the way to Inteleon during the event or within four hours after (by 9 p.m.) and it learns <strong>Hydro Cannon<\/strong>. The day also brings 2\u00d7 Catch Candy, 2\u00d7 Candy XL, 3-hour Incense, \u00bc Egg hatch distance, and lures that last for an hour. Full event details are on the <a href=\"https:\/\/pokemongo.com\/en\/news\/communityday-july-2026-sobble\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official Pok\u00e9mon GO Community Day announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gt-video\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wL7_NvcvFyo\" title=\"#PokemonGOFest2026: Global | Community Celebrations | Pok\u00e9mon GO\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;\" allow=\"accelerometer;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><figcaption>#PokemonGOFest2026: Global | Community Celebrations \u2014 via Pok\u00e9mon GO on YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>GO Fest 2026: Global \u2014 Free for the First Time Ever<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/pokemon-go-fest-2026-mewtwo-road-of-legends.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon GO Fest 2026 \u2014 Mewtwo promotional art featuring the GO Fest 2026 logo\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption>Image courtesy of Niantic \/ Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>GO Fest 2026: Global runs 11\u201312 July<\/strong> (10 a.m. 11 July to 7 p.m. 12 July, local time) \u2014 and for the first time since GO Fest began, <strong>no ticket purchase is required<\/strong>. Every trainer logs in and gets access: 1-hour Lures, 1-hour Incense, and up to <strong>9 free Raid Passes per day<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The featured encounters are headline material. <strong>Zeraora makes its Pok\u00e9mon GO debut<\/strong> via Special Research during GO Fest. And the raid tier gets a new category: <strong>Super Mega Raids<\/strong>, where <strong>Mega Mewtwo X and Mega Mewtwo Y debut<\/strong> simultaneously. The twist \u2014 every trainer in the raid lobby must have a Mega-Evolved Pok\u00e9mon active. Every Mega Mewtwo caught arrives with at least one Mega Level already unlocked. A branching Timed Research lets you prioritise whichever form you want.<\/p>\n<p>Between the Anniversary Party and GO Fest, there is a <strong>Road of Legends<\/strong> event (6\u201310 July) bridging the two. The full event lineup is live at the <a href=\"https:\/\/pokemongo.com\/en\/gofest\/global\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official GO Fest 2026: Global page<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/pokemongo.com\/en\/news\/10th-anniversary-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10th Anniversary Party announcement<\/a>. Check our <a href=\"\/blog\/category\/game-news\/\">game news coverage<\/a> for more on what Singapore players have to look forward to this July.<\/p>\n<p><!--GT-SCOUT source=\"Web (English)\" theme=\"Pokemon\" flags=\"none\"--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pok\u00e9mon GO marks 10 years this July with a free GO Fest Global (11\u201312 July), Mega Mewtwo X\/Y debut in Super Mega Raids, 4\u00d7 XP, and a Sobble Community Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[11],"tags":[268,183,550,185,31,182],"class_list":["post-4627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-news","tag-10th-anniversary","tag-go-fest","tag-go-fest-2026","tag-niantic","tag-pokemon","tag-pokemon-go"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/pgo-10th-anniversary-2026.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p13AlF-1cD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3467,"url":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/pokemon-go-fest-2026-global-free-mega-mewtwo\/","url_meta":{"origin":4627,"position":0},"title":"Pok\u00e9mon GO Fest 2026 Global Is Free This Year \u2014 Mega Mewtwo Debuts on 11 July","date":"June 12, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Pok\u00e9mon GO Fest 2026 Global is free on 11\u201312 July. 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