The 2023 Festival of Lights event has brought plenty of new content to Pokemon GO, including a new Timed Research for players to finish!
Any Pokemon GO players who log in during the 2023 Festival of Lights event, which is running from 10 AM local time on November 7 until 8 PM local time on November 12, will get a new Timed Research to complete.
The Festival of Lights Timed Research must be finished before the end of the event, but it’s certainly worth doing. This is because the rewards include an exclusive T-shirt for your avatar, as well as encounters with light-themed Pokemon!
Here are all of the tasks and rewards in the Festival of Lights Timed Research:
Festival of Lights Timed Research
Task | Reward | |
Spin 30 PokeStops | Incense | ![]() |
Catch 30 Electric-type Pokemon | Hisuian Voltorb | ![]() |
Catch 30 Fire-type Pokemon | Hisuian Growlithe | ![]() |
Explore 5km | Tadbulb | ![]() |
Use an Incense | Morelull | ![]() |
Catch 15 different species of Pokemon | Magmar | ![]() |
Hatch 4 Eggs | Dedenne | ![]() |
Completion Rewards
For finishing step 1 of the Festival of Lights Timed Research, you get:
- Alolan Raichu
- 3000 XP
- Festival of Lights Avatar T-shirt

Remember that this Timed Research expires at 10 PM local time on November 12, 2023. Therefore, if you want to earn all of these rewards, you must complete every step of this Research before then.
In addition to the Timed Research in the 2023 Festival of Lights event, there are some bite-sized Tasks for players to complete. Here are all of the Field Research Tasks and rewards in the Festival of Lights!