Pokemon Go Lush Jungle Event: Date & Time, Fomantis, Lurantis, Tapu Lele Debuts, More

The Pokemon Go Lush Jungle event is next in line to keep Alola’s season going. Here’s everything we know, including when it starts, which Pokemon will debut, and more.

Pokemon Go’s Alola season began on March 1st with the Special Research task “A Melemele’s Adventure” and picked up momentum with the addition of the Festival of Colors, which ended on March 20th.

Now things are in full swing with the announcement of the Lush Jungle event.

It introduces three new Pokémon; Fomantis, Lurantis, Tapu Lele, along with some new wild encounters, raids, field research quests, and more.

Trainers, get ready to discover the Lush Jungle Event! Meet Fomantis, Lurantis, and the legendary Tapu Lele as they make their debut in Pokémon GO! 🌴

There will also be a weekend park spotlight with Cottonee! 🍃 #SeasonOfAlola

📝 Find out here: pic.twitter.com/EVunA0YkQf

— Pokemon GO (@PokemonGoApp) March 17, 2022

Pokemon Go Lush Jungle event start date and time

Pokemon Go Lush Jungle event starts on Tuesday, March 22nd at 10 a.m. local time.

However, it will be a short-lived event as everything is set to end a week later Tuesday, March 29th at 8 p.m. local time.

Pokemon Go Lush Jungle debuts: Fomantis, Lurantis, Tapu Lele

The Pokemon Go Lush Jungle Lush Jungle event will introduce three new Pokémon from the Alola region; Fomantis, Lurantis, Tapu Lele. Fomantis appears in wild encounters and can be evolved into Lurantis.

Meanwhile, Tapu Lele will only appear in five-star raids. Which isn’t too surprising since it’s a Legendary Pokemon.

Tapu Lele debuts in Pokemon Go Lush Jungle Event.

Pokemon Go Lush Jungle Wild Encounters

The following Pokémon will be available as Wild Encounters as part of the Pokémon Go Lush Jungle event. Those marked with an asterisk also have shiny variants.

• Cotton*
• Exggcute*
• fomantis*
• ferro seeds*
• Hoothoot*
• metapod*
• Paragraphs*
• Pinsir*
• sudowoodo*

Fomantis will be available in Wild Encounters throughout the event.

Pokemon Go Lush Jungle Raids

The following Pokémon will be available in raids as part of the Pokémon Go Lush Jungle event. Those marked with an asterisk also have shiny variants.

One Star Raids

• bell cabbage*
• Cotton*
• Sewadel*
• Tangela*

Three Star Raids

• butter free
• exeggutor
• parasect
• vileplume

Five Star Raids

Mega Raids

Mega Charizard Y is back in the Pokemon Go Lush Jungle event.

Encounters with Pokemon Go field research tasks

The following Pokémon will be available in Field Research task encounters as part of the Pokémon Go Lush Jungle event.

Those marked with an asterisk also have shiny variants. Completing them will also give you a mega energy.

• Caterpie*
• Cotton*
• Exggcute*
• ferro seeds*
• Fomantis
• Paragraphs*
• parasect
• seed dot*
• sun core*
• wormple*

Paras is one of many Pokémon that can be encountered in the latest series of field research tasks.

Pokemon Go Lush Jungle Special Research and Timed Research Tasks

The Pokemon Go Lush Jungle event will usher in a second Special Research story, picking up where the first left off.

It will also introduce new timed research tasks revolving around catching Grass-type Pokémon. More details will be announced here once the event is live.

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