"Water Festival 2019 Megathread"

#PokemonGO: Everything you need to know about the event, all in one place. We've got a few different researchers lined up to help edit this post, so it should be kept current at all times. A lot of these pieces will be verified by the Silph Research Group, so throughout the post we'll use the formatting:Italics: Reports from the commentsBold: Research Group verifiedThis verification isn't meant to replace reports here, rather to provide an extra level of verification and depth to the event. Travelers are always welcome to join here and help out with data collection: https://thesilphroad.com/research-group​Have fun this week! https://ift.tt/2zm95es Date: Friday, August 23, 2019, at 1 p.m. PDT until Friday, August 30, 2019, at 1 p.m. PDTBonuses2x Hatch CandyThe Charged move Crabhammer can now be learned by Kingler and Crawdaunt (TM-able and not guaranteed)Half Buddy distance for Water-type Pokemon (reset your app if not displaying properly)Field ResearchJust looking for event tasks! You can see the full list here: https://ift.tt/2Pdm5Ot Festival: Earn a Candy walking with your buddy.Barboach (shiny)Water Festival: Catch 10 Water-type Pokemon.1000 StardustWater Festival: Catch 5 Water-type Pokemon.Krabby (shiny)Water Festival: Evolve 3 Carvanha or BarboachClamperl (shiny)Water Festival: Hatch 5 Eggs.BlastoiseWater Festival: Win 2 Raids.AzumarillWater Festival: Defeat a Team GO Rocket Grunt.Carvanha (shiny)Water Festival: Take 5 Snapshots of Water-type Pokemon.Seel (shiny)EggsFrom announcement: "Water-type Pokémon will hatch more often from Eggs."Whether this simply means higher probability or new species is unclear. There are definitely new species. The Silph Research Group hatchers are hitting the pavement to find out which ones. You can see the results of our hatching over the next couple of days here: https://ift.tt/2g84YGV . We'll have rarity data available part-way through the week.Egg AdditionsEgg DistanceSpecies2kmBarboach, Goldeen, Remoraid, Slowpoke5kmCorphish, Wingull, Wooper, Chinchou10kmNew ShiniesThe Research Group is hard at work gathering data to see if shiny rates for Barboach and Carvanha are boosted!Boosted SpawnsThis one won't be verified by the Silph Team, but let us know what you've found!Global BoostBarboach (shiny)Carvanha (shiny)ChinchouCorphishGoldeenHorsea (shiny)Magikarp (shiny)Mudkip (shiny)Poliwag (shiny)Psyduck (shiny)Seel (shiny)Shellder (shiny)SlowpokeSquirtle (shiny)StaryuTentacoolTotodile (shiny)Wailmer (shiny)Wingull (shiny)WooperSpawns Boosted Near Water (announcement implies that this is the full list):WartortlePoliwhirlSeakingLapras (shiny)QwilfishMantineLotad (shiny)Feebas (shiny)PiplupBuizelFinneonRaid BossesRemember, new raid bosses will begin hatching after 21:00 UTC. You can find the permanent list here: https://ift.tt/2P9Ab3m BossesTier 1:Krabby, Lotad, Wailmer, Seel, WingullTier 2:Clamperl, Feebas, Marshtomp, Qwilfish, ExeggutorTier 3:Alolan Raichu, Azumarill, Machamp, Sharpedo, VaporeonTier 4:Absol, Alolan Marowak, Blastoise, Lapras, TyranitarTier 5:RayquazaAs always, feel free to post any feedback to make this post as useful as possible. Thanks! via /r/TheSilphRoad https://ift.tt/33VahUo