Head into the Lush Jungle in Pokémon GO from Tuesday March 22nd

Fomantis, Lurantis, and Tapu Lele will be making their Pokémon GO debuts in the newly announced Lush Jungle event in Pokémon GO, which will begin on March 22th at 10:00 a.m. local time., and run through until March 29, 2022, at 8:00 p.m. local time. The Season of Alola's second Special Research story, featuring Akala Island, will be available at the beginning of this event.

A Timed Research focused on catching Grass-type Pokémon will also be available throughout the event. Players who complete the research can earn items and encounters with various event-themed Pokémon, like Fomantis.

Pokémon
The following Pokémon will be appearing more frequently in the wild during the Lush Jungle event:

• Metapod
• Paras ⁂
• Exeggcute ⁂
• Hoothoot ⁂
• Sudowoodo ⁂
• Fomantis
• Ferroseed ⁂
• Pinsir (rare) ⁂
• Cottonee (rare) ⁂

Meanwhile, the following Pokémon will be appearing in raids during the event:

• One-Star Raids
  • Bellsprout ⁂
  • Tangela ⁂
  • Sewaddle
  • Cottonee ⁂
• Three-Star Raids
  • Butterfree
  • Vileplume
  • Parasect
  • Exeggutor
• Five-Star Raids
  • Tapu Lele
• Mega Raids
  • Mega Charizard Y ⁂

Additionally, the following Pokémon will be available for Trainers to encounter when Field Research tasks are completed:

• Caterpie ⁂
• Exeggcute ⁂
• Sunkern ⁂
• Wurmple ⁂
• Seedot ⁂
• Cottonee ⁂
• Ferroseed ⁂
• Fomantis
• Paras (rare) ⁂
• Parasect (rare)

A Lush Jungle weekend park spotlight will also be taking place from March 26, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. to March 27, 2022, at 8:00 p.m. local time. In this event, Cottonee will be appearing more frequently in parks, and its Shiny variant will be making its Pokémon GO debut. Shiny variants can also be found for Pokémon marked with ⁂ in all of the above lists.