The third week ofPokemon GO’sGO Fest weekly challengesare now rolling out worldwide, and, as expected, this batch puts its primary focus on friendship. This means that players that want to complete all of the GO Fest Friendship Challenge tasks will need to pay special attention to their friends and Buddy Pokemon inPoGO, and fans can find details on this week’s tasks and rewards below.
Before jumping into all of the GO Fest Friendship Challenge tasks and rewards inPokemon GO, it is worth mentioning that the event will go live on Friday, July 17 at 8am local time. Additionally, players will have until 10pm local time on Wednesday, July 22 to complete all of them, including the Friendship Elite Challenge tasks that unlock after finishing the first three steps, before they go away for good.

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With that established, here are all of thePokemon GOFriendship Challenge Timed Research tasks and rewards:
To note, Timed Research and the Elite Friendship Challenge are not all that fans can enjoy in these upcoming days, as Pokemon like Slowpoke, Tangela, and Hippopotas will be appearing at an increased rate during the GO Fest Friendship Challenge. Furthermore, a summer celebration will also be going on alongside this GO Fest event, and it will makeSummer Style Pikachuavailable in the wild and in Eggs and debut Shiny versions of Bellsprout and its evolutions.
Finally,Pokemon GO’s July Community Day, which sets its sights on Gastly, will take place this Sunday, July 19. All of this together means that there is certainly no shortage of new activities coming toPoGOin the immediate future, and indeed it is a great time to be a fan of the game.
Pokemon GOis available now in select regions on Android and iOS devices.
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