Pokemon GO Global Event to unlock region-locked Pokemon underway; First challenge complete

Pokemon Go's Global Catch Challenge has gone live, bringing the ability to catch region exclusive Pokemon with it! If a certain number of Pokemon are captured by November 26th, 2017, Farfetch’d and Kangaskhan will be catchable no matter where you are located.

The Global Catch Challenge brings a tiered set of challenges for players to complete before the Farfetch’d and Kangaskhan are no longer region locked.

The first challenge is to reach 500 million Pokemon catches, which will bring a 2x XP boost, make lures last six hours, and will cause more Pokémon to spawn. Fortunately, 500,000,000 Pokemon have already been caught,

The second challenge is to catch 1.5 billion catches will bring a 2x Stardust bonus, 2x XP boost, make lures last six hours, and will cause even more Pokémon to spawn.

The third challenge is to catch 3 billion Pokemon. Hitting this number will bring all the bonuses from before, as well as make the East Asia-exclusive Farfetch’d appear in every region and the Australia-exclusive Kangaskhan will appear in East Asia for 48-hours.