Global Catch Challenge

The **Global Catch Challenge** was a week-long Global Challenge event that began in late November 2017. The event concluded with a special celebration at the Pokémon GO Safari Zone Japan event in Tottori, on November 26.

## Features

### Rewards

All unlocked rewards were available until December 1, 2017.

**Bronze Rewards Tier - Requirement 500 Million Catches:**

2× XP
* 2× XP

6-hour Lure Module duration
* 6-hour Lure Module duration

Pokémon spawn increased
* Pokémon spawn increased

**Silver Rewards Tier - Requirement 1.5 Billion Catches:**

2× XP
* 2× XP

2× Stardust
* 2× Stardust

6-hour Lure Module duration
* 6-hour Lure Module duration

Higher Pokémon spawn increased
* Higher Pokémon spawn increased

**Gold Rewards Tier - Requirement 3 Billion Catches:**

2× XP
* 2× XP

2× Stardust
* 2× Stardust

6-hour Lure Module duration
* 6-hour Lure Module duration

Farfetch'd available worldwide for 48 hours
* Farfetch'd available worldwide for 48 hours

Kangaskhan available in East Asia for 48 hours
* Kangaskhan available in East Asia for 48 hours

### Shop special offer

 Special shop offers
These offers were available from the shop during the event until December 11th, 2017.

Special Box 38020×  Great Ball 6×  Lucky Egg 4×  Lure Module 1×  Premium Raid Pass
Ultra Box 88030×  Ultra Ball 16×  Lucky Egg 8×  Lure Module 4×  Premium Raid Pass
Super Incubator 200

## Trivia

* This is event kicks off the Pokémon GO Travel video series.
* After one day, the total number of captures was 298,159,864.
	+ Thirteen hour later, the 500 million goal was reached.
* On day two, the total number of captures was 777,461,788.
	+ Eleven hours later, 1,007,319,858 had been captured.
* On November 22nd, 2017, players reached 1.5 billion.
	+ One day later, they reached 2 billion.
	+ And yet a day later, players reached 2.5 billion.
* Players reached 3 billion on November 25th, 2017.
* Farfetch'd started appearing globally around 05:00 PM PST, as the reward of this event, for 48 hours starting on November 26th, 2017.
	+ It was available to capture in the wild and could also be summoned with Lure Modules and Incense.
* At the start of the event, the Ultra Box was incorrectly priced at  1,480. The price was quickly corrected the same day.

## References

1. ↑ Pokémon GO Travel and the Global Catch Challenge. *Pokémon GO Live*. Retrieved on 2017-11-21.
2. ↑ PokemonGoApp. (2017, November 27). Good news, Trainers! You’ll continue to receive double Stardust and double XP until 1:00 P.M. PST on December 1!. *Twitter*. Retrieved on 2017-11-28.
3. ↑ PokemonGoApp. (2017, December 5). Good news, Trainers! Deals on discounted boxes with Lucky Eggs, Lure Modules, Ultra Balls, and Great Balls have been extended for an extra week until Monday, December 11. *Twitter*. Retrieved on 2017-12-12.
4. ↑ Sale Boxes analysis. */r/TheSilphRoad*. Retrieved on 2018-12-17.
5. ↑ Pokémon GO. (2017, November 19). Announcing Pokémon GO Travel and the Global Catch Challenge. *YouTube*. Retrieved on 2017-11-21.
6. ↑ PokemonGoApp. (2017, November 20). Awesome work, Trainers! You've made amazing progress after just one day of the Global Catch Challenge!. *Twitter*. Retrieved on 2017-11-21.
7. ↑ PokemonGoApp. (2017, November 20). That was fast, Trainers! You've caught over 500 million Pokémon & unlocked new rewards during the Global Catch Challenge.. *Twitter*. Retrieved on 2017-11-21.
8. ↑ PokemonGoApp. (2017, November 21). It's day two of our quest to catch three billion Pokémon, and the global community of Trainers has already achieved an amazing score!. *Twitter*. Retrieved on 2017-11-21.
9. ↑ PokemonGoApp. (2017, November 22). Congratulations, Trainers! You’ve already caught over 1 billion Pokémon during the Global Catch Challenge!. *Twitter*. Retrieved on 2017-11-22.
10. ↑ PokemonGoApp (2017, November 25). Congratulations, Trainers! You did it! You’ve caught over 3 billion Pokémon and unlocked a new reward during the Global Catch Challenge. *Twitter*. Retrieved on 2017-11-27.
11. ↑ NianticGeorge. (2017, November 20). Boxes on sale!. */r/TheSilphRoad*. Retrieved on 2017-11-29.