The Niantic Wayfarer test event will be held exclusively in Korea from February 19th, 2020 until March 9th, 2020.

Wayfarer Test Event will be Exclusively Held in Korea

Trainers, the Niantic Wayfarer test event will be held exclusively in Korea. Participate in the Niantic Wayfarer event on behalf of the area and collaborate with other trainers in the area to get a limited time field research!

Event Schedule - February 19 (Wed) 02:00:01 to March 9 (Mon) 23:59:59

Event content:

1. You can reset your Niantic Wayfarer home location at the start of the event, or select a representative area to participate in the event through your current home location.
   1) After the event, we will give you the opportunity to change your hometown again. Set or reset your hometown.
   ① After logging in to Wayfarer, click Settings from the menu on the left.
   ② Click the pen icon next to your hometown location, search for the area you want to set as your hometown location, select the exact location on the map that appears, and press Save.

1. The regions including the representative regions of the event are as follows.
1. Seoul area (representative area): The whole of Seoul Special City (including area)
2. Gyeonggi-do area (representative area): The entire Gyeonggi-do area (including the Incheon Metropolitan City)
3. Gangwon-do area (representative area): Overall Gangwon-do (including area)
4. Chungcheongnam-do area (representative area): The whole Chungcheongnam-do (including the area) including Daejeon Metropolitan City and Sejong Special Self-governing City
5. Chungcheongbuk-do area (representative area): The whole Chungcheongbuk-do (including area)
6. Jeollabuk-do area (representative area): Jeollabuk-do area (including area)
7. Jeollanam-do area (representative area): Jeollanam-do area including Gwangju Metropolitan City and Jeju Special Self-Governing Province (including area)
8. Gyeongsangbuk-do area (representative area): The entire Gyeongsangbuk-do area (including the Daegu Metropolitan City)
9. Gyeongsangnam-do area (representative area): The entire Gyeongsangnam-do area (including the Busan Metropolitan City and Ulsan Metropolitan City)

During the event, consent points will be awarded based on each trainer's Niantic Wayfarer activity (below), and the consent points earned by each trainer will be the points of the representative area registered by each trainer. Earn one consent point: When the approved candidate under review is finally approved. Acquisition of one consent point: When the rejected candidate under review is finally rejected
① Please note that during the event, the consent points of the trainer who changed his home position to a domestic or foreign area will be invalid and will not be reflected in the points of the representative area.

1. Judge portal candidate Approve the candidate under review
   ① After logging in to Wayfarer, press "Examine" from the menu on the left.
   ② Refer to the information of each item displayed and press the score of the item you are thinking.
   ③ Click the points for all items and click [Send] to check the pop-up "Judgment results are recorded".
2. Reject approval of candidate under review
   ① After logging in to Wayfarer, press "Examine" from the menu on the left.
   ② If it is judged that it is inappropriate to generate wayspot candidates under consideration, click on one item in the "Does this candidate need Wayspot?" Make your selection and click Submit.
   ③ In the case of some reasons for denial of approval, be sure to leave a comment on the decision.

During the event period, final points reflecting the population of the representative area corresponding to the consent points earned by each representative area are aggregated, and field research is performed for a limited time in the area of ​​the representative who has the highest final point There will be an event that can be put into.


Event schedules that will allow you to get field research for a limited time will be announced at a later date.

Limited-time field research is available to anyone via some pocket stops in the representative area that scored the highest final points. Niantic Wayfarer is only available for "Pokémon GO" level 40 trainers. This event is held only in South Korea, and the progress of other countries is undecided. When playing "Pokémon GO", please pay attention to your surroundings and keep your manners.

Source: https://pokemongolive.com/ko/post/wayfarereventinkorea/