Pokemon Go is getting even more social with the introduction of Party Play.

A new feature is coming. Pokemon Go which allows trainers to team up with their friends to take on challenges and earn rewards. Called Party Play, it will be added to the game tomorrow, October 17.

Party Play lets you team up with up to four friends, level 15 and up, to complete challenges, unlock bonuses and interact with each other.

You’ll be able to see your party on the map, which will help ensure that everyone is in close enough proximity to maintain grouping benefits.

Various challenges will be available to test your party and earn rewards. For example, you might be tasked with catching 120 Pokemon in Ultra Balls, 43 PokéStops or Gyms, or 53 Pokemon. Prizes can range from mega candies to pokeballs and berries.

Completing party challenges can earn you and your party special avatar rewards such as a t-shirt featuring Eevee and Eevee evolutions Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Flareon (what – no love for Umbreon or Espeon?).

You can also track all of your stats in the new party tab, and when the party is disconnected, you can save a visual recap of everything you accomplished with the top stats.

Collecting this way will also give access to a new power move in all raid tiers. When two or more people in a party enter a raid, you gain access to Party Power, a move that can double the damage of your next charged attack. It works somewhat similar to how Purified Gems in Shadow Reds are used to calm down and deal damage to enraged Pokemon.

You can start using party power moves this week when Shadow Logia (which can be shiny!) and Darkrai arrive in Five Star Reds. You can also test your might in three-star raids against the dog Pokémon Greyward, a Ghost-type that debuts this week.

Along with party play, there are plenty of new things to do in October, such as Part 1 of the Pokemon Go Halloween 2023 event starting on October 19, after the Harvest Festival ends. October 21st is Incense Day featuring Skorupi, and part 2 of the Halloween event begins on October 26th, and a Team Go Rocket takeover takes place on the same day.