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Pokémon GO Events This Week (October 13 – October 19, 2025)

Pokémon GO’s October 6-12 schedule brings the month of spooky season into the Tales of Transformation season! Enjoy the release of new levels in Pokémon GO, the end of the Harvest Festival, the Pokémon Legends: ZA Celebration event, and Mega Rayquaza Raid Day! Plus Weekly Spotlight Hour, Daily Raids/Hours, Dynamax Battles, Mega Raids, GO Battle League Season 24, and Tales of Transformation bonuses throughout the season.

Highlights

Pokémon GO weekly schedule

Max Monday: Dynamax Bounsweet

Candy

On Monday October 14, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. local timeDynamax Bounsweet will appear in Max Battles! Dynamax Drilbur will continue to appear from October 13 to 19 in Max Battles.

Key hour: Petilil

Petilil

On Tuesday October 14, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. local time, Petilil will be the featured Pokémon of Spotlight Hour, with 2 × Stardust to catch Pokémon!

Raid Time: Attack and Seed Deoxys

Deoxys Attack

Speed deoxys

On Wednesday October 15, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. local timeAttack Forme Deoxys and Speed Forme Deoxys will be the featured Pokémon of Raid Hour!

Events in Pokémon GO this week

XP Celebration

The level ceiling being increased to level 80 in Pokémon GO, trainers would like to collect massive amounts of XP before the journey beyond level 50 goes live on October 15, 2025. Luckily, you can start doing just that right now thanks to the XP Celebration event, which promises huge XP gains and exclusive timed research.

Harvest Festival

Pokémon GO Harvest Festival 2025 the event is taking place Since October 10, 2025 to October 16, 2025and presents the beginnings of Dipplin and Hydrappleand more boosted brilliant chances for Pumpkaboo and Smoliv!

Pokémon Legends: ZA Celebration Event

To celebrate the release of Pokémon Legends: ZA, Pokémon GO is hosting a special limited-time event from October 16, 2025 to October 20, 2025. Venture with your new First Partner Pokémon into timed branch research and enjoy increased Mega Raid frequency!

Mega Rayquaza Raid Day

Mega Rayquaza descends from the sky in Pokémon GO during a special Raid Day Event on Saturday October 18, 2025. Trainers can expect a increased chance of encountering Shiny Rayquazauntil five additional free Raid Passes of Gym photo disk rotation, and a temporary increase Remote Raid Pass Limit.

Raids

Five Star Raids

From October 7 to October 14, Normal Form Deoxys and Defense Form Deoxys will appear in five-star raids.

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From October 14 to October 21, Attack Forme Deoxys and Speed Forme Deoxys will appear in five-star raids.

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Mega Raids

From October 7 to 14, Mega Sceptile, Mega Blaziken, and Mega Swampert will appear in Mega Raids.

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From October 14 to 21, Mega Salamence and Mega Mawile will appear in Mega Raids.

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Shadow Raids

One-star and three-star Shadow Raids will be available daily, while five-star Shadow Raids will take place on Saturdays and Sundays unless otherwise noted. Additionally, Shadow Latias will engage in five-star Shadow Raids during Tales of Transformation! You might even encounter a Shining Shadow Latias, if you’re lucky!

GO Pass and GO Pass Deluxe

The Pokémon GO October 2025 GO Pass is valid from Tuesday, October 7 at 10:00 a.m. to Tuesday, November 4 at 10:00 a.m. local time. This month’s GO Pass and GO Pass Deluxe feature exclusive rewards, including a meet-and-greet Terrakion with a Tales of Transformation backgroundXP and Stardust bonuses, and PokéCoins rewards!

GO Battle League Season 24

GO Battle League Season 24 begins on Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. PDT (GMT -7). At launch:

🎁 End of season rewards (from the previous season) appear on the battle screen.
🔄 Your GBL ranking is reset.
📈 Grading requirements remain the same.

Active cups and leagues this week

*4 × Stardust Win rewards active during these weeks (excludes end of set rewards)

Season of Transformation Tales

The active season this week in Pokémon GO is Transformation Tales season! Taking place from September 2, 2025 to December 2, 2025, this incredible season focuses on Resolute Keldeo and brings the highly anticipated debut of Mega Metagross!

Bonus all season 🎁

The following bonuses are specific to Tales of Transformation:

Extra candy when trading Pokémon
Trainers level 31 and above will receive a guaranteed XL Candy when they trade Pokémon, and a guaranteed XL Rare Candy when they catch a five-star Raid Boss during a Raid Hour.
Increased XP for a seven-day PokéStop spin streak, from a higher friendship level, and for a seven-day Pokémon capture streak.
Stardust increase for a seven-day Pokémon catching streak

During the Tales of Transformation season, you will be able to enjoy the following trading bonuses every Sunday from September 7 to November 30, 2025:

An additional special exchange.
Increased Lucky Trade chances for any trade.
-10% Stardust cost for trades.
Win two Candy XL through exchanges.

Tales of Transformation Egg Hatching

During the Tales of Transformation season, different eggs will be featured each month. Egg hatches throughout the season are listed below. These are just a few highlighted egg hatches, more Pokémon can hatch from each group of eggs.