Monday: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - Metagross Raids + Pokémon Sleep - Spring Festival
05-05-2025 00:10 BST / 19:10 EDT by Serebii.
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Edit @ 01:00: Pokémon Sleep | Edit @ 07:00: Pokémon Masters EX | Edit @ 18:00: Max Battle Day | Edit @ 21:00: Final Strike | Edit @ 21:17: GO Pass
In The Games Department
Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
The next 7 Star Tera Raid Battle event has been announced for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. This event will feature a battle against a Metagross with the Steel Tera Type and the Mightiest Mark. It can only be caught once per save file.
This event will run from 00:00 UTC on May 9th through 23:59 UTC on May 11th and again from May 16th through May 18th with Blissey joining it for the second run
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO event. This is the Final Strike event and is due to run from May 21st at 10:00 to May 27th at 20:00 local time and adds Urshifu into the game
You can evolve Kubfu into Urshifu with 200 Kubfu Candy and defeating 30 Dark-type Pokémon in Raids or Max Battles with Kubfu as your buddy for Single Strike or 30 Water-type for Rapid Strike
During the event, you will get 2* Raid Experience and increased chance of shiny Meditite, Stunky and Mareanie
Mankey, Seel, Galarian Zigzagoon, Meditite, Deino, Froakie & Nickit will spawn in the wild
Carvanha, Stunky and Mareanie will be in 1 Star Raids
Lapras, Hisuian Samurott and Bombirdier will be in 3 Star Raids
There will be free Timed Research to get Rare Candy, Kubfu Candy and encounters with Pokémon with Special Backgrounds including Meditite, Stunky and Mareanie. When you complete Timed Research, you will get an extra Raid Pass per day
There will be paid Timed Research to give 2 Premium Battle Pases, Four Lucky Eggs, one Max Particle Pack and encounters with Meditite, Stunky and Mareanie
The Fuzzy Fighters Special Research to get a second Kubfu will be available for players again. If you have bought it previously, you cannot get it again
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Pokémon GO
The Pokémon GO Pass: May has begun rolling out for a random selection of players. This pass will give a varirety of rewards including encounters with Yveltal. It has a free track and a paid track which will give a Lucky Trinket and more items and encounters. Different players will also receive different versions of the pass as part of a trial. This will be available until June 3rd 2025
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Pokémon Sleep
The latest major Pokémon Sleep event, the Spring Festival 2025 event is rolling out. This event runs until 03:59 local time on May 12th 03:59. This event features a focus on Salads with increased spawns of Pokémon that have Pure Oil & Fancy Egg as an ingredient. It introduces Happiny, Chansey & Blissey from 15:00 local time today. It runs in all islands with different boosted spawns depending on the island.
We have all details to our Spring Festival 2025 Event Page
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Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO Max Battle Day will run on April 19th from 14:00 to 17:00 local time which focuses on the Pokémon Machamp, adding its Gigantamax form to the game
During the event, Max Particle limit will be increased to 1600 and you'll get 8* Max Particles from Power Spots. You'll also get 2* Max Particles from Exploring and 1/4 Adventure Distance to get it
There will be free Timed Research to get Candy, Max Particles and a Dynamax Beldum. It will be available from May 19th at 18:00 local time
There will be paid ticket to give Timed Research for 1 Max Mushroom and 25,000 Experience, as well as 2* Max Battle Experience and a Max Particle Collection Limit of 5600
In The Games Department
Pokémon Masters EX - Story Event
As part of the Pokémon Masters EX Arceus Arc release, a new Poké Fair Scout is available to get the Sync Pair of Benga & Volcaroa. This runs until May 21st 2025
We have added full details to our Arceus Arc Celebration event section
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Pokémon TCG Pocket - Sneak Peek
Pokémon TCG Pocket has begun another Wonder Pick Sneak Peek campaign. This runs until May 12th and offers a chance on some Wonder Picks for you to see one of the Wonder Pick cards before you pick, allowing you a better chance to get the card you want or narrow down the other cards
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Pokémon GO
Timed Research has gone live for the Pokémon GO Dynamax Suicune Max Battle Weekend event. This Timed Research is designed to help players prepare for the Suicune event with a focus on Dynamax Suicune. It is available from 18:00 local time today until the end of the event on May 11th at 17:00 local time
We have added full details into our Dynamax Suicune Max Battle Weekend section
