The 2023 Pokémon World Championships will take place from August 11 to 13, 2023, in Yokohama, Japan. Pokémon GO will be celebrating with an in game event, and bonuses for those at Worlds, including a special pose for whoever is crowned the Pokémon GO Champion!
The Pokémon World Championships 2023 Celebration in Pokémon GO runs from Friday, August 11, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. to Tuesday, August 15, 2023, at 8:00 p.m. local time.
We suggest you check out the Pokémon GO World Championships 2023 Exclusive Timed Research and Pokémon GO World Championships Celebration Event: A PvP Field Guide articles alongside this guide.
Date & Time
Friday 11 August 2023 at 10:00am - Tuesday August 15 2023 at 8:00pm local time
Event Bonuses
The following bonuses will be active:
- Passimian, the Teamwork Pokémon, will make its Pokémon GO debut!
- New World Championships 2023 Pikachu will appear during this event!
- Scraggy’s shiny will be available for the first time in Pokémon GO!
- Select Pokémon will be able to learn new attacks if evolved during the event
- The maximum number of sets you can play per day in the GO Battle League will go up from 5 to 10.
- Pokémon encountered via GO Battle League rewards will have a wider variance of Attack, Defense, and HP.
- World Championships–themed Timed Research will be available throughout the event!
- Event specific Spawns, Raids and Field Research encounters
- Special Avatar items will be available in the in-game store, and via the World Championships Codes that will be distributed on streams and social media
Passimian debuts and a World Championships 2023 Pikachu Costume
Passimian, the Teamwork Pokémon, will make its Pokémon GO debut, and Pikachu wearing a special World Championships 2023 outfit will be appearing in raids, timed research and field research.
Community Day Moves return for some Pokémon
A variety of past Community Day exclusive moves will be available during this event, and will be well worth evolving to get on your Pokémon!
| Pokémon | Exclusive move |
|---|---|
Sandslash (Alolan)
|
Shadow Claw Ghost |
Machamp
|
Payback Dark |
Dewgong
|
|
Walrein
|
|
Obstagoon
|
Obstruct Dark |
Spawns
The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild:
If you are lucky, you might encounter the following:
Raids
One-Star Raids
Three-Star Raids
Related Raid Guides: Skarmory, Galarian Stunfisk and Passimian.
Five-Star Raids
Mega Raids
Field Research
The following Field Research tasks will be available exclusively during the event. You can find the full list of current Pokémon GO Field Research Tasks and Rewards here.
| Task | Reward |
|---|---|
| Catch 7 Pokemon | |
| Power up a Pokémon 5 times | |
| Power up a Pokémon 10 times | |
| Trade a Pokémon | |
| Battle in the GO Battle League |
1000×
Stardust
|
Timed Research
There are 3 different Timed Research quest lines you can complete during this event: Day 1 (Great League Greatness), Day 2 (DancingRob’s Champion Timed Research), and the generic Timed Research available in the Today Tab.
Tasks and rewards for Day 1 and Day 2 Timed Research can be found here, and you need to watch the official Twitch streams in order to unlock these quests.
We are listing tasks and rewards for the general World Championships themed Timed Research that will be available during the event, with no Twitch viewing requirement.
| Task | Reward |
|---|---|
| Catch 5 Pokemon |
10×
Poke Ball
|
| Power up Pokemon 5 times |
1×
Fast TM
|
| Use 5 Charged Attacks |
10×
Great Ball
|
| Defeat 5 Team GO Rocket grunts |
1×
Charge TM
|
| Battle in the GO Battle League |
10×
Ultra Ball
|
| Stage Rewards | |
|
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Featured Avatar Items
To celebrate the Pokémon World Championships, the following avatar items will be available in game from August 11th:
- 2023 Worlds Jersey
- 2023 Worlds Jacket
Avatar Items
Get your Pokémon World Championships Event 2023 T-shirt!
- 2023 Worlds Tee (Yellow): Available globally via a code shared during the World Championships Stream on the first day of the competition.
- 2023 Worlds Tee (Gray): Available globally in the in-app shop at no cost from August 11th.
How to watch Pokémon Worlds 2023 Streams?
You’ll be able to watch the livestreams from Thursday 10th to Sunday 13th.
Pokémon TCG
- Thursday, August 10: 5:00 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. PDT — Day 1 Swiss
- Friday, August 11: 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. PDT — Day 2 Swiss, Top 8, and Top 4
- Saturday, August 12: 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. PDT — Final matches for all three Pokémon TCG age divisions on Twitch.tv/Pokemon
Pokémon VCG
- Thursday, August 10: 5:00 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. PDT — Day 1 Swiss
- Friday, August 11: 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. PDT — Day 2 Swiss, Top 8, and Top 4
- Saturday, August 12: 10:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. PDT — Final matches for all three Pokémon VGC age divisions on Twitch.tv/Pokemon
Pokémon GO
- Thursday, August 10: 5:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. PDT — Bracket Stage
- Friday, August 11: 5:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. PDT — Bracket Stage until Top 2
- Saturday, August 12: 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. PDT — Grand Finals
Pokémon UNITE
- Thursday, August 10: 5:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. PDT — Group Play
- Friday, August 11: 5:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. PDT — Bracket Play
Closing Ceremonies
- Sunday, August 13: 1:00 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. PDT
