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Pokémon GO’s October 6 to October 12 schedule brings the spooky season month in the Tales of Transformation season! Enjoy the release of new levels in Pokémon GO, the end of the Harvest Festival, the Pokémon Legends: Z-A Celebration Event and Mega Rayquaza Raid Day! Plus weekly Spotlight Hour, daily Raid/ Hours, Dynamax Battles, Mega Raids, GO Battle League Season 24, and Season‑long Tales of Transformation bonuses.
Highlights
- Raid Boss Change (October 14): Attack Forme Deoxys, Speed Forme Deoxys, Mega Salamence, and Mega Mawile return to the raid pool
- Max Monday (October 13): Dynamax Bounsweet is featured in Max Battles from 6 PM to 7 PM.
- Spotlight Hour (October 14): Petilil is featured with a 2x catch stardust
- Raid Hour (October 15): Attack Forme Deoxys and Speed Forme Deoxys are featured in Five-Star Raids from 6 PM to 7 PM.
- Level 80 unlocks (October 15): Trainers will be able to level up to level 80 with brand new requirements. More information to follow.
- XP Celebration (August 25-October 14): Boosted XP for nice, great and excellent throws
- Harvest Festival (October 10-16): Dipplin and Hydrapple debut, boosted shiny odds for Smoliv and Pumpkaboo
- Pokémon Legends: Z-A Celebration Event (October 16-20): Adventure with a Lumiose City First Partner Pokémon, and increased Mega Raids
- Mega Rayquaza Raid Day (October 18): Mega Rayquaza features in Mega Raids 2-5pm
Max Monday: Dynamax Bounsweet
Bounsweet
Dynamax
On Monday, October 14th, from 6 PM to 7 PM local time, Dynamax Bounsweet will appear in Max Battles! Dynamax Drilbur will continue to appear from October 13 to October 19 in Max Battles.
Spotlight Hour: Petilil
Petilil
- 2x Catch Stardust
On Tuesday, October 14th, from 6 PM to 7 PM local time, Petilil will be the featured Pokémon for Spotlight Hour, along with 2× Stardust for catching Pokémon!
Raid Hour: Attack and Seed Deoxys
Attack Deoxys
Speed Deoxys
On Wednesday, October 15th, from 6 PM to 7 PM local time, Attack Forme Deoxys and Speed Forme Deoxys will be the featured Pokémon for Raid Hour!
Events in Pokémon GO This Week
XP Celebration
With the level cap being increased to level 80 in Pokémon GO, trainers would want to collect massive amounts of XP before the journey beyond level 50 goes live on October 15, 2025. Luckily, you can start doing that right away thanks to the XP Celebration event, which promises huge XP gains and exclusive Timed Research.
Harvest Festival
Pokémon GO’s Harvest Festival 2025 event runs from October 10, 2025, to October 16, 2025, and features the debut of Dipplin and Hydrapple, and plus boosted shiny odds for Pumpkaboo and Smoliv!
Pokémon Legends: Z-A Celebration Event
To celebrate the release of Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Pokémon GO is hosting a special limited-time event from October 16, 2025 to October 20, 2025. Adventure with your new First Partner Pokémon in branching timed research, and enjoy increased Mega Raid frequency!
Mega Rayquaza Raid Day
Mega Rayquaza descends from the skies in Pokémon GO during a special Raid Day event on Saturday, October 18th, 2025. Trainers can look forward to an increased chance to encounter shiny Rayquaza, up to five additional free Raid Passes from spinning Gym Photo Discs, and a temporarily increased Remote Raid Pass limit.
Raids
Five-Star Raids
From October 7th to October October 14th, Normal Forme Deoxys and Defense Forme Deoxys will appear in Five-Star Raids.
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From October 14th to October October 21st, Attack Forme Deoxys and Speed Forme Deoxys will appear in Five-Star Raids.
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Mega Raids
From October 7th to October 14th, Mega Sceptile, Mega Blaziken and Mega Swampert will appear in Mega Raids.
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From October 14th to October 21st, 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. Also, Shadow Latias will swoop into five-star Shadow Raids during Tales of Transformation! You may even encounter a Shiny Shadow Latias—if you’re lucky!
GO Pass and GO Pass Deluxe
Pokémon GO’s October 2025 GO Pass runs from Tuesday, October 7th 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 an encounter with Terrakion with a Tales of Transformation background, XP and Stardust bonuses, and PokéCoins rewards!
GO Battle League Season 24
GO Battle League Season 24 begins Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. PDT (GMT −7). At launch:
- 🎁 End-of-Season rewards (from the prior season) appear on the Battle screen.
- 🔄 Your GBL rank resets.
- 📈 Rank-up requirements remain the same.
Active Cups and Leagues this week
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| Oct 7 – Oct 14 |
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| Oct 14 – Oct 21 |
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*4× Stardust win rewards active during these weeks (excludes end-of-set rewards)
Season of Tales of Transformation
The active season this week in Pokémon GO is the Tales of Transformation Season! Running from September 2, 2025, to December 2, 2025, this incredible season focuses on Resolute Keldeo and brings the much-anticipated debut of Mega Metagross!
Season-long bonuses 🎁
The following bonuses are specific to Tales of Transformation:
One additional Candy when trading Pokémon
Trainers level 31 and above will receive one guaranteed Candy XL when trading Pokémon, and one guaranteed Rare Candy XL when catching a five-star Raid Boss during a Raid Hour
Increased XP for a seven-day PokéStop spin streak, from going up a Friendship level and for a seven-day Pokémon catch streak
Increased Stardust for a seven-day Pokémon catch streak
During the season of Tales of Transformation you can enjoy the following trade bonuses every Sunday from September 7th to November 30th 2025:
One additional Special Trade.
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Increased chance of Lucky Trade for any trade.
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-10% Stardust cost for trades.
Earn two Candy XL from trades.
Tales of Transformation Egg Hatches
During the Tales of Transformation season, different eggs will be featured every month. Season-long Egg hatches are listed below. These are just some highlighted Egg hatches, more Pokémon can hatch from each egg group.
