Pokémon GO’s October 20 to October 26 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 Pokémon Legends: Z-A Celebration Event, the start of Pokémon GO Halloween, GO Battle Weekend and more!
Plus the weekly rotating Spotlight and Raid Hours, Dynamax Battles and Mega Raids.
Highlights
- Raid Boss Change (October 21): Genesect, Mega Houndoom and Mega Absol return to the raid pool
- Max Monday (October 20): Dynamax Gastly is featured in Max Battles from 6 PM to 7 PM.
- Spotlight Hour (October 21): Gastly is featured with a 2x catch XP
- Raid Hour (October 22): Normal Genesect, Shock Drive Genesect and Douse Drive Genesect are featured in Five-Star Raids from 6 PM to 7 PM.
- Pokémon Legends: Z-A Celebration Event (October 16-20): Adventure with a Lumiose City First Partner Pokémon, and increased Mega Raids
- Halloween 2025 Part One (October 21-27): Poltchageist and Sinistcha debut, shiny Sinistea debuts, and more!
- GO Battle Weekend (October 25-26): Halloween Cup and Great League are available with extra battles unlocked
Weekly Pokémon GO Schedule
Max Monday: Dynamax Gastly
Gastly
Dynamax
On Monday, October 20th, from 6 PM to 7 PM local time, Dynamax Gastly will appear in Max Battles! Dynamax Gastly will continue to appear from October 20 to October 26 in Max Battles.
Spotlight Hour: Gastly
Gastly
2x Catch XP
On Tuesday, October 21st, from 6 PM to 7 PM local time, Gastly will be the featured Pokémon for Spotlight Hour, along with 2× XP for catching Pokémon!
Raid Hour: Normal Genesect, Shock Genesect, Douse Genesect
On Wednesday, October 22nd, from 6 PM to 7 PM local time, Normal, Shock and Douse Genesect will be the featured Pokémon for Raid Hour!
Events in Pokémon GO This Week
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!
Halloween 2025 Part One
Pokémon GO’s Halloween 2025 Part One event runs from October 21, 2025, to October 27, 2025, and features the debut of Poltchageist and Sinistcha, and debut of shiny Sinistea!
GO Battle Weekend
A GO Battle Weekend: Tales of Transformation is coming to Pokémon GO, which takes place from Saturday, October 25, at 12:00 a.m. to Sunday, October 26, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. local time. Great League and Halloween Cup will be available, along with Clemont inspired glasses for your avatar.
Raids
Five-Star Raids
From October 14th to October October 21st, Attack Forme Deoxys and Speed Forme Deoxys will appear in Five-Star Raids.
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From October 21st to October October 28th, Normal, Shock and Douse Genesect will appear in Five-Star Raids.
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Mega Raids
From October 14th to October 21st, Mega Salamence and Mega Mawile will appear in Mega Raids.
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From October 21st to October 28th, Mega Houndoom and Mega Absol 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
| Dates | Cups |
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| Oct 14 – Oct 21 |
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| Oct 21 – Oct 28 |
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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
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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.
