Pokémon GO’s September 22 to September 28 schedule brings some exciting new debuts in of the Tales of Transformation season! Enjoy the Completely Normal event, Mega Camerupt Raid Day and more! 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 (September 23): Mega Kangaskhan, Mega Lopunny and Diagla return to the raid pool
- Max Monday (September 22): Dynamax Chansey is featured in Max Battles from 6 PM to 7 PM.
- Spotlight Hour (September 23): Hoothoot is featured with a 2x catch Candy bonus.
- Raid Hour (September 24): Dialga are featured in Five-Star Raids from 6 PM to 7 PM.
- XP Celebration (August 25-October 14): Boosted XP for nice, great and excellent throws
- Completely Normal (September 23-27): Dudunsparce debuts, Ditto disguises change, and Dunsparce is shiny boosted
- Mega Camerupt Raid Day (September 28): Mega Camerupt makes their debut in a dedicated raid day, and it can be shiny!
Max Monday: Dynamax Chansey
On Monday, September 22nd, from 6 PM to 7 PM local time, Dynamax Chansey will appear in Max Battles! Dynamax Chansey will continue to appear from September 22 to September 28 in Max Battles:
Spotlight Hour: Hoothoot
On Tuesday, September 23rd, from 6 PM to 7 PM local time, Hoothoot will be the featured Pokémon for Spotlight Hour, along with 2× Candy for catching Pokémon!
Raid Hour: Origin Forme Dialga
On Wednesday, September 24th, from 6 PM to 7 PM local time, Origin Forme Dialga 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.
Completely Normal Event
The Completely Normal event runs from September 23, 2025, to September 27, 2025, and features the debut of the evolution of Dunsparce, Dudunsparce, along with changes to the Pokémon Ditto can be disguised as! This guide lists all the bonuses, research, and collection challenges you can encounter during the Pokémon GO Completely Normal event in Pokémon GO.
Mega Camerupt Raid Day
Mega Camerupt debuts in Pokémon GO during a special Raid Day event on Sunday, September 28th, 2025. Trainers can look forward to an increased chance to encounter shiny Camerupt, 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 September 23rd to October 7th, Dialga will appear in Five-Star Raids.
Related guides:
Mega Raids
From September 16th to September 23rd, Mega Kangaskhan and Mega Lopunny will appear in Mega Raids.
Related guides:
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 Regigigas will swoop into five-star Shadow Raids during Tales of Transformation! You may even encounter a Shiny Shadow Regigigas—if you’re lucky!
GO Pass and GO Pass Deluxe
Pokémon GO’s September 2025 GO Pass runs from Tuesday, September 2nd at 10:00 a.m. to Tuesday, October 7th at 10:00 a.m. local time. This month’s GO Pass and GO Pass Deluxe feature exclusive rewards, including an encounter with Cobalion with a Tales of Transformation background, XP and Stardust bonuses, and the debut of the Timed Incubator—an unlimited-use but time-limited egg incubator available with the GO Pass Deluxe.
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 |
|---|---|
| Sept 16 – Sept 23 |
|
| Sept 30 – Oct 7 |
|
*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.
-
Increased chance of Lucky Trade for any trade.
-
-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.
