Pokémon GO Events This Week: 23 February – 1 March 2026

Pokémon GO’s February 23 to March 1 week has us entering the final week of Precious Paths! Enjoy a bumper week of daily raid hours, the build up to Kalos Tour, and the epic Global Kalos Tour event!

Plus the weekly rotating Spotlight and Raid Hours, Dynamax Battles and Mega Raids.

⭐Highlights

  • Raid Boss Change (February 21): Lunala and Mega Absol return to the raid pool.
  • Mystery Max Monday (February 23): A mystery Dynamax Pokémon is featured in Max Battles from 6 PM to 7 PM.
  • Spotlight Hour (February 24): Totodile is featured with 2x stardust for catching Pokémon
  • Road to Kalos (February 23-27): Daily rotating spawns, raid bosses, featured attacks and more, with half hatch distance.
    • Raid Hour (February 23): Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres are featured in Five-Star Raids from 6 PM to 7 PM.
    • Raid Hour (February 24): Shadow Lugia and Shadow Ho-Oh are featured in Five-Star Raids from 6 PM to 7 PM.
    • Raid Hour (February 25): Primal Kyogre and Primal Groudon are featured in Five-Star Raids from 6 PM to 7 PM.
    • Raid Hour (February 26): Dialga, Origin Forme Dialga, Palkia and Origin Forme Palkia are featured in Five-Star Raids from 6 PM to 7 PM.
    • Raid Hour (February 27): Reshiram, Black Kyurem, Zekrom and White Kyurem are featured in Five-Star Raids from 6 PM to 7 PM.
  • Global Kalos Tour (February 28-March 1): Shiny Diancie, Mega Victreebel and Mega Malamar will make their Pokémon GO debut, with Shiny Klefki, Hawlucha and Honedge also making an appearance for the first time.

Weekly Pokémon GO Schedule

Dynamax icon Mystery Max Monday

On Monday, February 23rd from 6 PM to 7 PM local time, an unknown Dynamax Pokémon will appear in Max Battles! Dynamax Chansey will continue to appear from February 16 to February 22 in Max Battles.


Pokemon Encounter icon Spotlight Hour: Totodile

Sprite of Totodile from Pokémon GO Totodile
Stardust icon 2× Catch Stardust

On Tuesday, February 24th, from 6 PM to 7 PM local time, Totodile will be the featured Pokémon for Spotlight Hour, along with 2× Catch Stardust.


EX Raid icon Daily Raid Hours

Since this entire week is preparation for the GO Tour Kalos – Global event, every day there will be a different Raid Hour featuring different Legendary and Primal Pokémon, with exclusive backgrounds. 

Events in Pokémon GO This Week

Event icon Road to Kalos

Road To Kalos is a week long rewind of previous GO Tour events that takes place before Pokémon GO Tour: Kalos – Global begins on February 28, 2026. The event celebrates Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Unova regions, with Legendary Pokémon, previously featured at each GO Tour event, making an reappearance in raids, plus daily rotating spawns and featured attacks for certain Pokémon.


Event icon GO Tour Kalos: Global

Pokémon GO Tour 2026 Global

GO Tour 2026: Global takes place from February 28, 2026 to March 1, 2026 anywhere in the world! Event hours are 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM daily. Ticket holders receive exclusive gameplay, spawns, raids, and bonuses. Shiny Diancie will make their Pokémon GO debut, with Shiny Klefki, Hawlucha and Honedge also making an appearance for the first time.

Global GO Tour 2026 Tickets cost US$9.99 (or the equivalent local pricing). This price includes the Masterwork Research that’s usually $4.99 on it’s own.


Raids

Raid Egg (5-Star) icon Five-Star Raids

From February 22 to March 4, Lunala will appear in Five-Star Raids.

Related guides: Lunala Raid Guide


Raid Egg (5-Star) icon Road to Kalos

During Road to Kalos there are daily rotating five-star raid bosses:


Mega Raid Egg icon Mega Raids

From February 21 to March 4, Mega Absol will appear in Mega Raids.

Related guides: Mega Absol Raid Guide


Shadow Raid icon 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 Precious Paths! You may even encounter a Shiny Shadow Regigigas—if you’re lucky!


GO Pass and GO Pass Deluxe

Pokémon GO’s February 2026 GO Pass and GO Pass Deluxe feature exclusive rewards, including an encounter with Origin Forme Giratina, XP and Stardust bonuses, and PokéCoins! Trainers will automatically receive GO Pass: February on Tuesday, February 3, at 10:00 a.m.

GO Battle League Season 25

Precious Paths GBL Update

GO Battle League: Precious Paths begins Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. PST (GMT −8).

At the start of the season:

  • 🎁 End-of-season rewards become available
  • 🔄 Your GBL rank fully resets
  • 📈 Rank-up requirements remain unchanged

Active Cups and Leagues this week

Dates Cups
Feb 17 – Feb 24
  • Great League icon Great League
  • Battle Icon Color icon Love Cup: Great League Edition
Feb 24 – Mar 3
  • Great League icon Great League*
  • Ultra League icon Ultra League*
  • Master League icon Master League: Mega Edition*

*4× Stardust win rewards active during these weeks (excludes end-of-set rewards)

Season of Precious Paths

Get ready for Pokémon GO’s Precious Paths Season! Running from December 2, 2025, to March 3, 2026, this incredible season focuses on the Pokémon GO Tour: Kalos, the return of Master Ball Special Research, new costume Pokémon and more!

Season-long bonuses 🎁

The following bonuses are specific to Precious Paths:

  • Trade icon One additional Special Trade per day.
  • Stardust icon Increased Stardust for the first catch of the day.
  • Raid icon Increased friendship bonus damage dealt by Pokémon in raids.

Precious Paths Egg Hatches

The following Pokémon will hatch from Eggs this Season. These are just some highlighted Egg hatches, more Pokémon can hatch from each egg group.

2km Egg icon 2km Eggs

5km Egg icon 5km Eggs

10km Egg icon 10km Eggs

7km Egg icon 7km Eggs


Adventure Box icon Adventure Sync Rewards

The following Pokémon hatch from Adventure Sync Eggs this Season. These are just some highlighted Egg hatches, more Pokémon can hatch from each egg group.

5km Egg icon 5 km Adventure Sync Eggs

10km Egg icon 10 km Adventure Sync Eggs


Routes Rewards

7km Egg icon 7 km Eggs from Mateo Gift Exchange

Research Breakthrough

Encounter Pokémon by completing the Research Breakthrough! Complete Field Research to unlock Research Breakthrough encounters with one of the following Pokémon:

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