Pokémon GO’s September 8 to September 14 schedule brings the first full week of the Tales of Transformation season! Enjoy the Pokémon Concierge Celebration, Flabébé Community 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 9): Palkia and Mega Pidgeot and Mega Gyarados return to the raid pool
- Max Monday: Dynamax Trubbish is featured in Max Battles from 6 PM to 7 PM.
- Spotlight Hour (September 9): Trubbish is featured with a 2x catch Stardust bonus.
- Raid Hour (September 10): Origin Forme Palkia is 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
- Pokémon Concierge Celebration (September 9-14): Psyduck in a swim ring debuts, 2x Catch Candy and Buddy Bonuses
- Flabébé Community Day (September 14): Flabébé features for Community Day, and Florges can learn Chilling Water
Max Monday: Dynamax Trubbish
On Monday, September 8th, from 6 PM to 7 PM local time, Dynamax Trubbish will appear in Max Battles! Dynamax Trubbish will continue to appear from September 8 to September 15 in Max Battles:
Spotlight Hour: Trubbish
On Tuesday, September 9th, from 6 PM to 7 PM local time, Trubbish will be the featured Pokémon for Spotlight Hour, along with 2× Stardust for catching Pokémon!
Raid Hour: Origin Forme Palkia
On Wednesday, September 10th, from 6 PM to 7 PM local time, Origin Forme Palkia 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.
Pokémon Concierge Celebration
Pokémon Concierge is a popular show on Netflix that follows the adventures of the protagonist Haru and her Psyduck at the Pokémon Resort on a tropical island. To celebrate the launch of new episodes in September, Pokémon GO players can take part in a fun event from September 9, 2025, to September 14, 2025.
Flabébé Community Day
Pokémon GO’s September 2025 Community Day features Flabébé, the Single Bloom Pokémon! Flabébé Community Day takes place on Sunday, September 14, 2025, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time.
Evolving Florges during the event will result in Florges knowing the exclusive charge attack Chilling Water [water-icon].
Raids
From September 2nd to September 16th, Palkia will appear in the five-star raids.
- Related guide: Palkia Raid Guide
Mega Raids
From September 9th to September 16th, Mega Pidgeot and Mega Gyarados 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 |
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| September 2 – September 9 |
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| September 9 – September 16 |
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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.
