A Special Raid Weekend takes place in Pokémon GO from Saturday, June 12, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. to Sunday, June 13, 2021, at 8:00 p.m. local time.
During the event hours, players will be able to earn bonus Candy and find more raids!
Event information
Date + Time
- Saturday, June 12, 2021, at 10:00 a.m.
- to Sunday, June 13, 2021, at 8:00 p.m. local time
Bonuses
- 🍬 Earn twice the Candy for catching Pokémon
- 🍬 Trainers level 40 and above will have three times the chance to obtain Candy XL for catching Pokémon
- ⚔️ Raids will be happening more frequently, including five-star raids and Mega Raids
- 📝 As a reminder, Regirock, Regice, and Registeel will be appearing in raids until Thursday, June 17, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. local time.
Raid bosses
This event happens during the A Very Slow Discovery Event, which means we expect the following Pokémon in Raids:
- Galarian Slowpoke, Alolan Grimer, Shellder, Shinx, and Timburr will be appearing in one-star raids.
- Snorlax, Slowking, Slaking, and Toxicroak will be appearing in three-star raids.
- Regirock, Regice and Registeel in five-star raids
- Mega Slowbro in Mega raids
Visually, this is how the list looks like:
| Tier | Pokémon |
|---|---|
| ⭐ | |
| ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| ⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐ |
|
| MEGA |
Slowbro (Mega)
|
