It’s the first week of the Might and Mastery Season! Get excited, Kubfu debuts, shiny Charcadet releases, Fuecoco features for Community Day and more.
Highlights:
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The Powerful Potential event starts Wednesday, March 5, at 10:00 a.m. to Monday, March 10, 2025, at 8:00 p.m. local time |
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Fuecoco Community Day takes place on Saturday, March 8, 2025, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time. |
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Battle enthusiasts can gear up for the GO Battle League Season 22 |
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And keep your eyes peeled for the elusive Shiny Shadow Regice! There’s a plethora of adventures waiting, so trainers, gear up and set out! |
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From March 4 – March 13, Mega Lucario will appear in Mega Raids. |
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From March 4 – March 14, the Kanto Legendary Birds will feature in five-star raids. |
Powerful Potential
Partner up and power up during the Powerful Potential event with Kubfu! From Wednesday, March 5, at 10:00 a.m. to Monday, March 10, 2025, at 8:00 p.m. local time, the event features the debut of Shiny Charcadet, and Kubfu in Special Research for the new Might and Mastery season!
Fuecoco Community Day
Pokémon GO’s March 2025 Community Day features Fuecoco, the Fire Croc Pokémon! Fuecoco Community Day takes place on Saturday, March 8, 2025, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time. Evolve to a Skeledirge that knows the exclusive move Blast Burn.
Might and Mastery Season Long Free Special Research
Available to claim from Wednesday, March 5, at 10:00 a.m. to Tuesday, June 3, 2025, at 9:59 a.m. local time, you’ll encounter Dynamax Kubfu and more with this Season’s Special Research!
New parts of the Special Research will unlock over the course of the Season, so make sure to keep an eye on your research tab.
GO Battle League Season 22
GO Battle League: Might and Mastery begins Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. PST (GMT −8).
The following will occur at the beginning of the Season:
- End-of-Season rewards will be available on the Battle screen.
- Your GO Battle League rank will be reset.
- Rank-up requirements will remain the same as the prior Season.
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Spotlight Hour
Makuhita
Tuesday March 4th, 6 pm till 7 pm local time, we have Makuhita as the featured Pokémon for spotlight hour, along with 2x candy for transferring Pokémon!
Raids and Max Battles
- From March 4 – March 13 Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres featured in five-star raids.
Related guides: Articuno Raid Guide / Zapdos Raid Guide / Moltres Raid Guide
Mega Raids
Garchomp (Mega)
- From February 17 to March 4, Mega Garchomp will appear in Mega Raids.
Lucario (Mega)
- From March 4 to March 13, Mega Lucario will appear in Mega Raids.
Shadow Raids
Regice (Shadow)
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 Regice will swoop into five-star Shadow Raids during Dual Destiny! You may even encounter a Shiny Shadow Regice—if you’re lucky!
Max Mondays
Beldum
Dynamax
Monday March 3rd 6pm till 7pm local time Dynamax Beldum will appear in Max Battles.
Max Battles
From March 3 – March 10 the following Max Battles will take place:
Season of Might and Mastery
The following bonuses are specific to Might and Mastery:
- Increased friendship bonus damage dealt by Pokémon in raids.
- Trainers level 31 and above will receive one guaranteed Rare Candy XL when defeating a five-star Raid Boss during a Raid Hour.
- Trainers level 31 and above will receive one guaranteed Candy XL when trading Pokémon.
- Increased Stardust for the first catch of the day.
Season of Might and Mastery Breakthrough
Encounter Pokémon by completing the Research Breakthrough! Complete Field Research to unlock Research Breakthrough encounters with one of the following Pokémon:
A note on Seasonal Field Research tasks
During the Season of Might and Mastery, most Field Research tasks will be available during the entire Season, instead of changing every month. Field Research tasks that award an encounter with Spinda will still rotate monthly. Field Research available during in-game events will replace some of these Field Research tasks.
Wild Encounters
Different Pokémon will appear in the wild! As the Season changes, different Pokémon will appear in different areas across the world.
Mountains
Hemisphere exclusive encounters
Different Pokémon will appear in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere as well:
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Eggs
The following Pokémon hatch from Eggs this Season. These are just some highlighted Egg hatches, more Pokémon can hatch from each egg group!
For the first time in Pokémon GO, Charcadet may appear as a Shiny Pokémon starting March 5 at 10:00 a.m. local time.
2 km Eggs
5 km Eggs
7 km Eggs
10 km Eggs
For the first time in Pokémon GO, Charcadet may appear as a Shiny Pokémon starting March 5 at 10:00 a.m. local time.
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.
