Pokémon GO Wild Area: Global event runs from November 23 to November 24, 2024, introducing a brand-new zone packed with Electric and Poison type Pokémon and exciting new features:

  • Mighty Pokémon – guaranteed XL and XXL Pokémon that have higher Attack, Defense and Stamina stats, are more difficult to catch, and can be shiny

  • The Safari Ball – designed to help you catch even more powerful Pokémon in the wild, especially Mighty Pokémon!

  • Toxtricity debuts – both Toxtricity forms will debut during the Wild Area, including Dynamax and shiny Toxtricity

Wild Area can be enjoyed free-to-play, or boosted with a ticketed experience, and both groups of players will have a great experience! Pokémon GO Wild Area Global takes place one week after Wild Area Fukoka, Japan ends. Here’s everything you need to know.
Pokémon GO Wild Area 2024: Global

When and Where

  • Saturday, November 23, 10:00 am to 6:15 pm Local

  • Sunday, November 24, 10:00 am to 6:15 pm Local

  • Play anywhere (virtual event)

Bonuses

All Trainers will receive the following bonuses and rewards during event hours:

  • Chance of receiving a special background for Four Star and Five Star Raids

  • Lure Modules activated will last for two hours

  • Trainers will be able to enjoy Field Research themed around the different Pokémon habitats

  • One Surprise encounter in GO Snapshot—when taking snapshots during the event, you never know who might show up!

  • Certain Pokémon evolved during the event will know a featured attack

Features

Trainers who participate in the Wild Area event can enjoy these features:

  • Toxtricity (both forms) and Dynamax Toxtricity in Raids

  • Origin Form Dialga and Palkia with Adventure Effect moves in Raids, alongside some iconic Poison and Electric Pokémon

  • Debut of new Mighty class of Pokémon and the brand new Safari Ball

  • Rotating habitat hours featuring Electric, Poison, and Mighty Pokémon


Toxtricity and Dynamax Toxtricity Debut

  • Toxtricity (Low Key)

  • Toxtricity (Amped)

The Punk Pokémon, Toxtricity, will debut during the Wild Area event! Toxtricity, an Electric and Poison type Pokémon, was first discovered in the Galar region, and has two different forms, the Amped Form, and the Low Key Form.

Toxtricity and Dynamax Toxtricity will make their global debut during the Wild Area event. If you are lucky, you may even encounter a shiny one!

 

Normal Sprite

Shiny Sprite

Amped Form

Low Key Form


Mighty Pokémon Debut

This years Wild Area may focus on Electric and Poison type Pokémon, but that’s not all that will debut!

It will also introduce Mighty Pokémon. Mighty Pokémon are rare and unusually powerful Pokémon, with some distinct characteristics. Mighty Pokémon differ from regular Pokémon in a few ways: 

  • More likely to have higher Attack, Defense and HP stats

  • More likely to be XL or XXL Pokémon

  • More difficult to capture

If you are lucky, you may even encounter Shiny Mighty Pokémon! Using Safari Balls will greatly improve your chances of successfully catching these Pokémon.


Safari Ball Debut

The Wild Area event also introduces the brand new Safari Ball in Pokémon GO! Safari Balls are highly effective at catching wild Pokémon, and it is advisable to use one when trying to catch a Mighty Pokémon.

All unused Safari Balls will disappear from your item bag at 6:15pm local time on each day of the event, so be sure to use them before that!


Pokémon GO Wild Area 2024 Global Habitats

For all trainers, two unique habitats will rotate hourly during the event. Plus Mighty Pokémon can appear at any time!

Electric Hour

The following Pokémon will appear during Electric Hours:

  • Magnemite

  • Voltorb

  • Voltorb (Hisuian)

  • Geodude (Alola)

  • Electabuzz

  • Electrike

  • Shinx

  • Blitzle

  • Joltik

  • Stunfisk

  • Helioptile

Poison Hour

The following Pokémon will appear during Poison Hours:

  • Bulbasaur

  • Bellsprout

  • Tentacool

  • Wooper (Paldean)

  • Spinarak

  • Qwilfish

  • Qwilfish (Hisuian)

  • Skorupi

  • Croagunk

  • Venipede

  • Skrelp

  • Mareanie

Mighty Pokémon: Saturday

The following Mighty Pokémon are more likely to appear on Saturday:

  • Pidgeot

  • Golem

  • Gyarados

  • Luxray

  • Scolipede

  • Galvantula

  • Tyrantrum

  • Toxapex

Mighty Pokémon: Sunday

The following Mighty Pokémon are more likely to appear on Sunday:

  • Venusaur

  • Poliwrath

  • Dragonite

  • Feraligatr

  • Electivire

  • Mamoswine

  • Eelektross

  • Dragalge


Raids

Three Star Raids: Saturday

The following Pokémon will appear in Raids on Saturday:

  • Luxray

  • Scolipede

Three Star Raids: Sunday

The following Pokémon will appear in Raids on Sunday:

  • Venusaur

  • Electivire

Four Star Raids: Both Days

  • Toxtricity (Amped)

  • Toxtricity (Low Key)

Five Star Raids: Both Days

  • Dialga (Origin Forme)

  • Palkia (Origin Forme)

Max Battles

  • Toxtricity (Amped)
    Dynamax

  • Toxtricity (Low Key)
    Dynamax


Featured Attacks

Certain Pokémon encountered or evolved during the event will know a featured attack!

Pokémon

Attack

Venusaur

Frenzy Plant

Pidgeot

Gust

Poliwrath

Counter

Gyarados

Aqua Tail

Feraligatr

Hydro Cannon

Luxray

Psychic Fangs


Adventure Effects

Certain Pokémon evolved or encountered during the event will know a featured attack!

Adventure Effects: Spacial Rend

Trainers who defeat and encounter Origin Forme Palkia in a raid battle will have a chance to catch one that knows the Charged Attack Spacial Rend (*).

Trainers will be able to activate the Adventure Effect caused by Spacial Rend by using 5,000 Stardust and 5 Palkia Candy.

  • It will cause a disruption in space, and for 10 minutes you will be able to encounter wild Pokémon at an increased distance.

  • You can extend the timer for Spacial Rend’s Adventure Effect in increments of 10 minutes by using more Stardust and Palkia Candy. The timer can be extended up to two hours each time each time you tap use, and you can tap use again to add additional time, for up to 24 hours in total.

  • Once Spacial Rend ends the timer will resume the encounter radius will return to normal.

  • Spacial Rend cannot be used in conjunction with any other Adventure Effects.

(*) At this time, Spacial Rend will not be obtainable via any TM.

Adventure Effects: Roar of Time

Trainers who defeat and encounter Origin Forme Dialga in a raid battle will have a chance to catch one that knows the Charged Attack Roar of Time! (*).

Trainers will be able to activate the Adventure Effect caused by Roar of Time by using 5,000 Stardust and 5 Dialga Candy:

  • It will cause a disruption in time, and pause the timers of Incense, Daily Adventure Incense, Lucky Eggs and Star Pieces for 6 minutes.

  • You can extend the timer for Roar of Time’s Adventure Effect in increments of 6 minutes by using more Stardust and Dialga Candy. The timer can be extended up to two hours each time each time you tap use, and you can tap use again to add additional time, for up to 24 hours in total.

  • Once Roar of Time ends the timer will resume the count down on your Incense, Daily Adventure Incense, Lucky Eggs and Star Pieces.

  • Roar of Time cannot be used in conjunction with any other Adventure Effects.

(*) At this time, Roar of Time will not be obtainable via any TM.


New Avatar Items

All trainers will be able to get the Pokémon GO Wild Area 2024 Tee from the in-game shop starting on November 15th 2024.


Ticketed Experience

Ticket Information

You can upgrade your Wild Area experience with a paid ticket to unlock extra bonuses, rewards and more! 

Wild Area: Global tickets will cost $11.99 (or the equivalent pricing in your local currency plus applicable taxes and fees).

They are available for purchase via the in-app shop or Pokémon GO Web Store until Sunday, November 24, 2024, at 6:15 p.m. local time. Tickets cannot be purchased with PokéCoins. Tickets to this event are nonrefundable (subject to applicable law and the exceptions set forth in the Terms of Service).

Choose your Path

Ticket Holders will have exclusive access to a branching Special Research Story. Choose between the Electric and Poison type paths, and become an expert trainer in your chosen typing!

Early Bird Reward

Trainers who purchase their ticket for the Wild Area event by 22nd October, and play between October 15 and October 22, will get access to a Timed Research that rewards early access to a themed avatar item, the Toxel Mask. Plus, trainers who purchase through the Web Store will get bonus items!

Ticket Holder Bonuses

All ticket holding trainers will receive the following bonuses and rewards during event hours:

  • Increased chance of encountering a shiny Pokemon

  • Up to 5x free raid passes from spinning photo discs at gyms

  • Up to six special trades can be made per day

  • Reduced Stardust cost for trades

  • Level up your Elite Collector medal by completing habitat-themed Collection Challenges!

  • Half hatch distance for eggs incubated during the event

  • 2x Candy for catching Pokémon

  • 2x Candy for hatching Pokémon

  • 4 additional XL Candy from Pokémon in Four Star Raids, Five Star Raids, Mega Raids, Ultra Beast Raids, and Primal Raids

  • 2x XP for hatching Pokémon

  • 2x XP for catching Pokémon

  • 5000 additional XP for completing raids

  • 2x Stardust for hatching Pokémon

  • Trainers will be able to enjoy Field Research themed around the different Pokémon habitats

  • Three Surprise encounters in GO Snapshot—when taking snapshots during the event, you never know who might show up!

How to Buy a Ticket on the Web Store

Pokémon GO Wild Area 2024: Global tickets are now available on the Pokémon GO Web Store.

  • On the front page of the Pokémon GO Web Store, scroll down the front page to the “GO Wild Area 2024 Ticket” section.

  • Tap the Buy button.

  • Sign-in if you haven’t already and click ‘Proceed to Payment’.

  • A few days before the event, you’ll receive a medal. When you log in during event hours on Saturday, November 23, or Sunday, November 24, 2024, you’ll receive access to the Pokémon GO Wild Area 2024: Global experience.

  • Please note: You must log in during event hours to claim the Special Research story. After you’ve claimed each Special Research story, you can complete it at any time.

How to Buy a Ticket in the In-Game Shop

Pokémon GO Wild Area 2024: Global tickets are now available in the in-game shop for US$11.99!

  • In the in-game shop, tap the Pokémon GO Wild Area 2024 image.

  • Tap the Buy button.

  • You’ll see a pop-up indicating that you’ve received a ticket for Pokémon GO Wild Area 2024: Global.

  • After you tap OK, you can find the ticket in your Item Bag.

  • A few days before the event, you’ll receive a medal. When you log in during event hours on Saturday, November 23, or Sunday, November 24, 2024, you’ll receive access to the Pokémon GO Wild Area 2024: Global experience. Please note: You must log in during event hours to claim the Special Research story. After you’ve claimed each Special Research story, you can complete it at any time.

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