Dive into the spooky season in the Max Out Season in Pokémon GO! Halloween kicks off with a brand new Pokémon, a new Dynamax Pokémon, and the first Gigantamax Pokémon!

Highlights:

• Part One of the Halloween event kicks off with the debut of Morpeko and Dynamax Gastly!

• Gigantamax Pokémon make their first appearance in GO during the GO Bigger event!

• Battle enthusiasts can gear up for the GO Battle League Season 20, while raiders prepare for epic confrontations with Giratina, and Mega Sableye in Mega Raids!

• And keep your eyes peeled for the elusive Shiny Shadow Entei! There’s a plethora of adventures waiting, so trainers, gear up and set out!

Halloween Part One Event

• Morpeko

Morpeko makes their debut in Pokémon GO during Part One of the Halloween event! Dynamax Gastly also debuts, along with Halloween costume themed Rowlet and Froakie.

GO Bigger Event

Dynamax Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise debut during the GO Bigger event! From Saturday, October 26, at 10:00 a.m. to Sunday, October 27, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. local time they will be available in Max Battles, and will be our trickiest battles yet in Pokémon GO!

Max Out Season Special Research: Galar Calling

A new Special Research story ‘Galar Calling‘ with branching paths will be available to Trainers! Throughout Pokémon GO: Max Out, you’ll be able to reach new heights with your chosen partner Pokémon.

Depending on which partner Pokémon you choose, your Postcard Book background will change to celebrate your choice!

You can claim this Special Research at no cost from Tuesday, September 3, at 10:00 a.m. to Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at 9:59 a.m. local time.

Daily Coin Bounty: Part Two

A new ticket will be available for the Daily Coin Bounty, starting Thursday, October 3, at 12:00 AM local time, and ending Saturday, November 2, 2024 at 11:59 PM local time. There will be new ways to earn coins, plus special bonuses!

GO Battle League Season 20

GO Battle League: Max Out will commence on GO Battle League: Max Out will start on Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. PDT (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.

  October 15 – October 22

• Master League*

• Halloween Cup: Little Edition*

  October 22 – October 29

• Great League Remix

• Halloween Cup: Great League Edition

*4× Stardust from win rewards (this does not include end-of-set rewards)

Spotlight Hour

• Gastly

• Duskull

• Litwick

Tuesday October 22nd, 6 pm till 7 pm local time we have Gastly, Litwick and Duskull as the featured Pokémon for spotlight hour, along with 2x XP for catching Pokémon!

Showcases

The following PokéStop showcases will take place during this week:

Date and Time

Showcase

Halloween Event: Part One

Be on the lookout for Showcases at different PokéStops where you can enter event-themed Pokémon!

Raids

Raid Hour

Giratina (Origin)

Wednesday October 23rd 6pm till 7pm local time Origin Forme Giratina will appear in five-star raids.

Mega Raids

Sableye (Mega)

From October 14 – October 28 Mega Sableye will appear in Mega Raids.

Five-Star Raids

Giratina (Origin)

From October 14 – October 28 Origin Forme Giratina will appear in Five-Star Raids.

Shadow Raids

Entei (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 Entei will swoop into five-star Shadow Raids during Max Out!

You may even encounter a Shiny Shadow Entei—if you’re lucky!

Season of Max Out

The following bonuses are specific to Max Out:

• Increased XP for a seven-day PokéStop spin streak

• Increased XP and Stardust for a seven-day Pokémon catch streak

• Increased XP from going up a Friendship level

• One additional Candy when trading Pokémon

• Trainers level 31 and above will receive one guaranteed Candy XL when trading Pokémon

Season of Max Out Research Breakthrough

• From September 3, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. to December 3, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. local time.

• Complete Field Research tasks during the whole season to earn an encounter from the pool of Pokémon below:

• Weezing (Galarian)

• Mr. Mime (Galarian)

• Excadrill

• Scraggy

• Jangmo-o

• Furfrou

Season of Max Out Field Research Tasks

Field Research tasks that previously rotated on a monthly basis will now rotate Seasonally. Field Research tasks that award an encounter with Spinda will still rotate monthly. For a full list of the season field research tasks check out our list here.

Seasonal Wild Spawns

Different Pokémon will appear in the wild! As the Season changes, different Pokémon will appear in different areas across the world.

Cities

• Gengar

• Skitty

• Beldum

• Scraggy

• Furfrou

• Trubbish

• Lechonk

Forests

• Exeggutor

• Chansey

• Pinsir

• Hoppip

• Shroomish

• Emolga

• Grubbin

Mountains

• Onix

• Sudowoodo

• Sableye

• Aggron

• Stunfisk

• Boldore

• Golett

Beaches and Water

• Kingler

• Staryu

• Lapras

• Remoraid

• Ducklett

• Crabrawler

• Sandygast

Hemisphere exclusive encounters

Different Pokémon will appear in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere as well:

Northern Hemisphere

• Qwilfish (Hisuian)

• Pineco

• Chikorita

• Cyndaquil

• Totodile

• Larvitar

• Deerling (Autumn)

Southern Hemisphere

• Voltorb (Hisuian)

• Feebas

• Snivy

• Tepig

• Oshawott

• Deino

• Deerling (Spring)

Eggs

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

2 km Eggs

• Cleffa

• Igglybuff

• Tyrogue

• Wynaut

• Larvesta

5 km Eggs

• Larvesta

• Komala

• Grookey

• Scorbunny

• Sobble

7 km Eggs

• Slowpoke (Galarian)

• Meowth (Galarian)

• Farfetch’d (Galarian)

• Zigzagoon (Galarian)

• Yamask (Galarian)

10 km Eggs

• Druddigon

• Larvesta

• Charcadet

• Dreepy

• Frigibax

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.

5 km Eggs

• Chingling

• Riolu

• Tyrunt

• Amaura

• Phantump

10 km Eggs

• Dratini

• Rockruff

• Drampa

• Jangmo-o

• Frigibax

Routes Rewards

7 km Eggs from Mateo Gift Exchange

• Growlithe (Hisuian)

• Basculin (White Stripe)

• Sneasel (Hisuian)

• Deino

• Pancham

*If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!

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