Dive into the second month of the Max Out Season in Pokémon GO! A variety of events bring with them new Dynamax Pokémon, and new shiny Pokémon!

Highlights:

  • Meet heroes of the Galar region in the Legendary Heroes event

  • Adventure along with the Galarian Expedition event

  • Hunt for Sewaddle during October Community Day!

  • Battle enthusiasts can gear up for the GO Battle League Season 20, while raiders prepare for epic confrontations with Zacian, and Mega Gardevoir 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!


Legendary Heroes Event

Zacian

From Thursday, September 26, at 10:00 a.m. to Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. local time experience the Legendary Heroes event, with Shiny Zacian debuting, and special branching research that affects your incense spawns.


Galarian Expedition Event

Zamazenta

Shiny Zamazenta, Shiny Galarian Articuno, Shiny Galarian Moltres, and Shiny Galarian Zapdos all debut in the Galarian Expedition event, from October 4th 10:00am local time to October 11th 8:00pm local time.
Sewaddle Community Day

Sewaddle

Shiny Sewaddle will debut on October 5th, 2-5pm local time with Sewaddle Community Day! Evolving Swadloon during the event will result in Leavanny knowing the exclusive charge attack Shadow Claw.


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 One

A new ticket will be available for the Daily Coin Bounty, starting Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 12:00 AM local time, and ending Friday, October 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.

    September 24 – October 1

  • Great League*

  • Ultra League*

  • Master League*

    October 1 – October 8

  • Great League

  • Galar Cup: Great League Edition

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


Spotlight Hour

Pidove

Tuesday October 1st, 6 pm till 7 pm local time we have Pidove as the featured Pokémon for spotlight hour, along with 2x candy for transferring Pokémon!


Showcases

The following PokéStop showcases will take place during this week:

Date and Time

Showcase

Legendary Heroes Event

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


Raids

Raid Hour

Zacian

Wednesday October 2nd 6pm till 7pm local time Zacian will appear in five-star raids.

Mega Raids

Gardevoir (Mega)

From September 26 – October 4 Mega Gardevoir will appear in Mega Raids.

Blaziken (Mega)

From October 4 – October 14 Mega Blaziken will appear in Mega Raids.

Five-Star Raids

Zacian

From September 26 – October 4 Zacian will appear in Five-Star Raids.

Zamazenta

From October 4 – October 14 Zamazenta 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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Mega Aggron Raid Guide

Sprite of Mega Aggron from Pokémon GO Mega Aggron

Mega Aggron is a Steel type Mega Raid boss. Best Mega Aggron raid counters include powerful Fire, Fighting, and Ground types, with a mixed range of different counters available to help you defeat it.

Depending on your levels and counters, we would recommend 3-5 trainers who are high level, and more if you don’t have optimal teams. This guide will tell you how to beat this steely Mega, as well as its optimal stats, moves, and CP range.

Mega Aggron Counters

Let’s check out the top raid counters for Mega Aggron:

# Attacker Fast Move Charge Move DPS Faints TTW
1. Artwork of Mega Lucario from Pokémon GO Mega Lucario Force Palm Fighting type icon Aura Sphere Fighting type icon 24.08 11 387s
2. Artwork of Mega X Mewtwo from Pokémon GO Mega X Mewtwo Counter Fighting type icon Focus Blast Fighting type icon 23.02 11 405s
3. Artwork of Mega Blaziken from Pokémon GO Mega Blaziken Fire Spin Fire type icon Aura Sphere Fighting type icon 23.08 20 411s
4. Artwork of Primal Groudon from Pokémon GO Primal Groudon Mud Shot Ground type icon Precipice Blades Ground type icon 20.46 11 453s
5. Artwork of Resolute Keldeo from Pokémon GO Resolute Keldeo Low Kick Fighting type icon Secret Sword Fighting type icon 20.58 15 454s
6. Artwork of Mega Y Mewtwo from Pokémon GO Mega Y Mewtwo Counter Fighting type icon Focus Blast Fighting type icon 19.82 17 473s
7. Artwork of Mega Garchomp from Pokémon GO Mega Garchomp Mud Shot Ground type icon Earth Power Ground type icon 18.80 12 495s
8. Artwork of Shadow Groudon from Pokémon GO Shadow Groudon Mud Shot Ground type icon Precipice Blades Ground type icon 19.01 16 491s
9. Artwork of Shadow Reshiram from Pokémon GO Shadow Reshiram Fire Fang Fire type icon Fusion Flare Fire type icon 19.96 25 466s
10. Artwork of Shadow Heatran from Pokémon GO Shadow Heatran Fire Spin Fire type icon Magma Storm Fire type icon 18.95 18 496s
11. Artwork of Lucario from Pokémon GO Lucario Force Palm Fighting type icon Aura Sphere Fighting type icon 18.66 18 502s
12. Artwork of Shadow Conkeldurr from Pokémon GO Shadow Conkeldurr Force Palm Fighting type icon Dynamic Punch Fighting type icon 18.94 22 501s
13. Artwork of Shadow Blaziken from Pokémon GO Shadow Blaziken Fire Spin Fire type icon Aura Sphere Fighting type icon 19.88 32 483s
14. Artwork of Shadow Excadrill from Pokémon GO Shadow Excadrill Mud-Slap Ground type icon Scorching Sands Ground type icon 17.95 16 521s
15. Artwork of Shadow Garchomp from Pokémon GO Shadow Garchomp Mud Shot Ground type icon Earth Power Ground type icon 17.83 17 527s
16. Artwork of Mega Heracross from Pokémon GO Mega Heracross Counter Fighting type icon Close Combat Fighting type icon 17.96 22 525s
17. Artwork of Terrakion from Pokémon GO Terrakion Double Kick Fighting type icon Sacred Sword Fighting type icon 17.85 20 529s
18. Artwork of Shadow Emboar from Pokémon GO Shadow Emboar Low Kick Fighting type icon Blast Burn Fire type icon 18.31 31 523s
19. Artwork of Therian Landorus from Pokémon GO Therian Landorus Mud Shot Ground type icon Sandsear Storm Ground type icon 17.48 24 540s
20. Artwork of Mega X Charizard from Pokémon GO Mega X Charizard Fire Spin Fire type icon Blast Burn Fire type icon 17.65 26 534s
21. Artwork of Mega Y Charizard from Pokémon GO Mega Y Charizard Fire Spin Fire type icon Blast Burn Fire type icon 18.48 33 498s
22. Artwork of Shadow Raikou from Pokémon GO Shadow Raikou Thunder Shock Electric type icon Aura Sphere Fighting type icon 17.15 24 550s
23. Artwork of Ordinary Keldeo from Pokémon GO Ordinary Keldeo Low Kick Fighting type icon Sacred Sword Fighting type icon 16.67 18 561s
24. Artwork of Shadow Machamp from Pokémon GO Shadow Machamp Counter Fighting type icon Dynamic Punch Fighting type icon 17.32 27 550s
25. Artwork of Reshiram from Pokémon GO Reshiram Fire Fang Fire type icon Fusion Flare Fire type icon 17.23 24 541s

How to Get Mega Aggron

You cannot catch Aggron in its mega evolved form from the raid. The mega raid boss is always catchable in its base form, and as such, the CP ranges are for a regular Aggron. Aggron can be caught with the following CP values:

  • 1636 – 1714 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
  • 2045 – 2143 CP at Level 25, boosted by Snow weather boost

In order to get Mega Aggron, you will need 200 Mega Energy for the initial evolution, then 40 Mega Energy to evolve the same Aggron again in the future. If you wait for their ‘cooldown’ period to end, Mega Evolution is free. This cooldown period is shorter the higher the Mega level your Mega Pokémon is.

Mega Energy can be obtained via Mega Aggron Raids, and once you have evolved Mega Aggron, you can earn 5 Mega Energy per candy while walking it as your buddy. You can walk any Aron, Lairon, or Aggron to earn Mega Energy, as long as you have previously evolved one to register it to your Mega Pokédex.

Mega Aggron Overview

  Artwork of Mega Aggron from Pokémon GO Mega Aggron Steel
Max CP 4705
ATK 247
DEF 331
HP 172
Weak to Dragon type icon Fairy type icon Ground type icon
Resists Poison type icon Bug type icon Dragon type icon Fairy type icon Flying type icon Grass type icon Ice type icon Normal type icon Psychic type icon Rock type icon Steel type icon
Fast moves
  • Iron Tail Steel type icon
  • Smack Down Rock type icon
  • Dragon Tail Dragon type icon
Charge moves
  • Heavy Slam Steel type icon
  • Meteor Beam Rock type icon
  • Rock Tomb Rock type icon
  • Stone Edge Rock type icon
  • Thunder Electric type icon

Shiny Aggron

Like all Mega Raid Bosses, you can catch the shiny version of Aggron from a raid.

Regular Sprite Shiny Sprite
Sprite of Aggron from Pokémon GO Aggron Shiny sprite of Aggron from Pokémon GO Aggron
Sprite of Mega Aggron from Pokémon GO Mega Aggron Shiny sprite of Mega Aggron from Pokémon GO Mega Aggron

All the best, trainers!

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