Pokémon GO Wild Area: Nagasaki
For the brave, adventure awaits around every corner—are you ready to venture into the Wild Area?
In this next chapter of Pokémon GO Wild Area, get ready to test your skills once again as you encounter Dark- and Fairy-type Pokémon, including Grimmsnarl, the Bulk Up Pokémon! Plus, exceptionally powerful Pokémon known as mighty Pokémon are appearing in the wild—use GO Wild Area–exclusive GO Safari Balls to improve your odds of catching these rare Pokémon.
All event gameplay is exclusive to ticket holders.
Tickets for Pokémon GO Wild Area: Nagasaki are now available on the Niantic events portal.
Live Event Ticket - ¥3,600
(including applicable taxes and fees)
Location: A citywide experience across Nagasaki City, Japan
Dates: November 7, 8, or 9, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. JST
Tickets for Pokémon GO Wild Area: Nagasaki include one day of event gameplay, and attendees may purchase add-ons that extend the gameplay for an additional day. One-day tickets are ¥3,600 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency, including applicable taxes and fees). Event gameplay will be available only at the date, time, and location specified on your ticket.
Note: Tickets to this event are nonrefundable (subject to applicable law and the exceptions set forth in the Terms of Service). Tickets are first come, first served and are available for purchase while supplies last.
Bonuses 
Exclusive Bonuses
Attendees will receive the following bonuses and rewards anywhere in Nagasaki during event hours on their ticketed day:
Additional bonuses (12:00 a.m. – 11:59 p.m. local time on event days):
Evolve Your Gameplay with Ticket Add-ons
As optional bonuses for attendees, we’re offering several add-ons. Please note: it’s possible to add these to your ticket after your initial order, so if you can’t decide right away, you can always come back to purchase an add-on later!
Ticket add-ons will be active Friday, November 7, through Sunday, November 9, 2025. That means you can take advantage of these bonuses all weekend!
Battle Ready - ¥1,900
Egg-thusiast - ¥1,900
* 1/4 Egg Hatch Distance does not stack with other similar bonuses
Extra Day Add-on - ¥2,600
Extend the GO Wild Area fun and add on the extra event day—or days—of your choice! This add-on provides an additional day of the citywide gameplay experience that is available on your primary event day, with a few restrictions.
Trainers will have access to the event’s wild Pokémon encounters, Incense encounters, and Eggs, plus access to event Field Research, Timed Research, and special bonuses.
Restrictions for the Extra Day Add-ons apply. Trainers will only receive the ticketed event Special Research once.
T-shirt Pre-order
Preorder your in-person event-exclusive Pokémon GO Wild Area T-shirt now and pick it up in-person during the event. For the first time, we are excited to offer a glow-in-the-dark T-shirt!
T-shirt quantities are limited and preorders will only be available while supplies last. No returns, exchanges, or cancellations will be allowed.
Features 
Grimmsnarl makes its Pokémon GO debut!
Ready for a little mischief? This year’s GO Wild Area event will feature the global Pokémon GO debuts of Impidimp, Morgrem, and Grimmsnarl!
On both event days, Impidimp, the Wily Pokémon, will appear in the wild and hatch from 5 km Eggs!
You can use 25 Impidimp Candy to evolve Impidimp into Morgrem and 100 Impidimp Candy to evolve Morgrem into Grimmsnarl.
Rescue Shadow Darkrai from Team GO Rocket!
They’re at it again! Team GO Rocket is venturing into the GO Wild Area this year, and they’ve brought Shadow Darkrai with them for the first time in Pokémon GO!
Shadow Darkrai and Shadow Cresselia will appear in Shadow Raids during event days. Plus, you can encounter Shiny Shadow Darkrai and Shiny Shadow Cresselia—if you’re lucky!
Cresselia
Darkrai
Introducing mighty Pokémon!
Trainers may also find themselves in encounters with unusually powerful opponents known as mighty Pokémon! All mighty Pokémon have some shared traits:
- More likely to have high Attack, Defense, and HP ratings
- More likely to be XL or XXL
- More difficult to capture
Trainers may even encounter Shiny versions of these mighty Pokémon, if they’re lucky! Using the event-exclusive GO Safari Ball when trying to capture these Pokémon will greatly improve your chance of success.
These mighty Pokémon can appear during all hours, regardless of their type. Mighty Pokémon are mighty rare, so make sure you have your GO Safari Balls ready—you never know when one might appear!
Look forward to more exciting Shiny Pokémon debuts!
Fortunate Trainers might just encounter Shiny Unown W, Shiny Hatenna, and Shiny Impidimp for the first time during Pokémon GO Wild Area: Nagasaki!
Unown W
Hatenna
Hattrem
Hatterene
Impidimp
Morgrem
Grimmsnarl
Feeling lucky?
Enjoy an increased chance of encountering Shiny Pokémon in the wild during Pokémon GO Wild Area: Nagasaki!
* Ticket-holding Trainers at the in-person event in Nagasaki may have increased luck in encountering Shiny Pokémon. Shiny Pokémon are not guaranteed by purchasing a ticket.
GO Snapshot
Take some snapshots while you explore for a surprise encounter! Three GO Snapshot surprise event encounters per day—when taking snapshots during the event, you never know who might show up!
Find even more Pokémon on Routes!
Trainers who explore Routes during Pokémon GO Wild Area: Nagasaki will encounter Pokémon more frequently and earn additional Buddy Candy!
Spawns 
In the Wild
These event-themed Pokémon will appear throughout the city of Nagasaki during your ticketed event day in two rotating hours. Lurking Dark Hour will run first, followed by Fanciful Fairy Hour.
Lurking Dark Hour
Alolan Meowth
Alolan Grimer
Gastly
Hoothoot
Murkrow
Sneasel
Houndour
Poochyena
Galarian Zigzagoon
Seedot
Nincada
Cacnea
Kricketot
Stunky
Skorupi
Scraggy
Zorua
Foongus
Deino
Inkay
Phantump
Impidimp
Dreepy
Fanciful Fairy Hour
Clefairy
Alolan Vulpix
Jigglypuff
Galarian Ponyta
Chansey
Togetic
Marill
Snubbull
Ralts
Skitty
Swablu
Feebas
Cherubi
Audino
Cottonee
Espurr
Dedenne
Klefki
Popplio
Cutiefly
Hatenna- Impidimp
Smoliv
Mighty Pokémon
Ampharos, Hydreigon, Primarina, and Corviknight are exclusive to the Nagasaki event and will not appear as mighty Pokémon in the Global event!
Alolan Ninetales
Wigglytuff
Galarian Rapidash
Galarian Weezing
Ampharos
Granbull
Houndoom
Tyranitar
Gardevoir
Mawile
Absol
Honchkrow
Garchomp
Drapion
Weavile
Golurk
Hydreigon
Primarina
Corviknight
Hatterene
Obstagoon
Meowscarada
Incense Encounters
The following Pokémon will be attracted to Incense (excluding Daily Adventure Incense) during the event.
Unown
Unown A
Unown D
Unown G
Unown I
Unown K
Unown L
Unown N
Unown S
Unown W
Pokémon from Incense
- Alolan Ninetales
- Galarian Rapidash
- Tyranitar
- Mawile
- Absol
- Garchomp
- Drapion
- Weavile
- Hydreigon
- Primarina
- Corviknight
- Hatterene
- Meowscarada
Special Mighty Pokémon from Incense
Some Trainers might even encounter the following mighty Pokémon!
Uxie
Mesprit
Azelf
Eggs 
In 5 km Eggs
Mime Jr.
Sandile
Pawniard
Carbink- Impidimp
Tinkatink
Raids 
Shadow Raids
The following Pokémon will appear in Shadow Raids throughout the city of Nagasaki during this event!
Note: Only Trainers with an active event ticket will be able to encounter Shadow Darkrai and Shadow Cresselia. You can encounter Shiny Shadow Darkrai and Shiny Shadow Cresselia—if you’re lucky!
Appearing in Shadow Raids
- Cresselia
- Darkrai
Research 
Field Research Tasks
Trainers will have a boosted chance of receiving event-themed Field Research during the event! You can encounter event-themed Pokémon when you complete Field Research tasks.
Special Research
Ticket-holding Trainers in Nagasaki can claim an exclusive Special Research story during their ticketed session! In this research, you’ll become an expert on Dark- and Fairy-type Pokémon to earn type-themed in-game medals.
Timed Research
During your ticketed event day, two unique Timed Research experiences will be available! Special Dark- and Fairy-type themed PokéStops will appear across the city. Spin the corresponding PokéStops to progress in each research. What sights will you see in Nagasaki during this citywide challenge?
Want a second (or third!) chance to complete these? Trainers who purchase an Extra Day Add-on will get both the Dark- and Fairy-type Timed Research opportunities again on any added days!
Note: Timed Research expires. The tasks associated with this Timed Research must be completed and their rewards must be claimed before 8:00 p.m. local time on the day of your ticket or Extra Day Add-on.
Hourly Safari Ball Restock
Ticket holders will get a Timed Research every hour to restock on GO Safari Balls.
Shiny 
These Pokémon will be released in their shiny variant with the start of the event.
- Unown W
- Hatenna
- Hattrem
- Hatterene
- Impidimp
- Morgrem
- Grimmsnarl
Sales 
Explore Nagasaki
Pokémon GO Wild Area: Nagasaki is your chance to meet thousands of other Pokémon GO fans from around the world! From photo opportunities to exclusive merchandise, learn more about the fun in-person experiences waiting for you all across the city of Nagasaki!
Preorder Your Pokémon GO Wild Area T-shirt!
For the first time, we are excited to offer a glow-in-the-dark T-shirt!
T-shirts are available via preorder only and must be picked up on the second floor of Nagasaki Stadium City North during your ticketed event day.
Purchased your ticket already and forgot to add a T-shirt to your order? No need to worry, you can go back and complete additional purchases for add-ons as long as supplies last.
Quantities are limited, and preorders will only be available while supplies last. No returns, exchanges, or cancellations will be allowed.
New Avatar Items
New avatar items will be available to purchase in the in-game shop starting before the event and will continue to be available after the event ends!
New Stickers
All Trainers will be able to get Pokémon GO Wild Area–themed stickers in the in-game shop! These stickers will also be available for ticket holders via PokéStops and Gifts during event hours.
