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2025 Pokémon World Championships Celebration

Event

Starts:
Friday, August 15, 2025, at 10:00 AM Local Time
Ends:
Sunday, August 17, 2025, at  8:00 PM Local Time

Pokémon GO is celebrating the 2025 Pokémon World Championships and all things GO Battle League!




Bonuses

Up to five Special Trades can be made each day
Up to five Special Trades can be made each day
Additional Pokémon encounters along the GO Battle League reward track*
Additional Pokémon encounters along the GO Battle League reward track*
Increased chance to encounter Shiny Pikachu wearing a varsity jacket
Increased chance to encounter Shiny Pikachu wearing a varsity jacket

* There will be encounters on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th win on both the Free and Preimium GO Battle League reward track.

Features

Pokémon Debut

A new costumed Pokémon will appear during this event!

  • shiny
    Pikachu wearing a varsity jacket

Crowning a World Champion!

The 2025 Pokémon World Championships will take place from August 15 to 17, 2025, in Anaheim, California.

The top qualifying Pokémon GO players from around the globe will compete to determine who will be crowned the 2025 Pokémon GO World Champion!

Among other prizes, the Pokémon GO World Champion will receive an in-game World Champion 2025 outfit and pose!


Tune in to watch live!

Tune in and watch all the action beginning at 9:00 a.m. PDT each day!

English Stream:


Avatar Items to Celebrate

  • 2025 Worlds Tee (White): Available globally via a code shared during the World Championships stream on the first day of the competition.

Redemption Code: Z3USC2JQS9LWN (Reactivated)

The Yellow Shirt can only be obtained via a Scavenger Hunt at the Pokémon World Championships venue.


New battlegrounds in the GO Battle League!

In celebration of the 2025 Pokémon World Championships, the GO Battle League will feature a new arena and background battle music between August 11 at 1:00 p.m. PDT and August 17, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. PDT.


GO Battle Weekend: Delightful Days

Friday, August 15, at 12:00 a.m. to Sunday, August 17, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. local time

  • 4× Stardust from win rewards. (This does not include end-of-set rewards.)
  • The maximum number of sets you can play per day will increase from five to 20—for a total of 100 battles—from 12:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. local time.
  • Free battle-themed Timed Research will be available. Rewards include shoes for your avatar inspired by a powerful Battle Tower battler.
  • Pokémon encountered via GO Battle League rewards will have a wider variance of Attack, Defense, and HP.

Active Leagues

The following leagues will be active.

  • Great League
  • Ultra League
  • Master League

Spawns

The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild.

  • shiny
    Nidoran♀
  • shiny
    Mankey
  • shiny
    Marill
  • shiny
    Paldean Wooper
  • shiny
    Spoink
  • shiny
    Inkay
  • shiny
    Rookidee
  • shiny
    Fuecoco

Some Trainers might even encounter the following!

  • shiny
    Frillish
  • shiny
    Vullaby

Raids

Raid Battles

Appearing in 1-Star Raids

  • shiny
    Pikachu wearing a varsity jacket
  • Honedge

Appearing in 3-Star Raids

  • shiny
    Lapras
  • Dusclops
  • Diggersby

Research

Field Research Tasks

The following Pokémon will be available to encounter when you complete Field Research tasks.

  • Spin 5 PokéStops or Gyms
    POSSIBLE REWARDS
    ×5
    Poké Ball ×5
    ×2
    Revive ×2
    ×3
    Super Potion ×3
  • Win a raid
    POSSIBLE REWARDS
    shiny Pikachu wearing a varsity jacket
    Max CP
    402
    Min CP
    369
    Honedge
    Max CP
    595
    Min CP
    556
  • Power up Pokémon 15 times
    REWARD
    shiny Pikachu wearing a varsity jacket
    Max CP
    402
    Min CP
    369
  • Battle in the GO Battle League
    POSSIBLE REWARDS
    shiny Marill
    Max CP
    197
    Min CP
    172
    shiny Paldean Wooper
    Max CP
    275
    Min CP
    247
    ×1
    Charged TM ×1
  • Battle in the GO Battle League 5 times
    REWARD
    shiny Pikachu wearing a varsity jacket
    Max CP
    402
    Min CP
    369

2024 Worlds Premium Timed Research

Premium Timed Research

For US$5.00 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), you’ll be able to access event-exclusive Timed Research.

Unannounced Detail: All encounters are at “level 10” rather than “level 15”.

Please note that Timed Research expires. The tasks associated with this Timed Research must be completed and their rewards must be claimed before Sunday, August 17, 2025, at 8:00 p.m. local time.
STEP
1
2024 Worlds Premium Timed Research (1/1)
Power up Pokémon 5 times Claydol
Power up Pokémon 10 times Azumarill
Use 5 supereffective Charged Attacks Sableye
Use 10 supereffective Charged Attacks Swalot
Win a raid Carbink
Win 2 raids Lokix
Battle in the GO Battle League Lickitung
Battle in the GO Battle League 5 times Lapras

REWARDS

Guzzlord
×25000
×1

Trainers who purchase a ticket will also get this Timed Research rewarding a Max Particle Pack. This was originally advertised but was not included in the Timed Research

STEP
1
2025 Worlds Premium Compensation (1/1)
Claim Reward!
×100
100 XP

REWARDS

×1

Moves

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

Lapras

  • Lapras caught during the event will know the Charged Attack Ice Beam.
  • Lapras

Certain Pokémon evolved during the event will learn a featured attack!

Primeape

  • Evolve Mankey during the event to get a Primeape that knows the Charged Attack Rage Fist.
  • Mankey
  • Primeape

Annihilape

  • Evolve Primeape during the event to get an Annihilape that knows the Charged Attack Rage Fist.
  • Mankey
  • Annihilape

Clodsire

  • Evolve Paldean Wooper during the event to get a Clodsire that knows the Charged Attack Megahorn.
  • Paldean Wooper
  • Clodsire

Shiny

If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny Pikachu wearing a varsity jacket!

  • Pikachu wearing a varsity jacket

Sales

New Stickers

You’ll be able to get themed stickers by spinning PokéStops, opening Gifts, and purchasing them from the in-game shop.


New Avatar Items

The following avatar items will be available to purchase in the in-game shop during this event and will continue to be available after the event ends!

  • 2025 Worlds Jersey
  • 2025 Worlds Visor


Pokémon GO Web Store - Special Boxes

Get your party ready for GO Battle Week with new deals in the Pokémon GO Web Store!

For US$4.99 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), the GO Battle Weekend Ultra Ticket Box will feature an event ticket and a bonus Premium Battle Pass at no additional cost.

For US$19.99 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), the TM Elite Master Box features two Elite Fast TMs, two Elite Charged TMs, six Fast TMs, and six Charged TMs.

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