Mega Rayquaza Special Raid Event

Due to issues affecting Elite Raids featuring Mega Rayquaza, a special global makeup event will be held for all Trainers on Saturday, August 3, 2024.

These will not be Elite raids and Trainers will be able to use Remote Raid Passes to battle Mega Rayquaza.

Mega Rayquaza will appear more frequently in Legendary Mega Raids at the following times!

11:00 am
1:00 pm
6:00 pm

Bonuses

The Remote Raid Pass limit will increase to 20 from Friday, August 2, at 5:00 p.m. to Saturday, August 3, 2024, to 8:00 p.m. PDT.

Raids

Appearing in Legendary Mega Raids

Mega Rayquaza will make its return in Legendary Mega Raids!

All Gyms are eligible to host Mega Rayquaza. There will be a 25 minute timer and 5 minute cooldown, meaning each Gym should have two raids per scheduled hour.

Mega Rayquaza

Research

Event-exclusive Timed Research

Free Timed Research will be available to Trainers during the event! Complete the research tasks to earn a Meteorite.

Unlike other Mega-Evolving Pokémon, Rayquaza can’t Mega Evolve with Mega Energy alone. Trainers hoping to Mega Evolve their Rayquaza will need to teach it the Charged Attack Dragon Ascent first!

Dragon Ascent can only be learned by using Meteorites.

STEP

Mega Rayquaza Special Raid Event (1/1)

Use a supereffective Charged Attack

×1000

1000 XP

Complete 5 Field Research tasks

×20

Poké Ball ×20

Win a raid

×5

Nanab Berry ×5

Win a Mega Raid

×5

Rayquaza Sticker ×5

×1000

×3

×1

Shiny

Rayquaza is available in its shiny variant.

Rayquaza
Mega Rayquaza

Graphic

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Mega Rayquaza Special Raid Event - Makeup

Bonuses

Raids

Appearing in Legendary Mega Raids

Research