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Ultra Unlock: Steel and Scales

Event
Starts:
Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at 10:00 AM Local Time
Ends:
Sunday, July 27, 2025, at  8:00 PM Local Time

Honedge slashes into Pokémon GO during Ultra Unlock: Steel and Scales!

Bonuses Bonuses Features Features Spawns Spawns Raids Raids Research Research Shiny Shiny Sales Sales Graphic Graphic




Bonuses

4× XP for catching Pokémon
4× XP for catching Pokémon
4× Stardust for catching Pokémon
4× Stardust for catching Pokémon
Increased chance to encounter Shiny Bagon and Shiny Beldum
Increased chance to encounter Shiny Bagon and Shiny Beldum
Increased chance to encounter Shiny Unown U in raids
Increased chance to encounter Shiny Unown U in raids

Features

Pokémon Debuts

The following Pokémon first discovered in the Kalos region will make their Pokémon GO debuts!

  • Honedge
  • Doublade
  • Aegislash (Shield Forme)
  • Aegislash (Blade Forme)

You can use 25 Honedge Candy to evolve Honedge into Doublade and 100 Honedge Candy to evolve Doublade into Aegislash.

In Trainer Battles, Agishlash starts in Shield Form and changes to Blade form when it uses a Charged Attack.

GO Battle League

During the event, Honedge will appear in both GO Battle League reward tracks starting at Rank 6. It will appear more frequently in the premium track.

After the event, Honedge will appear in both GO Battle League reward tracks starting at Rank 16. It will appear more frequently in the premium track.

Spawns

The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild. Also, for the first time in Pokémon GO, you’ll be able to encounter Shiny Rookidee—if you’re lucky!

During this event, Trainers will have an increased chance to encounter Shiny Bagon and Shiny Beldum.

  • shiny
    Magnemite
  • shiny
    Dratini
  • shiny
    Aron
  • shiny
    Bagon
  • shiny
    Beldum
  • shiny
    Ferroseed
  • shiny
    Noibat
  • shiny
    Rookidee

Some Trainers might even encounter the following!

  • shiny
    Axew
  • shiny
    Goomy

Raids

The following Pokémon will appear in raids.

During this event, Trainers will have an increased chance to encounter Shiny Unown U in raids.

Appearing in 1-Star Raids

  • shiny
    Unown U
  • shiny
    Gible
  • shiny
    Klink
  • shiny
    Deino
  • Honedge

Appearing in 3-Star Raids

  • shiny
    Skarmory
  • Bisharp
  • Dragalge
  • shiny
    Turtonator

Research

Field Research Tasks

Complete these event-themed Field Research tasks to earn XP, Stardust, and encounters with Steel and Dragon-type Pokémon.

  • Catch 5 Pokémon
    POSSIBLE REWARDS
    ×1000
     1000 XP
    ×500
     Stardust ×500
  • Catch 10 Pokémon
    POSSIBLE REWARDS
    shiny Bagon
    Max CP
    495
    Min CP
    459
    shiny Beldum
    Max CP
    418
    Min CP
    385
  • Catch 20 Pokémon
    POSSIBLE REWARDS
    shiny Bronzor
    Max CP
    258
    Min CP
    229
    shiny Gible
    Max CP
    477
    Min CP
    441
  • Win a raid
    POSSIBLE REWARDS
    shiny Goomy
    Max CP
    418
    Min CP
    385
    shiny Jangmo-o
    Max CP
    415
    Min CP
    382
    shiny Frigibax
    Max CP
    534
    Min CP
    496

Collection Challenges

Complete Collection Challenges to receive XP, Stardust, and encounters with event-themed Pokémon.

Steel and Scales Collection Challenge: Rookidee
Rookidee
Corvisquire
Corviknight

REWARDS

2000 XP
×1500
Rookidee
Steel and Scales Collection Challenge: Dratini
Dratini
Dragonair
Dragonite

REWARDS

2000 XP
×1500
Dratini
Steel and Scales Collection Challenge: Beldum
Beldum
Metang
Metagross

REWARDS

2000 XP
×1500
Beldum
Steel and Scales Collection Challenge: Bagon
Bagon
Shelgon
Salamence

REWARDS

2000 XP
×1500
Bagon

Shiny

New Shiny Release

For the first time in Pokémon GO, you’ll be able to encounter Shiny Rookidee—if you’re lucky!

  • Rookidee
  • Corvisquire
  • Corviknight

Increased Shiny Rates

Trainers will have an increased chance to encounter Shiny Bagon and Shiny Beldum.

  • Bagon
  • Shelgon
  • Salamence
  • Beldum
  • Metang
  • Metagross

Shiny Unown U

Trainers will have an increased chance to encounter Shiny Unown U in raids.

  • Unown U

Sales

Pokémon GO Web Store

There’s a new way to log in to the Pokémon GO Web Store! Visit the web store from your mobile device and select “Sign in with Pokémon GO” to be logged in to our new and improved store.

Don’t forget, Trainers, you get double the Reward Points on eligible purchases when you shop with the Pokémon GO Web Store!

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