GO Safari Balls & New Features
GO Safari Balls, Supply Balloons, Private Groups for Max Battles, and Adventure Effects in battle lobbies.
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GO Safari Balls
GO Safari Balls improve the chance of catching Pokémon, especially mighty Pokémon. All Trainers can obtain them by spinning PokéStops and Gym Photo Discs during event hours.
They can only be used from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. local time on event days and become inaccessible after the event ends.
Pokémon caught in GO Safari Balls can now be sent to Pokémon HOME, where the GO Safari Ball is displayed as a Strange Ball.
Private Dynamax Battle Groups
Starting with GO Wild Area 2026, Dynamax Battle lobbies offer Battle to match automatically with other Trainers or Private Group to join an existing group using its group code.
Supply Balloons Ticket
Ticket holders receive hourly Supply Balloons with GO Safari Balls during event hours.
Adventure Effects in battle lobbies
Starting with Into the Wild, select Adventure Effects can be activated while waiting in a raid or Max Battle lobby. Use Crowned Sword Zacian's Behemoth Blade or Crowned Shield Zamazenta's Behemoth Bash Adventure Effect before a Max Battle to help your group.
GO Snapshot, Routes, and Party Play
Take snapshots for surprise encounters with Steel- and Dragon-type Pokémon (3 per day, or 6 for ticket holders). Explore Routes for a chance to find mighty Pokémon, and enjoy Party Play sessions lasting eight hours.
Trainer profile backgrounds are on the Special Backgrounds page.
