2025 Pokémon World Championships Celebration
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Time and Date
2025 Pokémon World Championships Celebration will start on Friday, August 15, at 10:00 a.m. and end on Sunday, August 17, 2025, at 8:00 p.m. local time.
Pokémon Debut
A new costumed Pokémon will appear during this event!
✨If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!
Event Bonuses
- Up to five Special Trades can be made each day.
- Additional Pokémon encounters along the GO Battle League reward track.
- Increased chance to encounter Shiny
Pikachu wearing a varsity jacket.
Raids
The following Pokémon will appear in raids.
One-Star Raids
Three-Star Raids
✨If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!
Field Research Task Rewards
The following Pokémon will be available to encounter when you complete Field Research tasks!
✨If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!
Wild Encounters
The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild.
Some Trainers might even encounter the following!
✨If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!
Paid 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.
Timed Research rewards include the following.
- One
Premium Battle Pass - 25,000 Stardust
- Encounters with the following Pokémon:
✨If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!
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. Trainers will be able to purchase and gift tickets to any of their Pokémon GO friends that they have achieved a Friendship level of Great Friends or higher with. Please note that purchases—including those made for other Trainers—are non-refundable (subject to applicable law and the exceptions set forth in the Terms of Service). Tickets cannot be purchased with PokéCoins.
Featured Attacks
Certain Pokémon encountered during the event will know a featured attack!
Lapras caught during the event will know the Charged Attack 
Ice Beam.
Evolve 
Mankey during the event to get a 
Primeape that knows the Charged Attack 
Rage Fist.
Evolve Primeape during the event to get an 
Annihilape that knows the Charged Attack Rage Fist.
Evolve 
Paldean Wooper during the event to get a 
Clodsire that knows the Charged Attack 
Megahorn.
Pokémon GO is headed to the 2025 Pokémon World Championships!
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:
- Day 1: Pokémon GO Twitch Channel
- Day 2: Pokémon GO Twitch Channel
- Day 3: Pokémon Twitch Channel
Avatar Items to Celebrate
Keep your eyes on the broadcast—we’ll display a code for the following T-shirt for your avatar!
- 2025 Worlds Tee (White): Available globally via a code shared during the World Championships stream on the first day of the competition.
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
Themed Stickers
You’ll be able to get themed stickers by spinning PokéStops, opening 
Gifts, and purchasing them from the in-game shop.
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
Bonuses
- 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
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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