Celebrate the 2025 Pokémon World Championships in Pokémon GO!

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August 1, 2025

Celebrate the 2025 Pokémon World Championships in Pokémon GO!

The Pokémon GO World Championships

Celebration Event in Pokémon GO

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:

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.

A 2025 Pokémon World Championships Celebration in Pokémon GO!

Friday, August 15, at 10:00 a.m. to Sunday, August 17, 2025, at 8:00 p.m. local time.

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

Pokémon Debut

A new costumed Pokémon will appear during this event!

Pikachu wearing a varsity jacket*

*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
Pikachu wearing a varsity jacket*
Honedge

Three-Star Raids
Lapras*
Dusclops
Diggersby

*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!

Pikachu wearing a varsity jacket*
Marill*
Paldean Wooper*
Honedge

*If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!

Wild Encounters

The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild.

Nidoran♀*
Mankey*
Marill*
Paldean Wooper*
Spoink*
Inkay*
Rookidee*
Fuecoco*

Some Trainers might even encounter the following!

Male Frillish*
Vullaby*

*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:
- Lickitung*
- Lapras*
- Azumarill
- Sableye*
- Swalot
- Claydol
- Carbink*
- Guzzlord*
- Lokix

*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

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

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.

Annihilape

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

Clodsire

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

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.

Please be aware of your surroundings and follow guidelines from local health authorities when playing Pokémon GO. Upcoming events are subject to change. Be sure to follow us on social media, opt in to receiving push notifications, and subscribe to our emails to stay updated.

—The Pokémon GO team