Pokémon Go’s seasonal events continue this October with a packed schedule! Throughout the next few weeks, players can look forward to new Spotlight Hours and challenging raid bosses. The game will also celebrate autumn with events like the Harvest Festival, which will debut new evolved forms of the Pokémon Applin.
As if that wasn’t enough, I’m super excited for the Mega Rayquaza Raid Day coming up! Plus, they’re celebrating the new Pokémon Legends: Z-A game, which is awesome. And honestly, October just has to have a Halloween event, right? This year it’s even bigger, split into two parts, and we’ll get to catch some new Ghost-type and costumed Pokémon – I can’t wait!
You can read more about all of the biggest events happening in Pokemon Go for October 2025 below.
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- October Raid Schedule
- Five-star Raids
- Mega Raids
- Max Battles
- October Spotlight Hours
- Steel Skyline
- Featured Pokemon
- Mega Metagross Raid Day
- Bonuses
- Harvest Festival
- Bonuses
- Solosis Community Day
- Bonuses
- Pokemon Legends: Z-A Celebration Event
- Bonuses
- Mega Raid Day
- Bonuses
- Halloween 2025 Part I
- Featured Pokemon
- Go Battle Weekend
- Halloween 2025 Part II
- Featured Pokemon
- Bonuses
October Raid Schedule
Pokémon Go is updating its raid battles this month with a fresh group of Legendary and Mega Pokémon for players to battle and catch.
For the next few weeks, players will have a chance to battle and catch different forms of Deoxys and Genesect in five-star raids. Mega-Evolved Pokémon will also be returning for Mega raids. Plus, throughout the month, special seasonal Dynamax Pokémon like Gastly and Woobat will appear in Max Battles.
You can see October’s full raid schedule below:
Five-star Raids
October 7-14
- Deoxys (Normal Forme)
- Deoxys (Defense Forme)
October 14-21
- Deoxys (Attack Forme)
- Deoxys (Speed Forme)
October 21-28
- Genesect
- Genesect (Douse Drive)
- Genesect (Shock Drive)
October 28 – November 4
- Giratina (Altered Forme)
Mega Raids
October 7-14
- Mega Sceptile
- Mega Blaziken
- Mega Swampert
October 14-21
- Mega Mawile
- Mega Salamence
October 21-28
- Mega Houndoom
- Mega Absol
October 28 – November 4
- Mega Gengar
- Mega Sableye
- Mega Banette
Max Battles
September 29 – October 5
- Dynamax Beldum
October 6-12
- Dynamax Drilbur
October 13-19
- Dynamax Bounsweet
October 20-26
- Dynamax Gastly
October 27 – November 2
- Dynamax Woobat
October Spotlight Hours
Pokémon Go is holding its weekly Spotlight Hour events throughout October, featuring different Pokémon and special bonuses each week.
Each Tuesday evening between 6 and 7 PM local time, a specific type of Pokémon will be more common in the wild. Plus, you’ll get extra rewards for taking part, like double Stardust or XP whenever you catch a Pokémon.
You can see October’s full Spotlight Hour schedule below:
October 7
- Featured Pokemon: Ferroseed
- Bonus: 2x evolution XP
October 14
- Featured Pokemon: Petilil
- Bonus: 2x catch Stardust
October 21
- Featured Pokemon: Gastly
- Bonus: 2x catch XP
October 28
- Featured Pokemon: Sinistea
- Bonus: 2x catch candy
Steel Skyline
Pokemon Go is kicking off October with the Steel Skyline event, which runs until October 7.
I’m so excited for this event! It looks like a lot of Steel-type Pokémon, and others you’d find in cities – like Alolan Diglett, Galarian Meowth, Skarmory, Trubbish, and Klink – will be popping up much more often in the wild. And get this – we’ll even have a chance to battle and catch a Dynamax Duraludon! It’s a Steel/Dragon type and will show up in four-star Max Raid Battles, which is awesome.
Throughout the event, you can participate in special challenges with rewards that unlock as the whole community completes them. Plus, there will be free research tasks with an event theme, and an optional paid research ticket for even more challenges and rewards.
Featured Pokemon
Wild encounters
- Alolan Diglett
- Magnemite
- Grimer
- Alolan Grimer
- Galarian Meowth
- Porygon
- Skarmory
- Aron
- Mawile
- Bronzor
- Trubbish
- Klink
- Axew
- Togedemaru
One-star Max Battles
- Dynamax Drilbur
- Dynamax Rookidee
Three-star Max Battles
- Dynamax Beldum
Four-star Max Battles
- Dynamax Duraludon
Mega Metagross Raid Day
Mega Metagross is finally appearing in Pokémon Go on October 4th as part of a special Mega Raid Day event.
I’m so excited! Mega Metagross is appearing in Gyms as a Mega Raid Boss from 2 to 5 PM local time. What’s really cool is that every Metagross we battle will have the move Shadow Claw, which is a Ghost-type attack. And get this – if we win the raid, we’ll have a better chance of finding a shiny Metagross! I’m definitely going to try and beat a few of these.
During the event, we’re adding a couple of helpful bonuses. You’ll be able to hold up to 20 Remote Raid Passes, allowing you to join more raids from anywhere. Plus, spinning Photo Discs at Gyms could give you up to five extra free Raid Passes.
Bonuses
- Remote Raid Pass limit increased to 20 (from October 3-4)
- Receive up to five additional free Raid Passes when you spin the Photo Disc at gyms
- Increased odds of encounter shiny Metagross in Mega Raids
Harvest Festival
Pokemon Go is celebrating the arrival of fall with a Harvest Festival event from October 10-16.
To celebrate, the game is adding two new Pokémon, Dipplin and Hydrapple! You can also find a new item called Syrupy Apples, which will sometimes appear at PokeStops that have a Mossy Lure activated.
During the event, you’ll see more autumn-themed Pokémon like Miltank, Combee, and Smoliv. Plus, you’ll get twice as much candy when catching Pokémon using Pinap or Silver Pinap Berries, and your chances of finding shiny Pumpkaboo and Smoliv will be higher!
Bonuses
- 2x candy for catching Pokemon with Pinap and Silver Pinap Berries
- Increased chance to encounter shiny Pumpkaboo and shiny Smoliv
- Increased chance for apples to appear at PokeStops with an active Mossy Lure Module
Solosis Community Day
The October Community Day will be held on October 12th, and the featured Pokémon is Solosis, a Psychic-type.
Between 2 and 5 PM local time, you’ll see more Solosis appearing in the game, giving you a great opportunity to catch them and collect Solosis candy. With more Solosis around, your chances of finding a shiny one are also increased!
During the current event, Solosis can learn a special attack! If you evolve a Solosis into Reuniclus before 9 PM local time, it will automatically learn the Fairy-type Fast Attack, Charm, when it evolves.
The event also includes some extra perks within the game. You’ll get three times the usual Stardust and twice as much Candy when you catch Pokémon. Players level 31 and higher have a better chance – twice the normal rate – of earning XL Candy as well. Plus, Incense will stay active for three hours, and Lure Modules will last for one hour.
Bonuses
- 3x Stardust for catching Pokemon
- 2x candy for catching Pokemon
- 2x chance to receive Candy XL from catching Pokemon (for players level 31 and above)
- Incense will last for three hours (excluding Daily Adventure Incense)
- Lure Modules will last for one hour
- One additional Special Trade can be made
- Trades will require 50 percent less Stardust
Pokemon Legends: Z-A Celebration Event
Pokémon Go is holding a special event from October 16th to 20th to celebrate the release of Pokémon Legends: Z-A.
During the event, you’ll see Mega Raids happening at gyms much more often, giving you extra chances to catch Pokemon, complete your Pokedex, and collect Mega Energy. Plus, there will be free Timed Research tasks to complete, which will reward you with items and the chance to catch the starter Pokemon from the Z-A region: Chikorita, Tepig, and Totodile. You’ll also find new Z-A-themed outfits for your avatar in the Style Shop.
Bonuses
- Mega raids will appear more frequently
Mega Raid Day
Mega Rayquaza is swooping in for a special Mega Raid Day event on October 18.
Mega Rayquaza will be appearing in Gyms as a Mega Raid Boss between 2 and 5 PM local time. If you defeat it, you’ll have a better chance of finding a shiny Rayquaza!
Plus, the event will feature free Timed Research tasks. Completing these tasks will earn you a Meteorite, which you’ll need to help Rayquaza learn the Dragon Ascent Charged Attack.
Bonuses
- Remote Raid Pass limit increased to 20 (from October 17-18)
- Receive up to five additional free Raid Passes when you spin the Photo Disc at gyms
- Increased chance of encounter shiny Rayquaza from Mega raids
Halloween 2025 Part I
Pokémon Go is ending the month with its yearly Halloween event. Similar to past years, the event will happen in two parts, with the first running from October 21st to 27th.
The event introduces two Ghost-type Pokémon: Poltchageist and its evolution, Sinistcha. Plus, players will have a chance to find shiny Sinistea for the very first time in Pokémon Go!
During the event, you’ll see more Ghost- and Dark-type Pokémon like Greavard, Zorua, and Hisuian Zorua appearing in the wild and in raids. Completing Field Research tasks will also give you opportunities to find event-themed Pokémon.
Featured Pokemon
One-star raids
- Galarian Yamask
- Sinistea
- Poltchageist
Three-star raids
- Alolan Marowak
- Hisuian Typhlosion
- Hisuian Samurott
Shadow raids
- Shadow Yamask
- Shadow Phantump
Field Research encounters
- Sableye
- Yamask
- Zorua
- Hisuian Zorua
- Litwick
- Vullaby
- Phantump
- Spiritomb
Go Battle Weekend
The first part of this year’s Halloween celebration in Pokémon Go will end with a special Go Battle Weekend taking place on October 25th and 26th.
Halloween 2025 Part II
The second leg of Pokemon Go’s Halloween 2025 celebration runs October 27-November 2.
Throughout this event, you’ll find Pokemon wearing costumes appearing both in the wild and as raid bosses. Look out for returning costumed Pokemon from past events, as well as brand new spooky ones like Teddiursa with a witch hat and Noibat sporting a headband.
Plus, special Field Research tasks related to the event will be available. Completing these tasks will give you various rewards, such as more chances to encounter the featured Pokémon and Mega Energy for Pokémon like Houndoom, Gengar, Sableye, and others.
There will be a few extra perks during the event! You’ll have a better chance of finding shiny Pokemon wearing costumes in raids throughout the whole event, and you can earn bonus candy on October 31st. If you catch costumed Pokemon with a Nice Throw or better on Halloween, they might even reward you with Rare Candy or Rare Candy XL.
Featured Pokemon
One-star raids
- Pikachu wearing a Halloween Mischief costume
- Piplup wearing a Halloween Mischief costume
- Sinistea
- Poltchageist
Three-star raids
- Gengar wearing a Tricks and Treats costume
- Drifblim wearing a Halloween Mischief costume
Shadow raids
- Shadow Yamask
- Shadow Phantump
Field Research encounters
- Pikachu wearing a Halloween Mischief costume
- Teddiursa wearing a witch hat
- Froakie wearing a Pokemon Halloween costume
- Noibat wearing a headband
- Rowlet wearing a Pokemon Halloween costume
- Spiritomb
Bonuses
- Increased chance to encounter shiny costumed Pokemon in raids
- Costumed Pokemon will have a chance to give Rare Candy or Rare Candy XL when caught with Nice Throws or better (on October 31)
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