Pokémon Go’s large yearly occasion is upon us. Pokémon Go Fest 2025 comes with its common perks, together with rotating spawns and the worldwide debut of the Topped types of Zacian and Zamazenta.
The Topped varieties are the primary characteristic right here, encouraging all gamers to hop into raids to attain power to show their Hero of Many Battles kind puppies into large canines. This occasion additionally options the worldwide debut for Volcanion, however solely when you have the paid ticket for the occasion. As common with these occasions, there’s a ton of perks (together with elevated shiny charge for wild spawns) locked up behind the $15 ticket, however free gamers can nonetheless reap the benefits of enjoyable spawns and Topped Zacian and Zamazenta.
Under we dive into the perks and rotating spawns for Pokémon Go Fest: International 2025.
What time does Pokémon Go Fest begin and finish?
Pokémon Go Fest 2025 will run on June 28 and 29, beginning at 10 a.m. and ending at 6 p.m. in your native time. There are a number of ticket-holder bonuses that additionally final outdoors of that point window, just like the halved Stardust value for buying and selling, however the bulk of the great things will solely be accessible from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m.
Although you’re extremely inspired to play all through the day to take advantage of your ticket buy, and guarantee you could have loads of time to finish every habitat’s Assortment Challenges, even in case you solely log in as soon as every day, you’ll unlock the Particular Analysis to finish at your leisure.
Word that Zamazenta will likely be in raids on Saturday, June 28 and Zacian will likely be in raids on Sunday, June 29, so if you would like each canines, you’ll must raid on each days.
Pokémon Go Fest 2025 habitat spawn schedule

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These habitats will rotate all all through the occasion (which is a change from final yr, the place they solely rotated on Saturday), even in case you don’t have a ticket. Every habitat will rotate in twice per day and be round for an hour earlier than it rotates out.
This time, every day additionally has extra spawns that will likely be round along with the rotating habitats.
It also needs to be famous that the costume-wearing Pikachu and Falinks (as seen within the above picture) are usually not listed as an accessible spawn on the Pokémon Go web site. They’re accessible by means of different means. Falinks seems to be a raid and Discipline Analysis unique and Pikachu might be obtained by way of raids, Discipline Analysis, and photobombs.
Moonless Volcano (10-11 a.m., 2-3 p.m.)
- Houndour
- Numel
- Duskull
- Gothita
- Golett
- Fletchling
- Flabébé (pink)
- Skrelp
- Fuecoco
- Carbink
- Torkoal (ticket-holder Incense solely)
The entire above Pokémon might be discovered shiny.
Galvanic Dojo (11 a.m.-12 p.m, 3-4 p.m.)
- Machop
- Electabuzz
- Teddirusa
- Scraggy
- Chespin
- Flabébé (yellow)
- Pancham
- Dedenne
- Crabrawler
- Mienfoo
- Skiddo (ticket-holder Incense solely)
The entire above Pokémon might be discovered shiny.
Hypnotic Tundra (12-1 p.m., 4-5 p.m.)
- Alolan Sandshrew
- Swinub
- Spheal
- Piplup
- Snover
- Munna
- Elgyem
- Flabébé (blue)
- Bergmite
- Frigibax
- Pachirisu (ticket-holder Incense solely)
The entire above Pokémon might be discovered shiny.
Fae Swamp (1-2 p.m., 5-6 p.m.)
- Clefairy
- Tentacool
- Mawile
- Gulpin
- Venipede
- Popplio
- Mareanie
- Morelull
- Togetic
- Flabébé (orange)
- Klefki (ticket-holder Incense solely)
The entire above Pokémon might be discovered shiny, besides Klefki.
- Chansey
- Skarmory
- Larvitar
- Shieldon
- Shelmet
- Vullaby
- Oranguru
- Goomy
The entire above Pokémon might be discovered shiny.
- Galarian Farfetch’d
- Cubone
- Ralts
- Karrablast
- Pawniard
- Deino
- Passimian
- Jangmo-o
The entire above Pokémon might be discovered shiny.
Pokémon Go Fest 2025: International ticket bonuses
When you purchase the ticket for Pokémon Go Fest for $14.99, you’ll get the next:
- Particular Analysis that lets you catch Volcanion
- Particular Analysis that lets you energy up Zacian or Zamazenta
- Entry to a worldwide problem that unlocks particular bonuses each hour
- Entry to Assortment Challenges
- Particular Incense encounters for Unown D, E, H, I, L, S, O, R, and W, in addition to Incense encounters for Torkoal, Skiddo, Pachirisu, and Klefki
- Elevated probability to search out shiny Pokémon
- Three shock snapshot encounters per day
- Elevated coronary heart beneficial properties for buddy Pokémon
- The power to confide in 40 presents per day
- The power to finish as much as six particular trades per day
- Halved Stardust value for buying and selling
- As much as 9 free raid passes from spinning health club picture discs
Pokémon gated by real-money tickets often do launch for everybody, simply later. When you’re not in a rush to get Volcanion otherwise you don’t look after these different perks, you’ll be able to at all times save your cash and get the legendary Pokémon later.
Exterior of that superb shiny buff, one of many larger perks right here is entry to Torkoal, Pachirisu, and Klefki, three Pokémon which might be often regional exclusives.
Pokémon Go Fest 2025 occasion Discipline Analysis
Spinning a PokéStop in the course of the occasion could yield considered one of these Discipline Analysis Duties, with a few of them being unique to sure days or habitats:
- Catch 8 totally different species of Pokémon (Pikachu [top hat] encounter)
- Catch 10 Pokémon (10 Poké Balls, 3 Extremely Balls, or 500 Stardust)
- Hatch an egg (1,000 Stardust)
- Spin 5 PokéStops or gyms (10 Poké Balls, 3 Extremely Balls, 500 Stardust)
- Win a raid (Falinks [train costume] encounter)
- Catch 6 steel-type Pokémon (3 Zamazenta Sweet) — Saturday solely
- Energy up steel-type Pokémon 6 instances (2 Zamazenta Sweet XL or 500 Stardust) — Saturday solely
- Catch 6 fairy-type Pokémon (3 Zacian Sweet) — Sunday solely
- Energy up fairy-type Pokémon 6 instances (2 Zacian Sweet XL or 500 Stardust) — Sunday solely
- Catch 6 fire-type Pokémon (Golett encounter) — Moonless Volcano solely
- Energy up fire-type Pokémon 6 instances (Carbink encounter) — Moonless Volcano solely
- Catch 6 fighting-type Pokémon (Pancham encounter) — Galvanic Dojo solely
- Energy up fighting-type Pokémon 6 instances (Mienfoo encounter) — Galvanic Dojo solely
- Catch 6 ice-type Pokémon (Bergmite encounter) — Hypnotic Tundra solely
- Energy up ice-type Pokémon 6 instances (Frigibax encounter) — Hypnotic Tundra solely
- Catch 6 poison-type Pokémon (Mawile encounter) — Fae Swamp solely
- Energy up poison-type Pokémon 6 instances (Togetic encounter) — Fae Swamp solely
The knowledge above was compiled with assist from Leek Duck.
Pokémon Go Fest 2025 occasion particular strikes
Fairly a number of legacy strikes are returning as a part of Go Fest 2025. Evolving these Pokémon will internet them their Neighborhood Day or occasion strikes:
- Alolan Sandshrew → Alolan Sandslash: Shadow Claw
- Clefairy → Clefable: Pound
- Machoke → Machamp: Stone Edge
- Pupitar → Tyranitar: Smack Down
- Prinplup → Empoleon: Hydro Cannon
- Quilladin → Chesnaught: Frenzy Plant
- Fletchinder → Talonflame: Incinerate
- Brionne → Primarina: Hydro Cannon
- Crocalor → Skeledirge: Blast Burn
It additionally looks as if caught Pokémon may also know these strikes. We will verify we had a Tyranitar spawn off of an Incense and it knew Smack Down.
Pokémon Go Fest 2025 occasion egg hatches
Eggs you get throughout the occasion could have an opportunity to hatch the next. Understand that all gamers can have entry to those 2 km eggs, however solely ticket-holders will get these 5 km eggs:
- Karrablast (2 km)
- Shelmet (2 km)
- Golett (2 km)
- Pawniard (2 km)
- Vullaby (2 km)
- Pancham (2 km)
- Flabébé (blue/pink/yellow/orange) (2 km)
- Oranguru (2 km)
- Passimian (2 km)
- Togepi (5 km)
- Torkoal (5 km)
- Pachirisu (5 km)
- Mienfoo (5 km)
- Skiddo (5 km)
- Carbink (5 km)
- Goomy (5 km)
- Klefki (5 km)
- Jangmo-o (5 km)
- Frigibax (5 km)
The entire above Pokémon might be hatched shiny besides Klefki.
Pokémon Go Fest 2025 occasion raid targets
The next Pokémon will likely be showing in raids in the course of the occasion:
1-star raids | 3-star raids | 5-star raids |
---|---|---|
Pikachu (prime hat) | Falinks (practice costume) | Topped Protect Zamazenta (Saturday) |
Frigibax | Topped Sword Zacian (Sunday) |
Did you end that already? There’s nonetheless extra to do for Pokémon Go Fest 2025.
We even have tons of guides for every thing Zacian and Zamazenta, together with raid guides for the each of them, an explainer on how their Topped varieties work, and a listing of free codes to attain further Crown Vitality. We even have an explainer for the Zacian and Zamazenta Particular Analysis and the Volcanion Particular Analysis, which you’ll have in case you purchased the Go Fest 2025 ticket.