2025 Pokémon World Championships Celebration

A new costumed Pokémon will appear during this event!

Increased chance to encounter Shiny Pikachu wearing a varsity jacket.

The following Pokémon will appear in One-Star Raids.

The following Pokémon will appear in Three-Star Raids.

The following Pokémon will be available to encounter when you complete Field Research tasks!

The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild.

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 event-themed Pokémon

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.

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.

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

You’ll be able to get themed stickers by spinning PokéStops, opening Gifts, and purchasing them from the in-game shop.

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.