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Season 21

Season 21 of GO Battle League, also called GO Battle League: Dual Destiny, lasts from December 3rd, 2024 to March 4th, 2025.[1] It is preceded by Season 20 and will be succeeded by Season 22. This GO Battle League Season runs concurrently with Dual Destiny.

This Season keeps the change to the switch timer introduced in the last Season, from 60 seconds to 50 seconds.

Formats[]

Formats Start Date End Date
Battle League Great Great League
Battle Cup Fantasy Fantasy Cup: Great League Edition
December 3rd, 2024 December 10th, 2024
Battle League Ultra Ultra League
Battle Cup Fantasy Fantasy Cup: Great League Edition
December 10th, 2024 December 17th, 2024
Battle League Master Master League
Battle Cup Holiday Holiday Cup: Little Edition
December 17th, 2024 December 24th, 2024
Battle League Great Great League
Battle League Ultra Ultra League
Battle League Master Master League
December 24th, 2024 December 31st, 2024
Battle League Great Great League
Battle Cup Holiday Holiday Cup: Little Edition
December 31st, 2024 January 7th, 2025
Battle League Ultra Ultra League
Battle Cup Color Color Cup: Great League Edition
January 7th, 2025 January 14th, 2025
Battle League Master Master League
Battle Cup Color Color Cup: Great League Edition
January 14th, 2025 January 21st, 2025
Battle League Great Great League
Battle League Ultra Ultra League
Battle League Master Master League
January 21st, 2025 January 28th, 2025
Battle League Great Great League
Battle Cup Jungle Jungle Cup: Little Edition
January 28th, 2025 February 4th, 2025
Battle League Ultra Ultra League
Battle Cup Love Love Cup: Great League Edition
February 4th, 2025 February 11th, 2025
Battle League Master Master League
Battle Cup Love Love Cup: Great League Edition
February 11th, 2025 February 18th, 2025
Battle League Great Great League
Battle League Ultra Ultra League
Battle League Master Master League
February 18th, 2025 February 25th, 2025
Battle League Great Great League
Premier Ball Master League: Mega Edition
February 25th, 2025 March 4th, 2025

Fantasy Cup: Great League Edition: 1,500 CP limit. Only Dragon-, Steel-, and Fairy-types allowed.

Holiday Cup: Little Edition: 500 CP limit. Only Normal-, Grass-, Electric-, Ice-, Flying-, and Ghost-types allowed.

Color Cup: Great League Edition: 1,500 CP limit. Only Fire-, Water-, Grass-, and Electric-types allowed.

Jungle Cup: Little Edition: 500 CP limit. Only Normal-, Grass-, Electric-, Poison-, Ground-, Flying-, Bug-, and Dark-types allowed. Gligar and Galarian Stunfisk are banned.

Love Cup: Great League Edition: 1,500 CP limit. Only red- and pink-colored Pokémon allowed.

Master League: Mega Edition: No CP limit. Mega-Evolved Pokémon are allowed.

Ranks and Ratings[]

Rank Requirement
Rank 1 Start
Rank 2 Complete 5 Battles
Rank 3 Complete 5 more Battles
Rank 4 Complete 5 more Battles
Rank 5 Complete 5 more Battles
Rank 6 Complete 5 more Battles
Rank 7 Win 1 Battle
Rank 8 Win 1 more Battle
Rank 9 Win 1 more Battle
Rank 10 Win 1 more Battle
Rank 11 Complete 5 more Battles
Rank 12 Win 5 more Battles
Rank 13 Win 6 more Battles
Rank 14 Win 7 more Battles
Rank 15 Win 8 more Battles
Rank 16 Complete 5 more Battles
Rank 17 Win 10 more Battles
Rank 18 Win 15 more Battles
Rank 19 Win 20 more Battles
Rank 20 Complete 5 more Battles
Ace Reach rating of 2000+
Veteran Reach rating of 2500+
Expert Reach rating of 2750+
Legend Reach rating of 3000+

Rewards[]

  • Rank 5: Mysterious Item
  • Rank 10: 750 (Basic) / 1500 (Premium) Stardust
  • Rank 15: 1 (Basic) / 2 (Premium) Rare Candy
  • Rank 19: Pokémon Encounter
  • Other ranks:

Basic

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Premium

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Stardust

Rank 1st win (Basic) 5th win (Basic) 3rd win (Premium)
1 300 600 900
2 330 660 1000
3 330 660 1000
4 370 740 1100
6 400 800 1200
7 430 860 1300
8 430 860 1300
9 470 940 1400
11 530 1060 1600
12 530 1060 1600
13 570 1140 1700
14 600 1200 1800
16 700 1400 2100
17 730 1460 2200
18 770 1540 2300
20 870 1740 2600
Ace 900 1800 2700
Veteran 900 1800 2700
Expert 900 1800 2700
Legend 900 1800 2700

The random items can include:

Reaching rank 19 awarded:

Reaching Ace rank and above awarded avatar items and an avatar pose inspired by Grimsley from Pokémon Black and Pokémon White.

Grimsley Set
Grimsley Set
(male and female)
Grimsley-Style Top
Grimsley-Style Top
Free + Expert rank
Grimsley-Style Pants
Grimsley-Style Pants
Free + Veteran rank
Grimsley-Style Shoes
Grimsley-Style Shoes
Free + Ace rank
Grimsley Pose
Grimsley Pose
Free + Legend rank
(male and female)

Grimsley-Style Shoes could also be obtained from GO Battle Weekend rewards.

Pokémon[]

Guaranteed first Pokémon encounters:

  • Scraggy: rank 1 (one only)
  • Sandile: rank 6 (one only)
  • Jangmo-o: Ace rank
  • Deino: Veteran rank
  • Frigibax: Expert rank
  • Pikachu Libre: Legend rank (one only)

Tier 5 Raid Bosses could be obtained starting at rank 20 during their time in raids. During Steeled Resolve, Rookidee was available as an encounter starting from rank 1.

Unlock Rank Possible Pokémon Encounters
Rank 1
Rank 6
Rank 11
Rank 16
Rank 20
Ace
Veteran
Expert
Legend

End-of-Season rewards[]

Timed Research[]

Ticket Battle Pass

Ticket for the research

GO Battle League Timed Research is for the GO Battle League Season 21. A Ticket for this Timed Research was available in the in-game shop at no cost from December 3rd, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. PDT to December 18th, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. PDT. Each part of the Timed Research had the same requirements, with the only difference being the rewards for completing each part.


TodayView Icon Research GO Battle League Timed Research
Win 10 Trainer Battles in the GO Battle League
Win 20 Trainer Battles in the GO Battle League
Win 30 Trainer Battles in the GO Battle League
Win 40 Trainer Battles in the GO Battle League
Win 50 Trainer Battles in the GO Battle League
Win 60 Trainer Battles in the GO Battle League
Win 70 Trainer Battles in the GO Battle League
Win 80 Trainer Battles in the GO Battle League
Win 90 Trainer Battles in the GO Battle League
Win 100 Trainer Battles in the GO Battle League


1st Part
Rewards for whole set
2nd Part
Rewards for whole set
3rd Part
Rewards for whole set
4th Part
Rewards for whole set
5th Part
Rewards for whole set

GO Battle Days[]

GO Battle Week: Dual Destiny[]

GO Battle Week: Dual Destiny took place from January 21st, 2025, 12:00 a.m. local time to January 26th, 2025, 11:59 p.m. local time. Great League, Ultra League and Master League were available during this GO Battle Week.

TodayView Icon Research GO Battle Weekend

GO Battle Weekend Timed Research was available during the event:

1st Part
Battle in the GO Battle League 5 times
Battle in the GO Battle League 10 times
Use 10 supereffective Charged Attacks
Rewards for whole set
TodayView Icon Shop Special shop offers

These offers were available from the shop during the event:

TM Expert Box
TM Expert Box
PokeCoin 1075

Attack updates[]

These Attack updates went live on December 3rd, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. PDT:

Attack changes[]

  • Fire Fang: Energy gain increased from 5 to 6 in Trainer Battles.
  • Ice Fang: Energy gain increased from 5 to 6 in Trainer Battles.
  • Thunder Fang: Energy gain increased from 5 to 6 in Trainer Battles.
  • Bulldoze: Power decreased from 80 to 45, energy cost decreased from 60 to 45, and added 50% chance to decrease the opponent's Defense by 1 stage in Trainer Battles.
  • Fire Punch: Power increased from 55 to 60 in Trainer Battles.
  • Ice Punch: Power increased from 55 to 60 in Trainer Battles.
  • Thunder Punch: Power increased from 55 to 60 in Trainer Battles.
  • Thunder Shock: Power increased from 3 to 4 in Trainer Battles.

Attack availability[]

Some Pokémon received new Attacks to their standard Attack pools:

Moves Eligible Pokémon
Icon Fighting
140 (40) / 150
Icon Rock
15 (10) / 8
Icon Ground
4 (8) / 2
Icon Psychic
4 (8) / 3
Icon Water
60 (40) / 75

Trivia[]

  • Rage Fist was originally planned to have its energy cost increased. It was removed from the official blog post later.[2]

References[]

  1. GO Battle League: Dual Destiny Update. Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2024-11-26.
  2. Rage Fist Nerf removed??. /r/TheSilphArena. Retrieved on 2024-11-29.
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