Not to be confused with Raid Day, which includes additional free Raid Passes.
Special Raid Event, includes Week or Weekend, is an irregular event that is hosted during a short period of time and features a returning Legendary Raid Boss which may have a chance to be shiny.
List of Special Raid Events[]
| Pokémon | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| August 3rd 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 6 p.m., 2024[1] Local time |
Make-up event of Elite Raid: Mega Rayquaza | |
| June 11th 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., 2023[2] Local time |
Make-up event Uxie: Asia-Pacific Mesprit: Europe, Middle East, Africa and India Azelf: Americas and Greenland | |
| March 27th, 10 a.m. to March 28th, 8 p.m., 2021[3] Local time |
Knew Hurricane | |
| December 26th, 6 a.m. to December 27th, 10 p.m., 2020[4] Local time |
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| December 19th, 6 a.m. to December 20th, 10 p.m., 2020[4] Local time |
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| December 12th, 6 a.m. to December 13th, 10 p.m., 2020[4] Local time |
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| June 12th, 8 a.m. to June 15th, 10 p.m., 2020[5] Local time |
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| March 17th to March 31st, 2020[6] | Knew Sacred Sword | |
| March 13th, 8 a.m. to March 16th, 10 p.m., 2020[7] Local time |
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| March 6th, 8 a.m. to March 9th, 10 p.m., 2020[7] Local time |
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| January 24th to January 27th, 2020[8] | ||
| December 20th to December 23rd, 2019[9] | ||
| April 15th to April 22nd, 2019[10] | ||
| March 15th to March 18th, 2019[11] | Shiny Rayquaza was not available.[12] | |
| February 22nd to March 1st, 2019[13] | Initially planned to end on February 25th.[14] | |
| December 14th to December 17th, 2018[15] |
Trivia[]
- Darkrai and Giratina events in March, 2020 were canceled in Japan, South Korea and Italy due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[16]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Mega Rayquaza returns in a special raid event!. Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2024-07-29.
- ↑ Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf to appear in a special raid event!. Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2023-06-11.
- ↑ Rayquaza returns to raids for a limited time!. Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2021-03-23.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Regirock, Registeel, and Regice will be back in raids during different weekends in December!. Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2020-12-11.
- ↑ Latias and Latios zip back for another Special Raid Weekend event!. Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2020-06-11.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Special Raid Weekends update—Cobalion and Lugia raids extended!. Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2020-03-13.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Stardust bonuses, Shadow Entei, Thundurus in raids, and more in March!. Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2020-02-29.
- ↑ Latias and Latios zip into a Special Raid Weekend event!. Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2020-01-24.
- ↑ A gift from us to you: Pokémon GO’s December events!. Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2019-12-11.
- ↑ Challenge Latios during this Special Raid Week!. Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2019-04-09.
- ↑ Challenge Rayquaza in this Special Raid Weekend!. Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2019-03-07.
- ↑ Niantic Support. (2019, March 7). Trainers, since there has been some confusion, we'd like to confirm that Shiny Rayquaza will not be available during this Special Raid Weekend. Twitter. Retrieved on 2019-03-14.
- ↑ Challenge Latias in this Special Raid Weekend!. Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2019-02-20.
- ↑ Good news, Trainers! Latias will be staying in Raid Battles a little longer!. Twitter. Retrieved on 2019-02-25.
- ↑ Challenge Lugia and Ho-Oh during a Special Raid Weekend!. Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2018-12-15.
- ↑ 日本・韓国・イタリア地域における3月のコンテンツについて. Pokémon GO Live Japan. Retrieved on 2020-03-03.
- ↑ Updates to events: Lugia Raid Week. Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2020-03-24.
