Pokemon GO October 2025 infographic: Events, raid bosses, Spotlight Hours, and more

The Pokemon GO October 2025 infographic provides a look at what lies ahead for trainers. Our guide will discuss the pocket monsters that will be featured in Spotlight Hours, the 5-star and Mega Raid bosses, and more. October 2025's event list has Mega Metagross Raid Day, Pokemon Legends Z-A Celebration event, and more.

Read on below to find all the available details regarding everything you can expect in Pokemon GO for October 2025. This is the second month of the Season of Tales of Transformation.

Also Read: Pokemon GO Pokedex: Gotta catch 'em all!

Check out the current Pokemon GO raid bosses that you can encounter in-game

Mega Metagross Raid Day, Pokemon Legends Z-A Celebration event, and more in store for Pokemon GO trainers in October 2025

The official content roadmap for October 2025 is as follows:

Tales of Transformation (Image via Niantic)

Pokemon GO Events October 2025

XP Celebration - August 25 to October 14
Steel Skyline - September 30 to October 7
Mega Metagross Raid Day - October 4
Harvest Festival - October 10 to October 16
Pokemon Legends Z-A Celebration Event - October 16 to October 20
Mega Raid Day - October 18
Halloween 2025 Part 1 - October 21 to October 27
Halloween 2025 Part 2 - October 27 to November 2
GO Battle Weekend - October 25 to October 26

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Spotlight Hours in Pokemon GO (Starts at 6 pm local time and ends at 7 pm local time)

Ferroseed [shiny encounters available] - October 7 (2x Evolution XP).
Petilil [shiny encounter available] - October 14 (2x Catch Stardust).
Gastly [shiny encounter available] - October 21 (2x Catch XP).
Sinistea [shiny encounter available] - October 28 (2x Catch Candy).

Raid Hours in Pokemon GO (Starts at 6 pm local time and ends at 7 pm local time)

Origin Forme Dialga [shiny encounter will be available] - October 1.
Normal Forme Deoxys || Defense Forme Deoxys [shiny encounter will be available] - October 8.
Attack Forme Deoxys || Speed Forme Deoxys [shiny encounter will be available] - October 15.
Genesect || Douse Drive Genesect || Shock Drive Genesect [shiny encounter will be available] - October 22.
Altered Forme Giratina [shiny encounter will be available] - October 29.

Five-Star Raids in Pokemon GO (Starts at 10 am local time and ends at 10 am local time)

Normal Forme Deoxys || Defense Forme Deoxys [shiny encounter will be available] - October 7 to October 14.
Attack Forme Deoxys || Speed Forme Deoxys [shiny encounter will be available] - October 14 to October 21.
Genesect || Douse Drive Genesect || Shock Drive Genesect [shiny encounter will be available] - October 21 to October 28.
Altered Forme Giratina [shiny encounter will be available] - October 28 to November 4.

Mega Raids in Pokemon GO (Starts at 10 am and ends at 10 am local time)

Mega Sceptile || Mega Blaziken || Mega Swampert [shiny encounter will be available] - October 7 to October 14.
Mega Mawile || Mega Salamence [shiny encounter will be available] - October 14 to October 21.
Mega Houndoom || Mega Absol [shiny encounter will be available] - October 21 to October 28.
Mega Gengar || Mega Sableye || Mega Banette [shiny encounter will be available] - October 28 to November 4.

Max Battles

Dynamax Beldum (shiny encounter available) - September 29 to October 5.
Dynamax Drilbur (shiny encounter available) - October 6 to October 12.
Dynamax Bounsweet (shiny encounter available) - October 13 to October 26.
Dynamax Gastly (shiny encounter available) - October 20 to October 26.
Dynamax Woobat (shiny encounter available) - October 27 to November 2.

Shadow Raids in Pokemon GO

No information available for now.

Pokemon GO PokeStop Showcases in October 2025

Check out our PokeStop Showcases guide to keep a tab on which pocket monsters are currently featured at PokeStops.

Research Breakthrough encounters

Alakazam [shiny encounter possible]
Aggron [shiny encounter possible]
Sinistea
Morpeko
Dreepy
Frigibax [shiny encounter possible]

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About the author

Angshuman is an Assistant Content Manager, Gaming, at Sportskeeda with a specialized focus on Pokemon. While completing his Master's degree in English Literature, Angshuman's research topics primarily included the many facets of game studies. That, along with his love for the medium which he believes to be the pinnacle of storytelling, led him to become a writer in the genre.

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Edited by Jito Tenson