October 2025's Featured Pokémon, Encounters, and Raids
The following will be available in-game during October. All Pokémon listed below with a ⁂ next to their name can also be encountered in their Shiny variants.
Pokémon Spotlight Hour
A different Pokémon and special bonus will be featured every Tuesday from 6:00pm to 7:00pm local time:
- October 7th: Ferroseed ⁂ | 2× Evolution XP
- October 14th: Petilil ⁂ | 2× Catch Stardust
- October 21st: Gastly ⁂ | 2× Catch XP
- October 28th: Sinistea | 2× Catch Candy
Max Battles
The following Dynamax Pokémon will be appearing in Max Battles and taking over Power Spots on Mondays from 6:00pm to 7:00pm local time:
- October 1st to 5th: Beldum ⁂
- October 6th to 12th: Drilbur ⁂
- October 13th to 19th: Bounsweet ⁂
- October 20th to 26th: Gastly ⁂
- October 27th to 31st: Woobat ⁂
Raid rotations all start and end at 10:00am local time on the dates listed unless otherwise noted.
Raid Hours
A different Pokémon will be featured every Wednesday from 6:00pm to 7:00pm local time:
- October 1st: Dialga (Origin Forme) ⁂
- Dialga caught in these raids may know the Charged Attack Roar of Time.
- October 8th: Deoxys (Normal Forme / Defense Forme) ⁂
- October 15th: Deoxys (Attack Forme / Speed Forme) ⁂
- October 22nd: Genesect (No Drive / Douse Drive / Shock Drive) ⁂
- October 29th: Giratina (Origin Forme) ⁂
The following Pokémon will be appearing in five-star raids:
- October 7th to 14th: Deoxys (Normal Forme / Defense Forme) ⁂
- October 14th to 21st: Deoxys (Attack Forme / Speed Forme) ⁂
- October 21st to 28th: Genesect (No Drive / Douse Drive / Shock Drive) ⁂
- October 28th to 31st: Giratina (Altered Forme) ⁂
The following Mega-Evolved Pokémon will be appearing in Mega Raids:
- October 1st to 7th: Mega Steelix ⁂ / Mega Scizor ⁂ / Mega Lucario ⁂
- October 7th to 14th: Mega Sceptile ⁂ / Mega Blaziken ⁂ / Mega Swampert ⁂
- October 14th to 21st: Mega Mawile ⁂ / Mega Salamence ⁂
- October 21st to 28th: Mega Houndoom ⁂ / Mega Absol ⁂
- October 28th to 31st: Mega Gengar ⁂ / Mega Sableye ⁂ / Mega Banette ⁂
More details on each of the following events can be found in their own separate articles. All dates in the list below are based on Trainer's local times, unless otherwise noted:
- September 30th to October 7th: Steel Skyline
- October 4th: Mega Metagross Raid Day
- October 4th to 8th: Dancing in the Moonlight (Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Indonesia, and Singapore only)
- October 10th to 16th: Harvest Festival
- October 12th: Solosis Community Day
- October 16th to 20th: Pokémon Legends: Z-A Celebration Event
- October 18th: Mega Raid Day
- October 21st to 27th: Halloween 2025 Part I
- October 27th to November 2nd: Halloween 2025 Part II
- October 25th to 26th: GO Battle Weekend
