If you’re a fan of Gigantamax Pokémon, you’re in for a treat. Pokémon GO Fest 2025: Max Finale is lined up for August, offering players a slew of powerful encounters with the biggest critters in the game.
To help you prepare for this massive Pokémon event, here’s a complete guide to Max Finale, including everything that you can expect to see and the best events to keep an eye out for during the weekend.
The Escapist recaps
- Pokémon GO Fest 2025: Max Finale will take place from August 23-24, 2025, running from 10 AM til 6 PM local time.
- Trainers can prepare by taking part in the Dark Skies festivities during the weekdays prior.
- The event will feature a roster of Gigantamax Pokémon alongside Eternamax Eternatus
- Dynamax Pokémon may also appear at Power Spots during the event and will pop up during Dark Skies.
- Raids will feature Crowned Shield Zamazenta and Crowned Sword Zacian, as well as costumed event critters.
- New field research and wild encounters will be available for players, alongside helpful rewards and resources.
Trainers can prepare for the Dark Skies week
While Max Finale is a weekend event, there’s still plenty to look forward to on the weekdays that precede it.
Running from August 18-23, starting and finishing at 10 AM local time, the week before Max Finale is called Dark Skies. It will be a Dynamax bonanza, featuring every Dynamax Pokémon that’s made an appearance in Pokémon GO. This includes beloved starters like Bulbasaur but also Legendaries like Raicou, Suicune, and Entei.
There’ll also be plenty for raid fans to tear into, with both Zacian and Zamazenta appearing in 5-star raids throughout the week.
Also, Crowned Sword Zacian will appear on Thursday, August 21, from 6 PM until 7 PM, and Crowned Shield Zamazenta will appear at the same time on Friday, August 22.
Galarian Farfetch’d and Galarian Weezing will take the 3-star spot, while Sinistea will fill in the 1-star raid space.
Alongside the raids, trainers will see increased spawns for the Galar starters, Skwovet, and Wooloo. There’ll also be timed research to complete, offering Galar starter encounters and candy for both Zacian and Zamazenta, along with event bonuses that make it easier to take part at Power Spots.
Make sure you spend some time exploring during Dark Skies to prepare for Max Finale, and use the special code GOFESTMAX to claim timed research that’ll reward you with an encounter for any of the Galar starters in Gigantamax form.
Dark Skies should be a fun week, especially for fans of the Galarian region, but Max Finale is set to blow it out of the water.
Power Spots will be packed with Pokémon
One of the most exciting things about the Max Finale weekend is that every Gigantamax Pokémon ever seen in Pokémon GO will be popping up at Power Spots.
This includes the Galarian starters, Lapras, Gengar, and other fan-favorites. The first ‘mon on the schedule is Gigantamax Lapras (10 AM August 23) and the final one is Gigantamax Toxtricity (4 PM August 24) in its Low Key form.
Eternamax Eternatus will also be making an appearance at Power Spots throughout the weekend. You’ll be able to catch a regular Eternatus via the Pokémon GO Pass, but sadly, the Eternamax version will not be catchable.
It should still be an entertaining fight, though, and it’ll provide buckets of essential Eternatus candy to add to your item bag.
Two iconic Legendaries will be popping up in raids
During the Max Finale weekend, players will be able to take on Crowned Sword Zacian and Crowned Shield Zamazenta in 5-star raids. There’s even a chance of finding a Shiny variant of these iconic Legendaries as per the official site.
Costume collectors will be delighted with the other raids on offer. 3-star raids will feature Falinks in Training, which is a regular Falinks in a cute train costume. 1-star raids will feature Dapper Pikachu with red, blue, or yellow accents.
Players in rural locations will be able to take advantage of the remote raid cap being removed throughout the weekend.
Max Finale will be busy and lucrative
This upcoming event should be action-packed for both new and veteran players.While the Gigantamax critters and the Crowned raids will be the stars, the wild encounters are also worth paying attention to.
The Galar starters and the Kanto starters will have an increased chance of showing up, alongside Skwovet and Wooloo.
There’s also a chance of finding these critters:
- Beldum
- Caterpie
- Chansey
- Darumaka
- Falinks
- Gastly
- Sableye
- Shuckle
Kabuto, Omanyte, and Trubbish will also appear as field research encounters.
Finally, event bonuses will be live from 12 AM to 11:59 PM local time over the weekend.
These will provide double candy from catching Pokémon and double the chance of finding XL candy from catching Pokémon, along with a collection limit boost for Max Particles. Power Spots will also show up and refresh more frequently.
Pokémon GO Fest 2025: Max Finale is gearing up to be one of the most exciting events so far this year, with plenty of goodies on offer and iconic Pokémon to encounter. Make sure to take part in Dark Skies during the week days preceding the event to get the most out of the weekend.
Ask The Escapist
This is an event that you can take part in by exploring your local area! During the event times, make sure to head out and battle at the nearby Gyms or Power Spots to take part.
Yes, trainers who wish to nab extra rewards can purchase the GO Pass Deluxe: Max Finale boxes on the official web store – there are three to choose from, each offering further items and goodies to unlock during the event.
Unfortunately, the Pokémon GO site notes that Eternamax Eternatus will not be available for capture after trainers beat it in a Max Battle. They will get plenty of Eternatus Candy and Eternatus Candy XL for their GO Pass Eternatus, though.
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