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Pikachu (World Championships 2025)

World Championships 2025 Celebration

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A weekend celebrating the 2025 Pokémon World Championships, which take place in Anaheim, California, from 15 to 17 August with the Pokémon GO matches streamed live each day. Pikachu debuts in a new varsity jacket costume in raids and Field Research, alongside battle-themed wild spawns, featured attacks such as Rage Fist for Annihilape and extra Special Trades. A paid Timed Research gives a Premium Battle Pass, Stardust and encounters including Guzzlord, and a code for a free 2025 Worlds Tee appears on the first day's stream.

Event bonuses

  • Up to five Special Trades per day
  • Extra Pokémon encounters on the GO Battle League reward track
  • Better chance of a shiny Pikachu wearing a varsity jacket
  • Lapras caught during the event know Ice Beam
  • Mankey evolved during the event become a Primeape with Rage Fist, and Primeape evolved during the event become an Annihilape with Rage Fist
  • Paldean Wooper evolved during the event become a Clodsire with Megahorn
  • New GO Battle League arena and battle music from 11 August at 20:00 UTC to 18 August at 06:59 UTC
  • Themed stickers from PokéStops, Gifts and the in-game shop
  • Free 2025 Worlds Tee (White) avatar item, via a code shown during the first day's World Championships stream

In raids

Pikachu (World Championships 2025) Pikachu (World Championships 2025) ✦ Shiny
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Caught (level 20) 493 536
Weather boosted (level 25) 616 670
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Honedge Honedge
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Caught (level 20) 742 794
Weather boosted (level 25) 927 993
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Lapras Lapras ✦ Shiny
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Caught (level 20) 1,435 1,509
Weather boosted (level 25) 1,794 1,886
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Dusclops Dusclops
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Caught (level 20) 851 909
Weather boosted (level 25) 1,064 1,136
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Diggersby Diggersby
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Caught (level 20) 806 862
Weather boosted (level 25) 1,008 1,078
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Research encounters

Pikachu (World Championships 2025) Pikachu (World Championships 2025) ✦ Shiny
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Research reward (level 15) 369 402

Pikachu (World Championships 2025) currently has no evolutions in Pokémon GO.

Marill Marill ✦ Shiny
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Research reward (level 15) 172 197

Marill evolves from Azurill for 25 Candy, and into Azumarill for 25 Candy.

Paldean Wooper Paldean Wooper ✦ Shiny
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Research reward (level 15) 247 275

Paldean Wooper evolves into Clodsire for 50 Candy.

Honedge Honedge
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Research reward (level 15) 556 595

Honedge evolves into Doublade for 25 Candy, then into Aegislash (Shield Forme) for 100 Candy.

Lickitung Lickitung ✦ Shiny
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Research reward (level 15) 564 604

Lickitung evolves into Lickilicky (Sinnoh Stone) for 100 Candy.

Lapras Lapras ✦ Shiny
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Research reward (level 15) 1,076 1,131

Lapras currently has no evolutions in Pokémon GO.

Azumarill Azumarill
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Research reward (level 15) 637 680

Azumarill evolves from Marill for 25 Candy.

Sableye Sableye ✦ Shiny
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Research reward (level 15) 592 632

Sableye temporarily evolves into Mega Sableye.

Swalot Swalot
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Research reward (level 15) 800 847

Swalot evolves from Gulpin for 50 Candy.

Claydol Claydol
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Research reward (level 15) 797 845

Claydol evolves from Baltoy for 50 Candy.

Carbink Carbink ✦ Shiny
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Research reward (level 15) 585 628

Carbink currently has no evolutions in Pokémon GO.

Guzzlord Guzzlord ✦ Shiny
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Research reward (level 15) 1,173 1,237

Guzzlord currently has no evolutions in Pokémon GO.

Lokix Lokix
Encounter Min CP 100% IV
Research reward (level 15) 941 993

Lokix evolves from Nymble for 50 Candy.

In the wild

Nidoran♀ Nidoran♀ ✦ Shiny
Encounter Max CP
Wild (up to level 30) 699
Weather boosted (up to level 35) 757
Mankey Mankey ✦ Shiny
Encounter Max CP
Wild (up to level 30) 998
Weather boosted (up to level 35) 1,081
Marill Marill ✦ Shiny
Encounter Max CP
Wild (up to level 30) 395
Weather boosted (up to level 35) 428
Paldean Wooper Paldean Wooper ✦ Shiny
Encounter Max CP
Wild (up to level 30) 550
Weather boosted (up to level 35) 596
Spoink Spoink ✦ Shiny
Encounter Max CP
Wild (up to level 30) 1,143
Weather boosted (up to level 35) 1,239
Inkay Inkay ✦ Shiny
Encounter Max CP
Wild (up to level 30) 795
Weather boosted (up to level 35) 861
Rookidee Rookidee ✦ Shiny
Encounter Max CP
Wild (up to level 30) 571
Weather boosted (up to level 35) 619
Fuecoco Fuecoco ✦ Shiny
Encounter Max CP
Wild (up to level 30) 966
Weather boosted (up to level 35) 1,046
Frillish (Male) Frillish (Male) ✦ Shiny
Encounter Max CP
Wild (up to level 30) 1,077
Weather boosted (up to level 35) 1,167
Vullaby Vullaby ✦ Shiny
Encounter Max CP
Wild (up to level 30) 1,090
Weather boosted (up to level 35) 1,181

Shop

  • Paid Timed Research, US$5.00: one Premium Battle Pass, 25,000 Stardust, and encounters with Lickitung, Lapras, Azumarill, Sableye, Swalot, Claydol, Carbink, Guzzlord and Lokix. Rewards must be claimed by 17 August at 20:00 local time. Tickets can be gifted to Great Friends or above.
  • 2025 Worlds Jersey and 2025 Worlds Visor avatar items, which stay in the shop after the event

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Source: the official announcement on pokemongo.com. Published .