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
皮卡丘 (World Championships 2025)
✦ Shiny
| Encounter | Min CP | 100% IV |
|---|---|---|
| Caught (level 20) | 493 | 536 |
| Weather boosted (level 25) | 616 | 670 |
Top counters
- 原始固拉多 泥巴射擊 / 斷崖之劍
- 超級烈咬陸鯊 泥巴射擊 / 大地之力
- 土地雲 (靈獸形態) 泥巴射擊 / 熱沙風暴
- 代歐奇希斯 (Attack Forme) 意念頭錘 / 精神突進
- 超級超夢Ｙ 念力 / 精神擊破
- 超級赫拉克羅斯 連斬 / 地震
獨劍鞘
| Encounter | Min CP | 100% IV |
|---|---|---|
| Caught (level 20) | 742 | 794 |
| Weather boosted (level 25) | 927 | 993 |
Top counters
拉普拉斯
✦ Shiny
| Encounter | Min CP | 100% IV |
|---|---|---|
| Caught (level 20) | 1,435 | 1,509 |
| Weather boosted (level 25) | 1,794 | 1,886 |
Top counters
彷徨夜靈
| Encounter | Min CP | 100% IV |
|---|---|---|
| Caught (level 20) | 851 | 909 |
| Weather boosted (level 25) | 1,064 | 1,136 |
Top counters
Research encounters
皮卡丘 (World Championships 2025)
✦ Shiny
| Encounter | Min CP | 100% IV |
|---|---|---|
| Research reward (level 15) | 369 | 402 |
皮卡丘 (World Championships 2025)目前在《Pokémon GO》中沒有進化型。
獨劍鞘
| Encounter | Min CP | 100% IV |
|---|---|---|
| Research reward (level 15) | 556 | 595 |
獨劍鞘可進化為雙劍鞘（25 顆糖果），接著可進化為堅盾劍怪 (盾牌形態)（100 顆糖果）。
拉普拉斯
✦ Shiny
| Encounter | Min CP | 100% IV |
|---|---|---|
| Research reward (level 15) | 1,076 | 1,131 |
拉普拉斯目前在《Pokémon GO》中沒有進化型。
惡食大王
✦ Shiny
| Encounter | Min CP | 100% IV |
|---|---|---|
| Research reward (level 15) | 1,173 | 1,237 |
惡食大王目前在《Pokémon GO》中沒有進化型。
In the wild
帕底亞的烏波
✦ Shiny
| Encounter | Max CP |
|---|---|
| Wild (up to level 30) | 550 |
| Weather boosted (up to level 35) | 596 |
帕底亞的烏波可進化為土王（50 顆糖果）。
跳跳豬
✦ Shiny
| Encounter | Max CP |
|---|---|
| Wild (up to level 30) | 1,143 |
| Weather boosted (up to level 35) | 1,239 |
跳跳豬可進化為噗噗豬（50 顆糖果）。
輕飄飄 (雄性)
✦ Shiny
| Encounter | Max CP |
|---|---|
| Wild (up to level 30) | 1,077 |
| Weather boosted (up to level 35) | 1,167 |
輕飄飄 (雄性)可進化為胖嘟嘟 (雄性)（50 顆糖果）。
禿鷹丫頭
✦ Shiny
| Encounter | Max CP |
|---|---|
| Wild (up to level 30) | 1,090 |
| Weather boosted (up to level 35) | 1,181 |
禿鷹丫頭可進化為禿鷹娜（50 顆糖果）。
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
Also running
Source: the official announcement on pokemongo.com. Published .