Pokémon Go January 2025 schedule: Full Raid Battle cheat sheet

Each type of Raid event includes quite a selection, so you won't be short of bosses to take on to start the year. If you're a big collector of Shinies, many of these Raid bosses have a chance of being Shiny themselves.

If you need to defeat any Raids to complete Special or Timed Research and aren't a fan of teaming up with other players, you can easily beat the 1- or 3-Star Raid bosses as a solo player.

Alternatively, you can easily take on many bosses remotely, but you'll need extra PokéCoins to buy Remote Raid Passes. In the meantime, here is the full January schedule of Raid bosses in Pokémon Go.

Pokémon Go January 2025 — 5-Star Raid boss schedule

To start this Pokémon Go Raid schedule, here are all of the current 5-Star bosses you can take on in January 2025:

26th December - 4th January:

• Giratina (Altered Form) (Shiny available)
• Weakness: Counter with Dark, Dragon, Fairy, Ghost, and Ice-type attacks

4th January - 16th January

• Palkia (Shiny available)
• Weakness: Counter with Dragon- and Fairy-type attacks

16th January - 24th January

• Deoxys (Attack & Defence Forme) (Shiny available)
• Weakness: Counter with Dark-, Bug, and Ghost-type attacks.

24th January - 6th February

• Dialga (Shiny available)
• Weakness: Counter with Fighting- and Ground-type attacks

5-Star Raids will be switched to their new bosses at 10am each day.

Pokémon Go January 2025 — Raid Hour schedule

There are five Raid Hour events in Pokémon Go during January, starting with Giratina before ending with Dialga in this month's schedule:

1st January:

• Giratina (Shiny available)
• Weakness: Counter with Dark, Dragon, Fairy, Ghost, and Ice-type attacks

8th January:

• Palkia (Shiny available)
• Weakness: Counter with Dragon- and Fairy-type attacks

15th January:

• Palkia (Shiny available)
• Weakness: Counter with Dragon- and Fairy-type attacks

22nd January:

• Deoxys (Attack & Defence Formes) (Shiny available)
• Weakness: Counter with Dark-, Bug, and Ghost-type attacks

29th January:

• Dialga (Shiny available)
• Weakness: Counter with Fighting- and Ground-type attacks

During Pokémon Go Raid Hours, you will have increased numbers of the 5-Star Raid Battles for the month, from 6pm until 7pm on each date.

This means Raid Hours are the best time to attempt the boss Battles for a chance to catch the Legendary Pokémon.

Pokémon Go January 2025 — Mega Raid schedule

There are four Mega Raids available in Pokémon Go during January 2025, all starting at 10am local time.

26th December - 4th January

• Mega Abomasnow (Shiny available)
• Weakness: Counter with Steel-, Fire-, Bug-, Fighting-, Rock-, Flying-, Poison-, Rock-type attacks

4th January - 16th January

• Mega Lopunny (Shiny available)
• Weakness: Counter with Fairy-, Fighting-, Psychic, and Flying-type attacks

16th January - 24th January

• Mega Gallade (Shiny available)
• Weakness: Counter with Ghost-, Fairy, and Flying-type attacks

24th January - 6th February

• Mega Medicham (Shiny available)
• Weakness: Counter with Flying-, Fairy-, and Ghost-type attacks

Mega Raids are just like regular Raids in Pokémon Go, but instead, you battle its Mega-Evolved form.

While defeating the boss only allows you to catch the non-Mega-Evolved version of that Pokémon, Mega Raids are one of the only ways to get Mega Energy in Go, so you can save up and Mega-Evolve that Pokémon yourself.

What is the Pokémon Go Shadow Raid schedule in January?

The big Shadow Raid in Pokemon Go for January 2025 will be for Shadow Registeel, taking place every weekend on the following dates:

• 4th January
• 5th January
• 11th January
• 12th January
• 18th January
• 19th January
• 25th January
• 26th January

Regice is a pure Ice-type in Pokémon Go, meaning it has four weaknesses: Fighting, Fire, Rock and Steel-type attacks.

In addition, January will also feature the following 1- and 3-Star Shadow Raids daily:

3-Star Shadow Raid bosses

• Mawile (Shiny available)
• Sableye (Shiny available)
• Pinsir (Shiny available)

1-Star Shadow Raid bosses

• Exeggcute (Shiny available)
• Grimer (Shiny available)
• Machop (Shiny available)
• Sudowoodo

Max Monday schedule - January 2025

Like Raid Hours and Spotlight hours, Max Mondays are a weekly Pokémon Go event where each featured Dynamax Pokémon takes over all Power Spots from 6pm until 7pm local time each Monday:

6th January

• Machop (Shiny available)
• Weakness: Counter with Fairy-, Psychic-, and Flying-type attacks

13th January

• Squirtle (Shiny available)
• Weaknesses: Counter with Electric and Grass-type attacks

Max Raid Battle schedule - January 2025

Max Battle Raids are back in Pokémon Go, allowing you to take on and catch the following bosses between 23rd December and 3rd February:

23rd December - 6th January

• Krabby (Weaknesses: Counter with Electric- and Grass-type attacks)
• Grookey (Weaknesses: Counter with Fire-, Psychic-, Ice-, Poison-, and Flying-type attacks)
• Sobble (Weaknesses: Counter with Electric- and Grass-type attacks)
• Scorbunny (Weaknesses: Counter with Water-, Rock- and Ground-type attacks)
• Cryogonal (Weaknesses: Counter with Fighting-, Fire-, Rock-, and Steel-type attacks)

6th January - 13th January

• Machop (Weaknesses: Counter with Fairy-, Flying-, and Psychic-type attacks)
• Krabby (Weaknesses: Counter with Electric- and Grass-type attacks)
• Cryogonal (Weaknesses: Counter with Fighting-, Fire-, Rock-, and Steel-type attacks)
• Wooloo (Weaknesses: Counter with Fighting-type attacks)
• Gastly (Weaknesses: Counter with Dark-, Ground-, Ghost-, and Psychic-type attacks)

13th January - 20th January

• Squirtle (Weaknesses: Counter with Electric and Grass-type attacks)
• Gastly (Weaknesses: Counter with Dark-, Ground-, Ghost-, and Psychic-type attacks)
• Machop (Weaknesses: Counter with Fairy-, Flying-, and Psychic-type attacks)
• Krabby (Weaknesses: Counter with Electric- and Grass-type attacks)
• Cryogonal (Weaknesses: Counter with Fighting-, Fire-, Rock-, and Steel-type attacks)

20th January - 27th January

• Beldum (Weaknesses: Counter with Dark-, Fire-, Ghost-, and Ground-type attacks)
• Charmander (Weaknesses: Counter with Ground-, Rock-, and Water-type attacks)
• Cryogonal (Weaknesses: Counter with Fighting-, Fire-, Rock-, and Steel-type attacks)
• Scorbunny (Weaknesses: Counter with Water-, Rock- and Ground-type attacks)

27th January - 3rd February

• Bulbasaur (Weaknesses: Counter with Fire-, Flying-, Ice-, and Psychic-type attacks)
• Grookey (Weaknesses: Counter with Fire-, Psychic-, Ice-, Poison-, and Flying-type attacks)
• Wooloo (Weaknesses: Counter with Fighting-type attacks)
• Cryogonal (Weaknesses: Counter with Fighting-, Fire-, Rock-, and Steel-type attacks)

3-Star & 1-Star Raid schedule - January 2025

There's a handful of 3-Star and 1-Star bosses in Pokémon Go's Raid schedule this month, including Bombirdier, Dewgong, and Pancham:

3-Star Raid bosses

• Bombirdier (Shiny available)
• Dewgong
• Mightyena
• Absol (Shiny available)

1-Star Raid bosses

• Pancham (Shiny available)
• Snorunt (Shiny available)
• Blitzle (Shiny available)
• Galarian Zigzagoon (Shiny available)
• Alolan Rattata (Shiny available)

And that's all you need to know this month! We'll see you back here for more when the next big update hits.

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