Pokémon Go Wild Area: Global event dates, times and what to expect

Check out the trailer Gigantamax Toxtricity below:

There are bonuses for those who purchase a Ticket and for everyone else who doesn’t.

Niantic is treating us with this event. It costs £11.99 to purchase a Ticket here in the UK.

Keep reading to find everything there is to know about the Pokémon Go Wild Area: Global event, including its start and end date/times and what to expect from it all.

When is the Pokémon Go Wild Area event?

The Pokémon Go Wild Area: Global event takes place across Saturday 23rd November and Sunday 24th November 2024.

It lasts between 10am and 6:15pm local time on both days.

This Wild Area Global event takes place after the end of Into the Wild, which is set to finish at 11:59pm local time on Friday 22nd November 2024. Into the Wild gave Toxel and its evolved form Toxtricity their Go debuts.

There’s a lot going on during the two days of the Wild Area 2024 Global event. Read on to find out more.

What to expect from the Pokémon Go Wild Area: Global event

The Pokémon Go Wild Area: Global event 2024 edition is all about Poison and Electric-type Pokémon, celebrating the debuts of Toxel and Toxtricity.

Here’s everything you can expect from the event, as per the official website (you’ll find more details on it all there):

Safari Balls

"All Trainers will receive a Timed Research task during the event that awards a small number of Go Safari Balls when completed. Additionally, you’ll have a chance to acquire Go Safari Balls when spinning Photo Discs at PokéStops during the event—if you’re lucky!

"Pokémon Go Wild Area: Global ticket holders will receive one Timed Research task each hour during the event that awards additional Go Safari Balls. These tasks will expire one hour after they are issued, so all rewards must be claimed before then!

"All unused Go Safari Balls will expire and disappear from your Item Bag at 6:15pm local time each day of the event."

Pokémon available in the wild

Pikachu Pop Star and Pikachu Rock Star

• Appearing for the first time since 2021
• Can appear in the wild during the event
• Ticket holders can earn an encounter by completing Special Research, Collection Challenges or by taking a Go Snapshot during the event

Electric hours

• Alolan Geodude
• Magnemite
• Voltorb
• Hisuian Voltorb
• Electabuzz
• Electrike
• Shinx
• Blitzle
• Joltik
• Tynamo
• Stunfisk
• Helioptile

Poison hours

• Bulbasaur
• Bellsprout
• Tentacool
• Spinarak
• Paldean Wooper
• Qwilfish
• Hisuian Qwilfish
• Skorupi
• Croagunk
• Venipede
• Skrelp
• Mareanie

Mighty Pokémon

Mighty Pokémon are the other most significant features being introduced, and they're precisely what you would expect: they're mighty. This means they have higher Attack, Defence and HP, while also being more likely to be XL or XXL.

These Pokémon are also more challenging to catch, but your chances increase significantly when using the Go Safari Ball, so make sure you don't burn through them all straight away.

The Mighty Pokémon vary on Saturday and Sunday, and we've listed them all below:

Saturday:

• Pidgeot
• Golem
• Gyarados
• Luxray
• Scolipede
• Galvantula
• Tyrantrum
• Toxapex

Sunday:

• Venusaur
• Poliwrath
• Dragonite
• Feraligatr
• Electivire
• Mamoswine
• Eelektross
• Dragalge

Raids and Max Battles

3-Star Raids

• Snorlax wearing a studded jacket
• Luxray (Saturday)
• Scolipede (Saturday)
• Venusaur (Sunday)
• Electivire (Sunday)

4-Star Raids

• Toxtricity (Amped Form)
• Toxtricity (Low Key Form)

5-Star Raids

• Origin Forme Dialga
• Origin Forme Palkia

Primal Raids

• Primal Kyogre
• Primal Groudon

6-Star Max Battles

• Toxtricity

Regular Max Battles

• Drilbur
• Excadrill
• Toxtricity (Amped Form)
• Toxtricity (Low Key Form)

Bonuses and Features

For all players:

• No Remote Raid limit from Friday 22nd November to Sunday 24th November 2024
• Daily limit for collecting Max Particles increased to 1,600
• Lure Modules activated will last for two hours
• Chance to catch Pokémon with a Special Background after winning Max Battles against Toxtricity or winning 4-Star, 5-Star, and Primal Raids
• Field Research themed around the different Pokémon habitats
• One GO Snapshot surprise event encounter per day—when taking snapshots during the event, you never know who might show up!

Featured attacks

• Venusaur | Frenzy Plant
• Pidgeot | Gust
• Poliwrath | Counter
• Gyarados | Aqua Tail
• Feraligatr | Hydro Cannon
• Luxray | Psychic Fangs

Ticket holder exclusives

Buy a Ticket for the event (£11.99 or regional variant) and you’ll get an exclusive branching Special Research Story. Choose between Electric or Poison-type.

Electric path

• Encounter with Pikachu Pop Star
• Encounter with Dynamax Toxtricity (Amped Form)
• Electric Expert medal upon Special Research completion

Poison path

• Encounter with Pikachu Rock Star
• Encounter with Dynamax Toxtricity (Low Key Form)
• Poison Pro medal upon Special Research completion

Exclusive bonuses

• Go Wild Area 2024 Pose as a reward for completing the event’s Special Research
• One Timed Research task each hour that awards Go Safari Balls
• Increased Max Particles from Power Spots and exploration
• Daily limit for collecting Max Particles increased to 3,200
• Increased chance of encountering Shiny Pokémon
• Encounter Pikachu Pop Star and Pikachu Rock Star by completing themed Collection Challenges!
• 2× Catch Candy
• 1/2 Hatch Distance for Eggs placed in Incubators during the event
• 2× Hatch Stardust
• 2× Hatch XP
• 2× Hatch Candy
• Up to 5 Raid Passes per day by spinning Photo Discs at Gyms
• 5,000 Additional XP from completed raids
• 1 Additional Candy XL from Pokémon in 4-Star, 5-Star, Mega Raids, Ultra Beast Raids, and Primal Raids
• Up to 6 Special Trades can be made each day
• Reduced Stardust cost for trades
• Three Go Snapshot surprise event encounters per day—when taking snapshots during the event, you never know who might show up!

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