Pokémon Go Fest 2025 ‘Max Finale’ event guide and Gigantamax schedule

Pokémon Go‘s big end-of-summer event to conclude the Go Fest 2025 story line, “Max Finale,” runs on Saturday, Aug. 23 and Sunday, Aug. 24 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. in your local time.

Notably, the meat from this event focuses on battling Eternatus to score candy to power it up. Most of the event bonuses focus on Max Battles. More Power Spots will be active and refresh more often, and you will be able to collect 3,200 Max Particles each day (up from 1,500). You’ll also get doubled candy and candy XL from catching Pokémon.

The Go Pass: Max Finale battle pass also has some bonuses if you hit ranks 20, 40, and 89, including additional Max Particles from Power Spots, buffs to Behemoth Blade and Behemoth Bash (Zacian and Zamazenta’s signature moves, respectively), increased chances to find wild Pokémon at Power Spots, and additional rewards from the Pokémon you place at Power Spots.

Remember that to get Eternatus, you will need to rank up the Go Pass: Max Finale battle pass — but doing so shouldn’t be too hard, as the daily points limit on it will be removed. So long as you’re raiding and battling in Power Spots, you should rake in a ton of points to level up quickly. Notably, winning against Eternatus will net you 100 points during the event, which is 10 levels. If you’re starting at rank one, you’ll need to just beat six Eternatus total to earn your own Legendary poison-type dragon. You do not catch Eternatus after beating it in a Power Spot.

Below we list all the other perks for Pokémon Go‘s “Max Finale” event, including the Gigantamax battle schedule, boosted spawns, and Timed Research.

Pokémon Go Fest 2025 ‘Max Finale’ event Gigantamax battle schedule

Each Gigantamax Pokémon will have an hour when they will appear “more frequently” than the others. The schedule is below:

Note that other Dynamax Pokémon can show up at your local Power Spots, but Niantic notes that “it will be less likely,” so hopefully you can use this as an opportunity to catch any previous Gigantamax Pokémon you missed.

Pokémon Go Fest 2025 ‘Max Finale’ event Timed Research and reward

If you complete this research before the event ends, you’ll get a special reward.

Step 1 of 2

• Power up Pokémon 10 times (3 Silver Pinap Berries)
• Defeat Eternamax Eternatus in a Max Battle (3 Golden Razz Berries)

Rewards: 8 Grookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble Candy XL

Step 2 of 2

• Claim reward! (890 Max Particles)

Rewards: 8,900 XP, 8,900 Stardust

Pokémon Go Fest 2025 ‘Max Finale’ event Field Research and rewards

Spinning a PokéStop during the event period may yield one of these tasks:

• Power up Pokémon 8 times (Kabuto or Omanyte encounter)
• Transfer 8 Pokémon (Trubbish encounter)
• Win a Max Battle (8 Zacian or Zamazenta Candy)
• Unlock a Max Move (100 Eternatus Candy)

Pokémon Go Fest 2025 ‘Max Finale’ event boosted spawns

These Pokémon will spawn more frequently during the event period:

• Bulbasaur
• Charmander
• Squirtle
• Caterpie
• Gastly
• Chansey
• Shuckle
• Sableye
• Beldum
• Darumaka
• Trubbish
• Grookey
• Scorbunny
• Sobble
• Skwovet
• Wooloo
• Falinks

Pokémon Go Fest 2025 ‘Max Finale’ event raid targets

The following changes to the raid schedule and Max Battle schedule will take place as part of the event: