Pokémon Go Wild Area event start time and end time

Go Wild Area is the latest in a line of global events in Pokémon Go, following the likes of Go Tour in the spring and Go Fest in the summer.

Themed around the idea of exploring the unknown, its ripe with new features, from the introduction of strong Mighty Pokémon, a new Poké Ball type in the Safari Ball, and the debut of Gigantamax Toxtricity.

This page explains when the Go Wild Area event begins in Pokémon Go, and some tips on how to prepare.

Pokemon Go Wild Area start time

The Pokémon Go Wild Area global event runs 10 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. local time on both Saturday, Nov. 23, and Sunday, Nov. 24.

A 10 a.m. start is par the course for the vast majority of Pokémon Go events, and gives you time to travel to your local group meet-up — if you’re playing with others in-person — or a chance to prepare for the event, of which we have some recommendations for at the end of this guide.

As for the end time of 6:15 p.m. (as opposed to on the hour with previous global events) then that’s a bit of a mystery. It’s possible there might be a push of raid and / or Max Battle activity during the final 15 minutes, but until the event ends in Asia-Pacific territories, we won’t know for sure.

Either way, you can still play aspects of the event once it ends. Raids and themed Max Battles will likely spawn into the evening, and if they don’t, you can always remote raid to players where the event is still going to continue battling, something which has been streamlined with the ability to more easily join raids remotely this week.

How to prepare for Pokémon Go Wild Global

Preparing for a global event is broadly a case of ensuring your have enough storage space and items at the ready to ensure you can play as unencumbered as possible, but there’s also some things to prepare for specific for Go Wild Global too.