Niantic Labs has announced another full month of events for Pokemon Go. The latest Season of Light content update includes Five-Star Raids, Mega Raids, Raid Hours, Live Events, Spotlight Hours, a Research Breakthrough, and a handful of other miscellaneous Pokemon Go events throughout October 2022, so here’s what you’re going to need to mark down on your calendar.
What Pokemon Go events are scheduled throughout October 2022?
The Pokemon Go October 2022 Season of Light events have already begun as the first Mega Raid, featuring Megalopunny and Shiny Megalopunny, began on September 27. There’s also a Five-Star Raid featuring Yveltal and Shiny Yveltal that started on the same day. Both raids will run until 10 AM local time on October 8. The rest of the October 2022 events are:
Research Breakthrough
- Shedinja and Shiny Shedinja
- Starts: 1 PM GMT-7 on October 1
- Ends: 1 PM GMT-7 on November 1
- Prize for completion is one Incense
Spotlight Hours
- Purrloin
- Event time: 6-7 PM local time on October 4
- Bonus 2XP for evolving Pokemon
- Haunter
- Event time: 6-7 PM local time on October 11
- Bonus 2x Stardust for catching Pokemon
- Misdreavus and Shiny Misdreavus
- Event time: 6-7 PM local time on October 18
- Bonus 2XP for catching Pokemon
- Shuppet and Shiny Shuppet
- Event time: 6-7 PM local time on October 25
- Bonus 2XP for evolving Pokemon
- Bring your buddy Pokemon to witness something special at the beginning and end of this Spotlight Hour
Events
- Evolving Stars Event
- Starts: 1o AM local time on October 5
- Ends: 8 PM local time on October 11
- Mega Gyarados Raid Day
- Event time: 2-5 PM local time on October 8
- Festival of Lights
- Starts: 1o AM local time on October 14
- Ends: 8 PM local time on October 17
- October Community Day
- Event time: 2-5 PM local time on October 15
- Halloween Event
- Starts: 1o AM local time on October 20
- Ends: 10 AM local time on November 1
Live Events
- Safari Zone Taipei
- Starts: October 21
- Ends: October 23
Raid Hours
- Yveltal and Shiny Yveltal
- Event time: 6-7 PM local time on October 5
- Xerneas and Shiny Xerneas
- Event time: 6-7 PM local time on October 12
- Xerneas and Shiny Xerneas
- Event time: 6-7 PM local time on October 19
- Giratina (Altered Forme) and Shiny Giratina (Altered Forme)
- Event time: 6-7 PM local time on October 26
Mega Raids
- Mega Manectric and Shiny Mega Manectric
- Starts: 1o AM local time on October 8
- Ends: 10 AM local time on October 20
- Pokemon yet to be confirmed
- Starts: 1o AM local time on October 20
- Ends: 10 AM local time on November 8
Five-Star Raids
- Xerneas and Shiny Xerneas
- Starts: 1o AM local time on October 8
- Ends: 10 AM local time on October 20
- Giratina (Altered Forme) and Shiny Giratina (Altered Forme)
- Starts: 1o AM local time on October 20
- Ends: 10 AM local time on October 27
- Giratina (Origin Forme) and Shiny Giratina (Origin Forme)
- Starts: 1o AM local time on October 27
- Ends: 10 AM local time on November 8
