Extraordinary Raid Week Announced for Pokémon GO

If you’re ready for something extraordinary to do, you won’t want to miss the Extraordinary Raid Week coming to Pokémon GO! Happening from May 21 until May 28, various rare Pokémon will be available in raids and Shiny Bronzor will be a rare encounter in the wild! Players can also earn twice as much Stardust and XP when participating in raids.

Pokémon available in raids:

  • ★: Machop, Slakoth, Shinx, Bronzor
  • ★★: Misdreavus, Kirlia, Mawile, Feebas, Clamperl, Bibarel
  • ★★★: Alolan Raichu, Chansey, Scyther, Aerodactyl, Floatzel
  • ★★★★: Alolan Marowak, Dragonite, Tyranitar, Absol, Metagross

We recommend raiding to get good IVs for the Pokémon appearing in this event!

Lapras Raid Day has also been announced and will be taking place on May 25 from 11 am to 2 pm local time for all areas except Asia-Pacific, which will be having their raid on May 26 at the same time.

Players will be able to get up to 5 raid passes during this time from Gyms and may even encounter a shiny Lapras! Good luck trainers!

Let us know what you’re most excited to try catching in the comments below!