A new season will begin soon in Pokémon GO — the Memories in Motion season will start on March 3 and last until the morning of June 2, 2026. During this time we’ll see the introduction of Blipbug, Dottler and Orbeetle, as well as Gigantamax Pikachu!
One exciting change coming to the game is the ability for evolved Pokémon to be Shiny if their pre-evolved form has already had its Shiny debut. That will definitely be a nice change and hopefully result in a few extra surprise Shiny encounters ✨
On the other hand, in a more controversial move, the game has announced it will be moving away from paid tickets for events to GO Passes, which have historically been more expensive.
Daily Discoveries
Starting with Memories in Motion, different days of the week will have special bonuses:
- Double-Time Sunday: Incense, Lure Modules, Glacial Lure Modules, Mossy Lure Modules, Magnetic Lure Modules, and Rainy Lure Modules activated on Sunday will last up to twice as long.
- Fast-Track Monday: Double GO Points from Pass Tasks for both monthly and event GO Passes. Max Monday will also be active with more active Power Spots and more frequent refreshes.
- Showcase Tuesday: PokéStop Showcases will be active on Tuesdays, featuring up to 20 different categories.
- Wednesday Raid Hour: While Raid Bosses for five-star raids and Mega Raids will rotate at the start of the day each week, Raid Hours will continue to feature the five-star Raid Boss between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. local time.
- GO Battle Thursday: Up to 4× Stardust from win rewards and a maximum of 10 sets can be played for the day.
- Friendship Friday: In-person trades benefit from an increased chance of a Lucky Trade, up to -10% decreased Stardust cost, two guaranteed Candy XL and up to two Special Trades.
- Saturday Events: Pokémon GO weekend events will move to Saturdays, local time.
Other highlights
There are some other exciting things that the Memories in Motion season will bring, including:
- Free Special Research Story: Pressure Rising which will award an encounter with Volcanion (players who already completed during the paid research will get Volcanion Candies)
- Refreshed Research Breakthrough encounters with a chance to meet either Gyarados, Honedge, Dhelmise, Sinistea, Duraludon or Dreepy
- Refreshed Egg Pokémon for 2, 5, 7 and 10 km Eggs
- Seasonal bonuses of a guaranteed Candy XL during in-person trades (and one extra Candy), increased XP for a seven-day PokéStop spin streak and increased XP and Stardust for a seven-day Pokémon catch streak
Let us know if anything stands out to you about this new season! Don’t forget to join our forums and Discord server for more discussions.
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