Pokemon GO October 2024 infographic: Events, raid bosses, Spotlight Hours, and more

The Pokemon GO October 2024 infographic provides an overview of what trainers can expect this month. This includes pocket monsters that will be featured in Spotlight Hours, the 5-star and Mega Raid bosses, and more. October 2024's event list has Galarian Expedition, Magnetic Study, Halloween 2024, Mega Raid Day, and more.

Read on below to find all the available details regarding everything you can expect in Pokemon GO for October 2024.

Galarian Expedition, Magnetic Study, Halloween 2024, Mega Raid Day, and more in store for Pokemon GO trainers in October 2024

The official content roadmap for October 2024 is as follows:

Check out the current Pokemon GO raid bosses that you can encounter in-game

Pokemon GO Events October 2024

Galarian Expedition - October 4 to October 11 (Starts at 10 am local time and ends at 10 am local time).
October Community Day - October 5 (Starts at 2 pm local time and ends at 5 pm local time).
Mega Raid Day - October 12 (Starts at 2 pm local time and ends at 5 pm local time).
Magnetic Study - October 15 to October 17 (Starts at 12 am local time and ends at 11.59 pm local time).
Research Day - October 19 (Starts at 2 pm local time and ends at 5 pm local time)
Halloween 2024 Part 1 - October 22 to October 28 (Starts at 10 am local time and ends at 10 am local time).
??? - October 26 to October 27
Halloween 2024 Part II - October 28 to November 3 (Starts at 10 am local time and ends at 8 pm local time).
??? - October 31 to November 3

Spotlight Hours in Pokemon GO (Starts at 6 pm local time and ends at 7 pm local time)

Pidove [shiny encounters available] - October 1 (2x Transfer Candy).
Galarian Slowpoke [shiny encounter available] - October 8 (2x Evolution XP).
Shroomish [shiny encounter available] - October 15 (2x Catch Stardust).
Gastly | Duskull | Litwick [shiny encounter available] - October 22 (2x Catch XP).
??? - October 29 (2x Catch Candy).

Raid Hours in Pokemon GO (Starts at 6 pm local time and ends at 7 pm local time)

Zacian [shiny encounter will be available] - October 2.
Zamazenta [shiny encounter will be available] - October 9.
Origin Forme Giratina [shiny encounter will be available] - October 16.
Origin Forme Giratina [shiny encounter will be available] - October 23.
Darkrai [shiny encounter will be available] - October 30.

Five-Star Raids in Pokemon GO (Starts at 10 am local time and ends at 10 am local time)

Zamazenta [shiny encounter will be available] - October 4 to October 14.
Origin Forme Giratina [shiny encounter will be available] - October 14 to October 28.
Darkrai [shiny debut] - October 28 to November 14.

Mega Raids in Pokemon GO (Starts at 10 am and ends at 10 am local time)

Mega Blaziken [shiny encounter will be available] - October 4 to October 14.
Mega Sableye [shiny encounter will be available] - October 14 to October 28.
Mega Banette [shiny encounter will be available] - October 28 to November 4.

Max Battles (Starts on October 1 and ends on November 1)

Dynamax Grookey
Dynamax Scorbunny
Dynamax Sobble
Dynamax Falinks (shiny encounter available)
???

Shadow Raids in Pokemon GO

Shadow Entei in Shadow Raids during weekends.

Pokemon GO PokeStop Showcases in October 2024

Check out our PokeStop Showcases guide to keep a tab on which pocket monsters are being currently featured at PokeStops.

Research Breakthrough encounters

Galarian Weezing [shiny encounter available]
Galarian Mr. Mime [shiny encounter available]
Excadrill
Scraggy [shiny encounter available]
Furfrou [shiny encounter available]
Jangmo-o [shiny encounter available]

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Edited by Jito Tenson