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The Pokémon Go Kanto Celebration 2025 brings with it a host of activities to enjoy in the first week of September. The range of festivities not only includes different rewards, but you can also encounter regionals and Dynamax Legendary birds in the wild.
A significant portion of the rewards is part of the special Timed Research that you get to complete during the event. However, different Pokémon will also spawn during the festival, sticking true to the central theme of the celebration.
Pokémon Go Kanto Celebration 2025 event details
Here are all the important details you need to max out your rewards.
Dates
The Pokémon Go Kanto Celebration 2025 event began on Sept. 2, and it will continue until Sept. 7, 8pm local time.
Wild Encounters
Expect to find some of the Kanto specials appearing much more often during the event.
- Bulbasaur
- Charmander
- Squirtle
- Pidgey
- Abra
- Slowpoke
- Gastly
- Chansey
- Magikarp
- Snorlax
All of them have a chance to appear as shiny as long as the event is live.
Special Photobomb Spawns
The following creatures will appear as special spawns.
- Bulbasaur
- Ivysaur
- Venusaur
Both Bulbasaur and Venusaur can appear as shiny variants during the event.
Special Evolutions
While the event is live, evolving Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander to their third evolutions will add special moves.
- Evolve Charmeleon to Charizard (Blast Burn)
- Evolve Ivysaur to Venusaur (FrenzyPlant)
- Evolv Wartortle Blastoise (Hydro Cannon)
Raids
You can expect the following raids to pop up in gyms around you.
PokémonRankTangela*Staryu*Omanyte*Kabuto*Pinsir***Lapras***Snorlax***Venusaur****Charizard****Charizard****Blastoise****
Field Research
TaskRewardsMega Evolve a Venusaur, Charizard, or BlastoiseBulbasaur Encounter
Squirtle Encounter
Charmander EncounterCatch 8 Pokémon1000 StardustEvolve a Pokémon1 Rare CandyMega Evolve a Venusaur, Charizard, or BlastoiseXPSpin 5 PokéStops or Gyms10 Venusaur Mega Energy
10 Charizard Mega Energy
10 Blastoise Mega EnergyUse 5 Berries to help catch Pokémon10 Poke Ball
5 Great Ball
2 Ultra Ball
Timed Research
There will be four separate Timed Researches available.
Farfetch’d
TaskRewardsCatch 50 Pokémon5000 XPUse 10 Razz Berries to help catch PokémonVenusaur Mega Energy * 25Use 10 Pinap Berries to help catch PokémonCharizard Mega Energy * 25Use 10 Nanab Berries to help catch PokémonBlastoise Mega Energy * 25Spin 5 PokéStops or GymsUltra Ball * 10
You can get more rewards by completing the live Special Research during the event. The paid pass lets you add three Legendary birds to your collection. Additionally, the Tales of Transformation research gets you more rewards focused on Kaldeo.
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