Wild Area News/2020
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December 25 to 27, 2020
This Christmas-themed Wild Area News event focuses mainly on Ice-type Pokémon, temporarily overriding the event from December 1 to 31, 2020.[1] Notably, one of the 5★ encounters is a battle with a guaranteed Shiny Alolan Vulpix.
| Pokémon | Games | Location | Levels | Rate | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh |  |
17 | 25% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 10% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 40% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 10% | |||||||||
| ★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 25% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 10% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 40% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 10% | |||||||||
| ★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 25% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 10% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 40% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 10% | |||||||||
| ★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 25% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 10% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 40% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 10% | |||||||||
| ★★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 23% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 2% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 10% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 40% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 10% | |||||||||
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. | |||||||||||||
December 1 to 31, 2020
This Wild Area News event focuses on Fire and Ice-type Pokémon.[2]
This event was temporarily unavailable from December 25 to 27, 2020.
| Pokémon | Games | Location | Levels | Rate | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 16% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 16% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 16% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 16% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 16% | |||||||||
| ★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| ★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| ★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| ★★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. | |||||||||||||
November 20 to 22, 2020
This Wild Area News event focuses heavily on the Pokémon Skwovet and Greedent, temporarily overriding the event from November 2 to 30, 2020. While Cherubi, Morelull, Shiinotic, Foongus, and Amoonguss will all drop Armorite Ore and Dynite Ore, Skwovet and Greedent will only drop large amounts of Berries. Notably, one of the 5★ encounters is a battle with a guaranteed Shiny Skwovet.[3]
| Pokémon | Games | Location | Levels | Rate | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 16% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 16% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 16% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 52% | |||||||||
| ★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 16% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 16% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 16% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 32% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| ★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 35% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| ★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 35% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| ★★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 33% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 2% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. | |||||||||||||
November 2 to 30, 2020
This Wild Area News event focuses on Bug and Poison-type Pokémon.[4]
This event was not available temporarily from November 20 to 22, 2020.
| Pokémon | Games | Location | Levels | Rate | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 16% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 16% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 16% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 16% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 16% | |||||||||
| ★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 16% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 16% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 16% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 16% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 16% | |||||||||
| ★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| ★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| ★★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. | |||||||||||||
October 30 to November 1, 2020
This Halloween-themed Wild Area News event focuses on Ghost-type Pokémon, temporarily overriding the event from October 1 to 31, 2020. Notably, the 4★ encounters have a total 20% chance of being a Gourgeist of varying size while two of the 5★ encounters are battles with a guaranteed Shiny Gourgeist.[5]
| Pokémon | Games | Location | Levels | Rate | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 25% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 25% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 25% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 25% | |||||||||
| ★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| ★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| ★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 8% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 5% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 5% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 2% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| ★★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 10% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 1% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 8% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 1% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. | |||||||||||||
October 1 to 31, 2020
This Wild Area News event focuses on Ghost and Dark-type Pokémon.[6]
This event was not available temporarily from October 30 to November 1, 2020.
| Pokémon | Games | Location | Levels | Rate | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| ★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| ★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| ★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| ★★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 12% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 13% | |||||||||
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. | |||||||||||||
September 18 to 20, 2020
This Wild Area News event focuses on Moon Stone- and Sun Stone-centric Pokémon in celebration of the seasonal equinox, temporarily overriding the event from September 1 to 30, 2020. Notably, one of the 5★ encounters is a battle with a guaranteed Shiny Clefable.[7]
| Pokémon | Games | Location | Levels | Rate | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 13% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 13% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 14% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 20% | |||||||||
| ★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 13% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 13% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 14% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| ★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 13% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 13% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 14% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| ★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 13% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 13% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 14% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| ★★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 22% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 2% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 22% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 16% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 16% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 22% | |||||||||
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. | |||||||||||||
September 1 to 30, 2020
This Wild Area News event focuses on Electric and Grass-type Pokémon.[8]
The evolved from of Applin encountered in each game version is the opposite of that normally found in Max Raid Battles, mirroring its previous appearance in a Wild Area News event. In contrast, the base form of the Gigantamax Toxtricity encountered in each game version during this event is the opposite of that found in previous Wild Area News events.
This event was not available temporarily from September 18 to 20, 2020.
| Pokémon | Games | Location | Levels | Rate | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 20% | |||||||||
| ★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| ★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| ★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| ★★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. | |||||||||||||
August 6 to 9, 2020
This Wild Area News event focuses on the Pikachu family, including Alolan Raichu,[9] temporarily overriding the event from August 1 to 31, 2020. Notably, one of the 5★ encounters is a battle with a guaranteed Shiny Pikachu.[10]
Previously, the official English Pokémon website erroneously reported the event to last until August 16, 2020.
| Pokémon | Games | Location | Levels | Rate | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 39% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 1% | |||||||||
| ★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 39% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 1% | |||||||||
| ★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 39% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 1% | |||||||||
| ★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 19% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 1% | |||||||||
| ★★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 31% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 8% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 1% | |||||||||
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. | |||||||||||||
August 1 to 31, 2020
This Wild Area News event focuses on Water and Ground-type Pokémon.[11]
This event was not available temporarily from August 6 to 9, 2020.
| Pokémon | Games | Location | Levels | Rate | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| ★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| ★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| ★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| ★★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. | |||||||||||||
July 17 to 19, 2020
This Wild Area News event revolving around sea-dwelling Pokémon was released in observance of Marine Day in Japan, temporarily overriding the event from June 30 to July 31, 2020. Notably, one of the 5★ encounters is a battle with a guaranteed Shiny Wailord.[12]
| Pokémon | Games | Location | Levels | Rate | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 20% | |||||||||
| ★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| ★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| ★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| ★★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 18% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 2% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. | |||||||||||||
June 30 to July 31, 2020
This Wild Area News event focuses on Steel and Rock-type Pokémon.[13]
For the first few hours after this round of news went live, instead of dropping Armorite Ore, the Pokémon here dropped an invalid item (Dynite Ore, which was not coded into the game prior to the release of The Crown Tundra), which would crash the game upon defeating the raid den.[14][15] An update released later that day fixed the drop tables to include the correct item.
This event was not available temporarily from July 17 to 19, 2020.
| Pokémon | Games | Location | Levels | Rate | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| ★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| ★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| ★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| ★★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. | |||||||||||||
June 17 to 28, 2020
This event featured every Gigantamax Pokémon available at the time,[16] temporarily overriding the event from June 2 to 29, 2020.
To promote the release of The Isle of Armor, uncatchable Zeraora appeared in 3★ to 5★ raids. In 5★ raids, some Zeraora were also Shiny and more difficult to defeat. This represented Shiny Zeraora's first appearance. As an additional promotion, if at least 1 million players defeated Zeraora before the event ended, a Shiny Zeraora would be distributed via Pokémon HOME, and for every 100,000 players after that up to 2 million, each player would receive a piece of Armorite Ore (max. 10).[17]
On June 23, the official Japanese Pokémon Twitter account announced that the milestone for the Shiny Zeraora had been met.[18] The distribution awarded a total of 8 pieces of Armorite Ore.
| Pokémon | Games | Location | Levels | Rate | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 100% | |||||||||
| ★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 100% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 100% | |||||||||
| ★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 40% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| ★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 10% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 10% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 10% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 40% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 10% | |||||||||
| ★★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 10% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 10% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 10% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 35% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
100 | 5% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 10% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 10% | |||||||||
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. | |||||||||||||
June 2 to 29, 2020
This Wild Area News features only Gigantamax Pokémon.[16] With the sole exception of Snorlax, all available Pokémon are different for Pokémon Sword and Shield.
This event was not available temporarily from June 17 to 28, 2020.
| Pokémon | Games | Location | Levels | Rate | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 100% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 100% | |||||||||
| ★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 30% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 30% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 40% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 30% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 30% | |||||||||
| ★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 30% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 30% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 40% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 40% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 30% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 30% | |||||||||
| ★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 30% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 30% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 30% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 30% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| ★★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 25% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 25% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 25% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 25% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. | |||||||||||||
May 26 to June 1, 2020
All Wild Area News encounters during this time are encounters battles against Gigantamax Meowth, previously only available via a now-expired event distribution for early adopters of Pokémon Sword and Shield.[19] This also marks the first time players can legitimately obtain Shiny Gigantamax Meowth. It is also the first time to be available with the Abilities Technician or Unnerve.
Each tier of this Wild Area News has different variants of Meowth that know different moves.
| Pokémon | Games | Location | Levels | Rate | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 100% | |||||||||
| ★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 100% | |||||||||
| ★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 100% | |||||||||
| ★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 100% | |||||||||
| ★★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 100% | |||||||||
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. | |||||||||||||
May 19 to 25, 2020
All Wild Area News encounters during this time are encounters battles against Gigantamax Eevee, previously only available to players who have a save file of Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! on their Nintendo Switch.[19] This also marks the first time players can legitimately obtain Shiny Gigantamax Eevee. It is also the first time to be available with its Hidden Ability Anticipation.
Each tier of this Wild Area News has different variants of Eevee that know different moves.
| Pokémon | Games | Location | Levels | Rate | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 100% | |||||||||
| ★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 100% | |||||||||
| ★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 100% | |||||||||
| ★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 100% | |||||||||
| ★★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 100% | |||||||||
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. | |||||||||||||
May 12 to 18, 2020
All Wild Area News encounters during this time are encounters battles against Gigantamax Pikachu, previously only available to players who have a save file of Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! on their Nintendo Switch.[19] This also marks the first time players can legitimately obtain Shiny Gigantamax Pikachu. It is also the first time to be available with its Hidden Ability Lightning Rod and with the move Volt Tackle, the latter exclusive to 5★ Max Raid Battles.
Each tier of this Wild Area News has different variants of Pikachu that know different moves.
| Pokémon | Games | Location | Levels | Rate | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 100% | |||||||||
| ★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 100% | |||||||||
| ★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 100% | |||||||||
| ★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 100% | |||||||||
| ★★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 100% | |||||||||
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. | |||||||||||||
April 28 to May 11, 2020
Among other Pokémon, Tyranitar, Togekiss, Rotom, and Dragapult, as well as Excadrill and Whimsicott became available for this event.[20]
For a portion of April 28th (approximately the first 9 hours after the Wild Area News updated), 1★ Drilbur raids originating from Pokémon Shield came with the illegal move Hydro Pump.[21] The same raids for the rest of the event's duration, or hosted from Pokémon Sword, come with the correct move, Scratch. Players who caught a Drilbur with Hydro Pump cannot trade or battle online with it unless that move is deleted.
These erroneous Drilbur otherwise function like other Drilbur, and can evolve into Excadrill with Hydro Pump. Additionally, while Dynamaxed, these Drilbur and Excadrill also have access to Max Geyser, which is typically unobtainable as neither can legitimately learn any Water-type attacks.
| Pokémon | Games | Location | Levels | Rate | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| ★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| ★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 15% | |||||||||
| ★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 15% | |||||||||
| ★★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 15% | |||||||||
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. | |||||||||||||
April 10 to 15, 2020
Over the Easter weekend, Baby Pokémon were available alongside Ditto during Max Raid Battles.[22] This event was temporarily overriding the event from March 26 to April 27, 2020.
| Pokémon | Games | Location | Levels | Rate | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 30% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 30% | |||||||||
| ★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 30% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 30% | |||||||||
| ★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 12% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 12% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 12% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 14% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 12% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 14% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 12% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 12% | |||||||||
| ★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 30% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 10% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 10% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 10% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 10% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 30% | |||||||||
| ★★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 35% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 40% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 25% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 25% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 35% | |||||||||
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. | |||||||||||||
March 26 to April 27, 2020
Gigantamax Charizard, Garbodor, Copperajah, and Duraludon appear in Max Raid Battles for this event.[23]
This event was not available temporarily from April 10 to 15, 2020.
| Pokémon | Games | Location | Levels | Rate | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 30% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 30% | |||||||||
| ★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 30% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 30% | |||||||||
| ★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 30% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
40 | 30% | |||||||||
| ★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 30% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 20% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
50 | 30% | |||||||||
| ★★★★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 60% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 40% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 40% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
60 | 60% | |||||||||
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. | |||||||||||||
March 19 to 25, 2020
Certain Version-exclusive Pokémon Pokémon are more common in Max Raid Battles.[24] Version-exclusive Pokémon found in 3★ to 5★ raids will always have Hidden Abilities.
| Pokémon | Games | Location | Levels | Rate | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 17% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 17% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 17% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 17% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 17% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
17 | 17% | |||||||||
| ★★ | |||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 17% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 15% | |||||||||
| Sw | Sh | |
30 | 17% | |||||||||
