The Pokémon GO Fest 2025 starts. What happens on Day 1? We summarize the contents for Saturday in a brief overview.
When does the GO Fest 2025 start? The first day is Saturday, June 28, 2025. It starts at 10:00 AM and ends at 6:00 PM.
At the GO Fest, there are contents that you can play without a ticket, but also some that are only available with a ticket. You can find the exact overview of the differences between the GO Fest with and without a ticket here.
But what can you dive into on Saturday? We summarize it for you here.
What content does Saturday bring at the GO Fest?
Zamazenta: Zamazenta is available in its “King of the Shield” form in raids. If you defeat it, you will receive the Hero form and energy to transform into the King of the Shield. In total, you need 1,000 energy to perform the transformation.
Zamazenta in its King form is one of the best Pokémon in the game. The raid battle is playable both with and without a ticket, but you will, of course, need raid passes.
More information about Zamazenta at the GO Fest can be found here:
- Counter guide against Zamazenta
- More about Zamazenta’s adventure effect
- All about the transformation of Zamazenta and Zacian
Habitats: All day long, there are rotating habitats with different Pokémon. They change every hour. Since there are four habitats, each appears twice a day. So make sure to check the game regularly to catch all the Pokémon. Here is the overview of all habitats in the schedule for the GO Fest 2025.
New Shinies and Regionals: The event has some new interesting Pokémon on offer. This includes Shiny-Rocara and Frospino, as well as monsters like the disguised Legios or Pikachu. However, it also partly depends on whether you have a ticket or not. The complete overview of the most exciting Pokémon at the GO Fest 2025 can be found here.
Bonuses: The following bonuses are active:
- With ticket
- increased chance of Shiny Pokémon
- Special research on Volcanion
- Special research where you can choose between Sword and Shield
- Event Pokémon will be attracted by incense
- hourly global challenges
- Collector challenges for the respective habitats
- 3 surprise encounters from GO snapshots
- more buddy hearts in all interactions
- up to 9 free raid passes daily by spinning photo discs at gyms
- up to 40 gifts can be opened per day
- up to 6 special trades per day
- halved stardust costs when trading Pokémon
- Without ticket
- Incense modules last 1 hour
- the maximum duration of team play has increased from 3 to 8 hours
- Surprise encounters in GO snapshots
What’s coming next? These are the main contents for Saturday. Want the full list? Then you can find all contents of the GO Fest 2025 in Pokémon GO here.
What happens after the GO Fest? After the GO Fest, June will also come to an end. This means the July will bring fresh events and Pokémon. The highlight is likely to be Lunala and Solgaleo. But there is still much more to catch and collect. We will show you what: In the list of all events in July 2025 for Pokémon GO.
