Once a year, the big Psychic Spectacle starts in Pokémon GO. For about five days, specific content will be activated that you can use. We show you an overview of what to expect this time.
When does the event take place? The Psychic Spectacle 2023 starts on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, at 10:00 AM. You will then have a few days to take advantage of the content. The event ends again on Sunday, September 24, 2023, at 8:00 PM local time.
The content includes changed spawns, raids, and also research tasks. A new shiny will also be released.
Psychic Spectacle 2023 Overview – Raids, Pokémon, Shiny
Event Bonus: During the event, you will receive more XP for catching Pokémon with curveball throws. How much “more” XP means has not been specified by Niantic in the announcement.
New Shiny: For the first time, you can encounter Shiny Monozyto in Pokémon GO. A time-limited research focused on curveballs is also running. For completing the individual tasks, you will receive Monozyto encounters.
Pokémon in the wild: In line with the Psychic event, Psychic Pokémon are roaming the wild in the game. These are:
- Abra*
- Flegmon*
- Traumato*
- Owei*
- Girafarig*
- Trasla*
- Meditie*
- Spoink*
- Mollimorba
- Monozyto*
- Pygraulon*
- Also rare: Galar-Ponita*, Galar-Flegmon* and Bronzel*
- Pokémon marked with a star (*) can be encountered as shiny
Raids: In raids, you’ll find the following Pokémon:
| Raid Level | Bosses |
| 1 | Icognito P Icognito S Icognito I Psiau* |
| 3 | Alola-Raichu* Galar-Pantimos* Hisui-Washakwil* |
| 5 | Genesect with Flame Module* (Until September 23 at 10:00 AM) Raikou* Entei* Suicune* |
| Mega | Mega-Gardevoir |
Eggs: In the 7 km eggs you receive during the event, Kussilla*, Isso*, Klingplim, and Monozyto* can be found. If you hatch a Monozyto, the chance of it being shiny is higher than if you encounter one in the wild.
Field Research: For completing event field research, you will encounter Kadabra, Galar-Flegmon*, Woingenau*, Metang, Monozyto* and Iscalar*. You will also receive mega energies for Mega-Simsala, Mega-Lahmus, Mega-Gardevoir, and Mega-Meditalis.
Collector Challenge: In line with the event, several collector challenges are taking place. Stardust, XP, and mega energies are the rewards you will receive from them.
In our overview of the September events in Pokémon GO, we show you the dates that are coming up in the next few days.
