An in-game 2024 Pokémon World Championships event in Pokémon Go celebrates Hawaii-set competition taking place between Aug. 16-20.
During this event, you’ll be able to do up to five Special Trades a day (instead of just one) and you’ll be able to use Charged TMs to overwrite the Shadow Pokémon move Frustration.
Other highlights include the debut of Pikachu in scuba gear and shiny Mienfoo. Neither are available in the wild, requiring you to complete Field Research or Raids to encounter them.
Elsewhere, Go Battle Week: Shared Skies is running at the same time as this event, which offers free Timed Research and a four times increase in Stardust when you win Go Battle League bouts.
Additionally, a series of Twitch drops from the 2024 World Championships give you the chance to earn up to three additional Timed Research quests, as well as a unique avatar item.
Below we list all the perks and bonuses associated with the Pokémon Go 2024 World Championships event, including the Timed Research, event Field Research, and boosted spawns.
Pokémon Go ‘2024 World Championships’ event Field Research and rewards
Spinning a PokéStop during the event period may yield one of these tasks:
- Battle in the Go Battle League (Swablu, Mareanie encounter)
- Battle in the Go Battle League 5 times (Pikachu [Scuba / World Championships 2024] encounter
- Power up Pokémon 10 times (Mienfoo encounter)
- Power up Pokémon 15 times (Pikachu [Scuba / World Championships 2024] encounter)
- Spin 5 PokéStops or Gyms (5 Poké Balls, 2 Revives, or 3 Super Potions)
- Win a raid (Pikachu [Scuba / World Championships 2024] encounter)
Thanks to Leekduck for filling in the gaps on the above.
Pokémon Go ‘2024 World Championships’ event boosted spawns
These Pokémon will spawn more frequently during the event period:
- Mankey
- Lickitung
- Marill
- Paldean Wooper
- Swablu
- Skarmory
- Fletchling
- Carbink
- Grubbin
- Mareanie
Pokémon Go ‘2024 World Championships’ event raid targets
These Pokémon will be in raids during the event. Elsewhere, our raid schedule guide also shows what else is appearing later in the month.
One-star raids | Three-star raids | Five-star raids | Mega raids |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikachu [Scuba / World Championships 2024] | Luckitung | Thundurus (Incarnate Forme) | Mega Kangaskhan |
| Mienfoo | Galarian Stunfisk | Shadow Suicune (weekend only) | |
| Shadow Magnemite | Diggersby | ||
| Shadow Dratini | Shadow Wobbuffet | ||
| Shadow Wooper | Shadow Kirlia | ||
| Shadow Gligar | Shadow Sableye |
Pokémon Go ‘2024 World Championships’ featured attacks
Pokémon caught during the event will have the following attacks:
- Lickitung (Charged Attack “Body Slam”)
- Mienfoo (Charged Attack “High Jump Kick”)
Meanwhile, Pokémon evolved during the event will learn the following attacks:
- Altaria (Charged Attack “Moonblast”)
- Charjabug (Charged Attack “Volt Switch”)
- Quagsire (Charged Attack “Aqua Tail”)
- Talonflame (Fast Attack “Incinerate”)
Pokémon Go ‘2024 Worlds Premium Timed Research’ rewards
There is just a single step in the “2024 Worlds Premium Timed Research”:
- Power up Pokémon 5 times (Skarmory encounter)
- Power up Pokémon 10 times (Vigoroth encounter)
- Use 5 supereffective charged attacks (Galarian Stunfisk encounter)
- Use 10 supereffective charged attacks (Charjabug encounter)
- Win a raid (Carbink encounter)
- Win 2 raids (Lanturn encounter)
- Battle in the Go Battle League (Lickitung encounter)
- Battle in the Go Battle League 5 times (Azumarill encounter)
Rewards: Cresselia encounter, 2,024 Stardust, 1 Premium Battle Pass
Is the ‘2024 Worlds Premium Timed Research’ worth it?
At $5, this research is pretty much only worth it if you like doing PvP (Player versus Player, known in-game as Go Battle League.)
Most of the rewards here are catered towards PvP players, as the rewards are highly-used PvP Pokémon. A (albeit small) factor to consider here is all encounters from research give a higher-than-average set of stats (they will have an “IV floor” of 10/10/10, out of a possible max of 15/15/15), so if you’re after more-powerful-than-average versions of these creatures — especially as many have the potential to be shiny — then that’s worth considering.
It’s also worth noting a Shadow Cresselia is available if you complete the latest Giovanni Special Research, “Adventure Week: Taken Over”, meaning there’s a free (and more powerful) version of that Pokémon currently up for grabs if you’d rather not buy this ticket.
Otherwise, there aren’t any items here that make the research directly worth it (the solitary Premium Battle Pass is worth 100 Coins, or around $1) but if you’re looking to get into PvP or build PvP teams, this may be worth your money.
Either way, if you want to get some free Timed Research this weekend, then you can claim up to three sets from Twitch drops during the 2024 World Championships before it ends on Sunday.
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