Niantic has officially announced Wild Area 2025, the next installment of its large-scale event series for Pokémon GO. Following last year’s debut in Fukuoka, the upcoming event will take place in Nagasaki City, Japan, from November 7–9, with a global celebration running November 15–16. This year’s highlight is the long-awaited debut of the Impidimp evolutionary line—Impidimp, Morgrem, and Grimmsnarl.
Wild Area 2025 also expands the shiny pool, brings back Mighty Pokémon encounters, and introduces fresh raid battles, reinforcing Niantic’s hybrid event strategy of combining live gatherings with global participation.
Event Schedule
- November 7–9: Nagasaki City in-person event
- November 15–16: Global event
Key Features of Wild Area 2025
New Pokémon Debuts
- Impidimp, Morgrem, and Grimmsnarl make their Pokémon GO debut.
Shadow Raids
- Saturday: Shadow Cresselia (Shiny possible)
- Sunday: Shadow Darkrai (Shiny possible)
Mighty Pokémon Encounters
- Rare wild spawns with boosted stats and exclusive moves
- Best caught using GO Safari Balls, which return for the event
Shiny Debuts and Rotating Wild Hours
- Shiny Hatenna makes its debut as a wild encounter
- Lurking Dark Hour: Focused on Dark-types like Alolan Meowth, Gastly, Skorupi, Stunky, Zorua, Deino, and more
- Fanciful Fairy Hour: Features Fairy-types including Clefairy, Ralts, Marill, Galarian Ponyta, Alolan Vulpix, Jigglypuff, and Hatenna
Ticket Holder Bonuses
- Special Research: Choose between a Dark or Fairy path with themed medals
- Increased Shiny odds for all event Pokémon
- Exclusive avatar item (Flower Crown) available via web store purchases
- Extra Incense spawns, including Shiny Unown W and the Lake Guardians (Uxie, Mesprit, Azelf)
- 6 Special Trades per day with half Stardust cost
- 6 free Raid Passes per day, up to 18 with the Battle Ready add-on
Paid Add-Ons
- Battle Ready: Up to 18 daily Raid Passes, plus bonus Candy and XP from raids
- Egg-thusiast: ¼ Hatch Distance, plus 3× XP, Candy, and Stardust from egg hatches
- Extra Day: Extends Nagasaki gameplay by one extra day with most event features
In-Person Exclusives (Nagasaki)
- Full-city gameplay experience (not restricted to parks)
- Exclusive glow-in-the-dark GO Wild Area 2025 T-shirt (preorder only)
- Community Hub, photo ops, and merchandise pop-up shops
Ticket Pricing
The Nagasaki live event ticket will cost ¥3,600 (approximately $24.50 USD), including taxes and fees.
