Pokémon Go Fest Max Finale: Beat Eternatus 6 Times to Unlock It — Full Gigantamax Hour-by-Hour Lineup

Pokémon Go Fest 2025’s closing event, called Max Finale, runs on Saturday, Aug. 23 and Sunday, Aug. 24 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. local time. During the two-day event Niantic focuses on Max Battles — especially battling Eternatus — and boosts a range of battle and catch bonuses to help you power up your collection.

- Event dates and hours, plus key bonuses like increased Max Particles and doubled candy.
- Gigantamax battle schedule for each hour on both days.

Timed Research steps and rewards, plus Field Research tasks.
Which Pokémon get boosted spawns and what appears in raids.

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Pokémon Go Fest 2025 ‘Max Finale’ event Gigantamax battle schedule

Pokémon Go Fest 2025 ‘Max Finale’ event Timed Research and reward

Pokémon Go Fest 2025 ‘Max Finale’ event Field Research and rewards

Pokémon Go Fest 2025 ‘Max Finale’ event boosted spawns

Pokémon Go Fest 2025 ‘Max Finale’ event raid targets

Event overview

The Max Finale event centers on Eternatus and Max Battles. Importantly, you must level up the Go Pass: Max Finale battle pass to obtain Eternatus; defeating it in a Power Spot awards points toward that pass rather than a catch encounter. Moreover, the Go Pass’s daily points limit is removed for the event, so you can level faster if you raid and battle in Power Spots.

Key bonuses include:

3,200 Max Particles per day (up from 1,500).
More Power Spots active and refreshing more often.
Doubled candy and candy XL from catches.
Go Pass rank rewards at ranks 20, 40, and 89 (extra Max Particles from Power Spots, buffs to Zacian’s and Zamazenta’s signature moves, increased wild spawns at Power Spots, and extra Power Spot rewards).

Pokémon Go Fest 2025 ‘Max Finale’ event Gigantamax battle schedule

Each listed Gigantamax Pokémon will appear more frequently during its assigned hour. However, other Dynamax Pokémon can still appear at Power Spots, though Niantic says that will be less likely.

Saturday, Aug. 23

10–11 a.m.: Lapras
11 a.m.–12 p.m.: Snorlax
12–1 p.m.: Gengar
1–2 p.m.: Inteleon
2–3 p.m.: Venusaur
3–4 p.m.: Machamp
4–5 p.m.: Toxtricity (Amped Form)

Sunday, Aug. 24

10–11 a.m.: Rillaboom
11 a.m.–12 p.m.: Charizard
12–1 p.m.: Butterfree
1–2 p.m.: Kingler
2–3 p.m.: Blastoise
3–4 p.m.: Cinderace
4–5 p.m.: Toxtricity (Low Key Form)

Pokémon Go Fest 2025 ‘Max Finale’ event Timed Research and reward

Complete the two-step Timed Research during the event to earn event prizes. Finish before the event ends to claim the final reward.

Step 1 of 2
- Power up Pokémon 10 times — Reward: 3 Silver Pinap Berries
- Defeat Eternamax Eternatus in a Max Battle — Reward: 3 Golden Razz Berries
- Claim rewards: 8 Grookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble Candy XL
Step 2 of 2
- Claim reward — 890 Max Particles
- Rewards: 8,900 XP and 8,900 Stardust

Pokémon Go Fest 2025 ‘Max Finale’ event Field Research and rewards

Spinning PokéStops during the event may yield these Field Research tasks:

Power up Pokémon 8 times — Reward: Kabuto or Omanyte encounter
Transfer 8 Pokémon — Reward: Trubbish encounter
Win a Max Battle — Reward: 8 Zacian or Zamazenta Candy
Unlock a Max Move — Reward: 100 Eternatus Candy

Pokémon Go Fest 2025 ‘Max Finale’ event boosted spawns

These Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild during the event:

Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle
Caterpie, Gastly, Chansey, Shuckle, Sableye
Beldum, Darumaka, Trubbish
Grookey, Scorbunny, Sobble
Skwovet, Wooloo, Falinks

Pokémon Go Fest 2025 ‘Max Finale’ event raid targets

Raid lineups are adjusted for the event. The main raid targets are listed below:

One-star raids: Pikachu (red top hat), Pikachu (yellow top hat), Pikachu (blue top hat)
Three-star raids: Falinks (train)
Five-star raids: Crowned Sword Zacian and Crowned Shield Zamazenta

Finally, note that defeating Eternatus in a Power Spot gives you 100 points toward the Go Pass (equal to 10 levels). Therefore, if you start at rank 1, beating Eternatus six times during the event should be enough to earn Eternatus for your account.