Pokémon Go's 10th Anniversary takes place in early July, and it'll be celebrated with three events over 10 days.
Leading up to the anniversary date itself on Monday, 6th July is the weekend '10th Anniversary Party' event, before rolling into a busy Go Fest: Global build-up with the 'Road of Legends' event with, yes, the return of a Gold Bottle Cap, followed by the big weekend itself on 11th and 12th July with the debut of Mega Mewtwo and much more.
This page explains all Pokémon Go 10th Anniversary events in early July, and a surprise of sorts teased by Niantic in the week that follows.
Pokémon Go's 10th Anniversary events
The three main events over Pokémon Go's 10th Anniversary period are:
10th Anniversary Party (Saturday, 4th July to Monday, 6th July)
Highlights include:
- New debut: Gimmighoul holding a 10th Anniversary Coin costume
- Cake and party hat Pikachu, Eevee, Wurmple spawns in the wild
- Event bonuses including 4x XP and Stardust for catching Pokémon
- £1.99 / $1.99 Timed Research ticket with a Gimmighoul costume encounter, Super Incubator, Premium Battle Pass and more
You can read the event in full on the official site.
Road of Legends event (Monday, 6th July to Friday, 10th July)
Highlights include:
- 'Go Pass: Road of Legends' battle pass debuts (until Sunday, 12th July)
- Free track includes a Lucky Trinket, Link Charges, a Go Fest Tee avatar item and more
- Deluxe (paid) track offers a Gold Bottle Cap, Team Leader avatar pose, Mewtwo with a Special Background encounter, 1/2 Egg Hatch Distance, additional XP, Candy and XL Candy from raids, and more
- New raid rotation each day, with Legendaries, Ultra Beasts and Primals and more
- Pokémon also appearing in Raid Hours (6-7pm) and Mega Raid hours (7pm-8pm) each day
- Ability to Elite TM Special Rend and Roar of Time for Origin Forme Palkia and Origin Forme Dialga respectively
- New Special Backgrounds for "certain Pokémon" from Raids during the event
- New Egg Pool
- Two free Raid Passes per day from Gyms
- Event bonuses (until end of Sunday, 12th July) include):
- Remote Raid Pass limit
- Guaranteed XL Candy from trades
- Premier Balls being more effective in raids
- Party Power charges faster in raids
- Special stickers from spinning PokéStops and opening Gifts
You can read the event in full on the official site.
Go Fest: Global (Saturday, 11th July to Sunday, 12th July)
Highlights include:
- Debut of Mega Mewtwo, Zeraora, and Pikachu wearing Instinct, Mystic and Valor hats for players worldwide (previously exclusive to in-person events in Tokyo, Chicago, and Copenhagen)
- Tropius, Bouffalant, and all Unown forms to be attracted to Incense
- Pokémon of specific types to spawn in the wild on a rotation
- All previously released Legendaries appearing in raids across the weekend
- Bonuses include an increased shiny chance, nine free Raid Passes from spinning Gyms, up to six Special Trades, Party Play lasting nine hours, Lure Modules lasting one hour, refreshing Field Research and more
- For the first time, Go Fest: Global will be free and will run for one hour longer than usual (until 7pm)
You can read the event in full on the official site.
...and a Pik-at "playful surprises" and more (Monday, 13th July to Saturday, 18th July)
Beyond the three main events above, the Road of Legends announcement also teases Pikachu will have "a few playful surprises" starting on Monday, 13th July (the day after Go Fest: Global wraps) at 10am local time, the specifics of which will be announced soon. Any ideas?
Additionally, to round off the week is Raichu Super Mega Raid day on Saturday, 18th July featuring the debut of Mega Raichu X and Mega Raichu Y in Super Mega Raids.
And beyond that? There's no sign of a Go Fest: Max Finale event as per 2025, but it wouldn't surprise us if another turns up in August, which could reasonably tied to the 10th anniversary celebrations. We'll have to wait and see.
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