This week in Pokémon Go (24th to 30th August): It's Worlds week

Welcome to the latest One More Catch weekly newsletter, offering you a guide to the days ahead in Pokémon Go.

This week is all about the 2026 Pokémon World Championships, and the inaugural PokémonXP event. Though they won't start until Friday, Pokémon Go is celebrating from Tuesday with new Pikachu forms, and will be swapping the usual Saturday event for a handful of free Timed Research tasks - provided you log into Twitch streams, of course.

So here's a snapshot of everything coming to Pokémon Go in the days ahead, the biggest opportunities available, and a roundup of Pokémon news and site updates you may have missed.

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Events in Pokémon Go this week (24th to 30th August)

All times are at your local time, unless otherwise stated.

Date	New events and updates	Regular events and raids
Monday 24th	Water Festival event ends (at 8pm) • Final chance to catch Arrokuda, Barraskewda and Cramorant, and complete event-specific Go Pass	Max Monday (Dynamax Hitmontop focus)
Tuesday 25th	PokémonXP event (updates at 10am on Friday) • Pikachu wearing a Cosmog-themed spacesuit debuts • One-star raid refresh (event Pikachu, Impidimp) • New wild encounters • Pokémon caught or evolved will know various featured attacks • Event Go Pass with 2x Stardust and 3,000 raid XP bonus, with extra two additional raid passes and 2026 Worlds / PokémonXP Backpack avatar item on Deluxe track	Showcase Tuesday ~ Go Battle League refresh (9pm UK / 4pm EST / 1pm PST) • Great League • Ultra League • Master League
Wednesday 26th	Wednesday raid refresh (until 8th September) • Five-star: Regirock, Regice, Registeel • Mega Raids: Mega Gyarados	Raid Hour (6pm to 7pm) • Five-star: Regirock, Regice, Registeel
Thursday 27th	N/A	Go Battle Thursday ~ Spotlight Hour (6pm to 7pm) • Mankey • 2x Catch Candy
Friday 28th	2026 Pokémon World Championships event (until 8pm on Sunday) • World Championships 2026 Pikachu debuts • One-star raid refresh (both event Pikachu, Honedge) • Wild encounters change ~ 2026 Pokémon World Championships begins (5pm UK / 12pm EDT / 9am PDT until Sunday 30th) • Watch 30 minutes then 60 minutes total of the official stream, and 45 minutes of a co-streamer stream, to get 3x Timed Research	Friendship Friday
Saturday 29th	PokémonXP Panel begins (6pm UK / 1pm EDT / 10am PDT) • Watch 30 minutes for 1x Timed Research	N/A
Sunday 30th	N/A	Scenic Sunday

What to know about this week

Here's what jumps out to me in the days ahead:

Two new Pikachus

In an anniversary year filled with new Pikachu - from Marathon Visor to Professor Willow's Assistant - why not two more? Tuesday will see the first (Pikachu wearing a Cosmog-themed spacesuit) debut, while Friday will see a World Championships 2026 Pikachu make an appearance.

The easiest way to get these will be in one-star raids, but they will likely be in the event Go Pass, and definitely in various Twitch Timed Research from Friday onwards too.

There's more to the event than that, of course - including changes to wild spawns - and you can review the official infographics below for details:

*Credit: Scopely Explore / The Pokémon Company*

There's four free Timed Research up for grabs

By watching the 2026 Pokémon World Championships and PokémonXP events over the weekend, there's a whopping four Timed Research available to claim. Tune in on Twitch with a linked account to the following to get involved.

I'll have a dedicated guide on the site soon with specifics - including how to link accounts and the exact streams to watch - but the TLDR is as follows: