This week in Pokémon Go (27th July to 2nd August): Events no more

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

Phew! After a busy event-filled week, we now have an off week with nothing much happening. On the bright side, that means Explore, Catch, Battle returns to take the spotlight, and there's a few lowkey debuts to get mildly excited about until things pick up again next week.

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.

Update (27th July): A previous version of this article mentioned the Go Pass: August launching this Tuesday - when it's actually launching next week. Apologies for the inclusion!

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Events in Pokémon Go this week (27th July to 2nd August)

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

Date	New events and updates	Regular events and raids
Monday 27th	'Ultra Unlock: 10th Anniversary Edition' event ends (8pm) • Final chance to get starters in the wild, 10x Catch XP bonus, find Professor Willow's assistant Pikachu and progress the event Go Pass and Willow's Birthday Research	Max Monday (Dynamax Feebas debut and focus)
Tuesday 28th	Choose Your Path: Fairy Trail (10am until Monday, August 3rd at 8pm) • Choose a path quest between multiple bonuses	Showcase Tuesday ~ Go Battle League refresh (9pm UK / 4pm EST / 1pm PST) • Great League • Master Premier
Wednesday 29th	Wednesday raid refresh • Five-star: Kyurem • Mega Raids: Mega Aggron	Raid Hour (6pm to 7pm) • Five-star: Kyurem
Thursday 30th	N/A	Go Battle Thursday ~ Spotlight Hour (6pm to 7pm) • Bidoof • 2x Transfer Candy
Friday 31st	N/A	Friendship Friday
Saturday 1st	Gigantamax Rillaboom Max Battle Day (2pm to 5pm) • Shiny Gigantamax Rillaboom debuts • Max Particle collection limit increased to 1,600, 8x MAx Particle collection, additional Power Spots, Remote Raid limit increased to 20 and more • £4.99 / $4.99 Timed Research Ticket with Max Mushrooms, 2x XP from Max Battles and more ~ Pokémon Go Summer Quest (UK / London only, 10am) • Free Timed Research UK-wide as well as Timed Research for local attendees at Boxpark, Shoreditch	N/A
Sunday 2nd	N/A	Scenic Sunday

What to know about this week

Here's what jumps out to me this week:

Choose a Path returns

The 'off week' event, Choose a Path - also known as Explore, Catch, Battle - returns on Tuesday with Fairy Trail.

Assuming it works the same as the recent Fossil Fun and Charged Embers editions, this presents you with six choices every day, each with a different bonus and a different set of Timed Research to complete. You can change your pick each day to suit whatever your focus is, with the Timed Research rewards offering encounters with the highlighted Type - this time being Fairy Pokémon.

There's two new debuts

After a new Pikachu and shiny legendary last week, there's a couple of new forms this week.

One is Dynamax Feebas as part of Max Monday (meaning we also get Dynamax Milotic if you evolve one), and the other is shiny Gigantamax Rillaboom during Saturday's Max Battle Day, which is an excellent Grass-type attacker in Max Battles (that can also be used in raids if you're after a strong Grass-type there, too.)

*Credit: One More Catch (via Scopely Explore / The Pokémon Company)*

So nothing truly new for the regular 'dex, but for Dynamax and shiny hunters, there's something to target this week. (Also, the Gigantamax encounters will reward a whopping 25k Stardust - or 37.5k Stardust with a Star Piece - if you needed a reason to show up to your local community meet.)