Road to Kalos

A new event for Pokémon GO has been announced, and it's called 'Road to Kalos'. The event runs from Feb 23rd, 10 am, until Feb 27th, 08:00 pm. It features many new costume Pikachu.

What to expect

During the event, you get 50% Incubator Distance, and the Remote Raid Limit will be increased to 30. There will be free Timed Research available each day.

Wild Encounters & Raids

During the event, you will find different Pokémon each day in the wild and in raids. Here is which pokemon that will show up on each day:

February 23rd will have spawns of Kanto Pokémon such as Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Pikachu, Clefairy, and Meowth in the wild. Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Pikachu in Red's Hat, and Pikachu in Leaf's Hat will be in raids

February 24th will focus on Johto Pokémon such as Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Totodile, Marill, Hoppip, and Teddiursa in the wild. Shadow Lugia, Shadow Ho-Oh, Pikachu in Ethan's hat, and Pikachu in Lyra's hat will be in Raids

February 25th will feature Hoenn Pokémon such as Treecko, Torchic, Mudkip, Poochyena, Taillow, and Nincada in the wild. Primal Kyogre, Primal Ground, Pikachu in Brendan's hat, and Pikachu in May's bow will be in raids

February 26th will focus on Sinnoh Pokémon such as Turtwig, Chimchar, Piplup, Bidoof, Shinx, and Snoverin the wild. Dialga, Palkia, Pikachu in Lucas's hat, and Pikahu in Dawn's hat will be in raids. This day will also feature rotating space-time anomalies, which include Pikachu in Rei's cap, Pikachu in Akari's kerchief, Origin Forme Dialga, and Origin Forme Palkia

February 27th will focus on Unova Pokémon such as Snivy, Tepig, Oshawott, Lillipup, Darumaka & Gothita in the wild. The raids will be split into two. Reshiram, Black Kyurem, Pikachu in Hilbert's hat, and Pikachu in Hilda's hat will be in the Black Kyurem hours, while Zekrom, White Kyurem, Pikachu in Nate's visor, and Pikachu in Hilda's visor will be in the White Kyurem hours

Special Backgrounds

Each raid will have Special Backgrounds. The Kanto day will have backgrounds based on the game's teams, with Aritcuno having Team Mystic, Zapdos Team Instinct, and Moltres Team Valor. On the Johto day, Shadow Lugia will have a Silver-inspired one, and Ho-Oh will have a Pokémon Gold-inspired one. On the Hoenn day, Groudon will have a Ruby-inspired one, and Kyogre will have a Sapphire-inspired one. On the Sinnoh day, Dialga will have a Diamond-focused background, and Palkia will have a Pearl-inspired one. On the Unova day, Kyurem and Reshiram will have a Pokémon Black-inspired one, while Kyurem and Zekrom will have a Pokémon White-inspired one. Each Pikachu will have the background of the specific day.

Eggs

Larvitar, Bagon, Beldum, and Gible will be in 2km Eggs.

Tour Pass

A special GO Pass will be live for the event and GO Tour. The free pass gives an encounter with Lucario, Lucario Mega Energy, GO Tour 2026 t-shirt, encounters, and other items. The paid pass will give an encounter with Hoopa Unbound, a Lucky Trinket, Zygarde Cells, Zygarde Jacket, Victreebel Mega Energy, Malamar Mega Energy, Candy XL, and more.