{"id":816969,"date":"2026-08-17T21:46:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T21:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/816969\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T21:46:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T21:46:30","slug":"this-week-in-pokemon-go-17-23-august-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/816969\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Pok\u00e9mon GO: 17-23 August 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pok\u00e9mon GO\u2019s August 17-23 2026 week has us well into the post-GO Fest season of Forever Forward<\/a>! The Water Festival brings Arrokuda and Cramorant, plus Mega Starmie debuts!<\/p>\n

Plus the weekly rotating Raid Hours, Spotlight Hour, Dynamax Battles and Mega Raids.<\/p>\n

\u2b50Highlights<\/p>\n

Weekly Pok\u00e9mon GO Schedule
\n \"Event<\/p>\n

Max Monday: Dynamax Magikarp
\n<\/p>\n

\"Sprite<\/p>\n

Dynamax Magikarp<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

On Monday, August 17th, from 6 PM to 7 PM local time, Dynamax Magikarp will appear in Max Battles! Dynamax Magikarp will continue to appear from August 17 to August 23 in Max Battles.<\/p>\n

Spotlight Hour: Magikarp
\n<\/p>\n

\"Sprite<\/p>\n

Magikarp<\/p>\n

2x Catch XP<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

On Thursday, August 20th, from 6 PM to 7 PM local time, Magikarp will be the featured Pok\u00e9mon for Spotlight Hour, along with 2\u00d7 XP for catching Pok\u00e9mon.<\/p>\n

Raid Hour: Lunala
\n<\/p>\n

\"Sprite<\/p>\n

Lunala<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

On Wednesday, August 19th, from 6 PM to 7 PM local time, Lunala will be the featured Pok\u00e9mon for Raid Hour.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcd4 Related guides: Lunala<\/a><\/p>\n

Events in Pok\u00e9mon GO This Week
\n \"Event<\/p>\n

Choose Your Path: Venom and Vines<\/p>\n

\"pokemon<\/p>\n

From Tuesday, August 11, at 10:00 a.m. to Monday, August 17, at 8:00 p.m. local time choose Your Path Timed Research: Venom and Vines<\/a> will be available.<\/p>\n

Ultra Unlock: Water Festival
\n\"UltraUltra Unlock: Water Festival<\/p>\n

Arrokuda\u00a0and\u00a0Cramorant\u00a0make their Pok\u00e9mon GO debuts during the\u00a0Ultra Unlock: Water Festival 2026 event<\/a>!\u00a0Running from Tuesday, August 18, at 10:00 a.m. to Monday, August 24, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. local time, the event features a new GO Pass, boosted Shiny rates for select Pok\u00e9mon, escalating catch bonuses, and more.<\/p>\n

Super Mega Starmie Raid Day
\n\"UltraUltra Unlock: Starmie Super Mega Raid Day<\/p>\n

Mega Starmie\u00a0will debut during a special\u00a0Super Mega Raid Day event<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Saturday, August 22, 2026, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time. You can look forward to Mega Starmie in Super Mega Raids, with the potential to be shiny (with boosted odds!), and up to five additional free raid passes for the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Raids
\n \"Raid<\/p>\n

\"Raid
\n Five-Star Raids<\/p>\n

From August 12 to August 18, Groudon will appear in Five-Star Raids.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcd4 Related guides: Groudon<\/a><\/p>\n

From August 19 to August 25, Lunala will appear in Five-Star Raids, and it can be shiny for the first time.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcd4 Related guides: Lunala<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Mega
\n Mega Raids<\/p>\n

From August 12 to August 19, Mega Garchomp will appear in Mega Raids.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcd4 Related guides: Mega Garchomp<\/a><\/p>\n

From August 19 to August 25, Mega Swampert will appear in Mega Raids.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcd4 Related guides: Mega Swampert<\/a><\/p>\n

Shadow Raids<\/p>\n

One-star and three-star Shadow Raids will be available daily, while five-star Shadow Raids will take place on Saturdays and Sundays unless otherwise noted. Also, Shadow Altered Forme Giratina will swoop into five-star Shadow Raids during Forever Forward! You may even encounter a Shiny Shadow Altered Forme Giratina\u2014if you\u2019re lucky!<\/p>\n

August GO Pass and GO Pass Deluxe
\n \"Research<\/p>\n

\"pokemon<\/p>\n

Pok\u00e9mon GO\u2019s August 2026 GO Pass<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0GO Pass Deluxe feature exclusive rewards, including an encounter with Lugia, XP and Stardust bonuses, and the Lucky Trinket!<\/p>\n

Trainers can earn GO Points by completing Pass Tasks, unlock milestone rewards through ranking up, and access premium items by upgrading to the Deluxe version via the\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon GO Web Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trainers will automatically receive GO Pass: GO Pass: August on Tuesday, August 4, at 10:00 a.m. local time.<\/p>\n

GO Battle League Season 27
\n \"Battle<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

GO Battle League: Memories in Motion<\/a> began on \u00a0Tuesday, June 2, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. PDT(GMT \u22127). Each week brings a different selection of Cups and active Leagues. Here are the active Cups and Leagues this week:<\/p>\n

(*) 4\u00d7 Stardust from win rewards (this does not include end-of-set rewards)<\/p>\n

Season of Forever Forward
\n \"Event<\/p>\n

\"ForeverForever Forward Pok\u00e9mon GO Season<\/p>\n

Get ready for Pok\u00e9mon GO\u2019s Forever Forward Season<\/a>! Running from June 2, 2026 to September 8, 2026, this incredible season focuses on new Mega Pok\u00e9mon, new Dynamax Pok\u00e9mon, GO Fest and more!<\/p>\n

Forever Forward Egg Hatches
\n \"Egg<\/p>\n

The following Pok\u00e9mon will hatch from Eggs this Season. These are just some highlighted Egg hatches, more Pok\u00e9mon can hatch from each egg group.<\/p>\n

\"2km
\n 2km Eggs<\/p>\n

\"5km
\n 5km Eggs<\/p>\n

\"10km
\n 10km Eggs<\/p>\n

\"7km
\n 7km Eggs<\/p>\n

\"Adventure
\n Adventure Sync Rewards<\/p>\n

The following Pok\u00e9mon hatch from Adventure Sync Eggs this Season. These are just some highlighted Egg hatches, more Pok\u00e9mon can hatch from each egg group.<\/p>\n

\"5km
\n 5 km Adventure Sync Eggs<\/p>\n

\"10km
\n 10 km Adventure Sync Eggs<\/p>\n

Routes Rewards<\/p>\n

\"7km
\n 7 km Eggs from Mateo Gift Exchange<\/p>\n

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\nResearch Breakthrough
\n \"Research<\/p>\n

Encounter Pok\u00e9mon by completing the Research Breakthrough! Complete Field Research to unlock Research Breakthrough encounters with one of the following Pok\u00e9mon:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon GO\u2019s August 17-23 2026 week has us well into the post-GO Fest season of Forever Forward! The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":816970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[346601,346602,346603,346604,74,346605],"class_list":["post-816969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-dynamax-magikarp-max-monday","tag-lunala-raid-hour","tag-magikarp-spotlight-hour","tag-pokemon-go-this-week","tag-technology","tag-this-week-in-pokemon-go"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}