Delightful Days, the newest Pokemon Go season, will bring new Max creatures, Egg rotations, bonuses, the highly anticipated Go Fest, and the debut of Crowned Sword Zacian and Crowned Shield Zamazenta.
Every new Pokemon Go season infuses Niantic’s game with new interesting creatures – including Shinies, Dynamax, and Gigantamax forms – as well as events, tasks, juicy rewards, and a lot of fun.
The Delightful Days season will focus on Galarian, Paldean, and Hisuian Pokemon, and will finally introduce the Mythical Volcanion and the alternate forms of the Legendary Heroes: Crowned Sword Zacian and Crowned Shield Zamazenta.
Pokemon Go Delightful Days season: Dates & time
The Delightful Days season will run from Tuesday, June 3, 2025, at 10:00 AM until Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at 10:00 AM local time.
This follows directly from the Might and Mastery season, which introduced new Dynamax and Gigantamax forms, such as Gigantamax Machamp. Plus, the debut of the Legendary Wushu Pokemon, Kubfu, and its two evolutionary forms: Urshifu Single Strike Style and Urshifu Rapid Strike Style.
Crowned Zacian & Zamazenta
Ticket holders for the Pokemon Go Fest 2025 in-person events will be the first to discover the Legendaries Zacian and Zamazenta‘s alternative forms: Crowned Sword Zacian and Crowned Shield Zamazenta. However, once the Global event kicks off, players worldwide will get to fight them too.
Both Crowned Shield Zamazenta and Crowned Sword Zacian will appear in 5-Star Raids, but only for one day. The first one will be on Saturday, June 28, 2025, while the second one will do the same on Sunday, June 29, 2025.
Keep in mind that after defeating them, they’ll return to their standard Hero of Many Battles forms. Trainers can then change their forms by using very rare power sources called Crowned Sword Energy and Crowned Shield Energy.
Crowned Energy
Both types of Crowned Energy can be obtained by battling the Crowned forms of Zacian and Zamazenta in 5-Star Raids or by completing ticketed Special Research.
They’ll require x1,000 Crowned Energy (each) and must know the move Iron Head. This Charged Move will then change to Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian) and Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta)
After the first transformation, trainers will be able to toggle between Hero of Many Battles and Crowned forms without requiring any more Energy.
Moreover, even though they cannot Dynamax or Gigantamax, both Crowned Sword Zacian and Crowned Shield Zamazenta will be allowed to participate in Max Battles.
Pokemon debuts
As mentioned, the Delightful Days season will focus on the Galar, Paldea, and Hisui regions, which means new creatures from those regions will be added to Pokemon Go.
Some of the teased debuts for the upcoming months include Paldean Tatsugiri, Hisuian Lilligant, Galarian Yamper, and its evolution, Boltund.
Max & Mythical Pokemon debuts
While Gigantamax Rillaboom’s debut will be part of the Might and Mastery season’s finale, the other two Galarian starters will get their gigantic forms during Delightful Days.
Both Gigantamax Cinderace and Gigantamax Inteleon will debut at special events that are part of the Go Fest celebrations. The introduction of the Mythical Volcanion is also a key part of this year’s fest, so don’t miss it!
Additionally, Dynamax Hatenna and other Dynamax Pokemon will debut.
NIANTICResearch Breakthrough
By completing the Field Research, players can unlock Research Breakthrough encounters with one of the following Pokemon:
- Aerodactyl*
- Galarian Corsola*
- Gabite*
- Sinistea
- Charcadet*
- Frigibax
Note: Pokemon marked with an (*) can be encountered as Shiny.
Wild encounters rotations
The Delightful Days season will add new Pokemon in different biomes:
Cities
- Pidgeot*
- Alolan Meowth*
- Burmy (Trash Cloak)*
- Glameow*
- Scraggy*
- Litwick*
- Fidough
Forests
- Galarian Ponyta*
- Ampharos*
- Sudowoodo*
- Burmy (Plant Cloak)*
- Patrat*
- Petilil*
- Gossifleur
Mountains
- Alolan Geodude*
- Nosepass*
- Aggron*
- Burmy (Sandy Cloak)*
- Galarian Stunfisk*
- Bunnelby*
- Rookidee
Beaches & Water
- Galarian Slowpoke*
- Gyarados*
- Mantine*
- Bidoof*
- Dewpider*
- Bruxish*
- Tadbulb
Northern Hemisphere
- Hisuian Voltorb*
- Treecko*
- Torchic*
- Mudkip*
- Deerling (Summer)*
- Goomy*
- Fomantis*
Southern Hemisphere
- Hisuian Qwilfish*
- Bagon*
- Turtwig*
- Chimchar*
- Piplup*
- Deerling (Winter)*
- Bergmite*
DEXERTOEggs
These are the new Pokemon that will hatch from Eggs this season:
2km Eggs
- Togepi*
- Spoink*
- Duskull*
- Larvesta*
- Smoliv*
5km Eggs
- Larvesta*
- Crabrawler*
- Sandygast*
- Komala*
- Bruxish*
5km Eggs – Adventure Sync Rewards
- Skarmory*
- Lileep*
- Anorith*
- Munchlax*
- Riolu*
7km Eggs
- Alolan Meowth*
- Galarian Meowth*
- Alolan Grimer*
- Hisuian Voltorb*
- Galarian Corsola*
7km Eggs – Route Rewards
- Alolan Vulpix*
- Hisuian Sneasel*
- Galarian Corsola*
- Basculin (White-Striped Form)*
- Pawniard*
10km Eggs
- Bagon*
- Gabite*
- Jangmo-o*
- Charcadet*
- Frigibax
The following dates will have Community Days during Pokemon Go’s newest season:
- June 21, 2025: TBD
- July 5–6, 2025: (Two-Day Community Day Classic)
- July 20, 2025: TBD
- August 30, 2025: TBD
Go Battle League
The Go Battle League will return with the regular Great, Ultra, and Master Leagues.
Additionally, special competitions such as the Sunshine Cup, Fossil Cup, Hisui Cup, and more will be featured.
NIANTICSeasonal bonuses
The Delightful Days season will feature these bonuses:
- One additional Special Trade per day
- Increased XP for the first catch of the day
- Double Daily Adventure Incense duration
Others
To round up this new, magnificent season filled with plenty of exciting content, the Delightful Days: Eggs-pedition Access will return every month. This means trainers will be able to purchase a ticket to get extra bonuses and Timed Research, plus an Incubator with every first Photo Disc spin of the day.
The GO Pass, a limited-time progress tracker, will reset with the Delightful Days season. Those who complete the tasks will earn Go Points to increase their ranks and earn juicy rewards. For those after a faster progression, a paid version – Go Pass Deluxe – is also available.
The RSVP Planner is a recently added feature that helps trainers coordinate Raids with friends, family, and other players around the world. This will soon be added to Max Battles, too, so keep an eye out!
That’s all trainers need to know about the Delightful Days season in Pokemon Go. Don’t forget to check out our event calendar and keep up with the Spotlight Hour schedule and Community Day.
