The Sparring Partners Raid Day will be hosted on Sunday, April 13, 2025, from 2pm local time to 5pm local time. Below you can find our complete guide for the Sparring Partners Raid Day event; read on to make sure that you don’t miss out on any of its benefits!
Featured Pokemon: Mega Heracross, Scraggy, And Hariyama
Three Pokemon will be featured for the Sparring Partners Raid Day: Mega Heracross, Scraggy, and Hariyama. Being featured Pokemon, you can expect to find all three of these Pokemon in different Raid locations during this event, appearing more frequently than usual.
Additionally, when successfully completing any of these Raids, you will be provided with different in-game rewards, including an encounter with the Pokemon that was defeated in the Raid battle. For the Sparring Partners Raid Day, you will have increased chances of encountering Shiny Heracross, Scraggy, and Hariyama following the completion of their Raids.
New Attack Availability: Upper Hand
Starting with this event, the three featured Pokemon, Heracross, Scraggy, and Hariyama, will be able to learn a new attack: Upper Hand. This Charged Attack can be taught to these three Pokemon through the use of either a Charged TM or an Elite Charged TM.
Below you can find the Pokemon Go in-game stats for Upper Hand.
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Upper Hand Stats |
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PvP (Trainer Battles) |
70 Power Chance to lower opponent’s Defense |
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PvE (Gym and Raid Battles) |
50 Power |
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Event Bonuses
You can expect the standard Raid Day bonuses to be active during the Sparring Partners Raid Day, allowing you to complete far more Raids than you normally would be able to. These two event bonuses include:
- Obtain up to five extra free Raid Passes from Pokemon Gyms.
- Use up to 20 Remote Raid Passes (Saturday, April 12, 2025, at 5pm PDT, to Sunday, April 13, 2025, at 8pm PDT).
Event Timed Research
All players who log in and play Pokemon Go during this event will be given access to exclusive free Timed Research, requiring you to complete specific in-game tasks before the end of the Sparring Partners Raid Day.
Completing these tasks, most likely having to do with raiding, will provide you with the following rewards:
- 10,000 Stardust
- 1,000 extra Stardust when completing Raid battles
Event Ticket
There will also be an Event Ticket for the Sparring Partners Raid Day, costing $4.99 USD. Purchasing this ticket will unlock the following bonuses, active during all three hours of this event.
- Obtain eight extra Raid Passes from Pokemon Gyms.
- Increased odds of obtaining Rare Candy XL when completing Raid battles.
- Double the Stardust when completing Raid battles.
- 50 percent more XP when completing Raid battles.
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