Pokémon GO’s Mega Ascension rotation will continue on Thursday, September 3, with Mega Latias and Mega Latios occupying Tier 6 raids. Mega Starmie will take the Tier 4 slot as the event continues after the Wednesday raid rotation.
Thursday’s schedule will run from 5:00 a.m. to around 9:30 p.m. local time. Since the event follows local clocks, Trainers will have to keep an eye on their area’s cutoff rather than rely on a single global end time.
Thursday’s full raid lineup
The two Mega Legendary Pokémon will headline the highest raid tier, while Mega Starmie gives Trainers another Mega target below them. The remaining encounters are spread across Tiers 3 and 1.
- Tier 6: Mega Latias and Mega Latios
- Tier 4: Mega Starmie
- Tier 3: Hisuian Sneasel, Hisuan Lilligant, and Passimian
- Tier 1: Dratini, Honedge, Tyrunt, and Amaura
That gives Thursday’s rotation 10 raid bosses in total, with the strongest focus on the returning Mega Latias and Mega Latios pair. Trainers looking for a lower-tier encounter can also check for Hisuian Sneasel, Hisuan Lilligant, Passimian, Dratini, Honedge, Tyrunt, or Amaura before the schedule ends.
Mega Ascension (Thursday)｜From 5:00 a.m. to around 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 3, 2026 (Local Time)
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Pokémon Go
Developed by Niantic Labs, The Pokémon Company
Pokémon Go is an augmented reality mobile game that uses GPS to let players locate, capture, train, and battle Pokémon in real-world locations. Players explore their physical surroundings to find PokéStops for items, battle at Gyms for team control, participate in Raid Battles cooperatively, and compete in the Go Battle League's player-versus-player format. The game is free-to-play with in-app purchases and features Pokémon from across multiple generations of the franchise.
- Genre Role-playing (RPG), Simulator
- Platforms Android, iOS
- Perspective Third person, Bird view / Isometric, Side view
- Modes Single player, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
- Release July 6, 2016
- Publisher Niantic Labs
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