Pokemon GO events this week include Journey to Paldea, Max Monday, and December Community Day

Pokémon GO’s event calendar for December 1 to December 7, 2025 centers on the start of the Precious Paths season and a full week of rotating staples like Spotlight Hour, Raid Hour, Max Battles, and Community Day action. The weekly headline is the Journey to Paldea event, running December 2 to December 9, which debuts Nacli and boosts shiny rates for Larvitar and Bagon. Trainers who want new Paldea entries should focus playtime during those dates since several Paldea Pokémon appear across different days.

On Monday, December 1, trainers will see Dynamax Darumaka in Max Battles from 6 PM to 7 PM local time. Dynamax Darumaka will also show up in Max Battles through December 7, giving a short window for trainers chasing Dynamax encounters and related rewards.

Spotlight Hour is Tuesday, December 2 from 6 PM to 7 PM local time featuring Cranidos with 2× candy on transfer.
Raid Hour on Wednesday, December 3 from 6 PM to 7 PM local time highlights Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion in Five-Star Raids.
December Community Day runs Saturday December 6 and Sunday December 7 from 2 PM to 5 PM local time and reunites all 2025 Community Day Pokémon across the weekend.

Raid rotations matter this week: Cobalion, Terrakion and Virizion are in Five-Star Raids through December 4 and Kyurem returns to Five-Star Raids beginning December 4. Mega raid lineups are also shifting with Mega Gyarados entering Mega Raids from December 4 to December 13, so raid planners may need to shuffle invites and counters midweek.

Niantic’s GO Pass for December is active starting December 2 at 10:00 AM local time and includes an encounter with Palkia plus a return of the Timed Incubator and other track bonuses. For a closer look at the GO Pass rewards and timing read the GO Pass December 2025 details on Console PC Gaming.

GO Battle League switches over to the Precious Paths season on December 2 at 1:00 PM PST (GMT −8). The season reset unlocks end-of-season rewards, fully resets ranks and keeps rank-up requirements the same while offering 4× Stardust win rewards during the active cups listed for the week. Season bonuses for Precious Paths run December 2, 2025 to March 3, 2026 and include one extra Special Trade per day, increased Stardust for first catch of the day, and increased friendship bonus damage in raids. Those passive bonuses change how long-term resource planning and trading can pay off during the season.

Egg and hatch pools get an overhaul with the season. Examples include 2 km eggs hatching Cleffa and Smoochum, 10 km eggs offering Tinkatink and Beldum, and Adventure Sync eggs adding species like Bonsly and Dreepy. The full lists are useful for trainers targeting specific hatches or shiny rolls. Shadow raids run daily at one-star and three-star and on weekends for five-star Shadow Raids; Precious Paths also brings Shadow Heatran into five-star Shadow Raids with a chance at a Shiny Shadow Heatran. That makes weekends a solid time for both PvE rewards and shiny hunts.

For trainers juggling limited playtime, the midweek switch from Legendary trios to Kyurem and the start of Precious Paths on Tuesday are the two biggest calendar pivots to plan around. Short events like the Max Monday hour and multi-day Community Day weekends give specific targets for fast XP, Stardust and shiny attempts. Leave a comment with your best Kyurem raid tips or Community Day strategies and follow us on X, Bluesky, and YouTube for more weekly event roundups.

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