Hawlucha is waiting at the end of a new Pokémon GO Stamp Rally in Mexico City, and Trainers visiting Sendai • Tohoku have a Lapras rally of their own. Both encounters come with a Location Background for their respective destination, with a chance for the Pokémon to be Shiny.
The ongoing rallies are open to all visiting Trainers from November 2, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. PST, with no planned end date, Pokémon GO announced. They are separate from the ticketed Stamp Rallies taking place during GO Wild Area.
A Mexico City player said the Hawlucha rally appeared at 5 p.m. local time and showed no end date. The player also shared a rally map for Trainers planning a route.
Mexico City – Hawlucha Stamp Rally
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How to collect stamps and claim an encounter
After entering the citywide gameplay area in either destination, approach a participating PokéStop to receive a stamp sheet. A rally button will appear on the map, and participating PokéStops will show an orange stamp icon once the rally has started. Spin their Photo Discs to collect stamps, visiting the stops in any order.
Each stamp displays the PokéStop’s name and date. Holding the press for longer changes the ink density, but a stamp cannot be pressed again once placed. Collect all 8 stamps in Mexico City for a Hawlucha encounter with a Mexico City Location Background, or all 8 in Sendai • Tohoku for a Lapras encounter with a Sendai • Tohoku Location Background.
Mexico City rally locations
The Hawlucha route includes these landmarks:
- Palacio de Bellas Artes
- Palacio Nacional
- Columna “El Paraguas”
- Diana Cazadora
- Fuente de los Coyotes Coyoacán
- Aztlán 360
- Reloj y Fuente de Parque Hundido
- Museo Soumaya
Sendai • Tohoku rally locations
The Lapras route reaches beyond Sendai City, with stops across Miyagi Prefecture. Its in-game page lists no expiration date, though that does not guarantee the rally will remain available indefinitely.
Sendai, Japan has a separate 8-stop Lapras Stamp Rally with no end date listed (different from Wild Area’s 7-stop rally)
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- Site of Sendai Castle
- Sendai Mediatheque
- Sendai Asaichi (Morning Market)
- Akiu Onsen (Akiu Sato Center Footbath)
- Tagajo Castle Ruins (Tagajo South Gate)
- Ishinomaki City Earthquake Ruins (Kadonowaki Elementary School)
- Shiroishi Castle
- Matsushima Park
How the Wild Area rallies differ
The separate GO Wild Area Stamp Rallies in Mexico City and Sendai each have 7 participating locations and run from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. local time on a Trainer’s main ticketed day. Sendai’s event rally is limited to stops within the city. An Extra Day add-on does not provide another event rally.
Both Wild Area events run from November 6 through November 8, with citywide gameplay scheduled from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. local time each day.
Would you make a stop for a Hawlucha with a Location Background? Follow the Mexico City event details on X, Bluesky, YouTube, Instagram, Steam, and Telegram.
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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