Pokémon GO: RAID day with crypto-regigas: increased shiny chance and remote raids

Well, coach? Ready for shattering strength on the RAID day with crypto-regaligas? On Saturday, May 17th, 2025, there is a real heavyweight in the spotlight: Crypto-Regigas! Between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. (local time) you not only have the chance to defeat this mighty Pokémon and with a little luck you can even catch Shiny Regiga! Also look forward to RAID bonuses and lots of star dust!

Shiny Regigigas is easy to recognize! Ordinary regigas have bright yellow parts of the body on the arms, shoulders and middle of the body. With Shiny Regigigas, these body parts are blue. Did you know that you could only encounter regiga in the original Pokémon games by bringing the Golem trio together, consisting of registeel, regirock and director? That's why you don't have to worry about in Pokémon Go.

Event-Boni

• You get up to five additional free raid passes by turning arenas (a total of six).
• Participation in crypto-raids is also possible with long-raid-raid passes.
• Increased chance of (+) crypto-regigas after a successful raid
• Regigas that are caught during the event can have particularly good values ​​at KP, attack and defense.
• The Fern-Raid limit was raised to 20 on the event day from 2 a.m. to Sunday, 5 a.m. CEST

Danger: Particularly high values ​​means that with a little luck you can have all the values ​​in the maximum range! The probability is much higher, we keep our fingers crossed!

Temporary research

For everyone there is free temporary research with great rewards:

10,000 Star Dust

• 1,000 extra star dust per raid victory (a total of 2,000 – or even 3,000 with ticket!)
  and further rewards

Temporary research: RAID day Step 1/1

• Win a raid – Reward: 2,000 Star Dust
• Win two raids – Reward: 2,000 Star Dust
• Win three raids – Reward: 2,000 Star Dust
• Win four raids – Reward: 2,000 Star Dust
• Win five raids – Reward: 2,000 Star Dust

Reward for the conclusion of temporary research: RAID day Step 1/1: 10x heads – bonbon und 2x Dakomit DaBon XL

Event-Ticket

For 5.49 euros (or the corresponding price in your state currency) you can grab an event ticket in the Pokémon Go in-game shop. The following bonuses are activated when buying the ticket:

• You will receive eight additional raid passes by turning photo discs on arenas (a total of 14 that day).
• The chance of XL special candies from RAID fights is increased.
• You get 50% more experience points for completed RAID fights.
• You will receive the double amount of star dust for completed RAID fights.

Danger: The bonuses only apply during the event on Saturday, May 17, 2025 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (local time)!

There are tickets in the in-game shop-either for yourself or as a gift for friends with whom you are at least “super friends”. So do you want to spend the day with raids why not give a little pleasure? Important: Purchases cannot be reimbursed and the ticket is only available until Saturday, May 3 at 4:00 p.m. You can't use Poké coins for this.

Before you start racing immediately and buy the ticket, read further down why you might prefer to buy the ticket on the webstore! Spoiler: There is a gift!

Fighting tab in the Pokédex

Quelle: Niantic / buffed


Fighting tab from regigigas.

If you want to check during the raids what regiga gaat (or what it is weak): Have a look in the Pokédex! There is now a new tab called “Kampf” with information about weaknesses, resistance and possible attacks.

Pokémon Go: Webstore

If you are sure that you want to purchase the event ticket, then take care of your purchase in the official Pokémon GO website! For the price of 5.49 euros (or the corresponding price in your state currency) you not only receive the event ticket, but also a free premium fight pass on top. Friends with whom you are at least “super friends”. Important: Purchases cannot be reimbursed and the ticket is only available until Saturday, May 3 at 4:00 p.m. You can't use Poké coins for this.