Alright, trainers — strap in. Because whoever is handling Pokemon GO’s 10th anniversary clearly got the memo that this year needs to go absolutely crazy. The leaked raid lineup for GO Fest Global 2026 just dropped, and honestly? It reads like someone just opened the National Pokedex and said “yeah, all of them.”
We’re talking well over 50 Legendary, Mythical, Ultra Beast, and Mega Pokemon spread across two full days of raiding. If you’ve been sleeping on Pokemon GO lately, July 11 and 12 might be the best reason to wake back up.
The Big Headlines First
Before we get into the raid list, let’s quickly cover the confirmed headliners because they’re genuinely historic for the game.
Mega Mewtwo X and Mega Mewtwo Y are finally — finally — making their Pokemon GO debut during GO Fest 2026. These have been the most anticipated Mega Evolutions in the game for years, and they’re arriving via a brand new format called Super Mega Raids. These are built for massive group play, with lobbies that can hold over 1,000 trainers battling simultaneously. Every Mega Mewtwo you catch from these raids will come with at least one Mega Level already unlocked, meaning you can Mega Evolve it immediately without needing to grind energy first. That’s a huge deal.
Zeraora is also making its global Pokemon GO debut during the event. The Gen 7 Mythical, which has been missing from the game for a long time, will be available through Special Research that every trainer who logs in during the event can access. Speaking of which…
GO Fest Global 2026 is completely free. For the first time in the game’s history, Niantic has dropped the ticket paywall for the global event. Special Research, boosted Shiny encounter rates, event bonuses — all of it is available to every trainer who logs in during the weekend. No ticket required. For a 10th anniversary celebration, that’s exactly the kind of move the community needed to see.
The Saturday Raid Lineup Is Already Wild
Day 1 is going to be non-stop for anyone who wants to grind raids. The five-star lineup for Saturday includes a ton of the franchise’s most iconic box Legendaries and classic trios. We’re looking at the entire Kanto Bird trio — Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno — alongside Johto’s Legendary Beasts in Entei, Raikou, and Suicune. Lugia and Ho-Oh are both in too, which is always a crowd-pleaser. Sinnoh gets represented with the Lake Trio (Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf), as well as both Dialga and Palkia in their standard forms. Generation 7’s mascots Solgaleo and Lunala round things out alongside the Unova box duo Reshiram and Zekrom, plus Groudon, Kyogre, and Rayquaza — the full Gen 3 weather trio.
That’s already a stacked Saturday. And it doesn’t even include the Mega Raids.
Saturday’s Mega lineup features Mega Blaziken, Mega Alakazam, Mega Gengar, Mega Swampert, Mega Salamence, Mega Ampharos, Mega Abomasnow, Mega Pidgeot, and Mega Aerodactyl. Some of the most popular Mega Pokemon in the game all available in a single day.
Sunday Is Where Things Get Absolutely Out of Hand
If Saturday felt overwhelming, Sunday is going to make your head spin. The Sunday five-star lineup reportedly features over 40 different Legendary and Mythical Pokemon. Forty. The Regi crew is here — Regirock, Regice, Registeel, Regigigas, Regieleki, and Regidrago — meaning you can knock out every Regi form in one day. The Lati duo (Latias and Latios), Heatran, Cresselia, and Darkrai round out some familiar fan favorites.
The real highlight for a lot of hardcore players is going to be the Swords of Justice lineup — Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion — alongside the full Ultra Beast roster. We’re talking Nihilego, Buzzwole, Pheromosa, Xurkitree, Celesteela, Kartana, Guzzlord, Necrozma, Stakataka, and Blacephalon all in one event day. For anyone still trying to fill out their Pokedex or complete their shiny hunts for Ultra Beasts, Sunday is going to be essential.
Then you’ve got Genesect with all four of its Drives available as separate raid encounters, which is a nice touch. Deoxys goes even further — all four formes (Normal, Attack, Defense, and Speed) will be running as five-star raids. The Forces of Nature are also fully represented: Tornadus, Thundurus, Landorus, and Enamorus each in both their Incarnate and Therian Formes. That’s eight separate raid encounters just from that group alone.
Origin Forme Dialga and Origin Forme Palkia are showing up on Sunday as well, separate from their standard forms on Saturday. And to cap it off, both Zacian and Zamazenta appear in their Hero of Many Battles forms, along with the full Tapu quartet — Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele, Tapu Bulu, and Tapu Fini.
Sunday’s Mega Raids are nothing to sneeze at either. Mega Garchomp, Mega Tyranitar, Mega Metagross, Mega Sceptile, Mega Lucario, Mega Gardevoir, Mega Beedrill, Mega Pinsir, and Mega Audino all available in one afternoon. The pseudo-Legendary Mega presence alone on Sunday is genuinely incredible.
Is This Too Much of a Good Thing?
Here’s the honest take — the sheer volume of raid bosses across both days has the community a little split. On one hand, this is an insane amount of content and anyone trying to complete their Legendary Pokedex has a real shot at making massive progress in a single weekend. On the other hand, with so many raid options competing for your Raid Passes and attention, it can feel a bit overwhelming trying to figure out where to even focus your time.
The nine free Raid Passes per day from spinning Gym discs helps a lot, but if you’re gunning for specific shinies across both days, you’ll need to be strategic. Having too many options in a time-limited event can paradoxically make the whole thing feel more stressful than fun. That said, for a 10th anniversary event, going bigger is absolutely the right call.
The Bigger Picture for Pokemon GO in 2026
This event doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Pokemon GO has been on a real upswing this year, riding the wave of the broader Pokemon franchise’s 30th anniversary celebrations. An earlier event in March gave players the chance to find nearly every Pokemon in the wild, and the game has clearly been building toward GO Fest as its biggest moment of the year.
Making GO Fest Global completely free for the first time is a massive statement. It lowers the barrier to entry for returning players and keeps the community as large as possible for what’s already shaping up to be one of the most content-heavy GO Fest events in the game’s history. Niantic, Scopely, and The Pokemon Company are clearly treating 2026 like the anniversary celebration it deserves to be.
July 11 and 12 can’t come fast enough.
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