It’s time to move Forever Forward with a brand new season in Pokémon GO! Hope you enjoyed your final Fast-Track Monday. Unfortunately, that feature will not be continuing into the new season.

Speaking of the new season, Forever Forward launches at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, a new GBL season opens, Spark's Quest for Caretaking begins, and Shadow Dialga appears in Shadow Raids for the first time. On Wednesday, raids will switch up with different raid bosses. By Friday, GO Fest Chicago is live at Grant Park.

Daily Discovery changes:

Fast-Track Monday is gone after June 1. The 2x GO Points bonus no longer applies on Mondays in Forever Forward. Max Monday continues unchanged.

Scenic Sunday replaces Double-Time Sunday. Instead of Incense and Lure duration bonuses, Sundays now favor Route exploration: more spawns while walking a Route, improved Incense encounters on Routes, reduced buddy candy distance, and up to 3 Mateo encounters per Route session. The Route mechanic has existed in the game for a while. This season builds the daily reason to use it.

Showcase Tuesday features to up to 20 active Showcase categories, with trainers able to enter up to 5 per week.

GO Battle Thursday continues to double the daily battle cap from 5 sets to 10 sets (50 battles total), with the usual 4x Stardust from wins bonus.

Friendship Friday gains in-person trade bonuses: up to 2 Special Trades, increased Lucky Trade chance, minus 10% Stardust cost, and 2 guaranteed Candy XL per trade. All Friendship Friday bonuses require in-person trades.

New Mega Pokémon this season: Mega Mewtwo X and Y debut at GO Fest in-person events, then go global at GO Fest Global July 11-12 (free for all trainers). Mega X Raichu, Mega Y Raichu, and Mega Skarmory are announced for later in the season.

New Dynamax Pokémon: Electabuzz, Magikarp, Gyarados, Feebas, and Milotic join Power Spots throughout the season, rotating weekly. Inkay opens this week.

Research Breakthroughs (full season): Dragonite, Honedge, Axew, Jangmo-o, Female Indeedee, Klawf.

GBL Season (June 2 to September 8): NAIC Cup opens Week 1. Cups through the season: Sunshine Cup, Fantasy Cup, Summer Cup, Retro Cup, Weather Cup, Evolution Cup, Scroll Cup, and more.

GO Pass: Forever Forward launches with the season. Free and Deluxe tracks available.

Sources: Hub Forever Forward Season Guide | Hub GBL Forever Forward

The second of three team-leader quest events kicks off Tuesday alongside the Forever Forward launch. Spark's quest leans into Team Instinct's bread-and-butter: exploration, eggs, and hatching, with the 7 km Egg pool being the headline value.

Wild spawns (shiny possible): Bulbasaur, Alolan Raichu, Drowzee, Jolteon, Dratini, Houndour, Lileep, Combee

7 km Eggs (shiny possible): Pichu, Elekid, Shinx, Varoom, Galarian Corsola, Hisuian Qwilfish

Field Research encounter pool: Bulbasaur, Drowzee, Jolteon, Dratini, Houndour, Lileep, Combee, Galarian Corsola, Alolan Raichu

GO Pass: Spark's Quest for Caretaking will be auto-distributed when the event starts (free track, no purchase needed). GO Pass tasks reward encounters with Jolteon, Galarian Corsola, and Elekid wearing a Spark-themed accessory with a Team Instinct background.

No-cap GO Points window: From Saturday, June 6 at 12:00 AM to Monday, June 8 at 7:59 PM local, the daily GO Points cap is removed — same structure as Blanche's no-cap window from last week. The closing ~68 hours of the event are your unlimited Rank push.

Sources: LeekDuck Spark's Caretaking Quest | Pokémon GO Hub event guide

GO Fest Chicago is the second of three in-person GO Fests this year. Tokyo ran May 29 through June 1; Copenhagen follows June 12-14. Grant Park hosts the park experience, with citywide gameplay across four Chicago districts.

Ticket holder exclusives:

Zeraora the Thunderclap Mythical's GO debut via park Special Research. One Zeraora per trainer across all 2026 GO Fest events (subsequent events award Zeraora Candy)

Mewtwo in 5-star raids citywide, with featured moves Counter and Psystrike for ticket-holder catches

Super Mega Raids in the final 30 minutes of each park session: Mega Mewtwo X and Y both available, 1,000+ trainer lobbies at designated Gyms

Shiny Blaze Breed Paldean Tauros in 3-star raids (Fighting/Fire, normally Eastern Hemisphere exclusive)

Shiny Wash Rotom continues its in-person GO Fest debut

Pikachu in a Team Instinct hat (shiny possible)

City gameplay bonuses: 9 daily Raid Passes, 6 Special Trades, 1/2 Stardust trade cost, 1/2 Egg Hatch Distance, 2x Catch Candy, 2-hour Lure and Incense duration

Grant Park wild spawns (ticket holders): Bulbasaur, Caterpie (Poké Ball hat), Alolan Raichu, Electabuzz, Jolteon, Dratini, Unown (all forms), Houndour, Lileep, Combee, Mudbray, Comfey, Dhelmise, Varoom

Raids across Chicago (open to all; no Location Background or Shiny Tauros for non-ticket holders):

3-Star: Blaze Breed Paldean Tauros

5-Star: Zapdos, Mewtwo, Raikou

Primal: Kyogre, Groudon

5-Star Shadow: Zapdos, Raikou, Kyogre, Groudon

Sources: LeekDuck GO Fest Chicago | Hub June Events

Active: Great League + NAIC 2026 Cup: Great League Edition

The GBL season resets June 2. Ranks clear, end-of-season rewards appear on the Battle screen, and a fresh encounter pool opens.

NAIC 2026 Cup: Great League Edition

Only Fairy, Normal, Psychic, and Water types are eligible. Pokémon that are also Dark, Grass, or Steel type cannot enter. Banned: Clefable, Wigglytuff, Medicham, Cresselia, Jellicent (both forms), Gastrodon, Wash Rotom, Lickilicky, Lickitung, Chansey, Diggersby, Toxapex, Araquanid, Oranguru, Golisopod, Greedent, and more.

GO Battle Thursday (June 4): 10 sets maximum (new this season, up from 5 last season). 4x Stardust from win rewards. Run a Star Piece for 6x effective Stardust per win. 50 battles available in one session at the start of a fresh season.

Check out the sources below to learn more about the upcoming cups this season, move change updates, and other GBL-related info.

Sources: Hub GBL Forever Forward | LeekDuck GBL | Hub Forever Forward guide

Reshiram debuts: Wednesday, June 3 at 6:00 AM through Tuesday, June 9 at 10:00 PM local

Reshiram is Fire/Dragon, weak to Dragon, Ground, and Rock-type attacks.

Reshiram's signature move is Fusion Flare (Elite Charged TM only). Best Fire moveset: Fire Fang + Fusion Flare. Best Dragon moveset: Dragon Breath + Draco Meteor. Without Fusion Flare, Fire Fang + Overheat works.

Shiny odds: 1/20

Premium counters:

Budget counters:

Raid Hour: Wednesday, June 3, 6:00–7:00 PM local.

Mega Audino debuts: Wednesday, June 3 at 6:00 AM through Tuesday, June 9 at 10:00 PM

Mega Audino is Normal/Fairy. The typing combo makes it weak to Poison and Steel-type attacks.

You catch a regular Audino after the raid with a chance at a shiny Audino.

Premium counters:

Budget counters:

Shadow Dialga debuts in Shadow Raids this week (June 2 through June 30)

Shadow Dialga is Steel/Dragon, weak to Fighting and Ground-type attacks.

In Master League, this Steel/Dragon Pokémon is among the best in the game. The Shadow Attack boost makes it an elite attacker.

Premium counters:

Budget counters:

Sources: LeekDuck events | Pokémon GO Hub: Tapu Fini | Pokémon GO Hub: Mega Medicham | Pokémon GO Hub: Cresselia | Pokémon GO Hub: Reshiram | Pokémon GO Hub: Mega Audino | Pokémon GO Hub: Dialga

Inkay featured in Max Battles all week: June 1-7

Inkay is Dark/Psychic. In Max Battles, Fairy-type Dynamax moves hit for 1.6x, and Bug-type moves also hit hard. It’s a low-difficulty fight. Bring any Fairy or Bug Dynamax attacker for quick clears.

After the Max Battle, you catch a regular Inkay.

Inkay evolves into Malamar by holding your device physically upside down. Hold it in that position and press Evolve. The game automatically detects the device orientation.

Shiny Inkay is available with a chance to be shiny from Max Battles.

Sources: LeekDuck Max Monday, June 1 | Pokémon GO Hub: Inkay | Hub June Events

GO Fest 2026: Chicago runs Friday through Sunday at Grant Park, and Pokémon GO just published the official "Know Before You GO" rundown covering all three in-person GO Fest events. Tokyo just wrapped, Chicago is this weekend, and Copenhagen follows June 12–14. Whether you're flying into Chicago or following from home for GO Fest Global on July 11–12, there's some genuinely non-obvious info worth knowing.

Chicago's Grant Park layout

Two named zones to remember: Butler Field hosts Battle Ground LIVE! (returning this year in the Recruitment Zone) for all things PvP. Hutchinson Fields hosts the Team GO Rocket hideout, where you’ll be able to complete Shadow Raids and battle Grunts, Team GO Rocket Leaders, and Giovanni to save Pokémon from their dastardly schemes!

Chicago merch windows

The Pokémon GO Fest Pop-Up at Grant Park opens Thursday, June 4 (12:00 PM – 6:00 PM CDT), then Friday through Sunday (8:00 AM – 7:00 PM CDT). The NEWCITY boutique at 1457 N Halsted has been open since May 30 (9:00 AM – 6:00 PM daily through June 7). Two important asterisks: the Mega Mewtwo × 100 Thieves collection is Chicago-exclusive (not coming to Tokyo or Copenhagen), and the 2026 Fest Collection IRL-exclusive items are walk-up only at Grant Park. Preorders sold out, and NEWCITY won't carry the IRL-exclusive pieces (it has the global collection only).

The Super Mega Raid catch is the best Mewtwo in the game

Every park session closes with a Super Mega Raid for Mega Mewtwo X AND Y in the final 30 minutes for ticket-holders only. The Mewtwo you catch from it gets a GO Fest 2026 Location Background AND arrives with its first Mega Level already unlocked. That's the grind-skip that's easy to miss: normally, Mega Levels require accumulated Mega Evolutions over weeks. Plan your park day so you're at a designated Gym for the closing window.

Egg-thusiast is the sleeper add-on

It cuts Egg Hatch Distance to 1/4 for Eggs placed in incubators during the event. A 75% reduction on top of any baseline bonus. Stack your 10 km and 12 km eggs into incubators before walking the city, or have your egg storage cleared beforehand for event eggs.

The Pokémon GO Expert medal

Ticket-holders get four sets of Timed Research on Day 1 of citywide play, each of which is only completable in a different City District. The Expert medal requires exploring at least two of the four districts and completing the related Timed Research — not all four, but more than one. Build a route across two districts you actually want to walk.

Some pre-event basics every attendee misses

Not in Chicago? GO Fest Global is July 11–12, free for every Trainer, and Mega Mewtwo X and Y debut globally there. There will also be 50+ Legendary and Mythical raids spread across both days. So don’t let FOMO get to you too much. The best is yet to come!

Check out the sources below for more Know Before You GO!

Sources: Niantic GO Fest 2026 Know Before You Go | LeekDuck GO Fest Chicago | Hub June Events