The in-person Pokémon GO Fest experiences have all wrapped up, but that doesn’t mean the fun is over.

Necrozma, the Prism Pokémon, returns to five-star raids on Wednesday. Mega Scizor will also be joining in for a quick run alongside it. And on Saturday, Frigibax takes center stage for Community Day, bringing three times the Stardust and a Dragon-type charged move that has been a long time coming.

Fossil Fun is the second Choose Your Path event. This one is the first themed run. Pokémon GO has doubled the options to six and tied encounters to Cranidos and Shieldon to each of the 3 paths below, as well as event-themed field research all week.

Choose a Path

You can choose one of the following Timed Research paths:

Once selected, your path cannot be changed.

The following bonuses are available depending on which path you choose. There are reports that some Trainers below level 40 may only receive the XP-related bonuses (the first three), and some Trainers may have a version where they can pick a different path bonus each day (with each day's choice granting its own associated Timed Research).

Field Research: Defeat a Team GO Rocket Grunt, Make 5 Nice Throws, or Explore 1 km. Each rewards a Cranidos or Shieldon encounter.

Sources: Pokémon GO Blog: Choose Your Path, LeekDuck: Choose Your Path: Fossil Fun, LeekDuck: First Choose Your Path — May 19, 2026

Six straight Junes have featured a Dragon-type Community Day. Gible kicked it off in 2021, then Deino, Axew, Goomy, and Jangmo-o each took their turn. This year, it's Frigibax’s turn (Dragon/Ice).

Evolve Arctibax → Baxcalibur during the window to learn Glaive Rush (Dragon-type attack, 105 power in raids; 90 power + a defense decrease by one stage in PvP).

Bonuses: increased shiny chance, 3× Stardust, 2× Catch Candy, 2× XL Candy chance (L31+), 3-hour Incense, –50% Stardust trades, +1 Special Trade (for a max of 2). Do up to 5 AR Snapshots during the event for photobombs. The $1.99 Special Research adds 3 Special Background Frigibax encounters, a Premium Battle Pass, and Rare Candy XL.

Also, from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. local time, Frigibax will have a very high chance of appearing at PokéStops with active regular Lure Modules. Frigibax will have the same shiny odds during this time as during Community Day hours and a chance to have a special background.

Sources: Pokémon GO Blog: June Community Day — Frigibax, LeekDuck: Frigibax CD

Things are getting interesting with a type-restricted GL rotation and an ML run for the Mega Evolution fans. If you have ever wanted a spicy rank grind, this is your week.

Sunshine Cup (GL Edition) + Master League: Mega Edition starts Tue June 16 at 1:00 PM PDT through Tue June 23. 4× Stardust on win rewards active throughout.

Sunshine Cup (1500 CP): Normal, Fire, Grass, Ground only. Charizard is banned. The meta is Flying-heavy thanks to Normal/Flying duals. Top picks per Pokémon GO Hub: Toucannon (Peck / Drill Peck / Beak Blast), Pidgeot (Wing Attack / Feather Dance / Brave Bird), Trumbeak and Fearow (Shadow forms preferred).

Master League: Mega Edition (no cap with Megas allowed): Top picks per PvPoke: Primal Kyogre (#1), Mega Gyarados (#2), Mega Rayquaza (#3), Mega Garchomp (#4) and Mega Mewtwo Y (#5).

Of course, those are only some of the top Pokémon as listed by PvPoke (with some influence from the sources below). Your success isn’t limited to this list. Check out the sources below for meta breakdowns.

Sources: Pokémon GO Blog: GBL Forever Forward | Hub-DB: PvP Tips & Tricks — Sunshine Cup 2026,| PvPoke: Sunshine Cup rankings | PvPoke: Mega Master League rankings | Dexerto: Pokemon Go Battle League – Best Master League: Mega Edition team

Wednesday, June 17, at 6:00 AM through Tuesday, June 23, 10:00 PM local. Raid Hour Wed June 17, 6:00–7:00 PM local.

Sources: Hub-DB: Necrozma counters, Pokebattler: Necrozma

Wednesday, June 17, at 6:00 AM through Tuesday, June 23, 10:00 PM local.

Sources: Hub-DB: Mega Scizor counters, Pokebattler: Mega Scizor

Active through Monday, June 30

Sources: Hub-DB: Shadow Dialga counters, Pokebattler: Shadow Dialga

Roggenrola isn't going to wow anyone on its own, but the Rare Candy XL bonus is brand new this week, and that could change things for anyone grinding Legendary attackers. This is one of those mini weekly events where you show up for the bonus and maybe get lucky with a good IV or shiny Roggenrola.

Roggenrola (Rock) at Power Spots all day. Evolution chain: Roggenrola → Boldore (50 Candy) → Gigalith (200 Candy or trade-evolve free).

Roggenrola is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-type attacks. As a Tier 1 Dynamax boss, it’s a pushover.

NEW: in-person Max Battles on Mondays now award +1 Rare Candy XL per battle. This applies to ANY Max Battle Monday, not just Roggenrola.

Sources: LeekDuck event calendar

After a 3-month pause that began with the Memories in Motion season launch on March 3, Spotlight Hour is back…sort of. Pokémon GO announced this week that the weekly event returns on Thursday, June 18, at 6:00–7:00 PM local. The catch: it's now stacking on top of GO Battle Thursday.

Showcase Tuesday continues to occupy the original Spotlight Hour slot for the rest of the Forever Forward season.

The first six Spotlight Hours of Forever Forward:

Shinies are available across all six Spotlight Hours. Note the skipped week: Thursday, July 9, may be related to GO Fest Global weekend (July 11–12).

Sources: Pokemon GO Choose Your Path with Updates to Daily Discoveries | LeekDuck Events Calendar