Happy Halloween! Following in the footsteps of Gigantamax Venusaur, Gigantamax Charizard, and Gigantamax Blastoise is Gigantamax Gengar! Throughout the weekend, you can find Gigantamax Gengar in Six-Star Max Battles. Trainers who had difficulty with defeating Gigantamax Venusaur, Gigantamax Charizard, and Gigantamax Blastoise during the GO Bigger event will have an easier time facing Gigantamax Gengar. Niantic announced that the difficulty has been changed for this event. (For more details about the Season of Max Out, you can check out our Season of Max Out guide hub.)
Now, check out what’s happening during the Gigantamax Gengar event with our guide below:
Pokémon GO’s Season of Max Out – Gigantamax Gengar
Begins: Thursday, October 31st, 2024 at 10 a.m. your local time.
Ends: Sunday, November 3rd, 2024 at 8 p.m. your local time.
Pokémon debuts – Gigantamax Gengar
To get Gigantamax Gengar, you’ll have to find a Six-Star Max Battle featuring the ghostly Pokémon. Make sure that you have at least 3 Pokémon that can Dynamax or Gigantamax plus enough Trainers to enter the battle (the recommended minimum is 10 Trainers).
Once defeated, you’ll be treated to a reward catch encounter with Gigantamax Gengar. After catching this Gengar, you’ll have a Gengar that can undergo the Gigantamax phenomenon. And if you’re lucky, they might even be shiny!
Event Bonuses
There are no event bonuses for GO Bigger, but since this event is happening during the Halloween Part II event, the following bonuses will be active:
- 2× Candy for catching Pokémon.
- Increased chance to encounter Shiny Zorua in the wild.
- Increased chance for Trainers level 31 and up to receive Candy XL for successfully catching Pokémon with Nice Throws or better.
- Increased chance to encounter the following Shiny Pokémon in Raids: Gengar wearing a Spooky Festival costume, Umbreon, Drifblim wearing a Halloween Mischief costume, Froakie wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume, and Rowlet wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume.
- Increased chance to hatch the following Shiny Pokémon from 7 km Eggs (obtained during the event): Vulpix wearing a Spooky Festival costume, Pichu wearing a witch hat, Froakie wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume, and Rowlet wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume.
- On Thursday, October 31st, costumed Pokémon will have a small chance to give Rare Candy or Rare Candy XL when caught with Nice Throws or better.
- A remix of the Lavender Town music will be playing nightly during this year’s Halloween event.
- Pokémon encounter backgrounds, PokéStops, and Gyms will be decorated for the holiday during both parts of the Halloween event.
Plus, the following bonuses will be available to Trainers who purchase the Morpeko Onesie Premium Timed Research:
- 3× Catch Candy (will not stack with the 2× Candy for catching Pokémon bonus)
- Event-themed Pokémon encounters, including the first peek at new costumed Pokémon debuting in Part II of the event—Froakie wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume and Rowlet wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume.
- Event-themed Pokémon encounters, including Pikachu wearing a witch hat, Spiritomb, and Morpeko.
- A new avatar item depending on your choice—Morpeko Onesie (Full Belly Mode) or Morpeko Onesie (Hangry Mode).
Event Boxes
If any special event boxes or bundles are released during the event, they’ll be listed here once the event is live. Daily bundles are also available and can be viewed online via the Pokémon GO Web Store.
- Max Particle Pack (US$7.99, Pokémon GO Web Store only): 6 Max Particle Packs (4,800 Max Particles in total).
Max Battles
Max Battles will be active during the event, yet Gigantamax Gengar* Six-Star Max Battles may be given priority (and timers for these Max Battles will be 3 hours only). For more details about Max Battles (how to participate in one), you can check out our Pokémon GO’s Season of Max Out’s Max Battles, Max Particles, Power Spots, and Dynamax Pokémon guide.
- One-Star Max Battles: Dynamax Gastly*, Dynamax Grookey, Dynamax Scrobunny, and Dynamax Sobble.
- Three-Star Max Battles: Dynamax Falinks*.
- Six-Star Max Battles: Gigantamax Gengar*.
Additional Notes:
- Pokémon marked with an * means that “If you’re lucky, you might encounter a Shiny one!”
- Max Battles require Max Particles (MP):
- One-Star Max Battles cost 250 MP.
- Three-Star Max Battles cost 400 MP.
- Six-Star Max Battles cost 800 MP.
- Dynamax Grookey, Dynamax Scrobunny, and Dynamax Sobble will be available in One-Star Max Battles after this event until Thursday, October 31st, 2024 at 9 p.m. your local time.
- Dynamax Gastly*’s end date in One-Star Max Battles has not been specified.
- Based on previous data (Dynamax Beldum* in September 2024), more than likely Dynamax Gastly* will be available in One-Star Max Battles after this event until Thursday, October 31st, 2024 at 9 p.m. your local time
- Dynamax Gastly*’s end date in One-Star Max Battles has not been specified.
Rewards
It has been confirmed that the following rewards will be available after defeating Gigantamax Gengar:
- 25,000 Stardust
- 25,000 XP
- 1 Rare Candy XL
- 30 Gastly Candies
- 2 Gastly Candy XL
- 10 Premier Balls (to throw at Gigantamax Gengar)
When using 200 PokéCoins, these rewards can be upgraded to:
- 50,000 Stardust
- 50,000 XP
- 2 Rare Candy XL
- 60 Gastly Candies
- 4 Gastly Candy XL
- 20 Premier Balls (to throw at Gigantamax Gengar)
Specific reward numbers may be different due to how fast (or slow) the Max Battle was completed.
Six-Star Max Battles Information
The only difference with Six-Star Max Battles is the difficulty and the amount of Trainers that can participate in a single Max Battles (the recommended minimum is 10 Trainers, the maximum amount of Trainers is 40) (also, that Gigantamax Pokémon are being featured). You can only bring 3 Dynamax OR Gigantamax Pokémon into battle and you must have 800 MP in order to participate.
For more details on Max Battles (in general), you can check out our Max Battles, Max Particles, Power Spots, and Dynamax Pokémon guide.
Based on player feedback, Max Battles against Gigantamax Gengar will have their difficulty decreased (compared to the GO Bigger event which featured Gigantamax Venusaur, Gigantamax Charizard, and Gigantamax Blastoise).
Community Check-in (via Campfire) for 800 Max Particles
According to the 2024 Community Update blog post (shared on Friday, October 25th, 2024), Trainers who check into a Campfire event during this Gigantamax event can receive 800 Max Particles for free. (It is unclear if these free Max Particles will not count towards the daily limit.) To find the nearest Community group in your area, you’ll have to download Niantic’s Campfire app.
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