Pokemon Gocontinues to host Raid Day events, one-day events centered around the game’s Raiding feature, typically centered around specific Pokemon and bonuses. The latest in this is theSparring Partners Raid Day, an event that doesn’t feature just one Pokemon, but rather, three different Pokemon following the same theme: Fighting.

The Sparring Partners Raid Day will be hosted onSunday, May 30, 2025, from 2pm local time to 5pm local time.Below you’re able to find our complete guide for the Sparring Partners Raid Day event; read on to make sure that you don’t miss out on any of its benefits!

Hariyama from the PokeDex screen from Pokemon Go.

Three Pokemon will be featured for the Sparring Partners Raid Day:Mega Heracross, Scraggy, and Hariyama. Being featured Pokemon, you canexpect to find all three of these Pokemon in different Raid locationsduring this event, appearing more frequently than usual.

Additionally, when successfully completing any of these Raids, you will be provided with different in-game rewards, including an encounter with the Pokemon that was defeated in the Raid battle. For the Sparring Partners Raid Day, you will haveincreased chances of encountering Shiny Heracross, Scraggy, and Hariyama following the completion of their Raids.

Charged TM, Elite Fast TM, and Elite Charged TM for the shop screen from Pokemon Go.

New Attack Availability: Upper Hand

Starting with this event, the three featured Pokemon, Heracross, Scraggy, and Hariyama, will be able to learn a new attack:Upper Hand. This Charged Attack can be taught to these three Pokemonthrough the use of either a Charged TM or an Elite Charged TM.

Below you can find the Pokemon Go in-game stats for Upper Hand.

Pokemon Go Remote Raid Pass from the Pokemon Go Shop.

Chance to lower opponent’s Defense

PvE (Gym and Raid Battles)

Professor Willow from Pokemon Go.

50 Power

Event Bonuses

you may expect the standard Raid Day bonuses to be active during the Sparring Partners Raid Day,allowing you to complete far more Raids than you normally would be able to. These two event bonuses include:

Event Timed Research

All players who log in and play Pokemon Go during this event will be given access to exclusivefree Timed Research, requiring you to complete specific in-game tasks before the end of the Sparring Partners Raid Day.

Completing these tasks, most likely having to do with raiding, will provide you with the following rewards:

The Sparring Partners Raid Day Ticket from the Pokemon Go shop.

Event Ticket

There will also be anEvent Ticketfor the Sparring Partners Raid Day, costing$4.99 USD. Purchasing this ticket will unlock the following bonuses, active during all three hours of this event.