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Pokémon GO: Max Encounters and Rewards Revealed in Battle League

Author : Noah Feb 02,2025

The Pokémon GO Dual Destiny season brings exciting changes to the GO Battle League. This season, launching December 3, 2024, and running until March 4, 2025, resets player ranks, introduces fresh rewards, and offers new Pokémon encounters. Let's explore the Dual Destiny season's Battle League offerings.

Dual Destiny Season Start Date:

The Dual Destiny season commences on December 3rd, 2024, concluding on March 4th, 2025. Rank resets provide a fresh start for all trainers.

Guaranteed Rank-Up Encounters:

Reaching specific ranks guarantees an encounter with a particular Pokémon. These are one-time encounters upon reaching the designated rank.

GO Battle League Rank Guaranteed Pokémon Encounter
Rank 1 scraggy Scraggy
Rank 6 Shiny Sandile Sandile
Ace Rank jangmo-o Jangmo-o
Veteran Rank deino Deino
Expert Rank frigibax Frigibax
Legend Rank Pikachu Libre Costume Cosplay Pikachu Libre

Note: All guaranteed encounters, except Frigibax, have a chance to be Shiny.

Standard Encounters:

Unlike guaranteed encounters, standard encounters offer repeated chances to catch featured Pokémon after reaching a specific rank.

GO Battle League Rank Pokémon Encounter
Rank 1 Machop Machop
Rank 1 Clefairy Clefairy
Rank 1 Mienfoo Mienfoo
Rank 1 Bunnelby Bunnelby
Rank 1 fletchling Fletchling
Rank 6 frillish Frillish
Rank 6 Togedemaru Togedemaru
Rank 11 Teddiursa Teddiursa
Rank 11 Shiny Galarian Stunfisk Galarian Stunfisk
Rank 11 phantump Phantump
Rank 11 Cetoddle Cetoddle
Rank 16 hisuian-sneasel Hisuian Sneasel
Rank 16 Pancham Pancham
Rank 16 totodile Totodile
Rank 20 Currently Active 5-Star Raid Boss
Ace Rank jangmo-o Jangmo-o
Veteran Rank deino Deino
Expert Rank frigibax Frigibax

Most standard encounter Pokémon can be Shiny, excluding Cetoddle and Frigibax.

GO Battle Week Bonuses (January 21-26, 2025):

  • 4x Stardust for win rewards
  • Increased battle limit (up to 20 battles daily)
  • Battle-themed Timed Research with rewards (including Grimsley shoes)
  • Expanded stat ranges for reward encounter Pokémon

Avatar Item Rewards:

Dual Destiny GO Battle League Avatar Rewards

GO Battle League Rank Avatar Item Reward
Ace Rank Grimsley Shoes
Veteran Rank Grimsley Pants
Expert Rank Grimsley Top
Legend Rank Grimsley Avatar Pose

This Grimsley-themed attire completes a stylish Unova-region inspired look.

Pokémon GO is available now on mobile devices. This article was updated on 12/4/2024.

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