Pokemon Go: June Raid Guide (2024)

Pokemon Go offers Raids when you're adventuring within its app. Raids require Trainers to group up with others to take on extremely powerful and challenging Pokemon, rewarding you with the opportunity to catch and add that Pokemon to your team upon its defeat.

Each month, some of the Pokemon that are seen in Raids change; traditionally, those that are stronger and appear in the higher-tiered Raid Battles. Pokemon Go will be making several Legendary and Mega-Evolved Pokemon available in Raids, each of these Pokemon appearing during specific times throughout the month. This guide will be updated monthly, so make sure to check back for the latest information regarding Pokemon Go Raiding.

Updated on May 31, 2024, by Christian Pellegrino: With a new month comes a change in the Pokemon found in Raids. We now know what to expect throughout the month of June, including Five-Star Raids, Mega Raids, Shadow Raids, Elite Raids, and Raid Hours. This month will bring multiple returning Raid Pokemon, in addition to a Pokemon appearing in an Elite Raid for the first time. Here's everything you need to prepare for June 2024.

Five-Star Raids

Throughout the month of June, there will be four different Pokemon in Five-Star Raids, all of which are returning Legendary Pokemon that have appearing in Raids previously. For Five-Star Raids, this includes:

• Zapdos
• Landorus (Incarnate Forme)
• Yveltal
• Ho-Oh

Although there are only four different Pokemon appearing in Five-Star Raids this month, you will still have the opportunity to battle and add each of these powerful Pokemon to your Pokemon Go collection throughout the month of June.

Below, you can find the precise window of time that each of these Pokemon will appear in Five-Star Raids.

Mega Raids

This month, you can expect to see four different Mega Evolutions in Pokemon Go Mega Raids. You will have the chance to encounter and catch these four Pokemon throughout the month of June, each being available during set days and times.

For the month of June, you can expect to see Mega Gyarados, Mega Alakazam, Mega Charizard Y, and Mega Tyranitar in Mega Raids.

In addition to earning an encounter with each of these Pokemon, you will be awarded Mega Energy for the Pokemon you defeat in these Raids — this is a resource used to obtain and use Mega Evolutions of your own.

These Pokemon will be available during different windows of time throughout this month, each provided below.

Elite Raids

Elite Raids will have you and other Trainers battle an extremely powerful Raid Pokemon, surpassing the difficulty of all other Raid tiers in the game.

In addition, these Raids differ from other Raids due to their in-person requirement, restricting the use of Remote Raid Passes when taking part in this new PvE feature.

For June, there will be an Elite Raid Day, this time featuring Mega Rayquaza. The Mega Rayquaza Elite Raid Day will take place on Saturday, June 29, hosting several Elite Raids throughout the day.

You will see Mega Rayquaza Raids appearing at select Pokemon Gyms at 12pm local time, 1pm local time, 5pm local time, and 6pm local time on the day of this event.

With Mega Rayquaza being a difficult Raid opponent, you will want to make sure you are putting together a strong team of Pokemon to battle with. In the case of Mega Rayquaza, you'll want to use powerful Ice-type Pokemon with Ice-type attacks, with Mega Rayquaza being double-weak to this attack type.

Raid Hours

Pokemon Go will be hosting several Raid Hours throughout the month of June.

Taking place from 6pm local time to 7pm local time on each Wednesday of the month, each of these five Raid Hour events will feature specific Five-Star Raid Pokemon, either Zapdos, Incarnate Forme Landorus, or Yveltal.

Functioning like past Raid Hours, the featured Pokemon will be the only Pokemon in Raids during this window of time, taking place more frequently than they normally do. These Pokemon and the date of their Raid Hours are provided below.

Shadow Raids

Shadow Raids are a new feature that was recently brought to Pokemon Go, Raids task you with defeating different Shadow Pokemon in exchange for a chance to catch and acquire them. Similar to Elite Raids, these Raids can only be done in person, not allowing participation through the use of Remote Raid Passes.

Additionally, as time passes in these Raids, the Shadow Pokemon will become enraged, increasing both their attacking and defensive stats. Enraged Shadow Pokemon can be subdued through the use of Purified Gems, returning their stats to their original levels.

For the month of June, you can expect to find Shadow Raikou in Shadow Raids during the weekends. Make sure you're going into this Raid with the proper preparations because this will not be an easy battle.

Raid Days

For the month of June, there are currently no scheduled Raid Days announced yet.

If a Raid Day for this month is announced in the future, there will most likely be an increase in both the maximum number of Remote Raid Passes that you can use to 20 and in the number of free Raid Passes that you can obtain from Pokemon Gyms to six during this event.

Last, but not least, during Raid Days, the Raid Day Pokemon typically have a higher likelihood of being Shiny when they are encountered following the completion of their Raid. Although there have been no Raid Days revealed for this month yet, you can expect this bonus to come with any future Raid Day they announce.