Throughout January 2025, you will be able to participate in Max Monday events at Pokemon GO to challenge several different Gigantamax Pokémon. These Max Battles only occur one day a week for a limited time, which makes them difficult to pull off unless you know when they appear. With many Max Mondays having the chance to feature a Shiny Pokémon, you'll want to know how to participate in these events before they happen.
Max Mondays are similar to Raids in Pokemon GOfeaturing super-powered Gigantamax Pokémon that are difficult to defeat. For a Max Battle, you slowly build up Max Energy to fill your Max Gauge, which in turn allows you to Dynamax your Pokémon. The Max Moves that your Dynamaxed Pokémon can use are often crucial to winning a Max Battle, especially against tougher opponents.
Maximum Monday schedule for January 2025
Get ready to battle multiple strong Pokémon each week
There is four weeks of Max Mondays for January 2025with the first picking up where the last weekly event in December 2024 left off. Pokémon as Dynamax Cryogonal in Pokemon GO may be available on a maximum Monday for several weeks, while others are only presented once during the month. Max Battles with rarer Pokémon are typically more difficult to win, especially against beginners from various regions.
The table below shows all the different Max Mondays for January 2025, the Pokémon featured in them, and whether you can find them as Shiny encounters or not:
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Date |
Time |
Pokemon |
Type(s) |
Weaknesses |
Can it be shiny? |
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Monday, January 6th |
6pm to 7pm (local time) |
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Monday, January 13th |
6pm to 7pm (local time) |
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Monday, January 20th |
6pm to 7pm (local time) |
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Monday, January 27th |
6pm to 7pm (local time) |
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Some of these Dynamax Pokémon in each Max Monday have appeared before, such as Dynamax Charmander in Pokemon GO. This means you should already have a strategy or favorite Pokémon for defeating these returning enemies. However, the interesting Pokémon in these Max Mondays are the ones you've never seen before, so try to prepare for the ones you haven't had the opportunity to battle yet.
How do Max Mondays work?
Explore areas to find timely Dynamax battles
Unlike the hidden battles against Team Rocket leaders like Giovanni in Pokemon GOMax Mondays will clearly feature Dynamax Battles at the right times. Every Monday maximum happens from 6pm local time and goes until 7pm.. This single hour doesn't give you much time to find a Dynamax Pokémon battle, but you can combine them again as many times as you want after finding them.
Max Battles should be extremely familiar to anyone who has participated in a normal Raid battle in Pokemon GO. Dynamax Pokémon appear in Power Spots, which are important locations on the game map, similar to PokéStops or other landmarks. You You need at least one Dynamax Pokémon to participate in a Max Monday eventSo don't forget to check your collection to ensure you have the right Pokémon on hand.
During a Max Monday battle or any fight against a Dynamax Pokémon, you can form a party of up to four different trainers, who can have up to three Dynamax Pokémon each.
Max Monday's featured Pokémon may change throughout the window in which the event takes place. For example, Dynamax Machop can change to Dynamax Ghastly at different times, making it even harder to predict when your favorite Pokémon will appear. Watch the Power Spots carefully so you don't miss that Dynamax Pokémon you most want to find.
Rally your friends to help you during Max Battles if you can, unless you have Dynamax Pokémon powerful enough to defeat featured opponents. Every maximum Monday in January 2025 for Pokemon GO offers something new, making it a recurring event you won't want to miss.