{"id":168328,"date":"2025-08-23T05:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T05:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/168328\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T05:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T05:00:16","slug":"pokemon-go-max-finale-how-to-get-eternatus-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/168328\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Go Max Finale: How to get Eternatus explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re hoping to get Eternatus for yourself this weekend as part of the Pok\u00e9mon Go Max Finale 2025, here&#8217;s a guide to tell you everything you need to know.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When is the Pok\u00e9mon Go Max Finale event?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s Pok\u00e9mon Go Max Finale event is scheduled to take place from <strong>10am on 23rd August 2025 until 6pm on 24th August 2025<\/strong>. Both timings are local time.<\/p>\n<p>During this time, a whole host of new Raids, Max Battles and more will become available \u2013 more on all of that down below.<\/p>\n<p>The main event of this year&#8217;s Max Finale is undoubtedly Eternamax Eternatus, which you&#8217;ll be able to battle in what the developers are dubbing the most challenging Max Battle they&#8217;ve ever created.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to get Eternatus in the Pok\u00e9mon Go Max Finale<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To get Eternatus in Pok\u00e9mon Go,<strong> you&#8217;ll first need to reach Tier 60 on the free track of the Go Pass: Max Finale<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Hitting this level will unlock you a free battle against Eternatus. Bear in mind that you must reach this tier by 9pm local time on 24th August, otherwise you won&#8217;t be able to gain any more points to level up the Go Pass.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, if you were hoping to capture Eternamax Eternatus from the upcoming Max Battles this weekend, the Legendary Pok\u00e9mon will not be available to capture.<\/p>\n<p>Defeating Eternamax Eternatus will grant you Eternatus Candy and Eternatus Candy XL, which you can then use to power up the Eternatus you hopefully caught earlier on in the event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What else is in the Pok\u00e9mon Go Max Finale event?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a word: lots.<\/p>\n<p>Crowned Sword Zacian and Crowned Sword Zamazenta will both be returning to Raids during the event.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s going to be a big time for Dynamax and Gigantamax Pok\u00e9mon, too, with every single one rejoining the game. That means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lapras<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Torterra<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gengar<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Inteleon<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Venusaur<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Toxtricity<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rillaboom<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Charizard<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Blastoise<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Scorbunny<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Machamp<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And more!<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-sign-up__disclaimer body-copy-extra-small\">By entering your details you are agreeing to our <a class=\"link link--styled\" data-component=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.immediate.co.uk\/terms-and-conditions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">terms and conditions<\/a> and <a class=\"link link--styled\" data-component=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.immediate.co.uk\/privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">privacy policy<\/a>. You can unsubscribe at any time.<\/p>\n<p id=\"recaptcha-copy\" class=\"recaptcha-copy body-copy-extra-small recaptcha-copy--center\">This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google <a class=\"link recaptcha-copy__link link--styled\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"Link\" aria-label=\"privacy policy\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a class=\"link recaptcha-copy__link link--styled\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"Link\" aria-label=\"terms of service\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be some nice aesthetic changes added. Players who catch Pok\u00e9mon via Max Battles during the event will have a chance of unlocking a Dark Skies Special Background for the Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;s summary page.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, during the event, the skies in-game will darken and be covered by a sea of purple clouds.<\/p>\n<p>Last, but not least, the following bonuses will also be active during the event:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Additional Power Spots will be active<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Power Spots refresh more frequently<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Increased Max Particle collection limit<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Double Candy for catching Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Double Candy XL chance from catching Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>No Remote Raid limit<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Check out more of our <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Gaming<\/strong><\/a><strong> coverage or visit our <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TV Guide<\/strong><\/a><strong> and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Streaming Guide<\/strong><\/a><strong> to find out what&#8217;s on. For more TV recommendations and reviews, listen to<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you&#8217;re hoping to get Eternatus for yourself this weekend as part of the Pok\u00e9mon Go Max Finale&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":168329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[158,67,132,68,729,730],"class_list":{"0":"post-168328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-virtual-reality","8":"tag-technology","9":"tag-united-states","10":"tag-unitedstates","11":"tag-us","12":"tag-virtual-reality","13":"tag-vr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115076322145079276","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}