What is Raid Hour in-game?
Weekly Wednesday 6-7 PM local event. Every gym hosts the featured 5★ or Mega raid for one hour straight.
Weekly Wednesday 6-7 PM local event. Every gym hosts the featured 5★ or Mega raid for one hour straight.
Raid Hour runs every Wednesday from 6 to 7 PM local time. The current featured 5★ or Mega boss replaces every gym raid in your area for the full hour — usually the fastest way to stack 5-10 raids back-to-back.
Raid Hour boosted shiny odds and Premier Ball bonuses sometimes apply (event-dependent). Coordinated remote-raid groups on Discord/Pokeraid spawn lobbies the entire hour for non-local boss farming.
Plan ahead: bring enough passes (1 free + Premium/Remote stack), a Mega-evolved type booster, and a counter team. Raid Hour is when most hundo hunting happens.
See raid hour in action with the related Hundo Hunter tool.
Cooperative boss battles at gyms. 1★ to 5★ tiers + Mega + Elite. Drop rare candy, TMs, and a guarant…
Special ball used only on raid catch encounters. Quantity (5-15) depends on damage + bonuses.
A color-variant mons, marked with a ✦ icon. Independent of IVs and stats — purely cosmetic but rare.
What does Raid Hour mean in-game?
Weekly Wednesday 6-7 PM local event. Every gym hosts the featured 5★ or Mega raid for one hour straight.
Raid Hour explained in detail
Raid Hour runs every Wednesday from 6 to 7 PM local time. The current featured 5★ or Mega boss replaces every gym raid in your area for the full hour — usually the fastest way to stack 5-10 raids back-to-back. Raid Hour boosted shiny odds and Premier Ball bonuses sometimes apply (event-dependent). Coordinated remote-raid groups on Discord/Pokeraid spawn lobbies the entire hour for non-local boss farming. Plan ahead: bring enough passes (1 free + Premium/Remote stack), a Mega-evolved type booster, and a counter team. Raid Hour is when most hundo hunting happens.
Is Raid Hour the same as in the main-series mons games?
Mostly yes — but the game has unique mechanics around catching, raids, and PvP that change how Raid Hour works compared to the main-series games. See the full explanation above for GO-specific details.