Pokémon Go Tour: Hoenn – All increased raids, spawns, and encounters

Hoenn Pokémon are everywhere.
Kyogre and Groudon Pokemon Go Tour
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Pokémon Go Tour: Hoenn, which runs from Feb. 25 to 26, is the perfect opportunity to fill out the Hoenn Pokédex. Throughout the event, certain Pokémon will have increased spawn rates to take advantage of, meaning you’ll have a higher chance of running into Pokémon you haven’t caught yet, or even Shiny Pokémon if you’re lucky.

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At the same time, there will also be a few special raids where you might be able to battle and catch the Legendary Pokémon, Primal Kyogre and Primal Groudon. The Pokémon and raids you come across, however, are dependent on which badge you choose for the event and how much Field Research is completed for your team. 

Related: Pokémon Go Tour: Hoenn full event schedule

If you choose the Ruby badge, you’ll be working toward spawning more Primal Groudon Raids along with other wild Pokémon like Trapinch. If you choose the Sapphire badge, you’ll be working to spawn more Primal Kyogre Raids along with Pokémon like Wailmer. There will also be increased spawns and raids for everyone to enjoy throughout the event, regardless of the team you side with.

Here is a full breakdown of the increased raids, spawns, and other encounters featured during Pokémon Go Tour: Hoenn.

Pokémon Go Tour: Hoenn – All increased raids, spawns, and encounters

During Pokémon Go Tour: Hoenn, different Pokémon will have increased spawns in certain habitats. However, there are also Pokémon that have boosted chances to appear regardless of those habitats, which means you can encounter them at any point.

Those encounters mostly revolve around using Incense or finishing specific Field Research tasks for the Ruby team or Sapphire team. Different Pokémon will have increased spawns, depending on which team collectively completes more Field Research each hour too.

Increased habitat rotation Pokémon spawns

In order to complete multiple tasks like the Go Tour: Hoenn Collection Challenges, you will need to know exactly when some Pokémon are appearing. This also means you will need to keep track of the habitat rotation schedule, which changes each hour. You can find a full list of those spawns, along with a detailed breakdown of the schedule here.

Related: All Pokémon Go Tour: Hoenn habitat rotation schedules, spawns, and details

Pokémon with increased general spawns

  • Pikachu wearing Brendan’s hat
    • Using Incense
  • Pikachu wearing May’s bow
    • Using Incense
  • Unknown H, Unknown O, Unknown E, and Unknown N
    • Using Incense
  • Kecleon
    • You are more likely to encounter Kecleon as an obstacle at PokéStops

All Pokémon Go Tour: Hoenn raids

The stars of Pokémon Go Tour: Hoenn are the two Hoenn Legendaries, Kyogre and Groudon. The duo will be in their Primal forms if you get a chance to battle them in the new Primal Raids, which is the first time this mechanic has been introduced.

Aside from Kyogre and Groundon, a few other Pokémon are getting raids during this event. The Mythical Pokémon, Deoxys, will make an appearance in all of its various forms. Meanwhile, the Hoenn starters will be featured in one-star raids. All of the Pokémon found in these raids have a chance to be Shiny, so keep an eye out for that, too.

  • One-star raids
    • Treecko
    • Torchic
    • Mudkip
  • Five-star raids
    • Deoxys (Normal Forme)
    • Deoxys (Attack Forme)
    • Deoxys (Defense Forme)
    • Deoxys (Speed Forme)
  • Primal Raids
    • Primal Kyogre
    • Primal Groudon

All Pokémon Go Tour: Hoenn event-exclusive Egg hatches

  • 2km Eggs
    • Pichu
    • Igglybuff
    • Treecko
    • Torchic
    • Mudkip
    • Azurill
    • Wynaut
  • 5km Eggs
    • Surskit
    • Gulpin
    • Cacnea
  • 7km Eggs
    • Trapinch
    • Feebas
    • Bagon
    • Beldum
  • 10km Eggs
    • Torkoal
    • Tropius
    • Relicanth

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