If you're wondering whether diving into battles are worth it this month, you'll want to refer to our Pokemon GO Raid bosses list for October 2023. With plenty of spooky Pokemon on offer, it's another bumper month for community-focused raid battles.
The roster of Pokemon GO raid bosses constantly changes with each new event, and every month a new list of bosses arrives to shake up the rotation. As such, you can guarantee there's always something new for you to try and catch. There's no in-game resource for such a thing, so we'll have the updated list right here.
Pokemon GO raid bosses for October 2023
Tier | Pokemon |
|---|---|
Legendary (five-star) | Guzzlord, Darkrai |
Mega | Mega Gengar, Mega Banette |
Three-Star | Gengar, Sandygast, Greavard |
One-Star | Misdreavus, Shuppet, Drifloon |
The current Pokemon GO Raid bosses are as detailed in the table above. All those listed can be shiny, but the odds of this will differ depending on the raid tier. Simply put, the higher the tier, the more likely it is that the resulting Pokemon will be a shiny, with legendary Pokemon roughly having a 1/20 chance.
Pokemon GO raid hours: October 2023
Every Wednesday from 6PM-7PM in every time zone, you'll get an hour to battle the current month's five-star raid Pokemon by approaching any gym that has a raid happening inside. The table below shows the most common Pokemon you can expect to see in these five star raids.
Date | Pokemon |
|---|---|
October 4 | Entei, Suicune, Raikou |
October 11 | Guzzlord |
October 18 | Guzzlord |
October 25 | Darkrai |
October will see plenty of dark-type Pokemon take to the stage throughout the month. As such, you'll have plenty of chances to grab Greavard, Sandygast and Shuppet. It becomes quite easy easy to catch a stack of these Pokemon if you're able to reliably find and win fights against them.
You've also got a bunch of other beasts to capture, with Gengar and various mega Pokemon all up in raids this month. They're all fairly rare to find in the game, so it's a great chance to complete some hard-to-find Pokedex entries.
What are the next Pokemon GO raid bosses?
Pokemon | Tier | Date |
|---|---|---|
Mega Gardevoir | Mega raid | September 16 - October 6 |
Entei | Five star raid | September 23 - October 6 |
Suicune | Five star raid | September 23 - October 6 |
Raikou | Five star raid | September 23 - October 6 |
Guzzlord | Five star raid | October 6 - October 20 |
Mega Gengar | Mega raid | October 6 - October 20 |
Darkrai | Five star raid | October 20 - November 3 |
Mega Banette | Mega raid | October 20 - November 6 |
November is almost upon us, but several legendary Pokemon are on their way to see us off. The highlight is probably Darkrai, one of the edgiest Pokemon in the series, coming to round out October.
There are a bunch of mega raids ongoing too, with Mega Gengar available throughout most of the month. It's a great chance to snag these Pokemon at just the right time.
It's a great month to use those Raid Passes to grab some ultra-rare additions to your Pokedex! For more mobile gaming, check out our Pokemon GO promo codes you can redeem, as well as our Great League tier list. On top of that, you can check out this month's egg chart to see what you can hatch.