Pokemon GO Well Armed Event: All Bonuses, Spawns, and More

The Well Armed event is the latest update that replaced the Journey to Paldea event in Pokemon GO. This event, like the previous one, introduces plenty of exciting Pokemon spawns, rewards, new bonuses, and many more to dive into.

You can take part in it and catch various cool fighting Pokemon, which can be a really good addition to your team. Some of the shinies have boosted odds as well, making it a perfect opportunity to hunt them down. With that said, here’s all the information about Pokemon GO Well Armed event.

Pokemon GO Well Armed Event Date and Time

The Well Armed event in Pokemon GO has been released on Thursday, December 11, 2025, and will be available for 6 days. We have listed the start and the end times below.

• Start Date and Time: Thursday, December 11, 2025, at 10 AM local time
• End Date and Time: Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at 8 PM local time

Once the event ends, you will no longer be able to take part and obtain the rewards.

Pokemon GO Well Armed Event Bonuses

The Well Armed event offers bonuses for catching Pokemon and earning Candy. You can get 2x Candy for catching Pokemon. On top of that, there is an increased chance to encounter Shiny Dynamax Hitmonlee and Shiny Dynamax Hitmonchan under Pokemon GO POwer Spots.

Now is the perfect time to stock up on Pinap Berries and get those candy gains from the wild spawns you see. You can even complete the Global Challenge with other players to unlock the bonus: Increased Candy and Candy XL from Max Battles.

Global Challenge

A Global Challenge will take place throughout the Well Armed event, and trainers around the world need to complete in Max Battles. To complete the Global Challenge, a total of 10,000,000 Max Battles must be won globally. Take part in the event, and complete as many Max Battles as possible as a community to complete the challenge.

All Pokemon Spawn in the Well Armed Event

New Pokemon Debut

Clobbopus is the new Fighting-type Pokemon debuting in Pokemon GO during the Well Armed Event. However, all players must work together to complete the Global Challenges to unlock this Pokemon in the wild. Once Clobbopus starts spawning, you can catch it and use 50 Clobbopus Candy to evolve Clobbopus into Grapploct.

You don’t need that many candies to evolve. But if you are stacking candies, we recommend keeping a fighting-type Mega Pokemon, like Mega Lucario to earn extra candy and candy XL when catching. You can even trade Clobbopus with friends to earn more candies.

Other Pokemon Spawns

Note:

Pokemon marked with a * can be shiny.

You can find the following Pokemon spawning in the wild:

Pokemon	Type
Poliwag*	Water
Machop*	Fighting
Tentacool*	Water / Poison
Ralts*	Psychic / Fairy
Makuhita*	Fighting
Tepig*	Fire
Timburr*	Fighting
Inkay*	Dark / Psychic
Pawmi*	Electric
Octillery	Water
Mienfoo*	Fighting
Jangmo-o*	Dragon

Field Research Tasks and Rewards

New field research tasks are available that players can complete and encounter some rare Pokemon:

Task	Reward	CP
Catch 10 Fighting-type Pokemon	Fast TM ×1	—
Catch 10 Fighting-type Pokemon	Charged TM ×1	—
Power up Pokemon 5 times	Ralts	231 — 206
Power up Pokemon 5 times	Tepig	464 — 428
Power up Pokemon 5 times	Timburr	563 — 524
Win 3 Max Battles	Dynamax Hitmonlee	1104 — 1049
Win 3 Max Battles	Dynamax Hitmonchan	999 — 947
New Task (Unlocks with Global Challenge)	Clobbopus	487 — 451

Paid Timed Research Tasks and Rewards

A new timed research ticket is available in the shop, which you can buy by paying US$1.99 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency). You can buy the ticket or gift to your friends as well once they have achieved a Friendship level of Great Friends or higher.

Here are the following research tasks and their rewards:

Task	Reward
Catch 15 Fighting-type Pokemon	Max Particle ×800
Power up Pokemon 3 times	Rare Candy ×3
Power up Pokemon 3 times	Rare Candy ×3
Power up Pokemon 6 times	Rare Candy XL ×1
Power up Pokemon 10 times	Rare Candy XL ×2

After completing all the above tasks, you’ll be rewarded with 800 Max Particles, one Charged T,M, and Fast TM.

Additionally, you can also purchase the Well Armed Ultra Ticket Box from the official Pokemon GO Website for US$1.99 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency). It includes both an event ticket, two Max Revives, and two Max Potions.

Don’t miss out on this event, as you can collect some rare Fighting-type Pokemon and expand your collection. Are you excited for the Well Armed event in Pokemon GO? Comment down below!