LocationSpoofing event guide
Minior Orionids 2026: October dates and boosted encounter hours
Orionids opens on 19 October. Set aside the 17:00–21:00 local encounter block and distinguish it from the wider event window.
Event window
Local-time event- Starts
- Ends
Times above use your in-game local clock. No timezone conversion is applied.
This is the overall event window. Check the schedule below for daily hours, overnight breaks and separate reward deadlines.
Event focus
Orionids introduces Minior encounters during October. The useful play window is four hours each evening, rather than every hour between the opening and closing dates.
Schedule
| Activity | When |
|---|---|
| Window opens | 19 October 2026, 17:00 |
| Window closes | 24 October 2026, 23:59 |
| Increased wild Minior encounters | 17:00–21:00 each day |
| Time basis | Local in-game time |
This is the first listed shower in the recurring calendar. Leonids follows in November; the gap between them is not a continuous encounter bonus.
Bonuses
- More Minior encounters during the daily 17:00–21:00 block.
- Extra Stardust for catching Minior. This announcement does not extend that reward to every Pokémon.
Featured Pokémon
- Minior — Meteor Form: the form encountered in the wild.
Minior has seven core colors: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet. A new core color debuts at each shower; the announcement does not assign a named color to this window or promise that all seven appear together. Shiny availability is not confirmed in this announcement.
Form changes in battle
| Form | Battle behavior |
|---|---|
| Meteor Form | Higher Defense and lower Attack |
| Core Form | Higher Attack and lower Defense; changes when HP falls below 50% |
At introduction, form changes apply to GO Battle League, Team GO Rocket and team-leader battles. Minior is excluded from the 2027 Latin America International Championships. These battle rules are separate from the encounter schedule.
Before your session
- Set your reminder for 17:00, the encounter increase, rather than the event’s late final closing time.
- Leave Pokémon storage for the catches you intend to check, then sort between evenings.
- Recheck the official update nearer the event, especially for a future-year date or a core-color announcement.