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    Pokémon GO Wild Area Sendai 2026: raids and ticket guide

    Plan your 6–8 November ticket day, with Gigantamax Duraludon, Crowned raids and city Background rules alongside daily 10:00–18:00 JST gameplay.

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    Event focus

    Sendai hosts the in-person Steel and Dragon Wild Area edition. Gigantamax Duraludon debuts alongside Dynamax Dialga and Dynamax Palkia, alongside Hisuian Sliggoo’s debut and mighty Lapras. Event gameplay requires a ticket.

    Schedule

    Schedule — table 1
    ActivityLocal schedule
    Event dates6–8 November 2026
    Main gameplay10:00–18:00 on your ticketed day
    Stamp Rally09:00–20:00 on your main ticketed day
    Timed Research claim deadline20:00 on each ticketed or Extra Day date
    Trade bonuses00:00–23:59 on your ticketed day
    Time basisJapan Standard Time (UTC+9)

    A standard ticket selects one event day. Extra Day add-ons extend gameplay; the listing is not three uninterrupted days of access.

    Tickets and access

    • Listed base price: JPY 4,000, including fees and taxes. Check official ticket availability and current terms.
    • Location: Sendai hosts the experiences, with event gameplay across Miyagi Prefecture.
    • Separate editions: the Global ticket and its research are not included automatically.

    Battle Ready and Egg-thusiast are optional add-ons. Battle Ready raises available daily Raid Passes to 18; Egg-thusiast offers quarter Hatch Distance under its event terms. They are additional purchases, not base-ticket benefits.

    Ticket bonuses

    • Half Hatch Distance for Eggs put into Incubators during event hours.
    • Up to ten Raid Passes per day from Gym Photo Discs.
    • 8,000 Max Particles per day collection limit.
    • Max Particle costs at 75% of the usual amount to unlock or power up Max Moves.
    • Double catch Candy, two-hour Lures and two-hour regular Incense.
    • Higher Shiny chance and higher chance of collecting 10 km Eggs.
    • Eight-hour Party Play, three Snapshot surprises and mighty encounters on Routes.
    • Safari Balls from spins and hourly Supply Balloons.

    The main benefits apply 10:00–18:00 on your ticketed day. Extra Power Spot/exploration particles require collecting the available Nearby-menu particles first. Shiny Pokémon are not guaranteed. Trade bonuses apply separately throughout the ticketed date: up to six Special Trades and half Stardust cost.

    Raid and Max Battle encounters

    Raid and Max Battle encounters — table 1
    ActivityFeatured Pokémon
    Three-star raidsMachamp wearing a modern jacket
    Five-star raidsCrowned Sword Zacian and Crowned Shield Zamazenta
    Max BattlesDynamax Dialga and Dynamax Palkia
    Six-star Max BattlesGigantamax Duraludon

    Shiny encounters are possible, including Gigantamax Duraludon. Defeating the Crowned raid bosses awards the corresponding Crowned Sword or Crowned Shield Energy. Unlike Global, the city page does not split Dialga and Palkia into Saturday and Sunday assignments.

    Location Backgrounds

    Ticket holders can receive a Sendai Location Background after successful in-person raid or Max Battle catches of:

    • Machamp wearing a modern jacket
    • Dynamax Dialga
    • Dynamax Palkia
    • Gigantamax Duraludon
    • Crowned Sword Zacian
    • Crowned Shield Zamazenta

    The background is a chance, not a guaranteed battle reward. Remote battle catches are excluded. The Special Research reward below has its own confirmed Background.

    Steel-hour wild encounters

    • Alolan Sandshrew
    • Alolan Diglett
    • Magnemite
    • Shellder
    • Onix
    • Porygon
    • Shuckle
    • Skarmory
    • Nosepass
    • Aron
    • Beldum
    • Piplup
    • Shieldon
    • Bronzor
    • Lucario
    • Drilbur
    • Ferroseed
    • Klink
    • Galarian Stunfisk
    • Durant
    • Rookidee
    • Tinkatink
    • Hisuian Sliggoo
    • Orthworm

    Solid as Steel is the first themed hour. Daring as Dragons follows, with the themes rotating through main gameplay.

    Dragon-hour wild encounters

    • Charmander
    • Magikarp
    • Dratini
    • Gligar
    • Trapinch
    • Swablu
    • Barboach
    • Bagon
    • Gible
    • Tynamo
    • Axew
    • Heatmor
    • Deino
    • Skrelp
    • Tyrunt
    • Amaura
    • Noibat
    • Jangmo-o
    • Sizzlipede
    • Frigibax
    • Goomy
    • Hisuian Sliggoo
    • Turtonator
    • Applin

    Mighty Pokémon encounters

    Mighty Pokémon encounters — table 1
    PoolAnnounced examples
    WildModern-jacket Machamp, Alolan Exeggutor, Azumarill, Scizor, Kingdra, Aggron, Flygon, Walrein, Metagross, Empoleon, Bastiodon, Magnezone, Conkeldurr, Ferrothorn, Haxorus, Hydreigon, Goodra, Noivern, Kommo-o, Tinkaton and Clodsire
    Sendai additionLapras

    Mighty Pokémon can appear across both themed hours. They are harder to capture; keep event Safari Balls for the catches you prioritize.

    Incense encounters

    • Unown A
    • Unown D
    • Unown E
    • Unown I
    • Unown N
    • Unown S

    Regular Incense can also attract mighty Latias, Latios and selected mighty species, including Lapras. These event pools do not apply to Daily Adventure Incense.

    Egg encounters

    Egg encounters — table 1
    Egg distanceAnnounced Pokémon
    10 kmHonedge, Klefki, Drampa and Duraludon

    This is the event Egg pool. It does not change the contents of Eggs already in your inventory.

    Research and rewards

    Research and rewards — table 1
    ResearchWhat is confirmedClaim timing
    City Special ResearchBoth themed medals; Gigantamax Duraludon encounter with a Location BackgroundClaim the story during your ticketed session
    Steel and Dragon Timed ResearchProgress by spinning decorated city PokéStopsComplete and claim by 20:00 each eligible day
    Stamp RallyCollect city PokéStop stamps for event encounters09:00–20:00 on the main ticketed day
    Event Field ResearchHigher chance of event tasksDuring event gameplay

    Extra Day purchasers receive both Timed Research sets again on added days, but do not receive another Stamp Rally. Individual tasks and reward counts are not invented where the official page has not published them.

    GO Safari Ball limits

    • Collect from event spins and hourly Supply Balloons.
    • Use them 10:00–18:00 on event dates; they disappear after the event.
    • Keep the 20:00 research deadline separate from the 18:00 end of main gameplay.

    Event-day checklist

    • Use Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) for your reminders; the site’s UTC summary is a timezone conversion.
    • Check that your chosen ticket day and any add-ons match your plans.
    • Arrange an in-person group for the six-star Max Battles; remote catches cannot receive city Backgrounds.
    • Put eligible Eggs into Incubators during the bonus window, rather than before it.
    • Claim Timed Research before 20:00; Global takes place the following weekend with separate access.
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