The Pokémon Go events just keep coming. Following a mere day after Aspiring Dragons Research Day, Niantic will host Gigantamax Lapras Max Battle Day, which sees the eponymous monster make its debut in six star Max Battles.

As ever, you can encounter a shiny variant if you’re lucky.

Niantic has also announced a brand new item, the Max Mushroom, which boosts your attacks. Aside from that, expect similar Event Bonuses, paid Event Tickets, and Web Store goodies as usual.

Gigantamax Lapras Max Battle Day Event Details

BeginsDecember 8 at 2:00 PM local time
EndsDecember 8 at 5:00 PM local time
DetailsGigantamax Lapras arrives in six star Max Battles

As you can expect from a Max Battle Day event, you get three hours to try and catch a Gigantamax variant of a specific Pokémon. This time around it’s Lapras, who’s making their debut.

Max Mushrooms Boost Your Attacks

Alongside the introduction of Gigantamax Lapras is Max Mushrooms, which boosts your attacks when using Dynamax and Gigantamax Pokémon in Max Battles.

Here are a list of attacks that they affect:

  • Fast Attacks
  • Charged Attacks
  • Max Move

Once you use a Max Mushroom, you have a window of time with which all of the above attacks double in damage. You can use multiple Max Mushrooms to increase the length, but they won’t affect the damage multiplier.

Take Advantage of Event Bonuses

While the event is live, you can gain the following bonuses:

  • Your Max Particle collection limit increases to 1,600
  • Every Power Spot features a Gigantamax Battle and refresh more frequently
  • Gain 8 Max Particles from Power Spots

The following bonuses are also live the entire day, up until the moment the event ends:

  • Double Max Particles
  • You only need to travel a quarter of the usual distance to earn them

Grab an Event Ticket For Additional Rewards

You can purchase an Event Ticket for $5, which provides you with additional bonuses and Timed Research, which you can beat for rewards.

Here’s the full list of rewards and bonuses:

  • A Max Mushroom
  • 25,000 XP
  • Double XP from Max Battles
  • Max Particle limit increases to 5,600

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