Pokémon GO Season 11: Hidden Gems begins in-game today, will run through to September 1st - details for other upcoming events in June also announced

Niantic has released details on Pokémon GO's newest season: Hidden Gems. This new season will run from today until September 1st, at 10:00am local time. Alongside this announcement, Niantic have also released details on a number of activities, bonuses, and events that will be running in-game in the month of June in conjunction with this new season.

Season 11: Hidden Gems

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Pokémon GO debuts
Throughout the course of this Season, a number of Pokémon will be making their Pokémon GO debuts, including Sandygast and Palossand (which will debut in the Water Festival: Beach Week event), and Carbink.

Shadow Raids
More Shadow Pokémon will be appearing in Shadow Raids, starting on June 5th, at 10:00am local time. One-Star and Three-Star Shadow Raids will be available daily, while Five-Star Shadow Raids will be available exclusively on weekends. From June 10th, Shadow Articuno will be available to battle in Five-Star Shadow Raids. Lucky Trainers may even encounter a Shiny Shadow Articuno for the first time in Pokémon GO.

Seasonal bonuses
The following bonuses are active throughout Season 11: Hidden Gems:

• One additional Special Trade per day.
• One additional Pokémon Candy when trading Pokémon.
• Trainers level 31 and above will receive one guaranteed Candy XL when trading Pokémon.

Research Breakthrough encounters
After completing seven days of Field Research tasks, Trainers will encounter one of the following Pokémon:

• Sableye ⁂
• Beldum ⁂
• Audino ⁂
• Furfrou ⁂
• Goomy
• Noibat ⁂

Pokémon
All Pokémon listed below with a ⁂ next to their name can also be encountered in their Shiny variants.

Wild Pokémon
With the start of this new Season, a range of different Pokémon will now be appearing in different areas across the world.

• Cities
  • Alolan Meowth ⁂
  • Kadabra
  • Magneton
  • Koffing ⁂
  • Aipom ⁂
  • Galarian Zigzagoon ⁂
  • Patrat ⁂
  • And more
• Forests
  • Paras ⁂
  • Exeggutor
  • Scyther ⁂
  • Cacnea ⁂
  • Sewaddle
  • Phantump
  • And more
• Mountains
  • Onix ⁂
  • Dunsparce ⁂
  • Loudred
  • Boldore
  • Ferroseed ⁂
  • Stunfisk ⁂
  • Helioptile ⁂
  • And more
• Beach and Water
  • Galarian Slowpoke ⁂
  • Shellder ⁂
  • Staryu ⁂
  • Pelipper
  • Alomomola ⁂
  • Binacle ⁂
  • Bruxish
  • And more
• Northern Hemisphere
  • Paras ⁂
  • Alolan Exeggutor ⁂
  • Dratini ⁂
  • Treecko ⁂
  • Torchic ⁂
  • Mudkip ⁂
  • And more
• Southern Hemisphere
  • Meowth ⁂
  • Alolan Marowak ⁂
  • Beldum ⁂
  • Turtwig ⁂
  • Chimchar ⁂
  • Piplup ⁂
  • And more

Eggs
The following Pokémon will hatch from Eggs this Season:

• 2 km Eggs
  • Staryu ⁂
  • Cleffa ⁂
  • Igglybuff ⁂
  • Magby ⁂
  • Azurill ⁂
  • And more
• 5 km Eggs
  • Omanyte ⁂
  • Kabuto ⁂
  • Shuckle ⁂
  • Sableye ⁂
  • Roggenrola ⁂
  • Mareanie
  • And more
• 7 km Eggs
  • Hisuian Growlithe
  • Hisuian Voltorb
  • Hisuian Qwilfish
  • Hisuian Sneasel
  • And more
• 10 km Eggs
  • Mawile ⁂
  • Bagon ⁂
  • Emolga
  • Deino ⁂
  • And more
• 5 km Eggs (Adventure Sync)
  • Cranidos ⁂
  • Shieldon ⁂
  • Mantyke ⁂
  • Stunfisk ⁂
  • And more
• 10 km Eggs (Adventure Sync)
  • Riolu ⁂
  • Galarian Yamask ⁂
  • Goomy
  • Rockruff ⁂
  • And more

Seasonal Themed Stickers
Trainers can get season-themed stickers by spinning PokéStops, opening Gifts, and purchasing them from the in-game shop.

GO Battle League: Hidden Gems
The Hidden Gems update for the GO Battle League has also begun. You can find out round-up of this new season here.

June monthly update
Below are activities and events running in-game in June.

Pokémon Spotlight Hours
A different Pokémon and special bonus will be featured every Tuesday from 6:00pm to 7:00pm local time:

• June 6th: Krabby ⁂ / Kabuto ⁂ / Corphish ⁂ / Clauncher ⁂ / Crabrawler | 3× XP for catching Pokémon
• June 13th: Binacle ⁂ | 2× Candy for catching Pokémon
• June 20th: Sunkern ⁂ | 2× Candy for transferring Pokémon
• June 27th: Doduo ⁂ | 2× XP for evolving Pokémon

Raids
Raid rotations all start and end at 10:00am local time on the dates listed unless otherwise noted.

Featured 5-Star Raids
The following Pokémon will be appearing in five-star raids:

• June 1st-15th: Uxie ⁂ (Asia-Pacific regions)
• June 1st-15th: Mesprit ⁂ (Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India)
• June 1st-15th: Azelf ⁂ (The Americans and Greenland)
• June 15th-29th: Nihilego ⁂ (Shiny debut)
• June 29th-31st: Heatran ⁂

Raid Hours
The following Pokémon will be featured in a Raid Hour event on every Wednesday from 6:00pm to 7:00pm local time:

• June 7th and 14th: Uxie ⁂ (Asia-Pacific regions)
• June 7th and 14th: Mesprit ⁂ (Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India)
• June 7th and 14th: Azelf ⁂ (The Americans and Greenland)
• June 21st and 28th: Nihilego ⁂ (Shiny debut)

Mega Raids
The following Mega-Evolved Pokémon will be appearing in Mega Raids:

• June 1st-15th: Mega Swampert ⁂
• June 15th-29th: Mega Sceptile ⁂
• June 29th-31st: ??? ⁂

Other upcoming events:

• Searching for Gold Research Day will run on June 3rd, from 2 pm to 5 pm local time.
• Water Festival: Beach Week will run from June 6th at 10 am to June 12th at 8 pm local time.
• June Community Day will run on June 10th, from 2 pm to 5 pm local time.
• Solstice Horizons + Team GO Rocket Takeover will run from June 16th at 10 am to June 25th at 8 pm local time.
• Dark Flames will run from June 29th at 10 am to July 2nd at 8 pm local time.

Five-Star Raids in July and August
Pokémon that will be appearing in Five-Star Raids in July and August were also revealed.

• July 1st-6th: Heatran ⁂
• July 6th-13th: Articuno ⁂, Moltres ⁂, and Zapdos ⁂
• July 13th-25th: Regieleki
• July 25th - August 4th: Regidrago
• August 4th-16th: Cresselia ⁂
• August 16th-23rd: ???