Pokémon Go Battle League: Rising Heroes schedule

Every event in the upcoming season of Pokémon Go’s PvP mode

Marco Wutz | Feb 28, 2023

Pokémon Go Battle League: Rising Heroes schedule /

Rising Heroes has been revealed as Pokémon Go’s next season and will also lend its name to GO Battle League for the next three months. Running from March 1, 2023, at 12pm PT / 3pm ET / 8pm GMT / 9pm CET to June 1, 2023, it will once again give you the chance to fight for glory and lots of in-game rewards.

In terms of format rotations, the upcoming season keeps the system of its predecessor intact: standard formats Great League, Ultra League, and Master League always stay around for two weeks, while a second format featuring a limited ruleset is switched out on a weekly basis.

Here is the full schedule for GO Battle League: Rising Heroes in Pokémon Go.

Pokémon Go Battle League: Rising Heroes events

March 1 to March 8, 2023:

Great League
Fantasy Cup: Ultra League Edition

March 8 to March 15, 2023:

Great League
Color Cup: Great League Edition

March 15 to March 22, 2023:

Ultra League
Psychic Cup: Great League Edition

March 22 to March 29, 2023:

Ultra League
Mountain Cup: Great League Edition
GO Battle Day: Palmer (March 25)

March 29 to April 5, 2023:

Master League
Little Cup
Bonus: triple Stardust from win rewards

April 5 to April 12, 2023:

Master League
Spring Cup: Great League Edition
Bonus: triple Stardust from win rewards

April 12 to April 19, 2023:

Great League
Ultra League
Master League
Evolution Cup: Great League Edition

April 19 to April 26, 2023:

Great League
Weather Cup: Great League Edition

April 26 to May 3, 2023:

Great League
Weather Cup: Ultra League Edition

May 3 to May 10, 2023:

Ultra League
Little Cup

May 10 to May 17, 2023:

Ultra League
Sunshine Cup: Great League Edition
GO Battle Day: Stardust (May 14)

May 17 to May 24, 2023:

Master League
Element Cup: Little Edition
Bonus: triple Stardust from win rewards

May 24 to June 1, 2023:

Master League
Catch Cup: Rising Heroes Edition
Bonus: triple Stardust from win rewards

You can get a free Timed Research pass for the season in the in-game shop, which will give you additional rewards for every 100 wins you achieve in PvP battles. There are no balance changes going into this season, though a few Pokémon have gained access to new moves:

Exploud: Boomburst
Flygon: Boomburst
Kommo-o: Boomburst
Whimsiscott: Fairy Wind
Jellicent: Surf

As usual you can gain rewards by reaching higher ranks in GO Battle League, earning avatar items and Pokémon encounters.

Published Feb 28, 2023

MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg