What’s actually new on Oct 31 (and why it’s not Mega Sableye)

If you already read our Mega Sableye Super Mega Raid Day guide, note that was a separate, earlier-announced piece of the Halloween rollout. The fresh confirmation from Niantic on Oct 13 locks in Mega Chandelure as the Pokémon actually appearing in Super Mega Raids on Oct 31, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time.

Mega Chandelure, a Ghost- and Fire-type, is making its full Pokémon GO debut in Super Mega Raids during this event, and it’s a three-hour window only, not an all-day affair, so raid-day spoofers need to plan the session tightly rather than assume you can farm it whenever.

Event window and ticket bonuses

The raid window itself runs Saturday, October 31, 2026, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time. Free bonuses for everyone include up to six free Raid Passes from spinning Gym Photo Discs, Chandelure caught from Super Mega Raids will have Mega Level 1 already unlocked, and the remote raid limit is increased to 20 from Friday Oct 30 at 5:00 p.m. through Saturday Oct 31 at 8:00 p.m. PDT.

The optional $4.99 event ticket (expect roughly the same number in GBP on the UK store, based on how Niantic has priced past tickets) adds up to 14 Raid Passes from Photo Discs plus extra Rare Candy XL odds, 5,000 bonus XP and 5,000 bonus Stardust from raid battles. Free Timed Research tied to the day also hands out a Premium Battle Pass and a guaranteed Tyranitar encounter, worth grabbing even if Chandelure isn’t your priority.

Super Max Level: what it does and how to get it

This is the headline mechanic. Mega Chandelure can reach Super Max Level for the first time in the game. You have to raise its Mega Level to Max first, then spend Chandelure Mega Energy to push it further to Super Max, and just Mega Evolving repeatedly isn’t enough on its own, you need raid participation to generate the extra Mega Energy required.

The payoff is a new Charged Attack, Ominous Wind+, available only while Mega Evolved: 50 power in Trainer Battles with a chance to buff the user’s Attack and Defense by one stage, or 145 power in Gyms and Raids. For full official specifics check the Pokémon GO event page directly before the event starts, since bonus numbers occasionally get patched in the days leading up to a raid day.

The Global Challenge (runs before the raid day even starts)

There’s a separate, worldwide Global Challenge layered on top of the raid day. It runs from Friday, October 30 at 5:00 p.m. PDT through Saturday, October 31 at 8:00 p.m. PDT, tracking raid battles completed by all players globally.

Hit enough tiers and everyone’s Mega Chandelure gets two permanent-for-the-window perks from November 2 at noon through November 15 at noon Pacific time: a boosted base power on Ominous Wind+ for any Chandelure at Mega Level 1 or higher, and a CP boost specifically for Chandelure sitting at Super Max Level. None of this requires you to personally grind, the tiers unlock from aggregate participation, but it does mean raiding during the Oct 30–31 window matters even if you’re not chasing a shiny that exact day.

Best counters for Mega Chandelure raids

Mega Chandelure’s Ghost/Fire typing leaves it weak to Water, Ground, Rock, Ghost and Dark attacks, while it resists Grass, Ice, Bug, Steel, Fairy and Poison and is flat-out immune to Normal and Fighting moves.

For a rooted-phone raid squad that clears fast: Mega Gengar with Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball, Origin Forme Giratina with Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball, Hydreigon with Snarl and Brutal Swing, Yveltal with Snarl and Dark Pulse, and a Ground or Rock attacker like Excadrill or Rhyperior to cover the Fire side if the lobby is running low on Dark/Ghost types. Avoid bringing Fairy, Steel, Bug, Grass or Ice attackers, they’ll just bounce off and waste your raid pass.

CP ranges and what to catch

Chandelure from raid encounters comes in at 1784 to 1867 CP with no weather boost, or 2231 to 2335 CP under Fog or Sunny weather. If you’re spoofing weather alongside location, Sunny or Fog days are the ones to prioritise for a higher floor on IVs relative to CP, since the boosted encounter CP range makes it slightly easier to spot a near-maximum roll at a glance before you even check IVs in-app.

Shiny Chandelure odds

Niantic confirmed an increased chance to encounter shiny Chandelure from Super Mega Raids during the event, without publishing an exact rate. Community trackers at Pokémon GO Hub are estimating the boosted rate at roughly 1 in 10 encounters for the three-hour window, which lines up with how recent Mega debut raid days have been tuned. Treat that as an estimate rather than an official number and budget your raid passes accordingly, since three hours isn’t much time if you’re hunting for a specific shiny shundo.

Best power spot coordinates for raid hopping

Because this is a gym-based Mega Raid rather than a wild spawn event, the whole point of spoofing it is landing somewhere with a dense gym cluster so you can hop raid to raid without walking real distance. UK-based dense gym clusters worth parking a spoofed location at during the window include Trafalgar Square, London (51.5080, -0.1281), Millennium Square, Leeds (53.8008, -1.5491), and Centenary Square, Birmingham (52.4797, -1.9094).

If you’re farming internationally for faster lobby fills, Yoyogi Park, Tokyo (35.6716, 139.6948) and Civic Center Plaza, San Francisco (37.7793, -122.4193) are long-standing raid-hopping staples. Always confirm Mega Chandelure is actually live on a nearby gym before you teleport in, gym rosters refresh and you don’t want to burn a remote pass on an empty lobby.

Rooted Android setup for the raid window

Get your setup sorted the night before, not at 1:55pm on the day. Confirm your spoofing app (PGSharp or similar) is updated to a version that’s been tested against the current game client, since Niantic sometimes pushes a small client update ahead of a named event.

If you’re unsure whether your current app build is stable, our PGSharp auto-walk speed settings guide covers safe movement speeds for hopping between raid locations without tripping location-flag detection. Set your joystick or teleport coordinates in advance for each power spot you plan to hit, and keep a cooldown timer between big jumps rather than instantly snapping across continents.

Avoiding soft bans and rate limits during a raid-hop session

Raid days are exactly the scenario that gets rooted accounts flagged if you’re sloppy, because rapid teleporting between gyms in different cities within the same three-hour window is a textbook pattern Niantic’s backend watches for. Space out your jumps with a few minutes of normal play (spin a stop, check a gym) between big location changes rather than instantly teleporting raid to raid. If you want the specifics of what actually triggers enforcement versus what’s just forum paranoia, read our

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