Thursday: Pokémon Legends: Z-A - Ranked Battle
17-09-2026 07:00 BST / 02:00 EDT by Serebii.
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Edit @ 08:17: Pokémon Sleep
In The Games Department
Pokémon Legends: Z-A - Ranked Battle Season 17
Pokémon Legends: Z-A's Ranked Battle Season 17 has begun. This season is the sixteenth for the Z-A Battle Club and features battles to get rewards by earning points in the battle. This season runs a ruleset where you can use all Pokémon except Restricted Legendary Pokémon. This season will run until October 8th at 05:59 UTC
Players who reach Rank Y to S will get the prior Mega Stones from Ranked Battle.
We've added all known details in our Ranked Battle Season 17 section including available Pokémon and rewards
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
The next Pokémon GO events for October 2026 have been fully detailed.
Shadow Landorus will be available in 5 Star Shadow Raids
Xerneas will be in 5 Star Raids from September 30th - October 6th alongside Mega Victreebel
Yveltal will be in 5 Star Raids from October 7th - 13th alongside Mega Blastoise
Dialga will be in 5 Star Raids from October 14th - 20th alongside Mega Dragonite
Palkia will be in 5 Star Raids from October 21st - 27th alongside Mega Charizard X & Mega Charizard Y
Giratina Origin Forme will be in 5 Star Raids from October 28th - November 3rd alongside Mega Sableye
In addition, the events for the month have also been confirmed
A mystery event will run October 4th - 10th
Fall Marathon: Buddy Trek will run from October 13th through 19th
Halloween 2026 Part 1 will run from October 27th through 31st
Halloween 2026 Part 2 will run November 1st through 5th
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sleep
Pokémon Sleep has had an update which has contained the new data for the event next week. This includes the addition of more elements of Mewtwo in addition to details for the second week of the Pursue Mewtwo event
