Pokémon Scarlet & Violetwill celebrate the start of 2025 with a new snake-themed event. As the current “main series"Pokémongame,Pokemon Scarlet & Violethas diligently kept players entertained with a series of different events. Typically, these events fall into one of two categories - Mass Outbreak events or Raid events. The formeradds Mass Outbreaksof various Pokémon species to the game’s three maps (often with a higher chance of encountering Shiny Pokémon), while the latter adds challenging raid battles like the recently concludedShiny Rayquaza event.
This weekend,Pokémon Scarlet & Violetwill host a newMass Outbreak eventto celebrate 2025 as the Year of the Snake.Mass Outbreaks will appear in all three ofPokémon Scarlet & Violet’s regions, with Silicobra appearing more often in Mass Outbreaks in Paldea, Ekans appearing in Kitakami, and Seviper appearing in the Blueberry Academy. All three Pokémon species will have a higher likelihood of being Shiny while appearing in Mass Outbreaks. The new Mass Outbreak event will run from 00:00 UTC on January 10th (7 PM ET on January 9th) through 23:59 UTC on January 12th (7 PM ET on January 12th).
What Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Events Are Coming In 2025?
Mass Outbreak Event Is Only Currently Scheduled Event, But Expect More Support
Currently, the Year of the Snake Mass Outbreak event is the only event announced forPokémon Scarlet & Violetin 2025. However, several events willlikely take place at some point in the future.For one, we’ll likely get some kind of raid event featuring the Legendary Paradox Pokémon featured in theIndigo Disk DLC, similar to the Paradox Pokémon raids that took place in 2023. We could also see events featuring Pokémon fromPokémon Legends Arceus, especially in the lead-up to the upcomingPokémon Legends ZAgame.
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Invaded by Shiny Pokemon, With Legendary Pokemon Leading the Charge
The latest Pokémon event in Scarlet and Violet is now live, with the Legendary Pokémon Rayquaza leading the charge with more shiny Pokémon to catch.
WhilePokémon Legends ZAwill be released at some point in 2025,expect to see events similar to the Mass Outbreak events continue inPokémon Scarlet & Violet.Assuming thatPokémon Legends ZAhas a similar build/battle system toPokémon Legends: Arceus,The Pokémon Companywill continue to usePokémon Scarlet & Violetas their officialPokémongame for competitive events, which means that more events will continue until the release of Gen 10 games sometime in the future.
Our Take: There Are Cooler Snake Pokémon
Pokemon Missed An Easy Opportunity With Serperior
These Mass Outbreak events are fine, but they could have enhanced the eventswith the addition of Serperior. All three species featured in the Mass Outbreak are pretty common, so bringing in a Pokémon species that typically don’t appear in the wild would have made this event much more fun.
As is, the new Mass Outbreak event forPokémon Scarlet & Violetis only really for Shiny collectors and players looking for something to do in their Pokémon games over the weekend.
