Pokémon GO Wild Area Steel vs Dragon hours are the two rotating wild habitats for Pokémon GO Wild Area: Global on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November 2026. The first is called Solid as Steel and the other is Daring as Dragons. Each has 22 announced wild Pokémon, giving you 44 species to plan around over the weekend.
The event runs from 10:00am to 6:00pm local time both days. Pokémon GO has named the habitat pools, but it hasn’t published a reliable minute-by-minute Global rotation schedule, so the tables below tell you what to look for without inventing times on the clock.
Pokémon GO Wild Area Steel vs Dragon hours: Solid as Steel habitat list
Solid as Steel includes the following 22 Pokémon. This list is for ordinary event-themed wild spawns, not the separate mighty Pokémon encounter table. If you’re picking a habitat for your next catch, these are the Steel-hour species to watch for.
| Solid as Steel: Pokémon 1-11 | Solid as Steel: Pokémon 12-22 |
|---|---|
| Alolan Sandshrew | Piplup |
| Alolan Diglett | Shieldon |
| Magnemite | Bronzor |
| Shellder | Lucario |
| Onix | Drilbur |
| Porygon | Ferroseed |
| Shuckle | Klink |
| Skarmory | Galarian Stunfisk |
| Nosepass | Durant |
| Aron | Rookidee |
| Beldum | Tinkatink |
For evolution Candy, Beldum is an obvious target if you’re building Metagross, and Tinkatink is useful if you’re working towards Tinkaton. Magnemite, Aron, Drilbur and Rookidee are other lines worth considering if you need their evolutions. Which ones deserve your time depends on your own collection, not an advertised boosted individual spawn rate.
Not everything in a habitat has to match its name’s Pokémon type perfectly. Shellder and Porygon are listed in Solid as Steel even though the habitat title describes the theme rather than rewriting every Pokémon’s typing.
Pokémon GO Wild Area Steel vs Dragon hours: Daring as Dragons habitat list
Daring as Dragons is the second rotating habitat and also contains 22 species. The list includes several fan favourites for evolution lines, but it isn’t an exclusive list of Dragon-type Pokémon. For example, Magikarp and Heatmor are explicitly part of this habitat.
| Daring as Dragons: Pokémon 1-11 | Daring as Dragons: Pokémon 12-22 |
|---|---|
| Charmander | Heatmor |
| Magikarp | Deino |
| Dratini | Skrelp |
| Gligar | Tyrunt |
| Trapinch | Amaura |
| Swablu | Goomy |
| Barboach | Noibat |
| Bagon | Turtonator |
| Gible | Jangmo-o |
| Tynamo | Sizzlipede |
| Axew | Frigibax |
Dratini Candy helps with Dragonite, Bagon Candy with Salamence, Gible Candy with Garchomp, and Axew Candy with Haxorus. Deino, Goomy, Noibat, Jangmo-o and Frigibax are also worth considering if you’re still building their evolution lines. Pick the evolution lines you still need rather than trying to chase every species at once.
Some listed Pokémon may be Shiny when their Shiny version is available. The official event information doesn’t say that every entry in the tables is guaranteed a Shiny release, nor does it provide individual Shiny percentages.
When do Pokémon GO Wild Area Steel vs Dragon hours change?
Pokémon GO Wild Area Steel vs Dragon hours operate during the two-day Global window, 10:00am to 6:00pm in the time zone where you’re playing. That means 10 AM to 6 PM GMT in the UK, not one worldwide GMT start for everybody. The two habitats rotate during the day, so look at the Pokémon appearing around you to see which pool is currently in play.
Pokémon GO hasn’t published exact start times for Pokémon GO Wild Area Steel vs Dragon hours. So while the two habitats rotate through the event, you shouldn’t plan your day around someone else’s unconfirmed 30-minute or 60-minute schedule.
Are these the same as mighty Pokémon or Incense encounters?
No. The 44 habitat Pokémon are the standard wild pools. A separate list of nine mighty Pokémon applies to Saturday and another nine to Sunday. Mighty encounters are more difficult to catch and are more likely to have strong appraisals or XL/XXL sizes.
Regular Incense, excluding Daily Adventure Incense, can attract another selection of mighty Pokémon on both days, and ticket holders may additionally attract mighty Latias or Latios. You won’t need the paid Global ticket just to encounter the standard rotating habitats.
How to make the most of the habitat rotation
Before the event, choose a shortlist from each table and clear Pokémon storage so you can catch several without stopping to transfer. If Candy is your priority, use the Steel habitat for lines such as Beldum or Tinkatink, and the Dragon habitat for lines such as Dratini, Bagon or Gible when they appear.
The best use of Pokémon GO Wild Area Steel vs Dragon hours is to adapt once the on-screen habitat changes rather than chasing an invented time slot. Keep some GO Safari Balls for unusually tough mighty encounters, and remember they can only be used during the daily event hours. The Global hub covers the raids and paid bonuses happening alongside the habitats.
Pokémon GO Wild Area Steel vs Dragon hours give you different wild targets through the weekend. Check which habitat contains the Pokémon you want, and remember that the separate mighty Pokémon list changes between Saturday and Sunday.
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Official source: Pokémon GO Wild Area: Global 2026.
