The Pokémon GO Wild Area featured attacks list has seven Pokémon and moves for GO Wild Area: Global on 14 and 15 November 2026. Metagross gets Meteor Mash, Haxorus gets Breaking Swipe, and Machamp wearing a modern jacket gets Karate Chop. The moves apply to certain Pokémon encountered or evolved during the event, rather than changing the attacks on Pokémon you already own.
You’ll want to check the event window before evolving anything. The Global weekend runs from 10am to 6pm local time on each day, and the Pokémon GO announcement gives one list covering all seven featured moves. Here’s that list without mixing in attacks from other November events.
All seven Pokémon GO Wild Area featured attacks and their Pokémon
| Pokémon | Featured attack | Type of move |
|---|---|---|
| Machamp wearing a modern jacket | Karate Chop | Fast Attack |
| Flygon | Earth Power | Charged Attack |
| Metagross | Meteor Mash | Charged Attack |
| Magnezone | Magnet Bomb | Charged Attack |
| Haxorus | Breaking Swipe | Charged Attack |
| Hydreigon | Brutal Swing | Charged Attack |
| Tinkaton | Gigaton Hammer | Charged Attack |
Karate Chop is the only Fast Attack on the Pokémon GO Wild Area featured attacks list. The other six are Charged Attacks. If you’re checking a Pokémon’s moves in storage after catching or evolving it, make sure you’re looking at the correct slot.
How to get Pokémon GO Wild Area featured attacks
For Pokémon GO Wild Area featured attacks, the official rule is that certain Pokémon encountered or evolved during the event will know their listed move. That includes two possible ways of obtaining an eligible Pokémon: catching it during Wild Area or completing a qualifying evolution while the event is active. It does not mean every listed species must be evolved, and it doesn’t mean every Pokémon caught outside the event gets a new move.
Machamp wearing a modern jacket is the clearest special case. It’s a three-star Gym Raid boss on both Saturday and Sunday, and its event Fast Attack is Karate Chop. You aren’t meant to evolve a regular Machoke into the jacketed version. If the costume is your goal, follow the Machamp modern jacket raid guide.
The event also features Flygon, Metagross, Magnezone, Haxorus, Hydreigon and Tinkaton among its Pokémon encounters, with different species appearing through the Steel and Dragon hours or event Incense. Check which Pokémon are available at the time you’re playing. If you already have an earlier stage ready to evolve, do that within the published event window rather than assuming the featured attack will still be awarded later.
Which featured moves should you prioritise?
Start with the Pokémon you actually use or want to keep. Meteor Mash Metagross is a particularly familiar target for Trainers building a Steel-type attacker, while Breaking Swipe Haxorus and Brutal Swing Hydreigon are moves worth checking if those Pokémon are part of your collection. Your best choice depends on what you own; there isn’t a single must-have move for everyone.
Magnezone’s Magnet Bomb, Flygon’s Earth Power and Tinkaton’s Gigaton Hammer complete the six Charged Attacks. If you’re catching lots of mighty Pokémon during the weekend, inspect their moves before transferring duplicates. A Pokémon with an event move may be worth keeping even if its CP isn’t your highest.
The Machamp costume is a separate collecting goal because the outfit itself is tied to the Wild Area raid encounter. You might want it for the costume and Shiny chance, regardless of whether Karate Chop is your favourite Fighting-type move.
When do Pokémon GO Wild Area featured attacks end?
The Global event is scheduled for Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November, 10am to 6pm local time each day. In the UK, that’s 10am to 6pm GMT. The official Wild Area page doesn’t announce a separate grace period for these moves, so plan your encounters and evolutions within those hours.
Some Pokémon GO events allow extra evolution time, but that isn’t something to assume here. Similarly, the Wild Area featured attacks announcement doesn’t spell out a permanent standard-TM or Elite-TM rule for every move. Don’t use up items on the assumption that every attack in the table can be taught later in the same way.
Does Kyurem’s Glaciate count as an eighth featured move?
No. The event separately says that Kyurem encountered from Black or White Kyurem raids may know Glaciate. That’s part of the Kyurem raid rewards, not an eighth entry in the seven-Pokémon featured-attack table. Saturday’s White Kyurem raids and Sunday’s Black Kyurem raids also award different Fusion Energy types.
Our Kyurem Fusion Energy guide explains which form to raid on which day. The raid boss schedule covers the weekend’s Gym Raids and Max Battles as a whole.
The Pokémon GO Wild Area featured attacks are best treated as a short checklist: find or evolve the Pokémon you want during the two-day window, check its actual move afterwards, and keep the ones you’re likely to use. That gives you the seven confirmed combinations without mixing in a different event’s exclusive moves.
Pokémon GO Wild Area featured attacks: Related Guides
Official source: Pokémon GO Wild Area: Global 2026.
