Be prepared for some fierce competition, hard-fought battles, and sensational rewards to claim for Pokémon GO's Season 17 GO Battle League.

First Published January 26, 2024, 15:19

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Each GO Battle League sees new and returning leagues and cups, with a handful of seasonal cups occurring this season. For the Season of Timeless Travels, Trainers can expect new battling encounters, more rewards, and Shiny Pokémon to catch throughout this season to keep their battling wits tested during the Holiday Season.

Speaking of rewards, another new crossover is scheduled for the season transporting them to the Sinnoh region and earning new cosmetics inspired by a character from Pokémon Legends: Arceus. Keep reading as we look at the upcoming competitive season, including dates, league schedule, rewards, and more for Pokémon GO's Battle League.

Pokémon GO Battle League Season 17 Start & End Dates

• Season 17 Start Date: 1st December 2023
• Season 17 End Date: 1st March 2024

Season 17 of the Pokémon GO Battle League starts on 1st December 2023 at 1 pm PT  / 4 pm ET / 9 pm BST  and ends on 1st March 2024 when the season concludes in-game. Following this date, end-of-season rewards be handed out, and your GO Battle League season rank will be reset; however, your rank-up requirement will remain the same for the new season.

Pokémon GO Battle League Season 17 Leagues Schedule

With the new season ushering a wave of changes to Pokémon GO, the GO Battle League will see a refresh on various leagues, which can be found in-game from the GO Battle League hub page. This will include the seasonal Sunshine Cup and the Halloween Cup to celebrate the incoming spooky season.

We've outlined all the leagues included in the new GO Battle League season for Season 17 just below:

• 1st - 8th December 2023: Great League and Retro Cup: Great League Edition
• 8th - 15th December 2023: Ultra League and Retro Cup: Great League Edition
• 15th - 22nd December 2023: Master League* and Holiday Cup: Great League Edition*
  • (*) quadruple Stardust from win rewards — doesn't include end-of-set rewards
• 22nd - 29th December 2023: Great, Ultra and Master League*
  • (*) quadruple Stardust from win rewards — doesn't include end-of-set rewards
• 29th December 2023 - 5th January 2024: Great League and Holiday Cup: Little Edition
• 5th - 12th January 2024: Ultra League and Great League Remix
• 12th - 19th January 2024: Master League* and Fantasy Cup: Great League Edition*
  • (*) quadruple Stardust from win rewards — doesn't include end-of-set rewards
• 19th - 26th January 2024: Great, Ultra and Master League*
  • (*) quadruple Stardust from win rewards — doesn't include end-of-set rewards
• 26th January - 2nd February 2024: Great League and Hisui Cup: Great League Edition
• 2nd - 9th February 2024: Ultra League and Hisui Cup: Great League Edition
• 9th - 16th February 2024: Master League* and Evolution Cup: Great League Edition*
  • (*) quadruple Stardust from win rewards — doesn't include end-of-set rewards
• 16th - 23rd February 2024: Catch Cup: Little Edition* and Catch Cup: Great League Edition*
  • (*) quadruple Stardust from win rewards — doesn't include end-of-set rewards
• 23rd February 2024 - 1st March 2024: Great, Ultra and Master League*
  • (*) quadruple Stardust from win rewards — doesn't include end-of-set rewards

Pokémon GO Battle League Season 17 Rewards

Throughout the GO Battle League season, you can gain experience for every five matches played and whether you've won or lost the matches. All Trainers begin at Level 5 and must progress through the league until Level 20, which will unlock various Pokémon you earn encounters with.

It’s time to get your head in the game!#GOBattle League: Timeless Travels will begin December 1 at 1:00 p.m. PST. With all-new avatar items and rewards, you won’t want to miss this!

— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) December 4, 2023

Below, we've outlined all the encounter rewards for rank-up and standard GO Battle League in Pokémon GO:

Guaranteed Rank-Up Encounters

• Level 1: Hisuian Sneasel
• Level 6: Machoke
• Ace Rank (2,000 Rating): Deino*
• Veteran Rank (2,500 Rating): Goomy*
• Expert Rank (2,750 Rating): Jangmo-o
• Legend Rank (3,000 Rating): Pikachu Libre*

Standard Encounters

• Level 1: Gligar*, Machop*, Marill*, Spheal and Skwovet
• Level 6: Carbink* and Frillish*
• Level 11: Alolan Vulpix, Drilbur*, Lickitung*, Mareanie, and Phantump 
• Level 16: Falinks, Vullaby*, and Wooloo
• Level 20: Active five-star Raid Bosses
• Ace Rank (2,000 Rating): Goomy*
• Veteran Rank (2,500 Rating): Deino*
• Expert Rank (2,750 Rating): Jango-o

Pokémon GO Battle League Season 17 Ranks

Once you've ranked up, you can still encounter other Pokémon featured in the Rank-up and standard GO Battle League encounters. After achieving Level 19, you can also receive an Elite Fast TM and an Elite Charged TM as additional Avatar rewards, inspired by the warden of the Pearl clan, Ingo, from Pokémon Legends: Arceus for the season listed below:

• Ace Rank: Ingo-style Gloves and Shoes
• Veteran Rank: Ingo-style Pants
• Expert Rank: Ingo-style Shirt
• Legend Rank: Ingo-style Pose

Pokémon GO Battle League Season 17 Battle Day Events

Niantic has confirmed new GO Battle events for the Timeless Travels season, which the GO Battle Week took place from 19th to 24th January 2024. During this hard-fought event, Trainers earned quadruple Stardust as win rewards, which excluded end-of-set rewards, with a free Timed Research to complete and claim the Ingo-Style Hat Avatar item

The next scheduled GO Battle event is arriving in-game on 10th February 2024 between 12 am and 11:59 pm local time. Akin to the GO Battle Week event, Trainers will also earn quadruple Stardust as win rewards, which excludes end-of-set rewards that won’t stack with the quadruple Stardust bonus for the month.

Trainers will see their max number of sets increased from five to 20 daily, totaling 100 battles between the aforementioned hours and a free Timed Research will be exclusively available for this GO Battle Day event. Lastly, the Master League and Evolution Cup: Great League Edition are the leagues that are active during this GO Battle Day event which Trainers will get their quadruple Stardust win rewards.