Wednesday: Pokémon Sword & Shield - Ranked Battle + Pokémon Café Mix - Scorbunny Event
01-07-2020 07:04 BST / 02:04 EDT by Serebii
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Last Update: 21:00 BST
Edit @ 08:26: Ranked Battle Rewards | Edit @ 13:46: International Friendly | Edit @ 21:00: Pokémon GO
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield - VGC Ruleset
Ranked Battle Series 5 is now live. This ruleset continues the addition of available Gigantamax Pokémon and now allows all presently available Gigantamax. This will run from July 1st at 04:00 UTC to August 30th at 23:59 UTC. With this, the rewards that you'll get after this month's Season have also been announced, removing Nature Mints and adding in Armorite Ore
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield - Ranked Battle Rewards
The sixth season of Pokémon Sword & Shield's Ranked Battle has come to an end and with it, the rewards for participation in battles is now live. To get them, you need to check your ranking in the Ranked Battle mode and then go to Mystery Gift > Receive via Battle Stadium. These rewards include BP and items range from nature mints up to Bottle Caps depending upon your placement. We have full details of the rewards in our Ranked Battle section
In The Pokémon Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
The Rankings are now live in Pokémon Sword & Shield for the recent International Friendly Online Competition. To check the results you need to go to VS and then into the Battle Stadium feature and check previous competitions. With this, once you have checked your results, you can now receive the 50 BP gift if you go to Mystery Gift and select Get Battle Stadium Rewards
In The Games Department
Pokémon HOME
A new patch is live for Pokémon HOME on Nintendo Switch. This patch brings the app to Version 1.1.1 and provides a bug fix so that Pokémon that get transferred are now added to the Isle of Armor Pokédex
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
The Research Breakthrough Pokémon have shifted. From now until August 1st at 20:00 UTC, when you unlock a Research Breakthrough reward, the Pokémon will be Larvitar and, with this, Field Research is shifting
In The Games Department
Pokémon Café Mix
The first Special Customer event has begun in Pokémon Café Mix. From today until July 15th, Scorbunny will start to appear in the café as a customer. If you complete orders for it, you'll be able to recruit it to be a staff member. If you start building friendship before the event ends, you'll be able to invite it to a Party to still be able to recruit it.
Alongside this, new Regular Orders have been added. We're currently cataloguing all of these so be sure to keep checking back
Edit @ 08:19: Updated the Pokémon, Offerings & Gimmicks & Regular Orders pages
In The Games Department
Pokémon Rumble Rush
The new Battle Royale Cup has started. This cup is the Pheromosa Cup and, from today until July 8th, will run a special bonus powering up Fighting and Bug-type moves. This cup includes two new pieces of Poké Glam to earn
