Dynamax Invasions

A Dynamax Invasion is a server-wide boss event. Two or three Dynamaxed Pokémon appear around one area, and everyone online has up to 1 hour to bring them down together.

A giant G-Max Kingler on the Lake Verity map with its HP bar during a Dynamax Invasion — G-Max Kingler invades Lake Verity, with its shared HP bar above it.

Their HP is shared: every point of damage you deal comes off the same health bar that other players are attacking. You earn Dynite Ore and items based on how much damage you did.

When invasions happen

Invasions start at these fixed times (UTC):

Day	Times (UTC)
Monday	18:00
Wednesday	01:00 and 18:00
Friday	01:00 and 18:00
Saturday	10:00 and 16:00
Sunday	03:00 and 20:00

Seasonal events: during the Halloween, Easter and Christmas events they run every day at 02:00, 14:00 and 21:00 UTC instead, in event areas.
Length: each invasion lasts 1 hour, or ends early once every boss has fainted.
Finding it: open the Events button in the map panel to see when the next one starts; while one is running, a notice tells you where.

Where they appear

Outside seasonal events, each scheduled invasion picks one of these areas at random, never the same area twice in a row. Every boss in the area has to faint for the invasion to count as cleared. In the Doubles areas you fight both bosses at once in a double battle.

Where	Format	Bosses (held item and moves)
Eterna Forest, Old Chateau 1F Sinnoh	Singles	G-Max Butterfree (Eterna Forest) Wise Glasses · Quiver Dance, G-Max Befuddle, Psychic, Hurricane, Haze G-Max Gengar (Old Chateau 1F) Spell Tag · Hex, Sludge Wave, Hidden Power Fighting, Will-O-Wisp, Haze
Lake Verity, Verity Lakefront Sinnoh	Singles	G-Max Kingler (Lake Verity) Muscle Band · Swords Dance, G-Max Foam Burst, Knock Off, High Horsepower, Haze G-Max Drednaw (Verity Lakefront) Weakness Policy · Swords Dance, Rock Slide, G-Max Stonesurge, Earthquake, Haze
Oreburgh City, Oreburgh Mine B1F Sinnoh	Singles	G-Max Copperajah (Oreburgh City) Muscle Band · Play Rough, Power Whip, Max Steelspike, Earthquake, Haze G-Max Duraludon (Oreburgh Mine B1F) Weakness Policy · Max Wyrmwind, Thunderbolt, Iron Head, Hidden Power Ground, Haze
Valley Windworks, Route 205, Floaroma Town Sinnoh	Singles	G-Max Pikachu (Valley Windworks) Permanent Air Balloon · Iron Tail, Grass Knot, Max Lightning, Knock Off, Haze G-Max Meowth (Route 205) Weakness Policy · Knock Off, Seed Bomb, Max Strike, Play Rough, Haze G-Max Eevee (Floaroma Town) Muscle Band · Body Slam, Iron Tail, Max Strike, Bite, Haze
Lehar Town, Lehar Town Shores Jvaloh	Singles	G-Max Lapras (Lehar Town) Mystic Water · Liquidation, G-Max Resonance, Thunderbolt, Bulldoze, Haze G-Max Machamp (Lehar Town Shores) Expert Belt · Throat Chop, Bullet Punch, G-Max Chi Strike, Bulk Up, Haze
Lansoil City, Scorched Desert Jvaloh	Singles	G-Max Coalossal (Lansoil City) Muscle Band · Earthquake, G-Max Volcalith, Flamethrower, Iron Head, Haze G-Max Sandaconda (Scorched Desert) Weakness Policy · Rock Slide, Fire Fang, G-Max Sandblast, Dragon Rush, Haze
Amberwick Town, Amberwick Pass Jvaloh	Singles	G-Max Toxtricity (Amberwick Town) Permanent Air Balloon · Boomburst, G-Max Stun Shock, Sludge Wave, Trailblaze, Haze G-Max Centiskorch (Amberwick Pass) Expert Belt · G-Max Centiferno, X-Scissor, Power Whip, Thunder Fang, Haze
Route 222 Sinnoh	Doubles	Scyther Muscle Band · Swords Dance, Dual Wingbeat, Knock Off, X-Scissor, Haze Pinsir Expert Belt · X-Scissor, Vise Grip, Stone Edge, Knock Off, Haze
Route 102 Hoenn	Doubles	Tauros Muscle Band · Raging Bull, Throat Chop, Iron Head, Curse, Haze Miltank Weakness Policy · Mega Punch, Zen Headbutt, Heavy Slam, Brick Break, Haze
Route 117 Hoenn	Doubles	Magmar Wise Glasses · Burning Jealousy, Brick Break, Hidden Power Grass, Will-O-Wisp, Haze Electabuzz Air Balloon · Electro Ball, Charge, Hidden Power Psychic, Brick Break, Haze
Route 109 Hoenn	Doubles	Hitmonlee Black Belt · Brick Break, Throat Chop, Stone Edge, Bulk Up, Haze Hitmonchan Muscle Band · Brick Break, Throat Chop, Bullet Punch, Swords Dance, Haze

Every map a boss can stand on, by region:

**Eterna Forest**G-Max Butterfree can appear here.Wild Pokémon here

**Old Chateau 1F**G-Max Gengar can appear here.Wild Pokémon here

**Lake Verity**G-Max Kingler can appear here.Wild Pokémon here

**Verity Lakefront**G-Max Drednaw can appear here.

**Oreburgh City**G-Max Copperajah can appear here.

**Oreburgh Mine B1F**G-Max Duraludon can appear here.

**Valley Windworks**G-Max Pikachu can appear here.Wild Pokémon here

**Route 205**G-Max Meowth can appear here.Wild Pokémon here

**Floaroma Town**G-Max Eevee can appear here.

**Route 222**Scyther and Pinsir can appear here as a Doubles pair.Wild Pokémon here

How to fight

Find a boss. Travel to the invasion area and walk up to a boss. It stands on the map while the invasion runs.
Battle it. Fight it with your party. The boss keeps whatever HP the server has left, so you join a fight already in progress.
Deal damage. Hit it as hard as you can. When your team faints, you are sent to your last Pokémon Center, and the damage you dealt still counts.
Heal and go back in. You can fight as many times as you like until the bosses faint or the hour ends.

Revives cannot be used in these battles. The Dynamax Damage Leaderboard shows how much damage you and the top players have done.

Dynamax Damage Leaderboard window listing the top players' damage and your own — The Dynamax Damage Leaderboard shows your damage next to the top players'.

How the bosses work

Every invasion boss:

is level 85, with a large HP pool that is even larger when many players are online
has 5 moves (4 attacks or setup moves plus Haze) and never runs out of PP
likes to start with its setup move if it has one (Swords Dance, Quiver Dance, Bulk Up and so on)
has the special ability Dynahax

What Dynahax blocks

Effect	What happens
Status conditions	The boss cannot be burned, poisoned, paralysed, frozen or put to sleep.
Damage that is not a direct attack	No damage from weather, Leech Seed, Rocky Helmet, Rough Skin, Iron Barbs, status or hazards. Only your moves hurt it.
Fixed and percentage damage	Super Fang, Endeavor, Final Gambit, Pain Split, Nature’s Madness, Ruination and one-hit KO moves fail.
Healing from the boss	Draining moves such as Giga Drain and Drain Punch restore nothing for you when they hit the boss. Shell Bell still heals you.
Healing for the boss	The boss cannot recover HP from Leftovers, Grassy Terrain or any other effect that is not a move.
Move locks	Taunt, Encore, Torment and Imprison fail.
Trapping	Bind, Wrap, Whirlpool, Fire Spin, Infestation and similar moves fail.
Typing and ability tricks	Soak, Forest’s Curse, Trick-or-Treat, Magic Powder, Simple Beam, Entrainment, Skill Swap and Role Play fail. Mold Breaker and similar abilities do not switch it off.
Item swaps	Trick, Switcheroo, Bestow and item-stealing abilities fail. Knock Off still works.
Other	Perish Song, Foul Play, Heal Pulse and Copycat fail.

Battle against G-Max Kingler with a Dynahax immunity message in the battle log — When Dynahax blocks a move, the battle log says so.

Moves you cannot select against an invasion boss

These moves cannot be selected at all: Baton Pass, Destiny Bond, Grudge, Power Trick, Skill Swap, Bestow, Dragon Cheer, Guard Split, Power Split, Speed Swap, Soak, Magic Powder, Trick-or-Treat, Forest’s Curse, Doodle, Imprison, Role Play and Copycat.

Haze

Every boss carries Haze, which wipes all stat changes on both sides. It is likely to use it when one of your Pokémon has a stat raised by +2 or more, or when one of its own stats has been lowered to −2 or below. It sometimes uses it after a single +1 boost on your side, but a boss stat at −1 on its own does not trigger it.

You can use this in two ways:

Spread your debuffs. Lower several different boss stats by one stage each (Attack, Defense, Speed, accuracy) rather than stacking one stat to −2.
Make it waste its setup. When the boss has used Swords Dance or Quiver Dance, raise one of your own stats or drop one of its stats to −2. It will often answer with Haze, which clears its own boosts too.

Rewards

Rewards arrive when every boss has fainted or the hour runs out. Your damage is the total over all your battles in that invasion, and you need at least 5,000 damage to earn anything.

Dynite Ore

Your damage	Dynite Ore
5,000–15,000	10
15,001–30,000	20
30,001–55,000	40
55,001–100,000	50
100,001–300,000	70
300,001–500,000	90
500,001–750,000	110
750,001–1,000,000	130
Over 1,000,000	150, plus 10 for every further 100,000 (up to 200)

If the bosses are not all fainted in time, you get half the ore and no items.

Items

If every boss faints, you also get one random item from each tier you reached. For example, 600,000 damage gives one item from tiers 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Tier	Damage	Possible items
1	5,000+	Pearl, Stardust, 5 Blaze Coins, IV Potion, Magmarizer, Electirizer, Evolution Stone Chest, Bronze Blaze Chest
2	100,001+	2 Stardust, 2 Pearls, 7 Blaze Coins, Evolution Stone Chest, 2 IV Potions, Magmarizer, Electirizer, Silver Blaze Chest
3	300,001+	Gold Blaze Chest, 10 Blaze Coins, Ability Capsule, Evolution Stone Chest, Big Pearl, Star Piece, Lure, 3 IV Potions
4	500,001+	PP Up, 15 Blaze Coins, Gen-9 TM Chest #1, Gold Blaze Chest, Balm Mushroom, Lure, Ability Capsule, 2 Star Pieces, 2 Nuggets, Grookey Chest, Scorbunny Chest, Sobble Chest
5	750,001+	Gen-9 TM Chest #2, IV Randomizer, PP Max, 2 Lures, 25 Blaze Coins, Pearl String, 2 Balm Mushrooms, Ability Patch, Gold Blaze Chest, Grookey Chest, Scorbunny Chest, Sobble Chest

Your lifetime damage also counts toward achievements, and it has its own boards on the leaderboards. At 25,000,000 damage in total you unlock Big Not-So Friendly Giant and can claim the Damage Leaderboard card style.

Spending Dynite Ore

The Dynite Ore Shop is in these places:

Region	Shop
Sinnoh	The Global Terminal 1F in Jubilife City and the Veilstone Super Mart
Kanto	The Celadon City SuperMarket
Jvaloh	The Glassmoor City SuperMart
Hoenn	The Lilycove City Supermarket

Its stock includes:

Charizardite X
Legendary chests: Calyrex and Deoxys, plus a Treasure of Ruin that changes with the season
Unova starter chests
Battle items such as Light Clay, Terrain Extender, Metronome and Red Card
IV Randomizers and Ability Patches
Generation 9 TMs: Swords Dance, Body Slam, Flamethrower, Surf, Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, Earthquake, Psychic, Agility, Trick and Nasty Plot

**Global Terminal 1F**The Dynite Ore Shop is in Jubilife City's Global Terminal.

Community goal invasions in Kanto

Three more invasions are started by the whole server instead of the clock. Defeating enough wild Pokémon of certain types fills a community goal; when it fills, a 45-minute invasion begins. The goals do not fill while one of these invasions is running.

Boss	Where	Goal
G-Max Charizard	Pokémon Mansion 1F, Cinnabar Island	300,000 Fire- or Flying-type Pokémon defeated
G-Max Venusaur	Celadon City	300,000 Grass- or Poison-type Pokémon defeated
G-Max Blastoise	Route 6	500,000 Water-type Pokémon defeated

**Pokemon Mansion 1F**G-Max Charizard appears here.Wild Pokémon here

**Celadon City**G-Max Venusaur appears here.

**Route 6 (Kanto)**G-Max Blastoise appears here.Wild Pokémon here

Where	Format	Bosses (held item and moves)
Pokemon Mansion 1F Kanto	Singles	G-Max Charizard Muscle Band · Swords Dance, Dragon Claw, G-Max Wildfire, Earthquake, Haze
Route 6 (Kanto) Kanto	Singles	G-Max Blastoise White Herb · Shell Smash, Hidden Power Fighting, G-Max Cannonade, Ice Beam, Haze
Celadon City Kanto	Singles	G-Max Venusaur Wise Glasses · Growth, Venoshock, G-Max Vine Lash, Earthquake, Haze

Damage against these three bosses also counts toward achievements that award their Mega Stones:

Boss	Damage milestones (total)	Reward at each milestone
G-Max Charizard	5, 25, 50 and 100 million	Charizardite Y
G-Max Venusaur	5, 25, 50, 100 and 200 million	Venusaurite
G-Max Blastoise	5, 25, 50, 100 and 200 million	Blastoisinite

Building a damage team

A strong invasion team has two jobs: supports that weaken the boss and protect the team, and an attacker that hits hard and survives its attacks.

Learn the boss. Check its typing and its moves in the table above. Bring an attacker that resists the boss’s strongest attacks.
Hit the weaker defence. Most bosses have one low defensive stat. Use physical attackers against a low Defense and special attackers against a low Special Defense.
Debuff, but carefully. Moves like Growl, Tickle, Leer, Mud-Slap, Apple Acid, Rock Tomb and Bulldoze lower the boss’s Attack, defences, accuracy or Speed. Spread them across stats so you do not set off Haze.
Damage without stat boosts. Focus Energy, Metronome (the held item), Choice Band or Choice Specs, weather and terrain raise your damage without counting as stat boosts.
Mind the speed. The boss is level 85, so check your attacker outspeeds it, or slow it first.
Use Knock Off. Many bosses hold Weakness Policy, Muscle Band or Wise Glasses, and Knock Off is one of the few item moves that still works.

Example: G-Max Kingler at Lake Verity

Kingler is a Water type with very high Defense (115) but low Special Defense (50), so special attackers do far more damage. Its moves are Swords Dance, G-Max Foam Burst (Water, also lowers your Speed), Knock Off (Dark) and High Horsepower (Ground). A Grass and Dark Pokémon such as Cacturne resists all three attacks and has a strong special Grass move.

A popular community team:

Pokémon	Its job
Vileplume	Sets Grassy Terrain (stronger Grass moves) and Reflect, and uses Tickle to lower Kingler’s Attack and Defense.
Torkoal	With Drought it sets sun, so Solar Beam fires in one turn, and it uses Mud-Slap to lower Kingler’s accuracy.
Appletun	Lowers Special Defense with Apple Acid. Sweet Scent drops Kingler’s evasion by 2 stages, which tempts it to use Haze and throw away its Swords Dance.
Cacturne	With Choice Specs it spams Solar Beam in the sun.

Bosses and high-level battlesMars at Lake Verity and the other postgame bosses.

Dynite Ore Shop stockThe full list of what Dynite Ore buys.

Mega StonesHow Mega Evolution works and where the other stones come from.

Achievements and leaderboardsEvery damage achievement, and the Dynamax damage leaderboards.