Due to technical difficulties during the Mega Rayquaza Elite Raids on Saturday, June 29th, 2024, a makeup event will take place on Saturday, August 3rd, 2024.

Mega Rayquaza returns in a special raid event!

Mega Rayquaza Special Raid Event. Mega Rayquaza will be appearing in raids around the world—again! Mega Rayquaza will hatch from Raid Eggs in Raid Hours at the following times.

Saturday, August 3, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. local time
Saturday, August 3, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. local time
Saturday, August 3, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. local time

We apologize for the inconvenience our dedicated Trainers experienced during the initial appearance of Mega Rayquaza in June.

To compensate for the technical issues that occurred during this event, we’re holding a special raid makeup event on Saturday, August 3, 2024.

Thank you for your understanding, and we appreciate your continued passion for Pokémon GO!

Event Bonus

The Remote Raid Pass limit will increase to 20 from Friday, August 2, at 5:00 p.m. to Saturday, August 3, 2024, to 8:00 p.m. PDT.

Free Timed Research

Free Timed Research will be available to Trainers during the event! Complete the research tasks to earn a Meteorite. Unlike other Mega-Evolving Pokémon, Rayquaza can’t Mega Evolve with Mega Energy alone. Trainers hoping to Mega Evolve their Rayquaza will need to teach it the Charged Attack Dragon Ascent first!

Dragon Ascent can only be learned by using Meteorites.

Source: https://pokemongolive.com/en/post/mega-rayquaza-returns/