Tapu Bulu Raid Hour — May 20

Tapu Bulu is the featured boss in Pokémon GO’s Raid Hour on Wednesday, May 20, with the event scheduled from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. local time. Pokémon GO Hub listed Tapu Bulu in its weekly events guide for May 18–24 and in its May 2026 events calendar as the five-star Raid Hour boss for that date. Leek Duck, a Pokémon GO event tracker, said Tapu Bulu will remain in five-star raids from May 20 through May 26. For players in Murcia, the one-hour window follows Pokémon GO’s standard local-time Raid Hour format, meaning the event begins at 6 p.m. in the region rather than at a single global start time. During Raid Hour, gyms that can host raids are typically populated with the featured boss for that hour, according to Pokémon GO event guides published by Pokémon GO Hub and Dittobase. ### What exactly starts in Murcia at 6 p.m. on May 20? Wednesday, May 20, is Tapu Bulu Raid Hour, and the event runs from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. local time in Murcia. Pokémon GO Hub’s May Raid Hour schedule lists Tapu Bulu for May 20, and its separate weekly roundup for May 18–24 repeats that placement. Raid Hour is centered on gyms, not wild spawns. Dittobase said the featured Pokémon appears at gyms that can host raids during the one-hour event, which is the format players use to chain multiple five-star battles in a short period. ### Is Tapu Bulu only available for that one hour? Tapu Bulu is scheduled to appear in five-star raids from May 20 through May 26, according to Leek Duck’s event page. The May 20 Raid Hour is the concentrated one-hour window inside that broader raid rotation. Pokémon GO Hub’s Tapu Bulu raid guide, published May 16, describes Tapu Bulu as a Tier 5 legendary raid boss. The guide also says Tapu Bulu can be shiny, a detail repeated by Leek Duck and Nintendo Wire in their May 20 Raid Hour coverage. ### Where do players need to go, and what do they need to use? Gyms are the locations that matter for Raid Hour, because raid battles in Pokémon GO are tied to gyms rather than PokéStops. Players need an active raid at a gym and a Raid Pass to join, according to Nintendo Wire’s May 20 event guide. Nintendo Wire said players can use the daily free Raid Pass obtained by spinning a gym, or paid passes bought with PokéCoins. Because the event lasts one hour, players often move between several nearby gyms to complete multiple raids before 7 p.m. local time. ### What makes Tapu Bulu easier or harder to beat? Tapu Bulu is a Grass and Fairy-type Pokémon, according to Pokémon GO Hub’s raid guide. The guide says it is weak to Poison, Fire, Flying, Ice and Steel attacks, with Poison listed as a double weakness. That typing matters because Raid Hour compresses decision-making into a short window. Players who prepare teams built around those weaknesses can finish raids faster and move to the next gym before the hour ends. ### What comes after Tapu Bulu? Pokémon GO Hub’s May 2026 events page lists Tapu Fini as the next Raid Hour boss on Wednesday, May 27, again from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. local time. The same page lists Nihilego on May 6 and Tapu Bulu on May 20 as part of the month’s Wednesday rotation. Leek Duck said Tapu Bulu’s standard five-star raid run continues until May 26, which gives players additional days after Wednesday’s one-hour event if they miss the Murcia window or want more attempts before the next Raid Hour arrives.