Pokémon GO: Mega Camerupt Mega Raid Week

Mega Camerupt is the next big raid boss rotation in Pokémon GO, and the useful part is simple — it’s a Mega Raid target most active players can plan around without much drama. The switch happens on Wednesday, May 6, at 6:00 a.m. local time, and Mega Camerupt stays in gyms until Wednesday, May 13, at 6:00 a.m. local time. That same reset also swaps in Nihilego for five-star raids and Shadow Cresselia for Shadow Raids, so this is really a whole raid-board refresh, not just one boss change. ### What exactly is changing? Mega Banette is leaving Mega Raids, and Mega Camerupt is taking its place for one week. If you open the game after the Wednesday morning turnover, that’s the new orange volcano camel you’ll be hunting at gyms. The event window is local-time based, so the change lands at different real-world moments depending on where you are, but always at 6:00 a.m. locally. ### Why do players care about Mega Camerupt? Because this is how you collect Mega Energy for Camerupt and unlock its Mega Evolution in your own roster. If you’re lucky, the raid can also lead to a Shiny Camerupt encounter after the win. That makes the week matter to both collectors and battlers — one group wants the shiny check, the other wants the Mega registered and powered up. ### Is this raid actually hard? Not by Mega standards, basically. Mega Camerupt is Fire/Ground type, and the big weakness is Water — not just weak, but doubly weak. That means strong Water attackers do outsized damage, which makes this a much more manageable raid than bulkier or trickier Mega bosses. Pokémon GO Hub’s counter guide pegs it as doable with roughly 2 to 5 trainers if the teams are good. ### So what should you use? Water first. That’s the clean answer. Ground also works, but Water is the efficient route because of the double weakness. Sunny weather boosts Mega Camerupt itself, so if you raid in sun, expect the boss to hit a little harder and show boosted encounter conditions afterward. ### only look at one infographic. The same May 6 reset brings Nihilego into five-star raids and Shadow Cresselia into Shadow Raids. Raid Hour on Wednesday evening is tied to Nihilego, not Mega Camerupt, so if you want the Mega camel specifically, you’re mostly watching normal gym spawns through the week instead of a dedicated hour spotlight. ### How does this fit into the bigger May schedule? May is crowded. Lechonk Community Day lands this weekend, Spring Marathon starts May 12, and more raid rotations hit right after Mega Camerupt leaves. So this week is less “drop everything” and more “slot this in while you’re already playing.” That’s probably the real value here — it’s a practical Mega target during a month already full of reasons to log in. ### Is there any catch? Only the usual one — local raid availability. Not every nearby gym will show Mega Camerupt at the moment you want it, and Shadow Raids still follow their own cadence, with stronger Shadow legendary activity tending to concentrate on weekends. So the date window is fixed, but the exact raid you see at a given gym is still a map-and-timing problem. ### Bottom line? If you want Mega Camerupt, the window is May 6 to May 13, starting and ending at 6:00 a.m. local time. Bring Water types, expect an easier-than-average Mega target, and treat this as one piece of a broader raid reset rather than a giant standalone event.