Minior Meteor Shower: Leonids 2026

You can encounter Minior during the Leonids meteor shower!

Runs from Nov 14, 17:00 to Nov 19, 23:59 local time.

• More Stardust when you catch Minior
• Minior appears more often every day, 17:00–21:00 local time

Minior cores

Minior's core comes in 7 colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. One color appears for the first time with each of the six meteor showers below. During the Geminids, the Northern and Southern Hemispheres each get a different color.

• 774Minior (Red Core)
• 774Minior (Orange Core)
• 774Minior (Yellow Core)
• 774Minior (Green Core)
• 774Minior (Blue Core)
• 774Minior (Indigo Core)
• 774Minior (Violet Core)

Minior (Green Core) first appeared during the Orionids. Colors for the other showers are still unannounced.

Starlight exploration

Every day of a Minior Shower, from 17:00 to 21:00 local time, shooting stars fall across the game's sky and wild Minior become more likely to appear.

How Minior changes form

Minior starts battles in Meteor Form and switches to its exposed-core form once its HP falls below 50%.

• Meteor Form: Defense is high, Attack is low.
• Exposed core: Attack is high, Defense is low.

At first, its form changes only in battles against Team GO Rocket and team leaders, and in the GO Battle League.

Minior can't be used at the 2027 Latin America International Championships.

Yearly meteor shower schedule

Minior appears every year during the meteor showers below. Each shower starts at 17:00 on its first day and ends at 23:59 on its last day (local time).

• Orionids: Oct 19–24, 2026
• Leonids: Nov 14–19, 2026
• Geminids: Dec 11–16, 2026
• Eta Aquariids: May 3–8, 2027
• Southern Delta Aquariids: Jul 28–Aug 2, 2027
• Perseids: Aug 10–15, 2027

Pokémon in the wild

During the event, Meteor Form Minior can be found in the wild, and catching one gives 1,000 Stardust.

• Minior (Meteor Form)

Minior shows up more often every day from 17:00 to 21:00 local time.