Academy Event: Art Agony, Teacher’s Tears is now live in Pokémon Masters EX! While Kris sketches Pokémon at the academy, a special guest—Brassius—comes to Hassel’s art class...

The Hassel EX Fair is live! 5★ Hassel & Baxcalibur debut! You can get presents based on how many times you use the ×11 scout! You’ll also get presents when you team up with 5★ Hassel & Baxcalibur!

The Brassius EX Fair is live! 5★ Brassius & Sudowoodo debut! You can get presents based on how many times you use the ×11 scout! You’ll also get presents when you team up with 5★ Brassius & Sudowoodo!


Guest artist Yukihiko made this vibrant Pokémon Masters Artwork depicting Hassel, Brassius, and their partners immersed in their creative work! Check out Hassel and Brassius in Academy Event: Art Agony, Teacher’s Tears, starting January 15, 2026 at 10:00 p.m. PST!

YouTube Clip - Art Class Begins at Pasio Academy!

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXC6aQimi8o

YouTube Clip - Art Class Begins at Pasio Academy! (Japanese)

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pSoetZg0ug

Academy Event Art Agony, Teacher’s Tears

Academy Event Art Agony, Teacher’s Tears Under Way! Kris is engrossed in painting pictures of Pokémon at the academy! Then, Brassius makes a special appearance in Hassel’s art class!

Date/Time

January 15, 2026 at 10:00 p.m. - February 2, 2026 at 9:59 p.m.

About Academy Events

Academy Events are events that let you strengthen Academy Sync Pairs. This time, 5★ Kris (Academy) & Igglybuff are the featured Academy Sync Pair. Encounter a variety of Trainers at Pasio Academy while aiming to be the best Sync Pair you can be!

Academy Sync Pairs will be released with the ability to be raised to 6★ EX and an EX Role available to unlock.

Note: You can use certain items to upgrade Sync Pairs that have the ability to be raised to 6★ EX.

Note: You can use certain items to unlock the EX Role for Sync Pairs that have one.


Note: The outfit with different colors depicted above can be used once the sync pair has been raised to 6★ EX.

Initially, each Academy Sync Pair will have only one move. Try various upgrades and learn new moves through Academy Events!

Academy Event Exclusive Stories

Each Academy Event features exclusive stories. This Academy Event features 4 exclusive stories.

Academy Event Exclusive Stories

• A Chat Between Artists
• Being a Teacher
• Subject of Study: Eggs
• Bug Pokémon Feelings

The Academy Event exclusive stories appear at random. If you see one of these stories during the event, be sure to check it out.

Lineup Bonuses

You can earn more exclusive Sync Orbs if you have featured Sync Pairs in your lineup for battles that are part of this event. The more of these Sync Pairs you include on your team, the more exclusive Sync Orbs you can earn!

Note: You can view more information about the featured Sync Pairs in the Special Bonuses screen by tapping the button in the bottom left of the area selection screen.

Featured Bonus Items

• Fiery Orb
• Leafy Orb
• Bubbly Orb
• Sparky Orb

The lineup bonus is ×1 by default and varies according to which Sync Pairs are on the team.

Example 1: If you place a ×1.5 and a ×2.0 Sync Pair on your team, you will receive ×2.5 the number of featured bonus items.
Example 2: If you place a ×2.0 and a ×2.0 Sync Pair on your team, you will receive ×3.0 the number of featured bonus items.

Limited-Time Stamina Tickets

You can use Limited-Time Stamina Tickets on the Replenish Stamina screen to replenish your Stamina. If using the Limited-Time Stamina Ticket to replenish your Stamina causes you to exceed the maximum amount of 999 Stamina, you will be unable to make the exchange.

Note: If you do not use a Limited-Time Stamina Ticket before its expiration date, it will be converted into Coins (10 Coins each) and sent to your Present Box. Once the item expires, it can no longer be used.

Addition of Themes and Theme Skills

New Themes and Theme Skills will be added to the following Sync Pairs:

• 5★ Rei (Academy) & Braviary
• 5★ Marnie (Academy) & Cyclizar
• 5★ Morty (Academy) & Typhlosion
• 5★ Iris (Academy) & Lapras
• 5★ Gladion (Academy) & Porygon-Z
• 5★ Jasmine (Academy) & Forretress
• 5★ Kabu (Academy) & Camerupt
• 5★ Rosa (Academy) & Deerling (Spring Form)
• 5★ Brendan (Academy) & Marshtomp
• 5★ Rosa (Academy) & Deerling (Summer Form)
• 5★ Hugh (Academy) & Pignite
• 5★ Kris (Academy) & Igglybuff

Event Details

Academy Events are events that let you strengthen Academy Sync Pairs by interacting with various Sync Pairs each round and acquiring exclusive upgrade items. You can take on Academy Events as many times as you like during their event period. Enjoy replaying them until you get the results you want.

Note: Academy Sync Pairs are trained using exclusive Sync Grids.
Note: During an Academy Experience, only one Sync Grid can be used for upgrades.

Academy Sync Pair Details

At the start of an Academy Event, you’ll team up with an Academy Sync Pair. At first, it’ll be difficult for the Academy Sync Pair to be effective in battle, but they’ll get stronger as you activate their Sync Grid tiles.

Make sure to strengthen your Sync Pair in the event so they can prove their worth in the battles to come.

Collect Exclusive Sync Orbs!

The exclusive Sync Orbs needed to strengthen Academy Sync Pairs can only be found and used within this event. Area info appears at random, and the type and quantity of the exclusive Sync Orbs that can be obtained will differ with each area info. Feel free to take on area info that catches your attention!

Some special area info can even earn you large quantities of these exclusive Sync Orbs! Take on various area info over the course of twelve rounds during your Academy Experience!

Note: Your number of exclusive Sync Orbs resets each time you start an Academy Experience.
Note: Please be aware that if you quit or are disconnected while attempting to look around an area, you will proceed to the next round without being able to receive any rewards.

Exclusive TM Orb Details

Among the types of Sync Orbs, there are special Sync Orbs that allow your Sync Pairs to learn moves. Since you need these exclusive TM Orbs to learn moves, do your best to take on any area info that includes them.

Exams

There will be a midterm exam in round 6 and a final exam in round 12. Exams are special one-on-one battles only for Academy Sync Pairs. These one-off battles can’t be replayed, so make sure to strengthen your Academy Sync Pair beforehand.

Note: If you quit or are disconnected during one of these battles, it will be considered a defeat, and you will not receive rewards for it.
Note: After an exam, the event will continue, regardless whether you passed or failed the exam.

Use Custom ★ Power-Ups

Once you complete an Academy Experience, you can receive Academy Sync Pair Custom ★ Power-Ups. Use Custom ★ Power-Ups to strengthen your Academy Sync Pairs, and play the event again!

Note: You can exchange unneeded Academy Sync Pair Custom ★ Power-Ups for items via the Exchange Items menu.

Replay Events

Each time you do an Academy Event, your Academy Sync Pair’s upgrades will start from scratch. How your Academy Sync Pair turns out will depend on what area info you take on and which upgrades you select. Try to achieve rank A so you can view a special story after the final exam.

Take on the event as many times as you need to develop your perfect Academy Sync Pair.

Note: If you wish to restart during an event, reset the Academy Experience from the history log in the upper right corner of the area info selection screen.

Select the Grid to Keep

Academy Sync Pairs have two different Sync Grids.

• In-Training Grid - These grids can only be used within Academy Events. Activate these grids’ tiles during events to strengthen your Academy Sync Pairs.

• Completed Grid - Once you take the final exam in round 12, the Academy Experience will be complete. Then, you’ll select the grid you’d like to keep. If you are satisfied with the upgrades you obtained, you can keep the contents of the In-Training Grid as your Completed Grid.
  If you are not satisfied with the upgrades you obtained, you can keep your previous Completed Grid instead. Changes made to your Completed Grid will also be reflected in battles outside of the Academy Event.

About Trial Battles

In a Trial Battle, you can take on a battle using either your In-Training Grid or Completed Grid. You can access the Trial Battle feature from the rank confirmation screen during your second Academy Experience playthrough and onward.

If you’re having trouble deciding which grid to keep, try testing them out in a Trial Battle.

Academy Event Support Log-In Bonus

The Academy Event Support Log-In Bonus will be held twice to mark the start of the event.

Log-In Bonus Details

• Limited-Time Stamina Ticket ×5

Log-In Bonus Date/Time

• 1st Time - January 15, 2026 at 10:00 p.m. - January 22, 2026 at 9:59 p.m.

• 2nd Time - January 22, 2026 at 10:00 p.m. - January 29, 2026 at 9:59 p.m.

About Kris (Academy)’s Gym Emote

The Gems with Gym Emotes offer, which allows you to obtain Kris (Academy)’s Gym Emote as a present, is now on sale!

Note: Kris (Academy)’s Gym Emote does not include a voice. Thank you for your understanding.
Note: Once the period for the featured bundle ends, it will be added to the daily lineup.
Note: The Gems with Gym Emotes can be purchased under With Emotes in the Purchase Gems menu of the Shop.

Featured Bundle Date/Time

January 15, 2026 at 10:00 p.m. - February 2, 2026 at 9:59 p.m.

Academy Founding Chapter

While the Academy Event is under way, you can use the Story button within the event to view any of the Academy Founding Chapter stories that have been released in the past. We hope you enjoy these events depicting the history of the academy’s establishment on Pasio.

Note: These events’ stories are the same as the previously held ones with the same names.
Note: You will not receive any rewards, such as items or Gems, for completing previous event stories.

Important

• To participate, you must have completed Main Story Chapter 1: The More the Merrier (Normal) in single-player.
• The sync pairs that appear as opponents in battle have different capabilities than those you can actually obtain.
• To upgrade to 6★ EX, you must have completed Main Story Chapter 1: The More the Merrier (Normal) in single-player.
• To unlock the EX Role, you must have completed Main Story Chapter 1: The More the Merrier (Normal) in single-player.
• To claim log-in bonuses, you must have completed Main Story Chapter 1: The More the Merrier (Normal) in single-player.
• Log-in bonuses are sent to your Present Box.
• The Log-in Bonus can only be claimed once during the specified time period.
• Log-in bonuses sent to the Present Box can only be claimed for a limited period of time.
• If you are already logged in, you will need to return to the Pokémon Center and claim them from your Present Box.
• The content is subject to change without notice.

Source: https://pokemonmasters-game.com/en-US/announcements/Event_7120_3W_1

Hassel EX Fair

You can now team up with an EX Fair–Exclusive Sync Pair in the Sync Pair Scout! The EX Fair–Exclusive Sync Pair 5★ Hassel & Baxcalibur are being featured in this limited-time EX Fair!

The Fair-Exclusive Sync Pairs 5★ Sygna Suit Cynthia & Kommo-o and 5★ Lucas & Dialga are also being featured! The EX Fair is a special sync pair scout in which 5★ sync pairs have a 10% chance of appearing!


The featured Sync Pairs will be released with the ability to be raised to 6★ EX, an EX Role available to unlock, and Superawakening available to unlock.

Note: You can use certain items to upgrade Sync Pairs that have the ability to be raised to 6★ EX.
Note: You can use certain items to unlock the EX Role for Sync Pairs that have one.
Note: You can unlock Superawakening for Sync Pairs that have had Superawakening added by raising their move level to 5. You can then raise their Superawakening level.


Note: The outfit with different colors depicted above can be used once the sync pair has been raised to 6★ EX.

Raising 5★ Hassel & Baxcalibur to 6★ EX will add a song to the Jukebox. Also, you can receive presents according to the number of times you use the Sync Pair Scout ×11, as well as when you team up with 5★ Hassel & Baxcalibur.

Note: You can view the Present Details for the presents received according to the number of times you use the Sync Pair Scout ×11 by tapping the Present! icon on the Sync Pair Scout screen.
Note: You can view the Present Details for the present received by teaming up with the designated Sync Pair by tapping the Present Details icon on the Sync Pair Scout screen.
Note: The item will be sent to the Temp Storage tab of the Present Box when you team up with the Sync Pair.

You can team up with special EX Fair–Exclusive Sync Pairs!

Date/Time

January 15, 2026 at 10:00 p.m. - February 2, 2026 at 9:59 p.m.

About Hassel’s Gym Emote

The Gems with Gym Emotes offer, which allows you to obtain Hassel’s Gym Emote as a present, is now on sale!

Note: Once the period for the featured bundle ends, it will be added to the daily lineup.
Note: The Gems with Gym Emotes can be purchased under With Emotes in the Purchase Gems menu of the Shop.

Featured Bundle Date/Time

January 15, 2026 at 10:00 p.m. - February 2, 2026 at 9:59 p.m.

Important

• 5★ Hassel & Baxcalibur are an EX Fair–Exclusive Sync Pair.
• EX Fair–Exclusive Sync Pairs are Sync Pairs that only appear for a limited time during EX Fairs.
• There is a possibility that these EX Fair–Exclusive Sync Pairs will appear outside of this EX Fair in the future as well.
• Sync Pairs other than the ones mentioned above may appear in the EX Fair as well.
• The present that comes with the Sync Pair Scout ×11 cannot be obtained from the 13th Sync Pair Scout ×11 onwards.
• Presents will be sent to your Present Box.
• Featured sync pairs have a higher chance of appearing than non-featured 5★ sync pairs.
• To check the available sync pairs and their respective offering rates, go to the Offering Rate section on the Sync Pair Scout screen.
• Please read the Notes tab under Offering Rate on the Sync Pair Scout screen before using the feature.
• The number of times the daily discount (100 paid Gems per scout) can be used is reset each day. Reset Time: 10:00 p.m.
• To unlock the sync grid, you must have completed Main Story Chapter 1: The More the Merrier (Normal) in single-player.
• To upgrade to 6★ EX, you must have completed Main Story Chapter 1: The More the Merrier (Normal) in single-player.
• To unlock the EX Role, you must have completed Main Story Chapter 1: The More the Merrier (Normal) in single-player.
• To unlock Superawakening, you must have completed Main Story Chapter 1: The More the Merrier (Normal) in single-player.
• The time period and featured content are subject to change without notice.

Source: https://pokemonmasters-game.com/en-US/announcements/BSearch_7120_3W_1

Brassius EX Fair

You can now team up with an EX Fair–Exclusive Sync Pair in the Sync Pair Scout! The EX Fair–Exclusive Sync Pair 5★ Brassius & Sudowoodo are being featured in this limited-time EX Fair!

The Fair-Exclusive Sync Pairs 5★ Sygna Suit Acerola & Tapu Bulu and 5★ Victor & Rillaboom are also being featured!

The EX Fair is a special sync pair scout in which 5★ sync pairs have a 10% chance of appearing!


The featured Sync Pairs will be released with the ability to be raised to 6★ EX, an EX Role available to unlock, and Superawakening available to unlock.

Note: You can use certain items to upgrade Sync Pairs that have the ability to be raised to 6★ EX.
Note: You can use certain items to unlock the EX Role for Sync Pairs that have one.
Note: You can unlock Superawakening for Sync Pairs that have had Superawakening added by raising their move level to 5. You can then raise their Superawakening level.


Note: The outfit with different colors depicted above can be used once the sync pair has been raised to 6★ EX.

Also, you can receive presents according to the number of times you use the Sync Pair Scout ×11, as well as when you team up with 5★ Brassius & Sudowoodo.

Note: You can view the Present Details for the presents received according to the number of times you use the Sync Pair Scout ×11 by tapping the Present! icon on the Sync Pair Scout screen.
Note: You can view the Present Details for the present received by teaming up with the designated Sync Pair by tapping the Present Details icon on the Sync Pair Scout screen.
Note: The item will be sent to the Temp Storage tab of the Present Box when you team up with the Sync Pair.

You can team up with special EX Fair–Exclusive Sync Pairs!

Date/Time

January 15, 2026 at 10:00 p.m. - February 2, 2026 at 9:59 p.m.

About Brassius’s Gym Emote

The Gems with Gym Emotes offer, which allows you to obtain Brassius’s Gym Emote as a present, is now on sale!

Note: Once the period for the featured bundle ends, it will be added to the daily lineup.
Note: The Gems with Gym Emotes can be purchased under With Emotes in the Purchase Gems menu of the Shop.

Featured Bundle Date/Time

January 15, 2026 at 10:00 p.m. - February 2, 2026 at 9:59 p.m.

Important

• 5★ Brassius & Sudowoodo are an EX Fair–Exclusive Sync Pair.
• EX Fair–Exclusive Sync Pairs are Sync Pairs that only appear for a limited time during EX Fairs.
• There is a possibility that these EX Fair–Exclusive Sync Pairs will appear outside of this EX Fair in the future as well.
• Sync Pairs other than the ones mentioned above may appear in the EX Fair as well.
• The present that comes with the Sync Pair Scout ×11 cannot be obtained from the 13th Sync Pair Scout ×11 onwards.
• Presents will be sent to your Present Box.
• Featured sync pairs have a higher chance of appearing than non-featured 5★ sync pairs.
• Pokémon that have Sync Terastalized will only appear in some scenes, such as battles. Please note that they will not appear in the Pokémon Center.
• To check the available sync pairs and their respective offering rates, go to the Offering Rate section on the Sync Pair Scout screen.
• Please read the Notes tab under Offering Rate on the Sync Pair Scout screen before using the feature.
• The number of times the daily discount (100 paid Gems per scout) can be used is reset each day.
  Reset Time: 10:00 p.m.
• To unlock the sync grid, you must have completed Main Story Chapter 1: The More the Merrier (Normal) in single-player.
• To upgrade to 6★ EX, you must have completed Main Story Chapter 1: The More the Merrier (Normal) in single-player.
• To unlock the EX Role, you must have completed Main Story Chapter 1: The More the Merrier (Normal) in single-player.
• To unlock Superawakening, you must have completed Main Story Chapter 1: The More the Merrier (Normal) in single-player.
• The time period and featured content are subject to change without notice.

Source: https://pokemonmasters-game.com/en-US/announcements/BSearch_7120_3W_2