diff --git a/src/battle-scene.ts b/src/battle-scene.ts
index 3cbf4d7b422..3c561206abe 100644
--- a/src/battle-scene.ts
+++ b/src/battle-scene.ts
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ export default class BattleScene extends SceneBase {
     this.conditionalQueue = [];
     this.phaseQueuePrependSpliceIndex = -1;
     this.nextCommandPhaseQueue = [];
+    this.eventManager = new TimedEventManager();
     this.updateGameInfo();
   }
 
@@ -378,7 +379,6 @@ export default class BattleScene extends SceneBase {
 
     this.fieldSpritePipeline = new FieldSpritePipeline(this.game);
     (this.renderer as Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.WebGLRenderer).pipelines.add("FieldSprite", this.fieldSpritePipeline);
-    this.eventManager = new TimedEventManager();
 
     this.launchBattle();
   }
diff --git a/src/test/utils/gameWrapper.ts b/src/test/utils/gameWrapper.ts
index 48c0007118b..22517502a05 100644
--- a/src/test/utils/gameWrapper.ts
+++ b/src/test/utils/gameWrapper.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import GamepadPlugin = Phaser.Input.Gamepad.GamepadPlugin;
 import EventEmitter = Phaser.Events.EventEmitter;
 import UpdateList = Phaser.GameObjects.UpdateList;
 import { version } from "../../../package.json";
+import { MockTimedEventManager } from "./mocks/mockTimedEventManager";
 
 Object.defineProperty(window, "localStorage", {
   value: mockLocalStorage(),
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ export default class GameWrapper {
     this.scene.make = new MockGameObjectCreator(mockTextureManager);
     this.scene.time = new MockClock(this.scene);
     this.scene.remove = vi.fn(); // TODO: this should be stubbed differently
+    this.scene.eventManager = new MockTimedEventManager(); // Disable Timed Events
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/utils/mocks/mockTimedEventManager.ts b/src/test/utils/mocks/mockTimedEventManager.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bba2bc05a16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/utils/mocks/mockTimedEventManager.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { TimedEventManager } from "#app/timed-event-manager";
+
+/** Mock TimedEventManager so that ongoing events don't impact tests */
+export class MockTimedEventManager extends TimedEventManager {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+  }
+
+  override activeEvent() {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  override isEventActive(): boolean {
+    return false;
+  }
+  override getFriendshipMultiplier(): number {
+    return 1;
+  }
+  override getShinyMultiplier(): number {
+    return 1;
+  }
+}