Pokémon GO Special Weekend November 2020

The Pokémon GO Special Weekend in November of 2020 was the fourth Pokémon GO Special Weekend event in Pokémon GO. Verizon and Grubhub were the partners in USA. Softbank, 7-Eleven and Matsumoto Kiyoshi were the partners in Japan. 7-Eleven Mexico was the partners in México.

In order to participate, Trainers needed a special "Invitation Ticket", which could be exchanged by an official partner. The ticket contained a code that could be redeemed. The event could be attended anywhere within the countries during the event period. Verizon users in the United States would be able to obtain tickets for subscribing to Verizon mobile plans and signing in to the Verizon Up app. Grubhub users in the United States would be able to obtain tickets for joining Grubhub+ membership.

Features
These Shiny Pokémon were released at the start of the event: PS Ferroseed PS Ferrothorn

Featured Pokémon
These Pokémon had increased spawn rates in the wild and from Incense. For Japan and the United States, some Pokémon only appeared on one day.

Increased spawnrate of Absol and Unown in forms of letters B and S (Softbank).

Increased spawnrate of Mawile and Unown in forms of letters K and M (Matsumoto Kiyoshi).

Increased spawnrate of Absol and Unown in forms of letters V and Z (Verizon).

Increased spawnrate of Mawile and Unown in forms of letters G and H (Grubhub).

Increased spawnrate of Mawile, Absol and Unown in forms of letters E and S.

Timed Research
Special Weekend Timed Research was available during the event:

Avatar items
These avatar items/poses were released at the start of the event. Trainers would obtain codes for these avatar items by signing in to the Verizon Pokémon GO page. Codes would be available in the Verizon Pokémon GO portal for eligible Verizon users from Tuesday, October 20, 2020, at 6:00 a.m. PDT (GMT −7) to Thursday, December 31, 2020, at 11:59 p.m. PST (GMT −8).