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.^[1]^[2] Softbank, 7-Eleven and Matsumoto Kiyoshi were the partners in Japan. 7-Eleven Mexico was the partners in México. ^[3]

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[]

Exclusive medals

Special Weekend
November 7, 2020: SoftBank & 7-Eleven Japan

Special Weekend
November 8, 2020: Matsumoto Kiyoshi

Special Weekend
November 7, 2020: 7-Eleven México

Special Weekend
November 7, 2020: Verizon

Special Weekend
November 8, 2020: Grubhub

Featured Pokémon[]

New Shiny Pokémon

These Shiny Pokémon were released at the start of the event:

#0597

Ferroseed

#0598

Ferrothorn

Pokémon in wild

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.

#0001

Bulbasaur

#0006

Charizard

#0007

Squirtle

#0025

Pikachu

#0302

Sableye

#0504

Patrat

#0572

Minccino

#0597

Ferroseed

November 7^th, Japan

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

#0201

Unown B

#0201

Unown S

#0359

Absol

November 8^th, Japan

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

#0201

Unown K

#0201

Unown M

#0303

Mawile

November 7^th, United States

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

#0201

Unown V

#0201

Unown Z

#0359

Absol

November 8^th, United States

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

#0201

Unown

#0201

Unown

#0303

Mawile

Mexico

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

#0201

#0201

#0303

#0359

Timed Research[]

Special Weekend

Special Weekend Timed Research was available during the event:

1^st Part

Power up Pokémon 10 times

1000

Experience

Catch 15 Pokémon

Spoink

Give your buddy 3 treats

1000×

Stardust

Rewards for whole set

3×

Incense

Chansey

1000×

Stardust

2^nd Part

Make 15 Nice Throws

1000

Experience

Transfer 20 Pokémon

Absol

Evolve 5 Pokémon

1000×

Stardust

Rewards for whole set

1×

Star Piece

Sewaddle

1000×

Stardust

3^rd Part

Make 5 Great Curveball Throws

1000

Experience

Catch 15 Pokémon

Bronzor

Power up Pokémon 10 times

1000×

Stardust

Rewards for whole set

1×

Lucky Egg

Ferroseed

1000×

Stardust

4^th Part

Claim Reward!

1000

Experience

Claim Reward!

Charizard

Claim Reward!

1000×

Stardust

Rewards for whole set

100×

Charizard Mega Energy

Gible

1000×

Stardust

Avatar items[]

New 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).