Weekly Challenges in Pokémon Go allow you to team up with up to three other players to complete tasks and earn rewards.
Rolling out every Tuesday, you can squad up with either friends or random players through matchmaking. It's a great way to amass Friendship points, earn easy XP and Stardust, and get reliable Tandemaus encounters to help you find Maushold's elusive Family of Three form.
This guide explains the Weekly Challenge in Pokémon Go this week, the rewards available, as well as an explainer on how to join a Weekly Challenge.
Weekly Challenge this week
The latest and upcoming Weekly Challenges are as follows:
- Tuesday 13th to 20th October: Spin 150 PokéStops or Gyms
- Tuesday 20th to 27th October: Complete 25 Field Research tasks
- Tuesday 3rd to 10th November: Hatch 20 Eggs
- Tuesday 17th to 24th November: Catch 500 Pokémon
Weekly Challenge rewards
The Weekly Challenge rewards are set each week. They are as follows:
- 7 Friendship points
- 20,000 XP
- 6,000 Stardust
- 250 Link Charges *
- Tandemaus encounter **
* If you are at the Link Charge limit, you won't receive any from the rewards.
** Tandemaus can be shiny.
When is the Weekly Challenge reset time?
Unlike most Pokémon Go features, the Weekly Challenge has a global reset time, and not a local one.
All players will see the Weekly Challenge reset at midnight UTC on Tuesday, which is the following time in these regions:
- BST (UK): 1am
- CEST (Western Europe): 2am
- EDT (East Coast Americas): 8pm (Monday)
- PDT (West Coast Americas): 5pm (Monday)
This means for those in the Americas, the reset time is in fact on Monday night - whereas Europeans can get involved when they wake up on a Tuesday.
Where to find and join a Weekly Challenge in Pokémon Go
To join a Weekly Challenge in Pokémon Go, do the following:
- Access your Trainer screen by tapping the Trainer icon in the bottom left corner of the map
- Swipe over to the Social tab (far right), where the Weekly Challenge section is at the top
- Select 'Choose Group'
- Choose between 'Find me a group!' (matchmaking), 'Invite Friends!' (choose from your Friend list), or join a group which has already sent an invite to you
- Confirm your group choice by tapping 'Let's Go!'
That's it! You'll then receive the Weekly Challenge rewards as soon as it's complete.
Best of luck completing the Weekly Challenge each week! You can find out what else is going on this week in the latest One More Catch newsletter.
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