November 2025's Featured Pokémon, Encounters, and Raids
The following will be available in-game during November and early December. All Pokémon listed below with a ⁂ next to their name can also be encountered in their Shiny variants.
Pokémon Spotlight Hour
A different Pokémon and special bonus will be featured every Tuesday from 6:00pm to 7:00pm local time:
- November 4th: Weedle ⁂ | 2× Transfer Candy
- November 11: Morelull ⁂ | 2× Evolution XP
- November 18th: Sableye ⁂ | 2× Catch Stardust
- November 25: Scraggy ⁂ | 2× Catch XP
Max Battles
The following Dynamax Pokémon will be appearing in Max Battles and taking over Power Spots on Mondays from 6:00pm to 7:00pm local time:
- November 1st to 2nd: Woobat ⁂
- November 3rd to 9th: Inkay ⁂
- November 10th to 16th: Ralts ⁂
- November 17th to 23rd: Toxtricity (both forms) ⁂
- November 24th to 30th: Eevee ⁂
- December 1st to 7th: Darumaka ⁂
Raid rotations all start and end at 10:00am local time on the dates listed unless otherwise noted.
Raid Hours
A different Pokémon will be featured every Wednesday from 6:00pm to 7:00pm local time:
- November 5th: Raikou ⁂ / Entei ⁂ / Suicune ⁂
- November 19th: Heatran ⁂
- November 26th: Cobalion ⁂ / Terrakion ⁂ / Virizion ⁂
The following Pokémon will be appearing in five-star raids:
- November 1st to 3rd: Giratina (Altered Forme) ⁂
- November 4th to 11th: Raikou ⁂ / Entei ⁂ / Suicune ⁂
- November 18th to 25th: Heatran ⁂
- November 25th to 30th: Cobalion ⁂ / Terrakion ⁂ / Virizion ⁂
The following Mega-Evolved Pokémon will be appearing in Mega Raids:
- November 1st to 3rd: Mega Gengar ⁂ / Mega Sableye ⁂ / Mega Banette ⁂
- November 4th to 11th: Mega Beedrill ⁂ / Mega Pinsir ⁂ / Mega Heracross ⁂
- November 11th to 18th: Mega Tyranitar ⁂ / Mega Altaria ⁂
- November 18th to 25th: Mega Ampharos ⁂ / Mega Manectric ⁂
- November 25th to December 2nd: Mega Aerodactyl ⁂ / Mega Medicham ⁂ / Mega Garchomp ⁂
Shadow Latios ⁂ will appear in Shadow Raids during weekends between November 2nd and December 2nd.
The GO Pass offers Trainers a limited-time progression track offering a variety of ranked rewards and bonuses over a set period. Trainers will be able to rank up and complete their GO Pass by earning GO Points. GO Points for GO Pass: November can be earned between November 4th at 10:00am local time, and December 2nd at 10:00am local time. Towards the end of the pass period, from Saturday Novembr 29th at midnight through to Sunday November 30th at 11:59pm local time, daily limits for how many GO Points can be earned will be removed, allowing Trainers an opportunity to catch up and claim all remaining rewards. All GO Pass rewards will expire on December 4th, at 10:00am local time, and must be unlocked and claimed before this time.
Rewards for GO Pass: November include an encounter with Virizion with a Tales of Transformation-themed Special Background. This Virizion has a chance of appearing as a Shiny. Other rewards include Stardust, XP, Max Particles, Poké Balls, and Candy, amongst other items. Trainers will also be able to unlock a set of special bonuses as they reach major individual milestones:
- Tier 1 - Rank 25
- Open up to 40 Gifts per day.
- Receive up to 125 Gifts per day from spinning PokéStop and Gym Photo Discs.
- Hold up to 30 Gifts in your Item Bag.
- Tier 2 - Rank 50
- 2× Daily Adventure Incense duration
- Tier 3 - Rank 75:
- 2× Stardust and XP from hatching Eggs.
- Tier 1 - Rank 25
- Open up to 50 Gifts per day.
- Receive up to 150 Gifts per day from spinning PokéStop and Gym Photo Discs.
- Hold up to 40 Gifts in your Item Bag.
Other upcoming events in November
More details on each of the following events can be found in their own separate articles. All dates in the list below are based on Trainer's local times, unless otherwise noted:
- November 4th to 9th: Enchanted Hollow
- November 10th to 14th: Into the Wild
- November 18th to 22nd: High Voltage
- November 21st to 24th: Dynamax Max Battle Weekend
- November 25th to 30th: Final Justice
- November 29th to 30th: Dynamax Max Battle Weekend
- November 30th: November Community Day