Pokémon GO is celebrating the newly enabled Pokémon HOME integration with a special event that runs from 08:00 a.m. (local time) November 17 until 22:00 p.m. (local time) November 23. Shiny Meltan and Shiny Slowpoke are making an appearance during the event, alongside many other featured Pokémon.
As a special bonus, a four-stage Timed Research quest line is available during the event and it rewards a metric ton of Mega Pidgeot Energy. As usual, you can find the quest line on your Today screen.
This event overlaps with The Kanto Cup PvP event that runs until November 23 as well. Without further ado, let’s dive head first into nitty gritty details.
Event information
| Event name | Pokémon HOME Celebration event |
| Date + Time | Tuesday, November 17, 2020, at 8:00 a.m. to Monday, November 23, 2020, at 10:00 p.m. local time |
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| Featured Mega Pokémon |
Mega Pidgeot
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| Raid Bosses during the event | |
| Special Avatar Items | Melmetal Jacket, the Melmetal Vest, Melmetal Shoes, and Grand Oak’s Glasses! |
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How to get Shiny Slowpoke and Shiny Meltan
Shiny Meltan
Be sure to activate the Mystery Box during this time—you might encounter a Shiny Meltan! It seems these Shiny Meltan will go back into hiding after this event is over. We’ll sure be sure to let you know if they’re spotted again in the future.
| Regular Meltan | Shiny Meltan |
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Shiny Slowpoke
Shiny Slowpoke is available from wild encounters, Raid encounters, 5 km Egg hatches and Event-exclusive Field Research tasks will reward encounters with Slowpoke.
| Regular Slowpoke | Shiny Slowpoke |
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Pokémon HOME Timed Research Tasks and Rewards
Mega Pidgeot
Niantic has released a fairly easy-to-complete Timed Research quest line to accompany the event. The quest line is staggeringly easy to complete and it features a great set of rewards, including Litwick, Absol and Gible. Completing the entire quest chain will grant you 160 Pidgeot Mega Energy.
We strongly recommend that you complete this quest chain if you’re not in lockdown – you might as well complete it accidentally by just playing the game.
Stage 1
- Transfer 5 Pokémon: 10 PokéBalls
- Use 10 Berries to help catch Pokemon: Nidoran (F)
- Catch 10 Pokémon: 3 Razz Berries
- Stage Rewards: 20 Mega Pidgeot Energy, Slowpoke, 500 Stardust
Stage 2
- Evolve 3 Pokémon: 20 PokeBalls
- Use 15 Berries to help catch Pokémon: Nidoran (M)
- Catch 20 Pokémon: 3 Pinap Berries
- Stage Rewards: 30 Mega Pidgeot Energy, Ponyta, 1,000 Stardust
Stage 3
- Catch 10 different species of Pokemon: 15 Great Balls
- Win 2 Raids: Litwick
- Catch 30 Pokémon: Slowpoke
- Stage Rewards: 50 Mega Pidgeot Energy, Absol, 1,000 Stardust
Stage 4
- Claim Reward: 10 Mega Pidgeot Energy
- Claim Reward: 10 Mega Pidgeot Energy
- Claim Reward: 10 Mega Pidgeot Energy
- Stage Rewards: 30 Mega Pidgeot Energy, Gible, 1,000 Stardust
New avatar items
Four new avatar items are now available in the Style Shop: Melmetal Jacket, the Melmetal Vest, Melmetal Shoes, and Grand Oak’s Glasses.
Increased wild spawns
The following Pokémon will be appearing more often in the wild during the Pokémon HOME event:
Alola Sandshrew
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Alola Diglett
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Zubat
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Slowpoke
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Magnemite
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Ditto
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Porygon
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Hoothoot
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Remoraid
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Whismur
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Lileep
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Anorith
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Cottonee
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Foongus
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Pokémon hatching from 5 km Eggs
The following Pokémon will be hatching from 5 km Eggs:
Nidoran (F)
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Nidoran (M)
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Slowpoke
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Omanyte
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Kabuto
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Lileep
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Anorith
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Pokémon appearing in Raids
These Pokémon more will be appearing in raids during the event:
Alola Vulpix
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Slowpoke
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Magnemite
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Shinx
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Timburr
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Klink
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