Pokémon GOWeekly Challenges
Weekly Challenges
How the Weekly Challenges feature works: groups, global schedules, rewards, and official updates — with a direct link to the Niantic post.
Feature overview
Content based on the official announcement. Recommended for quick reference on NeoRota.
Group
up to 4
You + up to 3 other players.
Limits
1 / week
One group at a time, one challenge per week.
Invite acceptance
24h
Invites expire after 24 hours.
Base rewards
XP + Stardust
XP/Stardust and bonus friendship progress.
Where to find it
No seu perfil aparece a aba Social, onde você acessa Desafios Semanais e também o Jogo em Group.
From there, you can create or join a group and track daily and total progress.
Rewards when the group completes
The official post lists: bonus friendship progress, 20,000 XP, and 6,000 Stardust.
Even if the challenge is not completed, some Stardust is still awarded for participation.
Schedule and availability (timeline)
- Oct 12, 2025: feature announcement (launch starting October 2025).
- Dec 2, 2025: global availability (per post update).
- Challenge posting: global publication every Monday at 4:00 PM PST, ending the following Monday at the same time.
- Jan 19, 2026: update adds optional matchmaking to form groups with non-friends — and a Tandemaus encounter upon completing weekly challenges.
Useful links
NeoRota suggestion: keep this page as a reference and optionally create a monthly subpage for the “challenge of the week” (variable content).