In the middle of Johto Celebration Event and the legendary beast trio, Niantic is bringing another event to Pokémon GO, which is themed over Team GO Rocket. They call it Team GO Rocket is celebrating now. During the multiple events that are happening already another one wasn’t less exciting. So for you to get things ready, here is everything you need to know prior to the 6-day event.
Date + Time
Tuesday, February 2, 2021, at 10:00 AM to Sunday, February 7, 2021, at 8:00 AM [local time].
Featured Shadow Pokémon
Team GO Rocket Grunts will have new and different teams of Pokémon during and after the event. They are also turning these Pokémon into Shadow Pokémon:
- Swinub
- Nosepass
- Aron
- Spheal
- Lileep
- Anorith, and more
You’ll also receive a Team GO Rocket Leader Gift sticker by defeating a Team GO Rocket Leader during the event.
Featured Pokémon
During the event time, these Pokémon will appear more frequently in the Wild than usual:
- Golbat
- Koffing
- Ariados
- Qwilfish
- Sneasel
- Houndour
- Nuzleaf
- Stunky
- Skorupi
- Venipede
During and after the event time, the following Pokémon will be hatching from Strange Eggs (12KM, get one by defeating a Team GO Rocket Leader):
- Qwilfish
- Larvitar
- Corphish
- Absol
- Skorupi
- Sandile
- Scraggy
- Pawniard
- Deino
Raids
In addition, these Pokémon will appear in raids:
- One-star raids:
- Alolan Meowth
- Alolan Grimer
- Gligar
- Sneasel
- Shinx
- Klink
- Three-star raids:
- Nidoqueen
- Ariados
- Umbreon
- Tyranitar
- Absol
- Five-star raids:
- Raikou and Suicune in scheduled times. View the complete guide here.
- Mega Raids:
- Mega Venusaur, Mega Ampharos and Mega Houndoom.
Other Bonuses
Finally, eggs you place in Incubators during the event will hatch at half the distance they usually require.
In addition to all above, Event-exclusive Field Research and Timed Research will be available. However, The Team GO Rocket–themed Timed Research is already available, which will reward encounter with Ho-Oh that knows Earthquake.
As the event is a Team GO Rocket Special, the invaded PokéStops and Team GO Rocket balloons will be more than usual. So don’t forget to Catch ‘em All. You can read more details about the Team Go Rocket Celebration on their official blog post.
So that’s been it. Thank you for reading and do share the if you get a bit piece of information. Also, keep an eye on this space for more relevant updates. Stay safe, and we hope to see you around.