GO Fest Week 2 Challenge: Battle
Week 2: Battle-based challenge
Get your Pokémon ready for battle before July 10, Trainers—the second Pokémon GO Fest weekly challenge will test your battle skills!
GO Fest Weekly Challenge: Battle
- Complete all three sets of tasks in the GO Fest Weekly Challenge: Battle Timed Research to earn an encounter with Hitmonlee, an encounter with Absol, a Super Rocket Radar, and more!
- If the following numbers of Trainers from the same team complete their Timed Research this week, the corresponding Pokémon will appear during Pokémon GO Fest 2020.
- One million Team Instinct Trainers: Ferroseed
- One million Team Mystic Trainers: Alolan Grimer
- One million Team Valor Trainers: Alolan Marowak
- If you complete the GO Fest Weekly Challenge: Battle Timed Research, you’ll earn access to the GO Fest Elite Battle Challenge, a set of difficult tasks that you can complete for personal bragging rights! You don’t need to complete these tasks for your Timed Research to count toward the Pokémon GO Fest 2020 unlock goals.
Battle-themed event
In addition to all previously announced details about this week’s Timed Research and events, the following disturbances have been detected in the Pokémon GO world.
- Poison-type and Dark-type Pokémon are appearing in the wild, in Eggs, and in raids.
- Team GO Rocket balloons are appearing more often.
- The Meowth balloon seems to be appearing at a higher rate.
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Suicine has been turned into a Shadow Pokémon. Defeat Giovanni to save it! Complete the GO Fest Weekly Challenge: Battle Timed Research to receive a Super Rocket Radar that will help you track Giovanni down!
- We’re receiving word that the Team GO Rocket Leaders have found additional species of Pokémon to turn into Shadow Pokémon, too!
Shadow
New Shadow Pokémon
- Nidoran♀
- Nidorina
- Nidoran♂
- Nidorino
- Machop
- Machoke
- Gligar
- Shuckle
- Stunky
- Skuntank
Rocket Leader's New Shadows
- Grimer
- Lapras
- Pineco
Cliff has Grimer, Sierra has Lapras, Arlo has Pineco. They can be encountered in their Shiny variants.
Giovanni's New Shadow Pokémon
- Suicune
The Team GO Rocket Leaders have found additional species of Pokémon to turn into Shadow Pokémon, too!
Spawns
- If the following numbers of Trainers from the same team complete their Timed Research this week, the corresponding Pokémon will appear during Pokémon GO Fest 2020.
- One million Team Instinct Trainers: Ferroseed
- One million Team Mystic Trainers: Alolan Grimer
- One million Team Valor Trainers: Alolan Marowak
Possible Unlocks
- Alolan Grimer
- Alolan Marowak
- Ferroseed
Poison- and Dark-type Pokémon in the wild
- Weedle
- Alolan Rattata
- Ekans
- Nidoran♀
- Nidoran♂
- Zubat
- Venonat
- Alolan Meowth
- Grimer
- Koffing
- Murkrow
- Sneasel
- Houndour
- Poochyena
- Gulpin
- Absol
- Stunky
- Skorupi
- Croagunk
- Purrloin
- Venipede
- Trubbish
- Foongus
Raids
Some Pokémon Appearing in Raid Battles
- Arbok
- Nidoking
- Weezing
- Skorupi
- Croagunk
You can find a full list of raid bosses here.