Team GO Rocket Celebration Event
Starts:
Tuesday, February 2, 2021, at 10:00 AM Local Time
Ends:
Sunday, February 7, 2021, at 8:00 PM Local Time
Team GO Rocket is celebrating—but why? It’s up to you to find out! Here’s what you can expect during the Team GO Rocket Celebration event.
Bonuses
1/2 Hatch Distance
Rocket Balloons every 2 hours
Features
- Defeat Team GO Rocket Leaders during the event for a chance to receive a Team GO Rocket Leader Gift sticker.
- Event-exclusive Field Research and Timed Research will be available.
- The Team GO Rocket–themed Timed Research that begins during the Johto Celebration event will continue during this event and will reward an encounter with the Legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh that knows the exclusive attack Earthquake!
- Keep a lookout for more invaded PokéStops and Team GO Rocket balloons than usual!
You won’t be able to TM away Frustration during this event
Shadow
New Shadow Pokémon
- Swinub
- Nosepass
- Aron
- Lileep
- Anorith
- Spheal
Team GO Rocket Grunts will also have different teams of Pokémon during the event and after its conclusion.
Cliff's Team
- Aerodactyl
- Gallade
- Slowking
- Cradily
- Tyranitar
- Dusknoir
- Mamoswine
- Slot 1: Aerodactyl
- Slot 2: Gallade, Slowking, Cradily
- Slot 3: Tyranitar, Dusknoir, Mamoswine
Arlo's Team
- Beldum
- Gardevoir
- Infernape
- Aggron
- Armaldo
- Salamence
- Scizor
- Slot 1: Beldum
- Slot 2: Gardevoir, Infernape, Aggron
- Slot 3: Armaldo, Salamence, Scizor
Sierra's Team
- Carvanha
- Porygon-Z
- Hippowdon
- Mismagius
- Houndoom
- Flygon
- Walrein
- Slot 1: Carvanha
- Slot 2: Porygon-Z, Hippowdon, Mismagius
- Slot 3: Houndoom, Flygon, Walrein
These new lineups won’t be available until the day after the event starts for Rocket Grunts and Rocket Leaders at PokéStops. They will be available from Rocket Balloons at the start of the event.
Spawns
Poison- and Dark-type Pokémon appearing in the wild.
- Golbat
- Koffing
- Ariados
- Qwilfish
- Sneasel
- Houndour
- Nuzleaf
- Stunky
- Skorupi
- Venipede
- Scraggy
Eggs
Pokémon will be hatching from Strange Eggs during and after the event.
In 12 km Strange Eggs
- Qwilfish
- Larvitar
- Corphish
- Absol
- Skorupi
- Sandile
- Scraggy
- Pawniard
- Vullaby
- Deino
Raids
Appearing in 1-Star Raids
- Alolan Meowth
- Alolan Grimer
- Gligar
- Sneasel
- Shinx
- Klink
Appearing in 3-Star Raids
- Nidoqueen
- Ariados
- Umbreon
- Tyranitar
- Absol
Appearing in 5-star raids
- Raikou
- Suicune
- Raikou will be appearing in five-star raids from Sunday, January 31, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. to Thursday, February 4, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. local time.
- Suicune will be appearing in five-star raids from Thursday, February 4, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. to Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. local time.
Appearing in Mega Raids
- Mega Venusaur
- Mega Ampharos
- Mega Houndoom