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Team GO Rocket Celebration Event

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 Bonuses Features Features Shadow Shadow Spawns Spawns Raids Raids Eggs Eggs Graphic Graphic




Bonuses

1/2 Hatch Distance
1/2 Hatch Distance
Rocket Balloons every 2 hours
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

  • shiny
    Aerodactyl
  • Gallade
  • Slowking
  • Cradily
  • Tyranitar
  • Dusknoir
  • Mamoswine
  • Slot 1: Aerodactyl
  • Slot 2: Gallade, Slowking, Cradily
  • Slot 3: Tyranitar, Dusknoir, Mamoswine

Arlo's Team

  • shiny
    Beldum
  • Gardevoir
  • Infernape
  • Aggron
  • Armaldo
  • Salamence
  • Scizor
  • Slot 1: Beldum
  • Slot 2: Gardevoir, Infernape, Aggron
  • Slot 3: Armaldo, Salamence, Scizor

Sierra's Team

  • shiny
    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
  • shiny
    Koffing
  • Ariados
  • shiny
    Qwilfish
  • shiny
    Sneasel
  • shiny
    Houndour
  • Nuzleaf
  • shiny
    Stunky
  • shiny
    Skorupi
  • shiny
    Venipede
  • shiny
    Scraggy

Eggs

Pokémon will be hatching from Strange Eggs during and after the event.

In 12 km Strange Eggs

  • shiny
    Qwilfish
  • shiny
    Larvitar
  • shiny
    Corphish
  • shiny
    Absol
  • shiny
    Skorupi
  • Sandile
  • shiny
    Scraggy
  • shiny
    Pawniard
  • shiny
    Vullaby
  • shiny
    Deino

Raids

Appearing in 1-Star Raids

  • shiny
    Alolan Meowth
  • shiny
    Alolan Grimer
  • shiny
    Gligar
  • shiny
    Sneasel
  • shiny
    Shinx
  • shiny
    Klink

Appearing in 3-Star Raids

  • Nidoqueen
  • Ariados
  • Umbreon
  • shiny
    Tyranitar
  • shiny
    Absol

Appearing in 5-star raids

  • shiny
    Raikou
  • shiny
    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

  • shiny
    Mega Venusaur
  • shiny
    Mega Ampharos
  • shiny
    Mega Houndoom

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