Team GO Rocket Event

Team GO Rocket Event was an event in Pokémon GO. It also featured the GO Fest Weekly Challenge: Battle Timed Special Research.

Also during the event, a Pokémon Spotlight Hour featuring Zubat happened.

Features
During this event Team GO Rocket Balloons could appear in a three-hour window instead of six-hour (from 00:00 to 02:59, 03:00 to 05:59 and so on), thus Trainer had a chance to encounter 8 balloons a day.

Featured Pokémon
Selected Dark and Poison-type Pokémon had increased spawn rates in the wild and from Incense or Lure Modules:

These Shadow Pokémon were released with the start of the event:

These Shiny Shadow Pokémon were released with the start of the event:

2-km and 5-km Pokémon Eggs obtained during the event would hatch more of these Pokémon:

The following Raid Bosses were available for a time of this event:

Avatar Items
These avatar items were released with the beginning of the event:

Battle-themed event
On July, 2020 from 11 a.m to 2 p.m., there was a battle-themed mini-event with different bonuses applied.

An event box was available during this mini-event.

Trivia

 * On the first day of the event, only Team GO Rocket Balloons would encounter the new lineups of Shadow Pokémon, including Shadow Suicune. Battling in PokéStop would meet the previous lineups such as Shadow Entei.