Team GO Rocket Event was an event in Pokémon GO. It also featured the GO Fest Weekly Challenge: Battle Timed Special Research.[1][2]
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[]
New 
Pokémon in wildThese Dark and Poison-type Pokémon had increased spawn rates in the wild and from Incense or Lure Modules:
2-km 
5-km 
1st Tier
3rd Tier
Avatar Items[]
Battle-themed event[]
On July 12th, 2020 from 11 a.m to 2 p.m., there was a battle-themed mini-event with different bonuses applied.
Special 
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.[5]
References[]
- ↑ Celebrate Pokémon GO’s fourth anniversary by completing weekly challenges to unlock more species of Pokémon that’ll appear during Pokémon GO Fest 2020!. Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2020-06-25.
- ↑ Team GO Rocket has taken over the GO Fest Weekly Challenge!. Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2020-07-10.
- ↑ Rocket Balloons are every 20mins during Takeover hours.. /r/TheSilphRoad. Retrieved on 2020-07-12.
- ↑ Event box in the shop. /r/TheSilphRoad. Retrieved on 2020-07-12.
- ↑ NianticHelp. Defeating Giovanni at a PokéStop will allow you to encounter Shadow Entei through July 10 local time, and you will encounter Shadow Suicune starting July 11 local time.. Twitter. Retrieved on 2020-07-11.
