Team GO Rocket Global Take-over

Team GO Rocket Global Take-over
Event location	Worldwide
Start date	March 6th, 2020, 8:00 a.m. (local time) March 7th, 2020, 2:00 p.m. (local time) - Global take-over
End date	March 9th, 2020, 10:00 p.m. (local time) March 7th, 2020, 5:00 p.m. (local time) - Global take-over
Chronology
Previous event	Pokémon Day 2020
Next event	GO Battle League Season 1 Launch Celebration

Team GO Rocket Global Take-over was an event in Pokémon GO featuring increased appearance of Team GO Rocket Grunts and their leaders.

Features

2× Mysterious Components drop

• 2× Mysterious Components drop

Shiny Skorupi and Darkrai release

• Shiny Skorupi and Darkrai release

Poison- and Dark-type and Team GO Rocket-themed Pokémon spawn increased

• Poison- and Dark-type and Team GO Rocket-themed Pokémon spawn increased

Poison- and Dark-type and Team GO Rocket-themed Pokémon in Raid Battles

• Poison- and Dark-type and Team GO Rocket-themed Pokémon in Raid Battles

Shop special offer

• Shop special offer

Team GO Rocket music playing

• Team GO Rocket music playing

Featured Pokémon

Pokémon in wild

These Poison- and Dark-type and Team GO Rocket-themed Pokémon had increased spawn rates in the wild and from Incense or Lure Modules:

#023

Ekans

#027

Sandshrew

#041

Zubat

  

#072

Tentacool

  

#088

Grimer

#096

Drowzee

#104

Cubone

#109

Koffing

#198

Murkrow

  

#202

Wobbuffet

#211

Qwilfish

  

#215

Sneasel

  

#228

Houndour

  

#261

Poochyena

#359

Absol

#434

Stunky

  

#451

Skorupi

  

#453

Croagunk

  

#543

Venipede

  

#568

Trubbish

#590

Foongus

  

New Shiny Pokémon

These Shiny Pokémon were released at the start of the event:

#451

Skorupi

  

#452

Drapion

  

#491

Darkrai

Raid Bosses

These Raid Bosses were available during the event:

1^st Tier

#0052

Alolan Meowth

Boss CP 2,692
Max capture CP
455 569

#0088

Alolan Grimer

  

Boss CP 3,764
Max capture CP
785 981

#0532

Timburr

Boss CP 3,686
Max capture CP
751 939

#0568

Trubbish

Boss CP 3,182
Max capture CP
571 714

#0599

Klink

Boss CP 3,227
Max capture CP
546 683

2^nd Tier

#0103

Alolan Exeggutor

  

Boss CP 19,053
Max capture CP
1,722 2,153

#0215

Sneasel

  

Boss CP 6,340
Max capture CP
1,172 1,465

#0262

Mightyena

Boss CP 13,530
Max capture CP
1,100 1,375

#0302

Sableye

  

Boss CP 4,695
Max capture CP
843 1,054

#0303

Mawile

  

Boss CP 12,739
Max capture CP
934 1,167

#0318

Carvanha

  

Boss CP 3,348
Max capture CP
583 729

3^rd Tier

#0026

Alolan Raichu

  

Boss CP 16,848
Max capture CP
1,306 1,633

#0197

Umbreon

Boss CP 13,509
Max capture CP
1,221 1,526

#0342

Crawdaunt

  

Boss CP 17,967
Max capture CP
1,413 1,767

#0435

Skuntank

  

Boss CP 14,476
Max capture CP
1,347 1,684

4^th Tier

#0034

Nidoking

  

Boss CP 17,182
Max capture CP
1,466 1,833

#0105

Alolan Marowak

  

Boss CP 13,525
Max capture CP
1,048 1,311

#0248

Tyranitar

  

Boss CP 23,779
Max capture CP
2,191 2,739

#0275

Shiftry

  

Boss CP 15,043
Max capture CP
1,333 1,666

5^th Tier

#0491

Darkrai

Boss CP 53,623
Max capture CP
2,136 2,671

Shop special offer

Special shop offers

These offers were available from the shop during the event:

Special Box

480

2× Incense

1× Lucky Egg

1× Super Incubator

3× Premium Battle Pass

Ultra Box

1,480

3× Incense

3× Star Piece

4× Super Incubator

17× Premium Battle Pass

Adventure Box

1,480

3× Incense

3× Star Piece

7× Incubator Limited

10× Super Incubator

Global take-over

2× Stardust from battles with Team GO Rocket

• 2× Stardust from battles with Team GO Rocket

Global PokéStops takeover by Team GO Rocket Grunt

• Global PokéStops takeover by Team GO Rocket Grunt

Team GO Rocket Leaders more active

• Team GO Rocket Leaders more active

Team GO Rocket Leaders with different Pokémon

• Team GO Rocket Leaders with different Pokémon

Shadow Pokémon's Frustration changeable via Charged TM

• Shadow Pokémon's Frustration changeable via Charged TM

Shop special offer

• Shop special offer

Field Research tasks

These Field Research tasks were available during the event:

Defeat a Team GO Rocket Grunt

Ekans 

Meowth 

Koffing 

500× Stardust

1× Max Potion

1× Max Revive

Defeat 3 Team GO Rocket Grunts

Skorupi 

Purrloin

1000× Stardust

Defeat a Team GO Rocket Leader

3× Rare Candy

Special shop offers

These offers were available from the shop during the event:

GO Rocket Box

480

10× Max Potion

10× Max Revive

1× Super Incubator

3× Rocket Radar

Trivia

• Even if the Shadow Pokémon has been taught new attacks, purifying it afterward will still learn Return.
• Shadow Pokémon can learn exclusive attacks in future events as long as they forget Frustration.
• All six of the Shadow Pokémon by the Team GO Rocket Leaders returned in the global take-over, but the majority of Leaders still used their newest set of Pokémon.

References

Events

• Recurring
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022
• 2023
• 2024
• 2025

Community Days • GO Fest • Safari Zone • Special Weekends • Week in Korea • Research Days • Incense Days • Friendship Days • Catch Mastery • Nest migrations • Raid Days • Special Raid Events • Legendary Raid Hours • Pokémon Spotlight Hours • GO Battle Days • Pokémon Air Adventures

Fall

Halloween • Daily Bonus Celebration • Lapras Event • Thanksgiving • Holiday

Winter

Valentine's Day • Winter with Unibail-Rodamco • Pokémon Day • Snorlax Event

Spring

Water Festival • Eggstravaganza • Golden Week • Grass Weekend • Adventure Week • Solstice Week

Summer

Pikachu Meet & Greet • 1st Anniversary • GO Fest • Chester Heritage Festival • Pikachu Outbreak (Park • Stadium) • Pokémon World Championships • Safari Zone Europe

Fall

Equinox • Halloween • Week in Korea • Global Catch Challenge • Safari Zone Japan • Holiday

Winter

Hoenn Pokémon Eggs • Hoenn Celebration • Valentine's Day • Lunar New Year • Legendary Week • Pokémon Day • Safari Zone Taiwan

Spring

Eggstravaganza • April Fools' Day • Slowpoke Prefecture • Kanto Celebration • Earth Day • Battle Showdown • Adventure Week • Alolan Exeggutor Event

Summer

Water Festival • E3 2018 • Safari Zone Dortmund • 2nd Anniversary • GO Fest • Special Weekend July • Special Trading Event • Johto Festival • Pokémon World Championships • Safari Zone Yokosuka • Ultra Bonus Event • Week in Korea • Fragment Hat Pikachu

Fall

Psychic Spectacular • Pokémon Let's Go Roadtrip • Female Day • AR Playground with Niantic • Halloween • Safari Zone Tainan • Ingress Prime Celebration • Stardust Blast • Hatchathon • Let's Go Celebration • Tottori Festival • Holiday

Winter

Hatchathon • Hoenn Celebration • Safari Zone Porto Alegre • Tokaigi Game Party • Lunar New Year • Friendship Event • Valentine's Day • Special Weekend February • Clamperl Limited Research • Convention Events • Pokémon Day • Battle Showdown • ITB Berlin

Spring

Equinox • Lotad Limited Research • April Fools • Bug Out • Special Weekend April • Eggstravaganza • Safari Zone Sentosa • Heisei Era Celebration • Tucson Heart Walk • Earth Day • Week in Korea Summer • Detective Pikachu Celebration‎‎ • Extraordinary Raid Week‎‎ • Summer Snooze • Adventure Week

Summer

GO Fest Chicago • 3rd Anniversary • Pokemon GO in Sanriku • GO Fest Dortmund • Straw Hat Pikachu • Chansey Peach Festival • Team GO Rocket Disruption • Gift Event • GO Fest Yokohama • Pokémon World Championships • Water Festival • Johto Journey • Global Challenge, Global Hatches • A Unova Unveiling • Safari Zone Montreal • Hokkaido Great Adventure

Fall

World Tourism Day • Safari Zone New Taipei City • Stardust Blast • Pokemon Center London • Lapras in Miyagi • Halloween • A Colossal Discovery • Team GO Rocket Leaders Disruption • Week in Korea Winter • Galarian Weezing Event • Supereffective Week • Friend Fest • Evolution Event • December CD • Holiday

Winter

Hatchathon • Lunar New Year • Taiwan Lantern Festival • Sinnoh Celebration • Valentine's Day • Friendship Event • February CD • Pokémon Day • Team GO Rocket Global Take-over • GO Battle League Season 1 Launch Celebration

Spring

A Drive to Investigate • Psychic Spectacular • Safari Zone St. Louis • Tricky Pokémon • Spring Event • GO Battle Day: Marill • Safari Zone Liverpool • Incense Day: Type Shuffle • Buddy Up • April CD • Throwback Challenge 2020 (Kanto • Johto • Hoenn • Sinnoh • Champion) • Safari Zone Philadelphia • Snubbull Limited Research • May CD

Summer

Galarian Farfetch'd Event • Summer Solstice • June CD • Bug Out • 4th Anniversary • Team GO Rocket Event • Summer Event • July CD • GO Fest • Dragon Week • Enigma Week • August CD • Unova Week • Mega September (Mega Raid Challenge • Mega Battle Challenge • Mega Buddy Challenge) • September CD

Fall

Fashion Week • Niantic Birthday Event • Autumn Event (Part 1 • Part 2) • Meowth Limited Research • October CD • The Crown Tundra Event • Halloween • Catch Mastery: Ghost • Day of the Dead • Animation Week • Special Weekend • November CD - Electabuzz • Pokémon HOME Event • 12 Days of Friendship • November CD - Magmar • Pokémon GO City Spotlight • Lake Legends Event • Nidoran♀ and Nidoran♂ Limited Research

Season of Celebration

Kalos Celebration Event • Wooper Watch • December CD • Secrets of the Jungle Event • Galarian Mr. Mime Event • Holiday

Season of Celebration

New Year's • Unova Celebration Event • Sinnoh Celebration Event • January CD • Hoenn Celebration Event • Incense Day: Electric and Dragon Type • Johto Celebration Event • Sneasel Limited Research • Team GO Rocket Celebration • February CD • Lunar New Year • Valentine's Day • Celebrate Carnival • Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto • Kanto Celebration Event

Season of Legends

March CD • Searching for Legends • Incense Day: Psychic and Steel Type • Charge Up • Weather Week • Festival of Colors • Tricky Pokémon • Spring into Spring • April CD • Summer Hat Pikachu Event • Rivals' Week • Sustainability Week • Friendship Day Grass • New Pokémon Snap Celebration • Luminous Legends X • Marill Limited Research • May CD • Luminous Legends Y • Special Weekend May

Season of Discovery

June CD • A Very Slow Discovery • Summer Solstice • Bidoof Breakout • July CD • 5th Anniversary • GO Fest • Part 1: Time • Part 2: Space • August CD • Part 3: Sword and Shield

Season of Mischief

Hoopa's Arrival • Psychic Spectacular • September CD • Fashion Week • Taiwan Candy Challenge • Secrets of the Jungle Event • October CD • Safari Zone Liverpool • Halloween • Safari Zone Philadelphia • Día de Muertos • Festival of Lights • Safari Zone St. Louis • Pokémon BD & SP Event • November CD • Ed Sheeran Collaboration Event • Mischief Unbound

Season of Heritage

Land of Smiles Challenge • Incense Day: Swinub • Dragonspiral Descent • Special Weekend December • Chansey in Fukushima • Holiday • December CD

Season of Heritage

New Year's • Mountains of Power • January CD • Power Plant • Back to Bulbasaur • Lunar New Year • Valentine's Day • February CD • GO Tour Poké Ball Prep Rally • Pokémon GO Tour: Johto • Pokémon GO Tour: Live • A Tropical Kickoff

Season of Alola

Welcome to Alola • March CD • Festival of Colors • Lush Jungle • April Fools' 2-Oh?-22 • All-Hands Rocket Retreat • Memories of Mudkip • Spring into Spring • April Splash • Sustainability Week • Pokémon Championship Series • April CD • A Mega Moment • Children's Day 2022 • Pokémon Air Adventures • Water Festival • Safari Zone Seville • May CD • Alola to Alola

Season of GO

GO Fest Global • Adventure Week • Pokémon TCG Crossover Event • June CD • GO Fest Berlin • 6th Anniversary • BIG Festival • Old Friends, New Beginnings Turkey • July CD • GO Fest Seattle • Hisuian Discoveries • Gencon • GO Fest Sapporo • Cross Shinjuku Vision • Bug Out • 2022 Seoul E-Prix • August CD • World Championships • Old Friends, New Beginnings Poland • GO Fest Finale • Lunatone and Solrock Event

Season of Light

Inkay Limited Research • Psychic Spectacular • Old Friends, New Beginnings Spain • Test Your Mettle • Pokémon GO Championship Series 2023 • GIST • September CD • EGX • Safari Zone Goyang • Fashion Week • Evolving Stars • SPIEL • Meschede NCON • Festival of Lights • October CD • Halloween • MEX • Safari Zone New Taipei City • PolarisCON • MCM London Comic Con • Día de Muertos • Dreaming of Dratini • Greedy Gluttons • MCM Birmingham Comic Con • Turkey Fall Event • November CD • Safari Zone Singapore • Astral Eclipse • TGS Occitanie Game Show

Season 9: Mythical Wishes

Waktu Indonesia Nangkep • Hoenn Mega Raid Day • Mythic Blade • DreamHackDE • Holiday • Let's Go to Hills Motoizaka • December CD

Season 9: Mythical Wishes

New Year's • January CD • Twinkling Fantasy • Lunar New Year • Let's Go to Hills Okayama • Lounging with Larvitar • Megacon Live Dublin • Crackling Voltage • February CD • Valentine's Day • Taiwan Lantern Festival • Insomnia Egypt • Let's Go to Hills Magome-juku • Pokémon GO Tour: Hoenn (Las Vegas • Primal Rumblings • Global)

Season 10: Rising Heroes

Catch Mastery • Festival of Colors • March CD • Let's GO! • ExpOtaku Almería • Megacon Live Birmingham • TGS Occitanie Game Show Montpellier • London Games Festival • ExpOtaku Salamanca • Paris Manga & Sci-Fi Show • Facts 2023 Belgium • April Fools' Day • Special Event in Surabaya • Spring into Spring • Insomnia Gaming Festival • April Splash • A Mystic Hero • CAGGTUS Leipzig • April CD • Sustainability Week • Stunfisk Limited Research • Manga-Comic-Con • Spring Festa • April CD Classic • MondoCon • An Instinctive Hero • Kleavor Raid Day • Heroes Made in Asia • A MAZE. • A Valorous Hero • IberAnime • Wales Comic Con: Telford Takeover • Anime Central • May CD • Rising Shadows • MCM London Comic Con • Old Friends, New Beginnings Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Spain

Hidden Gems

Searching for Gold Research Day • Austria Comic Con • Water Festival: Beach Week • Summer Games Fest • June CD • Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf raid event • Solstice Horizons • Pyrkon • Arraiá • Dark Flames • Anime Expo • 7th Anniversary • July CD Classic • Catching Some Z's • Blaze New Trails • Riolu Hatch Day • Adventure Week • Air Adventures • July CD • GO Fest Osaka • GO Fest London • Glittering Garden • World Championships • August CD • GO Fest NYC • Noxious Swamp • GO Fest Global

Adventures Abound

September CD Classic • A Paldean Adventure • Pokémon Championship Series • Ultra Unlock: Paldea • Aao Khele Pokémon GO • Oddish Research Day • Psychic Spectacular • September CD • Out to Play • Azurill Hatch Day • Detective Pikachu Returns Event • City Safari Seoul • Harvest Festival • EGX • City Safari Barcelona • October CD • L'art sous toutes ses formes • Halloween • Incense Day: Skorupi • MCM London Comic Con • Día de Muertos • Mega Garchomp Raid Day • City Safari Mexico City • November CD • Festival of Lights • Fashion Week • Party Up! • November CD Classic

Timeless Travels

MCM Birmingham Comic Con • Hisuian Samurott Raid Day • Along the Routes • Catch Mastery: Ice • Adamant Time • December CD • Holiday • Kecleon Event

Timeless Travels

New Year's 2024 • Lustrous Odyssey • January CD • Dazzling Dream • Hisuian Typhlosion Raid Day • Raging Battles • January CD Classic • Taken Treasures • February CD • Lunar New Year: Dragons Unleashed • Hisuian Decidueye Raid Day • Carnival of Love • Pokémon GO Tour: Sinnoh (Los Angeles • Road to Sinnoh • Global) • Pokémon Day

World of Wonders

Pikachu’s Indonesia Journey: Bali • Charged-Up Research Day • Pokémon Horizons: The Series Celebration Event • Pokémon GO City Safari Tainan • Weather Week • March CD • Primal Kyogre Raid Day • Verdant Wonders • Primal Groudon Raid Day • World of Wonders: Taken Over • London Games Festival 2024 • An Excellent Opportunity • Sizeable Surprises • April CD Classic • April Splash • Bug Out • Mega Heracross Raid Day • April CD • Sustainability Week • Rediscover Kanto • DreamHack Melbourne 2024 • Pokémon Town 2024 • Cleffa Hatch Day • Glitz and Glam • CCXP México • Rivals Week • A New LATAM Adventure • Old Friends, New Beginnings Spring 2024 • Flock Together Research Day • Pikachu’s Indonesia Journey: Surabaya • Catching Wonders • May CD • Ultra Space Wonders • Incense Day: Ferroseed

Shared Skies

GO Fest Sendai • Stadium Sights • Slumbering Sands • June CD • GO Fest Madrid • Armageddon Expo Auckland Winter 2024 • UEFA Euro 2024 • Pokémon Horizons: The Series Celebration Event in India and Indonesia • Spelunker's Cove • Fashion Week et la Fête de la musique • Scorching Steps • June CD Classic • Gamescom LATAM 2024 • 8th Anniversary Party • Elite Raid: Mega Rayquaza • Supanova 2024 - Perth • GO Fest NYC • Aquatic Paradise • Inbound from Ultra Space • GO Fest Global (Early) • Ultra Unlock: Better Together • Quaxly Week • 2024 CPBL All-Star Game • July CD • Ultra Unlock: Strength of Steel • Ultra Unlock: Mega Lucario Raid Day • Gen Con • Adventure Week • World Championships • August CD Classic • Gamescon 2024 • Triumph Together • Pikachu’s Indonesia Journey: Yogyakarta • August CD

Max Out

Celebrating with Hawlucha in September • GO All Out • Adventures in Brazil • Pokémon GO Night - Miami Marlins • Falinks Raid Day • GO Big • Pokémon GO Night - Seattle Mariners • September CD • Psychic Spectacular • City Safari: Jakarta • Oranguru and Passimian Research Day • Legendary Heroes • Pokémon GO Safari Zone: Incheon • Galarian Expedition • October CD • Rain City Showcase • Mega Mawile Raid Day • Magnetic Study • Yamask and Galarian Yamask Research Day • Halloween • GO Bigger • Festival of Lights • Día de Muertos • Harvest Festival • November CD • Wild Area Fukuoka • Wild Area Global • Max Out Finale

Dual Destiny

Just My Cup of Tea • City Safari: Hong Kong • City Safari: São Paulo • Aspiring Dragons Research Day • Gigantamax Lapras Max Battle Day • Young & Wise • Necrozma Fusion Raid Day

Dual Destiny

Pokémon GO Tour: Unova (New Taipei City • Los Angeles • Global)