Team GO Rocket Global Take-over was an event in Pokémon GO featuring increased appearance of Team GO Rocket Grunts and their leaders.[1]
Features
Featured Pokémon
Selected Poison- and Dark-type and Team GO Rocket-themed Pokémon had increased spawn rates in the wild and from Incense or Lure Modules:
The following Raid Bosses were available for a time of this event:
Shop special offer
The following offers were available from the shop from the start of the event.[3]
Global take-over
The event included a global take-over mini-event on March 7th from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time. All six of the Shadow Pokémon by the Team GO Rocket Leaders returned, but the majority of Leaders still used their newest set of Pokémon.
There were several Field Research tasks exclusively for the duration of the mini-event.
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.[5]
References
- ↑ Stardust bonuses, Shadow Entei, Thundurus in raids, and more in March!. Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2020-02-29.
- ↑ NianticHelp. Good news, Trainers! Defeated Team GO Rocket Grunts will drop TWO Mysterious Components during the Team GO Rocket global take-over, from March 6 at 8:00am - March 9 at 10:00pm local time!. Twitter. Retrieved on 2020-03-06.
- ↑ New boxes. /r/TheSilphRoad. Retrieved on 2020-03-06.
- ↑ New Box. /r/TheSilphRoad. Retrieved on 2020-03-07.
- ↑ NianticHelp. Trainers, if you use a TM on your Shadow Pokémon to forget Frustration during Saturday's Team GO Rocket take-over, your Pokémon will be able to evolve to learn exclusive attacks during future specified events!. Twitter. Retrieved on 2020-03-06.