Throwback Challenge 2020: Johto

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Throwback Challenge: Johto
Event location	Worldwide
Start date	May 8th, 2020, 1:00 p.m.
End date	May 15th, 2020, 1:00 p.m.
Chronology
Previous event	Throwback Challenge 2020: Kanto
Next event	Throwback Challenge 2020: Hoenn

Throwback Challenge 2020: Johto was the second part of Throwback Challenge 2020 event. It featured a Timed Research that rewarded a Ho-Oh with Earthquake, among other items.

Snubbull Limited Research and Pokémon Spotlight Hour featuring Sunkern were available during this event.

Features

2× Catch Stardust

• 2× Catch Stardust

2× Raid Stardust

• 2× Raid Stardust

Johto-region Pokémon spawn increased

• Johto-region Pokémon spawn increased

Johto-region Pokémon in 7-km Eggs

• Johto-region Pokémon in 7-km Eggs

Johto-region Pokémon in Research tasks

• Johto-region Pokémon in Research tasks

Johto-region Pokémon in Raid Battles

• Johto-region Pokémon in Raid Battles

Pikachu wearing Umbreon hat release

• Pikachu wearing Umbreon hat release

Shiny Pikachu wearing Umbreon hat release

• Shiny Pikachu wearing Umbreon hat release

Shiny Dunsparce release

• Shiny Dunsparce release

Timed Special Research set release

• Timed Special Research set release

Featured Pokémon

Pokémon in wild

Following Pokémon had increased spawn rates in the wild. Pikachu wearing Umbreon hat is in honor of Umbreon being chosen in the Pokémon of the Year vote as the number-one Pokémon originally discovered in the Johto region.

#025

Pikachu

#066

Machop

#152

Chikorita

#155

Cyndaquil

#158

Totodile

#161

Sentret

#163

Hoothoot

  

#165

Ledyba

  

#167

Spinarak

  

#170

Chinchou

  

#177

Natu

  

#179

Mareep

#183

Marill

  

#185

Sudowoodo

#187

Hoppip

  

#190

Aipom

#191

Sunkern

#193

Yanma

  

#198

Murkrow

  

#200

Misdreavus

#206

Dunsparce

#216

Teddiursa

#220

Swinub

  

#223

Remoraid

#226

Mantine

  

#227

Skarmory

  

New Shiny Pokémon

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

#025

Pikachu

#206

Dunsparce

7-km Eggs

7-km Eggs obtained during the event would hatch more of these Pokémon.

#170

Chinchou

639 / 591

#193

Yanma

840 / 785

#203

Girafarig

1,169 / 1,105

#204

Pineco

633 / 586

#206

Dunsparce

965 / 906

#207

Gligar

1,061 / 1,000

#213

Shuckle

231 / 189

#227

Skarmory

1,204 / 1,139

#231

Phanpy

689 / 639

Raid Bosses

The following Raid Bosses were available during this event.

1^st Tier

#152 Chikorita

Boss CP 3,067 CP
Max capture CP 534 CP 668 CP

#155 Cyndaquil

Boss CP 3,334 CP
Max capture CP 560 CP 700 CP

#158 Totodile

Boss CP 3,600 CP
Max capture CP 646 CP 808 CP

#179 Mareep

Boss CP 3,063 CP
Max capture CP 566 CP 708 CP

#532 Timburr

Boss CP 3,686 CP
Max capture CP 751 CP 939 CP

#599 Klink

Boss CP 3,227 CP
Max capture CP 546 CP 683 CP

2^nd Tier

#200 Misdreavus

Boss CP 5,795 CP
Max capture CP 1,100 CP 1,376 CP

#204 Pineco

Boss CP 3,526 CP
Max capture CP 633 CP 791 CP

#207 Gligar

Boss CP 5,459 CP
Max capture CP 1,061 CP 1,326 CP

#215 Sneasel

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

#237 Hitmontop

Boss CP 11,884 CP
Max capture CP 1,232 CP 1,540 CP

#303 Mawile

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

3^rd Tier

#026 Raichu

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

#196 Espeon

Boss CP 22,826 CP
Max capture CP 1,811 CP 2,264 CP

#197 Umbreon

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

#213 Shuckle

Boss CP 3,892 CP
Max capture CP 231 CP 289 CP

#227 Skarmory

Boss CP 15,182 CP
Max capture CP 1,204 CP 1,506 CP

#232 Donphan

Boss CP 19,431 CP
Max capture CP 1,722 CP 2,152 CP

4^th Tier

#176 Togetic

Boss CP 20,453 CP
Max capture CP 976 CP 1,220 CP

#210 Granbull

Boss CP 26,020 CP
Max capture CP 1,458 CP 1,823 CP

#217 Ursaring

Boss CP 30,025 CP
Max capture CP 1,682 CP 2,103 CP

#248 Tyranitar

Boss CP 37,599 CP
Max capture CP 2,191 CP 2,739 CP

#359 Absol

Boss CP 18,195 CP
Max capture CP 1,443 CP 1,805 CP

Field Research event tasks

Field Research tasks

There were several of Field Research tasks exclusively available only for the event.

Catch 3 Fire-type Pokémon

Quilava

Catch 3 Normal-type Pokémon

Dunsparce 

Use 5 Berries to help catch Pokémon

Pineco 

Make 3 Curveball Throws

Noctowl

Hatch an Egg

Phanpy

Trade a Pokémon

Aipom 

Play with your buddy

Totodile 

Earn a heart with your buddy

Bayleef

Timed Research

Throwback Challenge 2020: Johto

1^st Part

Catch 3 Grass-, Water-, or Fire-type Pokémon

10× Poké Ball

Send a gift to a friend

Dunsparce

Catch a Flying-type Pokémon

500× Stardust

Rewards for whole set

1× Silver Pinap Berry

Xatu

2× Golden Razz Berry

2^nd Part

Play with your buddy

Spinarak

Give your buddy 3 treats

5× Razz Berry

Catch a Bug-type Pokémon

500× Stardust

Rewards for whole set

1× Golden Razz Berry

Pineco

2× Silver Pinap Berry

3^rd Part

Make 3 Great Throws

1× Charged TM

Hatch an Egg

Snubbull

Catch a Normal-type Pokémon

500× Stardust

Rewards for whole set

1× Silver Pinap Berry

Miltank

2× Golden Razz Berry

4^th Part

Evolve a Pokémon

Sudowoodo

Catch 5 different species of Pokémon

10× Great Ball

Catch a Ghost-type Pokémon

500× Stardust

Rewards for whole set

1× Golden Razz Berry

Misdreavus

2× Silver Pinap Berry

5^th Part

Take a snapshot of your buddy

Shuckle

Make 4 Curveball Throws

Mantine

Catch a Fighting-type Pokémon

500× Stardust

Rewards for whole set

1× Silver Pinap Berry

Hitmontop

2× Golden Razz Berry

6^th Part

Catch an Electric-type Pokémon

1× Incense

Power up Pokémon 3 times

Mareep

Catch a Steel-type Pokémon

500× Stardust

Rewards for whole set

1× Golden Razz Berry

Skarmory

2× Silver Pinap Berry

7^th Part

Evolve a Pokémon

1× King's Rock

Catch a Water-type Pokémon

Gligar

Catch an Ice-type Pokémon

500× Stardust

Rewards for whole set

1× Silver Pinap Berry

Piloswine

2× Golden Razz Berry

8^th Part

Take a snapshot of an Ice-type Pokémon

1× Dragon Scale

Battle another trainer

10× Ultra Ball

Power up Pokémon 6 times

500× Stardust

Rewards for whole set

1× Golden Razz Berry

Donphan

2× Silver Pinap Berry

9^th Part

Claim Reward

3000 Experience

Claim Reward

3000 Experience

Claim Reward

3000 Experience

Rewards for whole set

5× Rare Candy

Ho-Oh

Trivia

• Machop spawnrate was increased during this event despite being a Kanto Pokémon. This was probably because the Timed Research required to catch a Fighting-type Pokémon. However, the only Johto Fighting-type Pokémon are Heracross (which is region-exclusive), Tyrogue (which is not available in the wild) and Hitmontop.
• The final part of the Timed Research was planned to give 10 Rare Candies, but it in fact gave 5 for some reason. Niantic apologized that and compensated 5 Rare Candies at the start of Throwback Challenge 2020: Hoenn Timed Research.

References

Events

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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 • Pokémon GO Fest • Chester Heritage Festival • Pikachu Outbreak (Park • Stadium) • Pokémon World Championships

Fall

Equinox • Halloween • Week in Korea • Global Catch Challenge • Holiday

Winter

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

Spring

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

Summer

Water Festival • Global Challenge • 2nd Anniversary • Pokémon GO Fest • Special Trading Event • Johto Festival • Ultra Bonus Event • Week in Korea • Fragment Hat Pikachu

Fall

Psychic Spectacular • Female Day • Halloween • Ingress Prime Celebration • Stardust Blast • Hatchathon • Let's Go Celebration • Tottori Festival • Holiday

Winter

Hatchathon • Hoenn Celebration • Lunar New Year • Valentine's Day • Pokémon Day • Battle Showdown

Spring

Equinox • Bug Out • Eggstravaganza • Earth Day • Detective Pikachu Celebration‎‎ • Extraordinary Raid Week‎‎ • Summer Snooze • Adventure Week

Summer

Pokémon GO Fest • Global Challenge • 3rd Anniversary • Straw Hat Pikachu • Team GO Rocket Disruption • Gift Event • Water Festival • Ultra Bonus Event (Johto Journey • Global Challenge, Global Hatches • A Unova Unveiling)

Fall

World Tourism Day • Stardust Blast • Halloween • A Colossal Discovery • Team GO Rocket Leaders Disruption • Supereffective Week • Friend Fest • Evolution Event • December 2019 Community Day • Holiday

Winter

Hatchathon • Lunar New Year • Sinnoh Celebration • Valentine's Day • Pokémon Day • Team GO Rocket Global Take-over • GO Battle League Season 1 Launch Celebration

Spring

A Drive to Investigate • Psychic Spectacular • Tricky Pokémon • Spring Event • Incense Day: Type Shuffle • Buddy Up • Throwback Challenge 2020 (Kanto • Johto • Hoenn • Sinnoh • Champion) • Incense Day: Water and Dark Type

Summer

Summer Solstice • Bug Out 2020 • 4th Anniversary • Team GO Rocket Event • Summer Event • Pokémon GO Fest • Ultra Unlock (Dragon Week • Enigma Week • Unova Week) • Mega September (Mega Raid Challenge • Mega Battle Challenge • Mega Buddy Challenge)

Fall

Fashion Week • Niantic Birthday Event • Autumn Event (Part 1 • Part 2) • Halloween 2020