Event Bonuses and Activities
The following event bonuses will be active throughout the event:
- Team GO Rocket will appear more frequently at PokéStops and in balloons
- Trainers can use a Charged TM to help a Shadow Pokémon forget the Charged Attack Frustration
Timed, Field and Special Research
Free Event-themed Timed Research and Field Research will be available for this Team GO Rocket Takeover. Trainers completing the Timed Research will earn a selection of items; while Trainers completing the Field Research tasks will receive Mysterious Components, Charged TMs, and Fast TMs. Both will also award encounters with a selection of different event-themed Pokémon.
Trainers will also be able to purchase access to event-exclusive Timed Research from the in-game store for US$2.00 (or the equivalent pricing tier in each local currency). Completing these tasks will award Trainers with the following rewards:
- Six Mysterious Components
- One Super Incubator
- One Rocket Radar
- An encounter with Pawniard
Finally, Trainers will also have access to a new edition of the recurring Special Research Story involving Team GO Rocket. By completing this Special Research, Trainers can earn a Super Rocket Radar to locate and battle Giovanni, who this time will be taking control of a Shadow Groudon. This Special Research will be available to claim until the end of the current Pokémon GO: World of Wonders Season on June 1st at 9:59am local time.
Event Bundles in the in-game shop and Web Store
A Team GO Rocket Box will be available for purchase from the in-game shop during this event for 300 Pokécoins. This box will come with 1 Incubator, 1 Rocket Radar, and 1 Premium Battle Pass.
Additionally, the Pokémon GO Web Store will be offering its own special Team GO Rocket bundle for $US9.99 (or the equivalent pricing tier in each local currency). This bundle will include 7 Rocket Radars, 7 Premium Battle Passes, 7 Ultra Balls, and 7 Silver Pinap Berries.
The Poké Ball Throw Pose, which was previously available as a reward for Paid Timed Research in the Taken Treasures Team GO Rocket Takeover event in January, is being made available for purchase from the in-game shop starting from this event. This avatar pose will remain available to purchase after the event has ended.
Pokémon Encounters
All Pokémon listed below with a ⁂ next to their name can also be encountered in their Shiny variants.
Wild encounters
The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild during this event:
- Murkrow ⁂
- Sableye ⁂
- Purrloin ⁂
- Scraggy ⁂
- Inkay ⁂
- Zorua (uncommon) ⁂
- Vullaby (uncommon) ⁂
- Deino (uncommon) ⁂
The following Pokémon will hatch from 12 km Eggs during this event:
- Larvitar ⁂
- Sandile ⁂ (Shiny debut)
- Pawniard ⁂
- Vullaby ⁂
- Deino ⁂
- Pancham ⁂
- Salandit
- Varoom
Team GO Rocket Grunts, along with Sierra, Cliff, and Arlo, will each be encountered using a range of different Shadow Pokémon. As of this event, the following Pokémon can now also appear as Shadow Pokémon:
- Shadow Pidgey ⁂
- Shadow Darumaka ⁂
- Shadow Gothita ⁂
- Shadow Solosis ⁂
The following Pokémon will appear in Shadow Raids during this event:
- One-Star Shadow Raids
- Shadow Drowzee ⁂
- Shadow Poliwag ⁂
- Shadow Barboach
- Shadow Foongus
- Three-Star Shadow Raids
- Shadow Hitmontop
- Shadow Wobbuffet
- Shadow Sneasel ⁂
- Five-Star Shadow Raids
- Shadow Mewtwo ⁂ (between March 30th and March 31st, local time)