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Team GO Rocket February 2021 Event

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Team GO Rocket is celebrating—but why? It’s up to you to find out! Here’s what you can expect during the Team GO Rocket Celebration event.

Date + Time

Tuesday, February 2nd, at 10:00 a.m. to Sunday, February, 7th, at 8:00 p.m. local time.

Features

New Shadow Pokémon

Team GO Rocket Grunts will be turning the following Pokémon into Shadow Pokémon: Swinub, Nosepass, Aron, Spheal, Lileep, Anorith, and more.

Artwork of Swinub from Pokémon GO Swinub Artwork of Nosepass from Pokémon GO Nosepass Artwork of Aron from Pokémon GO Aron
Artwork of Spheal from Pokémon GO Spheal Artwork of Lileep from Pokémon GO Lileep Artwork of Anorith from Pokémon GO Anorith

New Grunt Lineups

Team GO Rocket Grunts will also have different teams of Pokémon during the event and after its conclusion. Keep a lookout for more invaded PokéStops and Team GO Rocket balloons than usual!

New leader lineups

First defender Second defender Final defender
Sierra Carvanha
  • Hippowdon,
  • Porygon-Z,
  • Mismagius
  • Flygon,
  • Houndoom,
  • Walrein
Cliff Aerodactyl
  • Gallade,
  • Cradilly,
  • Slowking
  • Dusknoir,
  • Mamoswine,
  • Tyranitar
Arlo Beldum
  • Gardevoir,
  • Infernape,
  • Aggron
  • Armaldo,
  • Salamence,
  • Scizor

Team GO Rocket Gift Stickers

Defeat Team GO Rocket Leaders during the event for a chance to receive a Team GO Rocket Leader Gift sticker.

Wild Spawns

Be on the lookout for Pokémon like Golbat, Koffing, Ariados, Qwilfish, Sneasel, Houndour, Nuzleaf, Stunky, Skorupi, and Venipede appearing more often in the wild!

Artwork of Golbat from Pokémon GO Golbat Artwork of Koffing from Pokémon GO Koffing Artwork of Ariados from Pokémon GO Ariados
Artwork of Houndour from Pokémon GO Houndour Artwork of Nuzleaf from Pokémon GO Nuzleaf Artwork of Stunky from Pokémon GO Stunky
Artwork of Qwilfish from Pokémon GO Qwilfish Artwork of Sneasel from Pokémon GO Sneasel Artwork of Skorupi from Pokémon GO Skorupi
Artwork of Venipede from Pokémon GO Venipede

New Pokemon in 12km Eggs

Strange Eggs will hatch different Pokémon during and after the event, such as Qwilfish, Larvitar, Corphish, Absol, Skorupi, Sandile, Scraggy, Vullaby, Pawniard, and Deino.

Artwork of Qwilfish from Pokémon GO Qwilfish Artwork of Larvitar from Pokémon GO Larvitar Artwork of Corphish from Pokémon GO Corphish
Artwork of Sandile from Pokémon GO Sandile Artwork of Scraggy from Pokémon GO Scraggy Artwork of Vullaby from Pokémon GO Vullaby
Artwork of Absol from Pokémon GO Absol Artwork of Skorupi from Pokémon GO Skorupi Artwork of Pawniard from Pokémon GO Pawniard
Artwork of Deino from Pokémon GO Deino

Raids

One-star raids

The following Pokémon will be appearing in one star raids:

Artwork of Alola Meowth from Pokémon GO Alola Meowth Artwork of Alola Grimer from Pokémon GO Alola Grimer Artwork of Gligar from Pokémon GO Gligar
Artwork of Sneasel from Pokémon GO Sneasel Artwork of Shinx from Pokémon GO Shinx Artwork of Klink from Pokémon GO Klink

Three-star raids

The following Pokémon will be appearing in three star raids:

Artwork of Nidoqueen from Pokémon GO Nidoqueen Artwork of Ariados from Pokémon GO Ariados Artwork of Umbreon from Pokémon GO Umbreon
Artwork of Tyranitar from Pokémon GO Tyranitar Artwork of Absol from Pokémon GO Absol

 

Five-star raids

For full dates on five star raid bosses and dates please check out the February Event Guide.

Artwork of Raikou from Pokémon GO Raikou Artwork of Suicune from Pokémon GO Suicune

Mega Raids

following Pokémon will be appearing in mega raids:

Artwork of Mega Venusaur from Pokémon GO Mega Venusaur Artwork of Mega Ampharos from Pokémon GO Mega Ampharos Artwork of Mega Houndoom from Pokémon GO Mega Houndoom

Research

Event-exclusive Field Research and Timed Research will be available:

Task Text Reward
Catch 7 Poison-type Pokemon Gligar (s)
Purify 3 Shadow Pokemon Misdreavus (s)
Defeat 2 Team GO Rocket Grunts Nidoran-female (s)
Catch 15 Dark-type Pokemon Umbreon

The Team GO Rocket Timed Research Challenge that begins during the Johto Celebration event will continue on during this event, and will reward an encounter with the Legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh that knows the exclusive attack Earthquake!

Bonuses

Half Egg Hatch Distance when an Egg is placed inside an Incubator during the event.

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