Team GO Rocket Takeover Event November 2022

Team GO Rocket returns with shiny Pawniard, new GO Rocket line-ups, Giovanni has Shadow Mewtwo, new boxes are in store, and you can use a Charged TM to forget Frustration.

Ultra Beast Protection Efforts is the new Team GO Rocket Takeover Special Research that leads to a Shadow Mewtwo encounter following Giovanni’s defeat. 

Here are all the details about the Team GO Rocket Takeover event happening from November 14, 2022 to November 17, 2022.

Team GO Rocket Takeover Event

New Giovanni’s Line-up

Pokemon #1	Pokemon #2	Pokemon #3
Persian	Nidoqueen	Mewtwo
	Steelix
	Rhyperior

New Leaders’ line-ups

Sierra’s Pokémon Line-Up

Pokemon #1	Pokemon #2	Pokemon #3
Sableye	Flygon	Houndoom
	Honchkrow	Cradily
	Cacturne	Snorlax

Cliff’s Pokémon Line-Up

Pokemon #1	Pokemon #2	Pokemon #3
Machop	Crobat	Tyranitar
	Pinsir	Aerodactyl
	Amoonguss	Camerupt

Arlo’s Pokémon Line-Up

Pokemon #1	Pokemon #2	Pokemon #3
Mawile	Charizard Salamence Staraptor	Dragonite Granbull Scizor

New Grunt line-ups

For each Grunt type, the reward can either be Pokemon found in the 1st battle slot, or those found in both the 1st and 2nd slots.

1st slot	2nd slot	3rd slot
M – “Go, my super bug Pokémon!”
Weedle Shuckle	Beedrill Skorupi	Forretress Scizor Pinsir
F – “Wherever there is light, there is also shadow.”
Rattata (Alola) Purrloin	Stunky Raticate (Alola)	Honchkrow Raticate (Alola) Cacturne
F – “ROAR! …How’d that sound?”
Dratini	Flygon	Dragonair Dragonite Flygon
F – “Get ready to be shocked!”
Shinx Mareep	Voltorb Electabuzz	Luxray Ampharos Electabuzz
F – “Check out my cute Pokémon!”
Snubbull Ralts	Kirlia Snubbull Granbull	Kirlia Granbull
F – “This buff physique isn’t just for show!”
Makuhita Hitmonchan Hitmonlee	Hitmonchan Hitmonlee	Machamp Hitmonlee Hitmonchan
F – “Do you know how hot Pokémon fire breath can get?”
Cyndaquil Numel	Quilava	Camerupt Ninetales Typhlosion
F – “Battle against my Flying-type Pokémon!”
Natu Ducklett Starly	Staravia Golbat	Dragonite Gyarados Crobat
M – “Ke…ke…ke…ke…ke…ke!”
Golett	Dusclops Banette	Dusknoir Banette Golruk
M – “Don’t tangle with us!”
Cacnea Chikorita	Bayleef	Amoonguss Meganium Cacturne
M – “You’ll be defeated into the ground!”
Hippopotas Diglett (Alola)	Hippopotas Diglett (Alola)	Onix Golem Hippowdon
F – “You’re gonna be frozen in your tracks.”
Sandshrew (Alola) Swinub	Snover Sandslash (Alola)	Lapras Abomasnow Cloyster
M – “Normal does not mean weak.”
Rattata Patrat Whismur	Loudred Raticate Bidoof	Ursaring Raticate
F – “Coiled and ready to strike!”
Nidoran (M) Zubat Foongus	Nidorina Nidorino	Weezing Muk
M – “Are you scared of psychics that use unseen power?”
Natu	Ralts Girafarig	Metang Alakazam Hypno
M – “Let’s rock and roll!”
Onix Sudowoodo	Lileep Anorith	Golem Onix
F – “Don’t bother – I’ve already won!”/”Get ready to be defeated!”/”Winning is for winners!”
Snorlax	Snorlax Poliwrath Gardevoir	Snorlax Gyarados Dragonite
F – “These waters are treacherous!”
Wailmer Totodile	Croconaw	Feraligatr Wailord
M – “These waters are treacherous!”
Magikarp	Magikarp	Magikarp Gyarados

Shiny Pawniard and Bisharp

Shiny Pawniard debuts in Pokémon GO, and Shiny Bisharp is also available when you evolve a shiny Pawniard. You need 50 Pawniard candy to evolve Bisharp. The table below shows the difference between regular and shiny Pawniard and Bisharp.

Regular	Shiny

12 KM Eggs

Pokémon that can hatch from 12 KM Eggs have changed a bit, and now the list includes some of the new shiny variants, and different Pokémon. Egg Rarities are listed from easiest to get, to hardest to get.

1-Egg rarity

2-Egg rarity

3-Egg rarity

Field Research Tasks

A field research task rewarding a Mysterious Component will be available.

Ultra Beast Protection Efforts Special Research 

Ultra Beast Protection Efforts is the new Team GO Rocket Takeover Special Research. A full list of tasks and rewards for November 2022. Complete this Special Research to encounter a Shadow Mewtwo from defeating Giovanni in Stage 3 of Ultra Beast Protection Efforts.

Ultra Beast Protection Efforts (1/4)

Task	Reward
Defeat 6 Team GO Rocket Grunts	10× Hyper Potion
Catch 4 Shadow Pokémon	10× Poke Ball
Purify 2 Shadow Pokémon	10× Pinap Berry

Stage rewards

• 2000× XP
• 15× Great Ball
• 1× Rocket Radar

Ultra Beast Protection Efforts (2/4)

Task	Reward
Defeat the Team GO Rocket Leader Arlo	1500× XP
Defeat the Team GO Rocket Leader Cliff	1500× XP
Defeat the Team GO Rocket Leader Sierra	1500× XP

Stage rewards

• 2500× XP
• 1000× Stardust
• 1× Super Rocket Radar

Ultra Beast Protection Efforts (3/4)

Task	Reward
Find the Team GO Rocket Boss	5× Max Potion
Battle the Team GO Rocket Boss	20× Ultra Ball
Defeat the Team GO Rocket Boss	5× Max Revive

Stage rewards

• 3000× XP
• 1× Lucky Egg
• 2× Golden Razz Berry

Ultra Beast Protection Efforts (4/4)

Task	Reward
Claim reward	2500× XP
Claim reward	2500× XP
Claim reward	2500× XP

Stage rewards

• 5000× XP
• 2500× Stardust
• 2× Silver Pinap Berry

New Event Boxes in the Shop

Team GO Rocket Takeover November 2022 boxes

Training Box costs 125 PokéCoins, and contains 1 Egg Incubator and 3 Mysterious components. This box should be only interesting to Trainers who buy Rocket Radars from the in-game shop. You do get a 25 coin discount if you only value the Incubator, which usually costs 150 Coins.

GO Rocket Box costs 900 PokéCoins, and contains 3 Rocket Radars, 3 Max Potions, 3 Super Incubators, and 3 Max Revives. Again, if you want to buy Rocket Radars from the in-game shop, this box offers a 25% discount on those plus Super Incubators. We value Max Potions and Revives at 0 PokéCoins, since those are easily available from Raiding.

Legend Box costs 3600 PokéCoins, and contains 2 Elite Fast TMs, 2 Elite Charged TMs, 10 Rocket Radars, and 6 Super Incubators. We don’t see any value in this Box, unless you are in for the Elite Fast and Charged TMs. Rocket Radars and Super Incubators are not worth the price, and you can objectively get more (12) by buying 4x GO Rocket Box. If you are in need of Elite TMs, and you don’t play GBL to get those, then this may be interesting to you.