Wednesday: Pokémon GO - Team GO Rocket Event + Café Mix - New Orders
27-01-2021 06:00 GMT / 01:00 EST by Serebii
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Last Update: 21:05 GMT
Edit @ 21:00: Pokémon GO
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO event. This event is the Team GO Rocket Celebration Event and featured an increased focus of Team GO Rocket with new unseen Shadow Pokémon appearong. It runs from February 2nd 10:00 local time to February 7th 20:00 local time.
The Team GO Rocket Grunts will now be using Swinub, Nosepass, Aron, Spheal, Lileep, Anorith and more
This event features increased spawns of Golbat, Koffing, Ariados, Qwilfish, Sneasel, Houndour, Nuzleaf, Stunky, Skorupi and Venipede
Qwilfish, Larvitar, Corphish, Absol, Skorupi, Sandile, Scraggy, Pawniard & Deino will be in Strange Eggs from this event and beyond
There will be Field Research tasks exclusive to the event
Alolan Meowth, Alolan Grimer, Gligar, Sneasel, Shinx & Klink are in 1 Star raids while Nidoqueen, Ariados, Umbreaon, Tyranitar and Absol will appear in 3 star raids.
During this event, there will be 50% Hatch Distance and Team GO Rocket Balloons & PokéStop Takeovers will appear more often
This event continues the Timed Research that started during the Johto Celebration Event
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO events for February 2021.
First, the Research Breakthrough Reward has been announced. From February 1st 2021 at 20:00 UTC to March 1st 2021 at 21:00 UTC you'll get a Snorlax
The 5 Star Raid Battles have been confirmed:
From February 9th through February 20th you'll encounter Latios and Latias in 5 star raids and Mega Pidgeot, Mega Ampharos and a new Mega Evolved Pokémon will be in Mega Raids
From February 20th through March 1st, you'll encounter Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres and Mewtwo in 5 star raids and Mega Venusaur, Mega Charizard X and Mega Charizard Y in Mega Raids
The events in February have also been revealed
From February 9th through February 14th, the Year of the Ox event will begin and feature Red-coloured Pokémon
From February 14th 13:00 to February 18th 20:00 is the Valentine's Day event with exclusive avatar items and Pokémon appearing for the first time in GO
There will also be a Kanto themed Celebration event and a Raid Day at the end of February to end the Season of Celebration
There will be special 1 coin boxes each week in February:
February 1st: 20 Poké Balls, 1 Remote Raid Pass, 1 Rocket Radar
February 8th: 8 Incense, 16 Razz Berries, 10 Pinap Berries
February 15th: 1 Remote Raid Pass, 20 Poké Balls, 10 Great Balls, 5 Ultra Balls
February 22nd: 20 Poké Balls, 1 Remote Raid Pass, 5 Incense
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the Spotlight Hours for the month of February. They happen at 6pm to 7pm local time are as follows:
February 2nd - Ekans - 2* Evolution Experience
February 9th - Miltank - 2* Catch Stardust
February 16th - Luvdisc - 2* Catch Experience
February 23rd - Pikachu - 2* Catch Candy
In The Games Department
Pokémon Café Mix
Pokémon Café Mix has received an update. This update has added 50 new Regular Order stagesvarious new gimmicks and offerings. We're currently compiling details for all these updates so be sure to keep checking back
Edit @ 08:12: Updated the Gimmicks & Regular Orders pages with all the new details. It's confirmed the next batch of orders will be released on February 10th.
