Niantic has a habit of keeping its Pokemon Go players excited and busy. The successful completion of Pokémon GO Fest Global Research Challenges is bringing a three hour long Entei Raid Day, where you may also encounter a shiny Entei.

Apart from Shiny Entei Raid and Armored Mewtwo Raid, Niantic is giving some more reasons for players to feel excited. One of the most popular data miner and leaker Chrales has leaked details about the Team Rocket Pokemon Go event.

Niantic has given us a few hints during Pokemon Go Fest Dortmund and Pokemon Go Fest Chicago that Team Rocket can intrude in Pokemon Go game soon. Well, it seems like all the hints are coming to be true as Chrales has leaked exciting details about Pokemon Go Team Rocket event.

Have a look at the leaked images above, as per the leak it seems like Team Rocket will invade Pokestops. Pokemon Go Team Go Rocket event has been divided into three steps – Grunt Invasion Introduction, Grunt Invasion Encounter, Grunt Purification.

Grunt Invasion Introduction reads that some mysterious characters have shown up at Pokestops, and watch out it may turn into a battle. So, it seems like Team Go Rocket will intrude at Pokestops, and we will have to encounter them in a battle.

The Grunt Invasion Encounter says that they have abandoned the Pokemon they have lost with and those Pokemon have some sinister aura. Players have to catch them to save them. You can check out the complete details from here.

The next step of this event is Grunt Purification; we have to help out these Pokemon, which will help them get stronger with a process called Purification. The new badges will also be introduced for the event. The two badges that will be introduced are Purifier and Hero.

The leaked images also mention shadow Pokemon, which means we may see some Shadow Pokemon making its entry with Team Rocket. Speaking of Shadow Pokemon, they were introduced in Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, and shadow word means that Pokemon essence has captured by evil forces, and we have to rescue these Pokemon by purifying them.

Shadow Pokemon, in generic is a darker form of Pokemon. Have a look at Shadow Lugia in the image above. Shadow Pokemon will also have its own Candy and Stardust requirements. They also may have some unique moves as part of their shadow status.

Pokemon that you will purify will gain a significant amount of CP, cost less to power up and will learn exclusive charged attack ‘Return’. Pokemon Go Team Go Rocket event seems pretty interesting, but there is no official confirmation from Niantic when the event will start.

Also, the upcoming community day for July will feature Mudkip, which is a water type Pokemon. Mudkip Community Day will begin on July 21, and will last for 3 hours. The timings for the event are from 4 PM to 7 PM. It also comes with a lot of bonuses.

The list of bonuses that will feature during Community Day includes 3 hour lures and 3 X catch XP. There will also be a chance for Pokemon to learn exclusive move. Mudkip is a part of Hoenn region Starter Pokemon which also makes this whole Community Day a lot more interesting.

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