Pokemon GO All-Hands Rocket Retreat to introduce Salandit and Salazzle

Niantic has shared details about a new All-Hands Rocket Retreat event for Pokemon GO, which will feature the introduction of Salandit and Salazzle – plus more. It’ll be held between Sunday, April 3, 2022, at 12 AM to Thursday, April 7, 2022, at 11:59 AM local time.

As part of the event, Team GO Rocket is preparing for its company-wide Team GO Rocket Retreat. The following events and bonuses are planned:

• Salandit and Salazzle will be making their debuts in Pokémon GO. Use 50 Salandit Candy to evolve a female Salandit into Salazzle.
• Trainers who complete a new Special Research story will receive a Super Rocket Radar to battle Giovanni and save Shadow Latias.
• Team GO Rocket Grunts and their Leaders are also using different Shadow Pokémon. 
• Trainers battling GO Rocket Grunts have a chance to encounter:
• Shadow Alolan Rattata, Shadow Alolan Sandshrew, Shadow Alolan Exeggutor, Shadow Sudowoodo, Shadow Girafarig, Shadow Numel
• Trainers battling GO Rocket Leaders have a chance to encounter different Shiny Shadow Pokémon, some not available before.
• Trainers will enjoy the following event bonuses:
• Team GO Rocket will be appearing more frequently at PokéStops and in balloons
• Trainers can use Charged TM to help a Shadow Pokémon forget the Charged Attack Frustration.
• Trainers who complete Field Research tasks will encounter Sneasel* and those who are lucky might encounter Scraggy.
• There’ll be a special one-time-purchase event bundle available for 1275 PokéCoins, featuring 10 Max Potions, 10 Max Revives, and 5 Rocket Radars.

More information about the Pokemon GO All-Hands Rocket Retreat featuring Salandit and Salazzle can be found here.

Pokemon GO is available on mobile via iOS and Android.

Source: Niantic PR