Pokemon GO Throwback Challenge 2020: Hoenn is underway, featuring Gen-3 Pokemon from the classic games of Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald. The event comes with a slew of Field research tasks that offers in-game items and a wide variety of Gen-3 Pokemon.
Most of the Gen-3 Pokemon will also be appearing in the wild, raids and 7 km eggs. But all eyes will be on catching the legendary Groudon during the event as it ends on May 22 at 1:00 p.m(local time). Just as the previous challenges, there will be 8 sets of tasks, each rewarding Berries and Pokemon encounters, leading up to Groudon.
Pokemon GO Throwback Challenge 1/9:
- Catch 3 Grass-, Water-, or Fire-Type Pokemon
- A Bonus reward of 5 Rare Candies (compensatory as the previous Kanto Challenge gave only 5 instead of 10)
- Catch a Rock-type Pokemon
Rewards: Pinap Berry(1), Razz Berry(2) and an encounter with Nosepass.
Challenge 2/9:
- Power up a Pokemon
- Make 3 Nice Throws
- Catch a Fighting-type Pokemon
Rewards: Razz Berry(1), Pinap Berry(2) and an encounter with Hariyama.
Challenge 3/9:
- Send a Gift to a Friend
- Make 3 Curveball Throws
- Catch an Electric-type Pokemon
Rewards: Pinap Berry(1), Razz Berry(2) and an encounter with Manectric.
Challenge 4/9:
- Earn a Candy walking with your Buddy
- Catch 3 Pokemon with Weather Boost
- Catch a Fire-type Pokemon
Rewards: Razz Berry(1), Pinap Berry(2) and an encounter with Camerupt.
Challenge 5/9:
- Make 3 Great Throws
- Power upPokemon 3 times
- Catch a Normal-type Pokemon
Rewards: Pinap Berry(1), Razz Berry(2) and an encounter with Slakoth.
Challenge 6/9:
- Catch a Water-, Electric-, or Bug-type Pokemon
- Battle another Trainer
- Catch a Flying-type Pokemon
Rewards: Razz Berry(1), Pinap Berry(2) and an encounter with Swellow.
Challenge 7/9:
- Catch a Ghost-type Pokemon
- Give your Buddy 3 treats
- Catch a Psychic-type Pokemon
Rewards: Pinap Berry(1), Razz Berry(2) and an encounter with Claydol.
Challenge 8/9:
- Take a snapshot of a Water-type Pokemon
- Evolve a Pokemon
- Catch a Water-type Pokemon
Rewards: Razz Berry(1), Pinap Berry(2) and an encounter with Sealeo.
Challenge 9/9:
You get XP rewards worth 9000 directly along with 10 Rare Candies and the final encounter with Groudon.
Groudon is a Legendary Ground-type Pokemon and it comes with an event-exclusive move called the Fire Punch. Groudon is a force to be reckoned with in Master League as it is one of the top 10 meta Pokemon in the game, with a humongous Max CP of over 4000 and heavy attack stats.
