A Troubling Situation

**A Troubling Situation** is the sixth series of global Special Research tasks. It is a promotion of Shadow Pokémon and Team GO Rocket. It is available for Trainers level 8 or higher since July 25th, 2019.

## Task sets

 A Troubling Situation
1st Part

Evolve 2 Pokémon
 Murkrow

Power up Pokémon 5 times
 Sableye

Rewards for whole set
1000×  Stardust1000  Experience1000  Experience

2nd Part

Catch 2 Shadow Pokémon
 Ekans

Defeat 3 Team GO Rocket Grunts
 Koffing

Rewards for whole set
2000×  Stardust2000  Experience5×  Golden Razz Berry

3rd Part

Purify 3 Shadow Pokémon
3000×  Stardust

Purify a Fire-, Water- or Grass-type Shadow Pokémon
3000×  Stardust

Rewards for whole set
2000×  Stardust5×  Silver Pinap Berry1×  Rare Candy

4th Part

*Claim Reward!*
1000×  Stardust

*Claim Reward!*
1000

*Claim Reward!*
1000×  Stardust

Rewards for whole set
3×  Rare Candy1×  Charged TM1×  Fast TM

## Professor Willow dialogue

1st Part

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> Hi, **TRAINER**, I'm glad to see you! Can I get your help with investigating something?
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> I've noticed on alarming number of reports from Trainers who have found PokéStops that look...discolored?
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> Some Trainers have even spotted people wearing shirts with a big letter R on them who are guarding these PokéStops.
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> These shady characters appear to have Pokémon with a mysterious dark aura around them!
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> As I investigate this with Spark, it might be best to power up some of your Pokémon. You never know what we might encounter…
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2nd Part

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> Great job strengthening your Pokémon!
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> After visiting one of the PokéStops with Spark, we were challenged to a Trainer Battle by someone who belongs to an organization called Team GO Rocket!
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> Turns out that Team GO Rocket has been stealing resources from PokéStops with the help of Pokémon that are cloaked in a dark aura. They're called Shadow Pokémon!
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> Luckily, we won the battle, and afterward, Team GO Rocket carelessly abandoned their defeated Shadow Pokémon!
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> Help us protect local PokéStops from Team GO Rocket, Trainer! As you do so, please save any Shadow Pokémon that Team GO Rocket abandons!
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3rd Part

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> Thanks for all your hard work, **TRAINER**! Candela and I have done some research on Shadow Pokémon and learned some very unsettling things.
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> While Pokémon naturally become stronger through training, these Shadow Pokémon seem to have been overpowered through unnatural means.
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> As a result, their bodies painfully struggle with not knowing how to control this strength.
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> But don't worry! It looks like we can help them harness this strength through a process called purification.
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> Can you help me purify some Shadow Pokémon, **TRAINER**?
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4th Part

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> WOW! Thanks for helping us can more about the Shadow Pokémon that Team GO Rocket uses, Trainer!
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> After observing the purification process with Blanche, it's clear that the Pokémon's gratefulness to you for purifying them causes the move Frustration to be replaced with Return!
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> Now that you have this knowledge, we need your help with saving as many Shadow Pokémon as possible by taking back PokéStops that are under Team GO Rocket's control!
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> The world is under attack! Can we count on you to help protect it? I do hope there's nothing more to this...
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