Summary
- Pokemon GO players can earn medals for reaching milestones in different aspects of gameplay, but some medals require completing more challenging quests.
- One Reddit user discovered a medal called "Ultra Hero" that takes 12 years to obtain, as it requires defeating Giovanni 50 times, who only appears every few months.
- Defeating Team Rocket GO Leaders Cliff, Sierra, and Arlo gives players the chance to face Giovanni and earn rewards, including the opportunity to catch legendary Pokemon.
A Pokemon GO player has discovered a medal "impossible" to obtain, as the related achievement takes 12 years to complete. The core Pokemon GO experience is capturing the popular Game Freak monsters, but for trainers looking for an extra challenge, Pokemon GO offers other activities such as the medal system.
Pokemon GO's medal system rewards trainers who reach milestones in different aspects of gameplay, such as distance walked, PokeStops visited, or Pokemon caught. But the challenge goes further, as players can tackle the list of the hardest Pokemon GO medals, which require completing more complicated quests, such as trading 2,500 Pokemon or capturing all the Unown. Getting Pokemon GO medals takes time and patience, but to players' surprise, one trainer pointed out the existence of a medal that is shocking for the amount of time needed to unlock it.
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Reddit user throwupandaway71 discovered a Pokemon GO medal called "Ultra Hero" that takes could take up to 12 years to obtain, making 2031 the earliest players can potentially finish it. The OP shared the screenshot showing the related mission which is to defeat Giovanni 50 times, but the tricky part is that the Team Rocket GO Boss only appears every few months. To find Giovanni, Pokemon GO players must use the Super Rocket Radar, a consumable item obtained by completing Special Research or Timed Research tasks related to the Team Rocket leader. To give the community a better idea of how hard the Ultra Hero medal is, one player said in the comments that they've been battling Giovanni since he made his Pokemon GO debut, but has only 21 wins.
Giovanni first appeared in Pokemon GO in 2019, and in addition to the introduction of the infamous villain, Niantic brought Team Rocket GO Leaders Cliff, Sierra, and Arlo for players to battle. But unlike matches against Team Rocket GO Grunts, clashes with Team Rocket Leaders are more difficult because they use higher-level Pokemon. Pokemon GO players who succeed in defeating Cliff, Sierra, and Arlo earn rewards like Stardust, Max Revive, and Unova Stone, and get the chance to catch one of the Shadow Pokemon they used.
What's more, defeating the Team Rocket GO trio gives trainers the chance to face Giovanni, who lives up to the villain's legendary status and is an even tougher foe. Pokemon GO players can battle Giovanni in January to earn rewards and be able to capture the legendary Pokemon used by him, which this time is the leader of the Legendary Titans Regigigas.
