Adventure Week: Taken Over
Team GO Rocket is taking over again, and Giovanni is back with a vengeance—this time alongside Shadow Cresselia! Prepare yourselves for new Shadow Pokémon, as well as the return of Shadow Lugia!
Assemble your team and prepare to conquer Team GO Rocket!
Bonuses 
* Team GO Rocket Balloons will appear every 2 hours.
Features 
Save Shadow Cresselia!
A new Special Research story will be available at the beginning of this event. Progress through it to receive a Super Rocket Radar and chase down Giovanni!
You can claim this Special Research until the end of Pokémon GO: Shared Skies on September 3, 2024, at 9:59 a.m. local time.
Cresselia
Save Shadow Lugia!
Shadow Lugia will return to Pokémon GO in Shadow Raids.
Shadow Lugia will appear in five-star Shadow Raids from Saturday, August 10, to Sunday, August 11, 2024.
Shadow Suicune will not appear during the event.
Lugia
PokéStop Showcases
Be on the lookout for Showcases at different PokéStops during the event where you can enter event-themed Pokémon!
Shadow 
Team GO Rocket Grunts—and their leaders, Sierra, Cliff, and Arlo—are using different Shadow Pokémon.
In addition, Team GO Rocket has also turned the following Pokémon into Shadow Pokémon. Defeat Team GO Rocket Grunts to save them!
Pokémon rescued from Team GO Rocket Grunts may be Shiny Pokémon—if you’re lucky.
You can find updated Team GO Rocket lineups here on Leek Duck. Information is still being collected so the page isn’t complete.
Timburr
Tirtouga
Archen
Team GO Rocket Leaders
Team GO Rocket Leaders Sierra, Cliff, and Arlo are using the following Pokémon in their lineups:
- Sierra - Carvanha
- Cliff - Lileep
- Arlo - Anorith
Carvanha
Lileep
Anorith
Raids 
Shadow Raids
Appearing in 1-Star Shadow Raids
Mareep
Wooper
Cranidos
Shieldon
Appearing in 3-Star Shadow Raids
Nuzleaf
Manectric
Vibrava
Appearing in 5-Star Shadow Raids
Shadow Lugia will appear in five-star Shadow Raids from Saturday, August 10, 2024, at 6:00 a.m. to Sunday, August 11, 2024, at 10:00 p.m local time.
- Lugia
Research 
Field Research Tasks
Event-themed Field Research tasks will be available! Field Research rewards include the following.
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Defeat 1 Team GO Rocket Grunt
REWARD
×1Mysterious Component ×1 -
Purify 3 Shadow Pokémon
POSSIBLE REWARDS
×1Fast TM ×1
×1Charged TM ×1
Adventure Week: Taken Over
Event-exclusive Special Research
A new Special Research story will be available at the beginning of this event. Progress through it to receive a Super Rocket Radar and chase down Giovanni and rescue Shadow Cresselia!
You can claim this Special Research until the end of Pokémon GO: Shared Skies on September 3, 2024, at 9:59 a.m. local time.
Sales 
Pokémon GO Web Store Team GO Rocket Bundle
A Team GO Rocket Box will be available during the event for US$9.99 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), which features seven Rocket Radars, seven Premium Battle Passes, seven Ultra Balls, and seven Silver Pinap Berries.
Check it out in the Pokémon GO Web Store!
Event bundle
A Team GO Rocket Box will be available during this event.
For 315 PokéCoins, you’ll get one Incubator, one Rocket Radar, and one Premium Battle Pass.
Check it out in the in-game shop!
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