Adventure Week: Taken Over

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Bonuses

Team GO Rocket will be appearing more frequently at PokéStops and in balloons*

You can use a Charged TM to help a Shadow Pokémon forget the Charged Attack Frustration

* 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.

• Defeat 1 Team GO Rocket Grunt
  REWARD

  

  ×1

  Mysterious Component ×1
• Purify 3 Shadow Pokémon
  POSSIBLE REWARDS

  

  ×1

  Fast TM ×1

  

  ×1

  Charged 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.

STEP

1

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Catch 15 Pokémon

×5

Pinap Berry ×5

Purify 2 Shadow Pokémon

×10

Poké Ball ×10

Defeat 3 Team GO Rocket Grunts

×1

Mysterious Component ×1

REWARDS

1500 XP

×500

Kabuto

STEP

2

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Catch 20 Pokémon

×5

Pinap Berry ×5

Purify 5 Shadow Pokémon

×10

Great Ball ×10

Defeat 6 Team GO Rocket Grunts

×3

Mysterious Component ×3

REWARDS

2000 XP

×1000

Omanyte

STEP

3

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Defeat Team GO Rocket Leader Arlo

×2500

2500 XP

Defeat Team GO Rocket Leader Cliff

×2500

2500 XP

Defeat Team GO Rocket Leader Sierra

×2500

2500 XP

REWARDS

2500 XP

×1500

×1

STEP

4

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Find the Team GO Rocket Boss

×10

Hyper Potion ×10

Battle the Team GO Rocket Boss

×10

Ultra Ball ×10

Defeat the Team GO Rocket Boss

×6

Max Revive ×6

REWARDS

3000 XP

×2000

Aerodactyl

STEP

5

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Claim Reward!

×1500

Stardust ×1500

Claim Reward!

×1500

Stardust ×1500

Claim Reward!

×1500

Stardust ×1500

REWARDS

6000 XP

×5000

×3

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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