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Fashion Week: Taken Over 2025

Event
Team GO Rocket

Starts:
Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at 10:00 AM Local Time
Ends:
Sunday, January 19, 2025, at  8:00 PM Local Time

Team GO Rocket and Giovanni return. Give it your all and rescue Shadow Palkia during Fashion Week: Taken Over!




Bonuses

Team GO Rocket will be appearing more frequently at PokéStops and in balloons*
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
You can use a Charged TM to help a Shadow Pokémon forget the Charged Attack Frustration

* Team GO Rocket balloons are every ? hours during this event.

Features

Pokémon Debuts

The Toxic Mouse Pokémon, Shroodle, and its Evolution, Grafaiai, will make their Pokémon GO debuts!

Starting with this event, Shroodle will be available to hatch from 12 km Eggs.

  • Shroodle
  • Grafaiai

*You can use 50 Shroodle Candy to evolve Shroodle into Grafaiai.


Surprise Encounters

Smile! You might have a surprise encounter with Croagunk wearing a fashion week costume when you take a snapshot during the event!

  • shiny
    Fashionable Croagunk

Save Shadow Palkia!

Special Research will be unlocked at the beginning of this event. Progress through it to receive a Super Rocket Radar and chasedown Giovanni!

You can claim this Special Research until the end of Pokémon GO: Dual Destiny on March 4, 2025, at 9:59 a.m. local time.

  • Palkia

PokéStop Showcases

Be on the lookout for Showcases at different PokéStops whereyou can enter event-themed Pokémon!

Shadow

Team GO Rocket Grunts—as well as 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!

Also, Pokémon rescued from Team GO Rocket Grunts may be Shiny Pokémon—if you’re lucky.

New Shadow Pokémon

  • Taillow
  • Snivy
  • Tepig
  • Oshawott
  • Trubbish
  • Bunnelby

Raids

Shadow Raids

The following Pokémon will appear in Shadow Raids! Gyms not under Team GO Rocket control may still host other raids.

Appearing in 1-Star Shadow Raids

  • shiny
    Nidoran♀
  • shiny
    Nidoran♂
  • Totodile
  • Ralts

Appearing in 3-Star Shadow Raids

  • Electabuzz
  • Magmar
  • Wobbuffet

Research

Field Research Tasks

Event-themed Field Research tasks will be available! Field Research rewards include the following.

  • Mysterious Components
  • Charged TMs
  • Fast TMs

Team GO Rocket Special Research

Special Research will be unlocked 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: Dual Destiny on March 4, 2025, at 9:59 a.m. local time.


Collection Challenge

An event-themed Collection Challenge is coming!

Complete a catch-focused Collection Challenge to receive Stardust and an encounter with Trubbish.

Sales

Event Bundle

A Team GO Rocket Box will be available during this event.

For 300 PokéCoins, you will get one Incubator, one Rocket Radar, and one Premium Battle Pass.

Check it out in the in-game shop

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