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Fashion Week: Taken Over 2025

Event
Team GO Rocket

Starts:
Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at 12:00 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 2 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!

Trainers can get up to 5 snapshot encounters per day.

  • 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 where you 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.

You can find updated Team GO Rocket lineups here on Leek Duck. Information is still being collected so the page isn’t complete.

New Shadow Pokémon

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

Team GO Rocket Leaders

Team GO Rocket Leaders Sierra, Cliff, and Arlo are using the following Pokémon in their lineups:

  • Sierra - Skorupi
  • Cliff - Cubone
  • Arlo - Alolan Grimer
  • shiny
    Skorupi
  • shiny
    Cubone
  • shiny
    Alolan Grimer

Spawns

The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild.

  • shiny
    Fashionable Wooper
  • shiny
    Fashionable Sneasel
  • shiny
    Fashionable Absol
  • shiny
    Stunky
  • shiny
    Fashionable Croagunk
  • shiny
    Gothita
  • shiny
    Mareanie

Fashion Week Pokémon

These Pokémon are also expected to continue appearing as part of Fashion Week.

  • shiny
    Fashionable Diglett
  • shiny
    Fashionable Kirlia
  • shiny
    Skitty
  • shiny
    Buneary
  • shiny
    Fashionable Blitzle
  • shiny
    Furfrou (Natural)
  • Bruxish

Eggs

In 12 km Eggs

The following Pokémon will hatch from 12 km Eggs in addition to other Pokémon.

  • shiny
    Larvitar
  • shiny
    Sandile
  • shiny
    Pawniard
  • shiny
    Vullaby
  • shiny
    Pancham
  • Salandit
  • Shroodle
  • Varoom

Raids

Shadow Raids

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

For the first time in Pokémon GO, Remote Raid Passes can be used to participate in Shadow Raids during the event.

Pokémon caught via one-star and three-star Shadow Raids during the event will have a wider variance of Attack, Defense, and HP.

Pokémon caught via five-star Shadow Raids during the event may have higher Attack, Defense, and HP.

Appearing in 1-Star Shadow Raids

  • shiny
    Nidoran♀
  • shiny
    Nidoran♂
  • Totodile
  • shiny
    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.

  • 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

Fashion Week: Taken Over

Event-exclusive 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.

STEP
1
Fashion Week: Taken Over (1/5)
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
Fashionable Wooper
STEP
2
Fashion Week: Taken Over (2/5)
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
Fashionable Croagunk
STEP
3
Fashion Week: Taken Over (3/5)
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
Fashion Week: Taken Over (4/5)
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
Fashionable Absol
STEP
5
Fashion Week: Taken Over (5/5)
Claim Reward!
×1500
Stardust ×1500
Claim Reward!
×1500
Stardust ×1500
Claim Reward!
×1500
Stardust ×1500

REWARDS

6000 XP
×5000
×3

Collection Challenge

An event-themed Collection Challenge is coming!

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

Fashion Week: Taken Over Collection Challenge
Gothita
Stunky
Mareanie
Fashionable Sneasel
Fashionable Croagunk
Fashionable Wooper
Fashionable Absol

REWARDS

Trubbish
×5000

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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