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Harvest Festival: Taken Over

Event
Team GO Rocket
Starts
Friday, October 2, 2026, 12:00 AM Local Time
Ends
Monday, October 5, 2026, 8:00 PM Local Time

Rescue Shadow Zekrom as Team GO Rocket takes over the Harvest Festival!

The Harvest Festival: Taken Over event will take place from October 2, 2026 at 12 am to October 5, 2026 at 8 pm local time.

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Bonuses

Increased chance to encounter Shiny Slugma
Increased chance to encounter Shiny Slugma
More Team GO Rocket appearances at PokéStops and balloons appearing every 2 hours
More Team GO Rocket appearances at PokéStops and balloons appearing every 2 hours
Use a Charged TM to remove Frustration from Shadow Pokémon
Use a Charged TM to remove Frustration from Shadow Pokémon
Wider Attack, Defense, and HP variance for Pokémon caught in one-star and three-star Shadow Raids during the event
Wider Attack, Defense, and HP variance for Pokémon caught in one-star and three-star Shadow Raids during the event

Features

Save Shadow Zekrom!

Earn a Super Rocket Radar through GO Pass: Harvest Festival to track down Giovanni and rescue Shadow Zekrom. Giovanni will only appear at PokéStops.

GO Pass rewards can be claimed until Wednesday, October 7, 2026, at 8:00 pm local time.

Shadow Pokémon and Purified Pokémon cannot fuse with other Pokémon.

  • shiny
    Zekrom

Shadow

Team GO Rocket Grunts and Leaders Sierra, Cliff, and Arlo will change their lineups. Defeat Grunts to rescue these newly released Shadow Pokémon.

New Shadow Pokémon

  • shiny
    Wimpod
  • shiny
    Fomantis
  • shiny
    Sandygast

Check the Team GO Rocket lineups page for updates after the event begins.

Team GO Rocket Leaders

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

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

Spawns

The following Pokémon will appear in the wild during Harvest Festival: Taken Over.

  • shiny
    Ekans
  • shiny
    Koffing
  • shiny
    Magmar
  • shiny
    Slugma
  • shiny
    Numel

As a reminder, Pokémon from Harvest Festival: Applin Picking will continue to appear in the wild during the event.

Harvest Festival Spawns

  • shiny
    Snorlax
  • shiny
    Shroomish
  • shiny
    Foongus
  • shiny
    Skwovet
  • shiny
    Applin
  • shiny
    Lechonk
  • shiny
    Smoliv

Research

Field Research Tasks

Event Field Research will reward Fast TMs, Charged TMs, and Mysterious Components. Tasks and item quantities have not been announced.

  •  ???
    POSSIBLE REWARDS
    ×?
    Fast TM ×?
    ×?
    Charged TM ×?
    ×?
    Mysterious Component ×?

Shiny

Shiny Shroodle Debut

Shiny Shroodle will be available to hatch for the first time in Pokémon GO! Evolve Shiny Shroodle to obtain Shiny Grafaiai.

  • Shroodle
  • Grafaiai

Increased Shiny Chance

Slugma encounters will have an increased chance of being Shiny during the event.

  • Slugma

Graphic

Graphic

Graphic

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