Galarian Expedition: Taken Over!

Event Bonuses

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

Shadow Heatran

Part of the Seasonal Special Research story will be unlocked at the beginning of this event. Progress through it to receive a Super Rocket Radar that can be used to track down Giovanni and save Heatran. If you're lucky, Heatran may even appear shiny!

This special research can be claimed until the end of Pokémon GO: Max Out on December 3, 2024, at 9:59 a.m. local time.

Shadow Pokémon

Team GO Rocket Grunts—and their leaders Sierra, Cliff, and Arlo—are using different Shadow Pokémon. See the full list below.

• Shadow Caterpie ✨
• Shadow Mankey ✨
• Shadow Roggenrola ✨
• Shadow Venipede ✨
• Shadow Karrablast ✨
• Shadow Shelmet ✨

✨ Pokémon rescued from Team GO Rocket Grunts may appear as shiny!

Shadow Raids

The following Shadow Pokémon will appear in gyms controlled by Team GO Rocket.

One-Star Raids

• Shadow Machop ✨
• Shadow Grimer ✨
• Shadow Exeggcute ✨
• Shadow Sudowoodo

Three-Star Raids

• Shadow Pinsir ✨
• Shadow Sableye ✨
• Shadow Mawile ✨

✨ If you're lucky, you may encounter a shiny one!

Field Research Task Rewards

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

• Mysterious Components
• Charged TMs
• Fast TMs

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.