Precious Pals: Taken Over

Axl

Jan 14, 2026 at 8:06 pm

Time and Date

Precious Pals: Taken Over will start on Friday, January 23, at 12:00 a.m. and end on Sunday, January 25, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. local time.

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

Save Shadow Incarnate Forme Thundurus!

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

Shadow Thundurus Incarnate

You can claim this Special Research until the end of Pokémon GO: Precious Paths on March 3, 2026, 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.

Team GO Rocket has also turned the following Pokémon into Shadow Pokémon. Defeat Team GO Rocket Grunts to save them!

Shadow Chespin

Shadow Fennekin

Shadow Froakie

Field Research Task Rewards

Event-themed Field Research tasks will be available.

Complete Field Research tasks to earn Fast TMs, Charged TMs, and Mysterious Components.

Collection Challenge

An event-themed Collection Challenge is coming!

Complete the Collection Challenge to receive XP, Stardust, and one Rocket Radar.